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Staged wrecks trial ends with split verdict Disbarred lawyer convicted on fraud charges, but mistrial declared on murder counts
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BY JON BLAU, KOKI RILEY and REED DARCEY Staff writers
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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 because, after he issued a temporary restraining order against the NCAA in mid-August, the conference adopted penalties against member institutions
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Defense attorney Shaun Clarke, who represents Sean Alfortish, addresses reporters after the verdict in Alfortish’s federal trial on Thursday. BY JAMES FINN Staff writer
A federal jury on Thursday delivered a split verdict in New Orleans’ blockbuster staged wrecks case, convicting a disbarred Jefferson Parish attorney of running the yearslong insurance fraud scheme but deadlocking on murder-conspiracy counts he’d faced in the slaying of a key FBI informant. Jurors deliberated for more than 30 hours over five days before returning the stunning mixed verdict against disbarred lawyer Sean Alfortish and a codefendant, Leon “Chunky” Parker, who had been accused of pulling the trigger that killed Cornelius Garrison III. Garrison was a “slammer” who earned almost $200,000 by driving passenger vehicles in the staged collisions scheme before agreeing to cooperate with the FBI. He was shot dead at his mother’s home in Gentilly four days after his cooperation was confirmed by a federal indictment in September 2020. Alfortish was convicted Thursday
David Courcelle, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, discusses the verdict in the Sean Alfortish trial on Thursday. of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and two counts of mail fraud for directing the staged wrecks scheme, according to the verdict read in court by Chief U.S. District Judge Wendy Vitter. He was also convicted of obstruction and witness tampering for trying to convince Garrison to move to the Bahamas as the federal probe mounted.
Alfortish slumped and held his face in one hand as Vitter read “guilty” from the verdict form on each fraud count. Vitter declared a mistrial on a handful of murder-conspiracy counts tied to Garrison’s killing on which the jury was unable to reach a verdict, including retaliation against a witness through murder and causing death through use of a firearm. The outcome means both Alfortish and Parker, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud for participating in a staged collision but denied a role in Garrison’s killing, likely face another trial for the murder. Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Payne asked Vitter to schedule a hearing to set the new trial date. Vitter remanded Alfortish and Parker to jail pending their retrial and sentencings. Alfortish’s fraud conviction culminates a yearslong effort by federal law enforcement and prosecutors to hold accountable a man they said devised and oversaw the brazen scheme
City Council OKs garbage fee increase
BY BEN MYERS Staff writer
The New Orleans City Council on Thursday adopted a 33% increase in the city’s monthly sanitation fee on a 6-1 vote, despite objections from dozens of residents just before the vote and at two town hall meetings earlier this week. Starting Oct. 1, the fee will increase from $24 to $32.25 for residential addresses — an $8.25 monthly hike — and from $48 to $64.50 for businesses. The increases will remain in place until the end of next year, after which the rate will be adjusted every year to pay for the cost of service. Council President JP Morrell said the added fees, pitched by Mayor Helena Moreno, will
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Gloria Steinem, symbol of women’s movement, dies at 92 BY JOCELYN NOVECK
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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
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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.
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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 court blocks House map backed by president petition signatures seeking to put Justices order it to be put 300,000 the map to a vote of the people. Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to vote; AG plans appeal waited until primary election day in Auto reject the petition. He asserted to U.S. Supreme Court gust that the referendum process cannot be
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 December, when opponents submitted over
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. “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. It rejected assertions from Hanaway’s office that federal law prohibits referendum petitions on 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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Source: ICE officer charged New rule would pull tax exemption with lying to investigators for private colleges with DEI policies Man accused of making false statements in shooting
BY ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press
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 SosaCelis 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
self-defense 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.
BY COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press
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 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
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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. 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. It’s incredibly rare for the federal government to go after a college’s tax-exempt status, but there’s one notable precedent. Bob Jones University, a small Christian school in South Carolina, lost the benefit in the 1970s over a ban on interracial dating and marriage on campus. The Supreme Court upheld the IRS’s decision to deny the school its exemption. The school has since ended the ban and regained tax-exempt status in 2017.
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PATTAYA, Thailand — Buses carrying crew members of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier streamed into Thailand’s seaside resort city of Pattaya on Thursday, as part of a port call after a lengthy deployment to the Middle East. The Lincoln was supporting the U.S. war against Iran, and its deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 260 days. Its lengthy deployment drew concerns last month about deteriorating mental health among the crew as well as shortages of key food supplies aboard. The Navy downplayed any problems, and President Donald Trump commented that the deployment was “not nearly long enough.” The ship has been deployed for a total of 286 days, according to the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok. Its total uninterrupted time at sea before Wednesday’s arrival in Chonburi province was 264 days. The ship is expected to depart Thailand this weekend and continue its journey back to the U.S. After clambering down from buses, laden with luggage, several service members told The Associated
Press they were excited to be in Thailand. Vendors and travel agents gathered outside the Hard Rock Hotel, the designated pickup and drop-off point for troops traveling from the Lincoln, which is docked nearby at Laem Chabang port. They swarmed service members as they arrived, offering a range of souvenirs and services. Many sailors waved them away while waiting for their rides. Two other ships from the Lincoln’s strike group are docked elsewhere in Thailand, with the destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. at Chonburi’s Sriracha port and the cruiser USS Robert Smalls in Map Ta Phut in neighboring Rayong province. A-ngoon Sombat traveled 124 miles between Pattaya and the central province of Ayutthaya to sell colorful braided bracelets to the visiting crew, as she does every time she hears a U.S. ship is coming for a port call in Chonburi province. She set up opposite the hotel entrance and had managed to make some sales, but said she is still unsure if business will be good this week. “There are many vendors around. It’s really up to how lucky each of us are,” she said.
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Trump turns to dual approach to squeeze Iran U.S. moves militarily and economically against Tehran
BY MATTHEW LEE, SAMY MAGDY and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press
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 con-
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gressional 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
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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. 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 be-
come 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, 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 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 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 during 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. President Masoud Pezeshkian is one of the most prominent voices still calling for a negotiated solution. But the hardliners appear to have gained the upper hand, and Iran shows no sign of backing down. Tehran continues to lash out at U.S. interests and allies around the region in response to military strikes. “This kind of a hybrid approach — the combination of military force, blockade and economic pressure — that is the only option that seems to be available to the United States at this moment,” said Hamidreza Azizi, senior Iran analyst for the International Crisis Group. Still, he said, “it’s been for a long time, but now maybe more than ever, a battle of endurance between the two sides.”
Excavation work set to start on Trump’s arch Maria Bartiromo leaves Fox News after more than a decade BY JESSE BEDAYN
gold detail, stamped with “ONE NATION UNDER GOD.” On its top is a Lady The Trump administration Liberty-like gold figure with said Thursday that excava- wings and a torch, as well tion work will start over the as gold eagles, their wings next two weeks on the site spread outward. A National Park Service rewhere 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 Memorial 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 mock-ups 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 Associated Press
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years include Tucker Carlson and Bill O’Reilly. Former Fox personality Pete Hegseth left the network in 2024 after being nomiBy The Associated Pres nated as President Donald Politically influential fi- Trump’s secretary of denancial journalist Maria fense. Bartiromo has departed Bartiromo hosted “MornFox News Media after more ings with Maria” on Fox than a decade, the com- Business Network, the pany announced Thursday last episode of which aired hours after Fox Business Thursday morning, as well as “Maria BartiroNetwork aired the final episode of the mo’s Wall Street.” show that bears her The first show name. The compawill be renamed “Mornings with ny did not specify Fox Business” and the reasons for her will feature rotatseparation. “We thank Maria ing anchors, the for her work over Bartiromo company said in the last 121/2 years,” its statement. The a Fox statement read, “and second will be renamed wish her all the best on her “FBN’s Wall Street” and will also use rotating annext chapter.” There was no immediate chors. Additionally, Bartireaction from Bartiromo. romo’s weekly Fox News Her X account still showed show “Sunday Morning a banner photo Thursday Futures” will be hosted by afternoon encouraging peo- Jason Chaffetz for the time ple to “grab yourself a cup being. Bartiromo has frequently of coffee, and join us every morning for Mornings With earned praise from Trump, who has granted her mulMaria.” Other high-profile, on-air tiple interviews over the personalities that have left years. He has called her a Fox News Media in recent “great reporter.”
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Continued from page 1A close a structural deficit in the sanitation department, which has grown to $25 million since the last fee increase in 2011. In the future, he said, the fee will be tied to the cost of service. “There has been a lack of transparency surrounding the sanitation fee. There is no correlation, before today, on what the sanitation fee is versus what sanitation actually costs,” Morrell said. Moreno’s office said the proposal approved Thursday also includes “major reforms to create a more accurate, accountable and financially sustainable sanitation system.” But critics of the plan said the city was unfairly charging more for less service and questioned the administration’s rush to approve a fee increase before figuring out how much the system costs to run. The city cut back on twice-weekly trash hauls in 2021, but residents have continued to pay $24 per month and will now pay more. “The people of this city was complaining that we was not receiving a second day of week pickup for years. And now you’re coming back saying, ‘No, we’re not going to give it to you. But we want you to pay more money,’ ” said 7th Ward resident Leona Ellis. “This should not be passed on to us. This is y’all error.” District E council member Jason Hughes, who hosted town hall meetings Tuesday and Wednesday in his district, was the lone vote against the move. Hughes, like most of the other council members, cast his vote without comment.
‘Not the city’s piggy bank’ The city’s sanitation service has been operating at a deficit for years, and it only worsened after former Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration restructured con-
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Continued from page 1A 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, 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
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Susan Brady, a property owner who has lived in New Orleans for 50 years, speaks to the New Orleans City Council in opposition to an increase in sanitation fees during Thursday’s meeting. tracts with the city’s trash haulers after Hurricane Ida, with requirements for newer equipment and improved employee benefits. The new contracts were intended to improve reliability after faltering service throughout the pandemic and a complete breakdown for weeks after Hurricane Ida in 2021. There was a dramatic decline in missed pickups, but the sanitation deficit has quintupled since 2023, officials say. That’s despite a cut in weekly pickups, from two to one, that was meant to defray the cost of service. Moreno for months has floated the idea of raising the monthly fee, calling the increases vital to a solvent operation. The administration pitched the council on a plan to do so weeks before the mayor is expected to announce her 2027 budget and as she aims to avoid worker furloughs and other cuts next year. But residents this week said the city hasn’t done enough with what it has, and many are still upset about the loss of service. They said
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 reporters 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
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the administration should have weeded out errors in the service location list to ensure the city isn’t overpaying before imposing a significant fee increase. “We are not the city’s piggy bank,” said St. Claude resident Susan Brady before the vote. “You need to do your homework and do better.”
Audit finds issues A recent report by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office found discrepancies between the list of service locations and those receiving bills from the Sewerage & Water Board, which collects the fee on the city’s behalf. The city is paying contractors for curbside pickups at 165,000 locations, but the S&WB is only billing for about 144,000, according to the audit. The auditor found vacant lots, duplicate addresses and large multifamily properties that are required to hire their own contractors on the city’s service list, though they also said more veri-
received from the Saints was a $190 reimbursement for gas, and the only thing he did with the organization was rehab his surgically repaired 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 counterparts 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,”
fication work needs to be done to come up with an accurate list. The Moreno administration is now working with contractors to do that, a process expected to last through March 2027. Moreno’s team also plans to use some of the new fee revenue to hire 10 new employees for a “strike team” to respond to illegal dumping complaints. City Sanitation Director Matt Torri stressed in Hughes’ town halls that the fee hike was calculated to cover the cost of servicing the S&WB billing list only, meaning residents aren’t burdened with the added cost of more than 20,000 potentially ineligible addresses. “The guiding principle in all this is to provide the most favorable fee to ratepayers while covering the cost of service,” Torri said on Wednesday night at a town hall at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church on Crowder Boulevard. But some residents said the fee increase is too much, too fast, especially for those on a fixed income. Though Moreno announced she would seek a fee increase back in March, the administration unveiled the specifics on Aug. 27, a week before the council vote and a little more than a month before it will take effect. Critics also frequently pointed out that contractors are paid for recycling at every service location, even though only a little more than 40% of residents have asked for a recycling cart, a key finding in the audit. The city pays about $900,000 per month for recycling, or nearly $11 million per year. Chris Lang, a former Office of Resilience and Sustainability employee, said the administration should renegotiate the contracts with IV Waste, Waste Pro and Richard’s Disposal before increasing the fee. “Why should we, as residents, be fully expected to fix that deficit while you, as the city, are not doing what’s in your power to ensure
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
“Why should we, as residents, be fully expected to fix that deficit while you, as the city, are not doing what’s in your power to ensure our contractors are not fleecing us?” CHRIS LANG, New Orleans resident our contractors are not fleecing us?” Lang said before the vote on Thursday. Others on Thursday questioned if the cost of recycling is worth it, given the financial constraints that led to the fee increase. “Why can’t we get rid of this recycling? I really don’t think it’s working. It may be working in other places, but down here, no. That’s a gigantic number, $900,000 a month,” said Ronald Qunital. Morrell, speaking before the council’s vote on Thursday, said the city could cut recycling later, a move that could provide the needed savings to return to twiceweekly pickups. On the other hand, he said the city could also resume glass recycling, which hasn’t been offered on a regular basis since Hurricane Katrina — so long as the city has a way to pay for it. “This is not the end of the conversation, and we will continue to have it. But right now, it’s about making sure the city can provide the services we all expect and all need as we dig ourselves out of a generational problem,” Morrell said. Council members Lesli Harris, who called for the return of recycling, and Freddie King III said their votes in favor of the new fees were difficult but necessary. There could be service disruptions if the city ultimately can’t pay its contractors, King said. “We’re up against a real timeline coming up, potentially falling off the financial cliff if we don’t start having some revenue generating measures,” he said.
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 vio-
lates 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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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 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 SisterFriend 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
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Caucus in 1971 along with er. He needed a green card.” Betty Friedan, Shirley Ch- They married at a Cherokee ceremony in Oklahoma. Sevisholm and Bella Abzug. Unlike her friend Abzug, eral years later, he became however, Steinem was not ill with brain lymphoma, and comfortable in front of a Steinem cared for him until crowd. Gradually, with her his death in 2003. early speaking partner Steinem said she had few Dorothy Pitman Hughes, regrets in life, but did miss a Black feminist and child being present when her welfare advocate, she found father died. She received her footing. The two formed word that he’d been in a sea powerful partnership at rious car accident, but did a time when feminism was not respond in time, and viewed as largely a White, he died alone. “I had taken middle-class movement. In care of my mom as a child, an iconic photo, the two raise and I feared I’d never come their right arms together in back,” she explained. the Black Power salute. She was also sorry that she As she grew more famous, didn’t become closer to her Steinem drew attention not mother. “I was so fearful of just for her work but for becoming her,” she said in a glamorous Manhattan an HBO documentary, “Glolife. Asked once about her ria: In Her Own Words.” streaked hair and aviator glasses, she explained that Life on the road ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By RICHARD DREW the hair was inspired by HolSteinem’s books included Women’s rights spokeswoman Gloria Steinem attends a news conference at the American ly Golightly, the free-spirit- the 2015 road memoir “My Civil Liberties Union office in New york in 1973. ed character in “Breakfast Life on the Road” — but she wryly noted at the time that at Tiffany’s.” The glasses? They were she’d never learned to drive. sexual harassment then,” she has said. “It was just “more about hiding,” she It would have taken away, she said, from her ability said. life.” to converse with hosts who But one assignment in 1963 picked her up from airports sounded compelling: posing Ms. Magazine as a Playboy Bunny for an Then came Ms. Magazine or train stations. And, she exposé in the now-defunct in 1972. “I was so obsessed noted, she always loved to Show magazine. Steinem with the fear that it would chat with taxi drivers. On Jan. 21, 2017, when auditioned, assuming she’d fail and be a disgrace to the be weeded out. But she was movement,” Steinem said hundreds of thousands of given her bunny costume — later. And opponents hoped women gathered in Wash“so tight, it would give a man that would happen. TV ington in their pink “pussy a cleavage” — and worked at newsman Harry Reasoner, hats” for the historic Womthe job for about a month. an especially tart critic, lat- en’s March, it surprised no“I could not have made a er apologized on air. Steinem body that the keynote speakbigger mistake,” she told continued with Ms. until it er, and the most rousing, was the AP in 2011. “It was per- was bought in 2001 by the Steinem. ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By HARVEy GEORGES sonally and professionally a Feminist Majority Founda“We are linked,” she told Bella Abzug, left, and Patsy Mink of Women USA sit next to disaster. In the short term, it tion, and remained an ad- the crowd. “And this is a day that will change us forever was much harder to get as- viser. Gloria Steinem as she speaks in Washington in 1979. Steinem never had chil- because we are together.” signments, and in the long For many women, Steinem noted her “spectacular race- everything I could get my term it’s been used to ridi- dren, and said she never rehands on,” she told an audi- cule me.” horse legs.” gretted it. “No, not for a mil- was the galvanizing voice “Nobody ever called me ence at Manhattan’s 92NY lisecond,” she told the AP. that day. She would go on Writing evolved beautiful until I was public- earlier this year. “It’s important that some of to advocate fiercely. But, In 1944 her parents dily a feminist, and that was Steinem was in her 30s us not have children, to show though many saw her as a singular figure in history, in my mid-30s,” she told AP vorced, and 10-year-old Glo- when she joined the edi- that we have a choice.” In 2000, Steinem made a she often liked to say that in a 2011 interview. “It was ria was left to take care of torial board of New York clear that label was being her mother, a once-promis- magazine, and her writing choice she’d never planned if she hadn’t come along, assigned to me. The most ing journalist who struggled became more political. In to: She got married, at 66, someone else would have achurtful part is that you work to combine her work with 1969, she went to cover an to British activist and busi- complished the same things. very hard, and people say running a household and abortion rights hearing. nessman David Bale, whom By the same token, she it’s because of your looks.” who eventually suffered a She had never told anyone she met at a fundraiser. said, it was less important about her illegal abortion at Bale was the father of actor that younger people listen to nervous breakdown. Humor vs. hostility As a young girl she ex- 22, in London. That was the Christian Bale. her, and more important that “I thought, ‘I haven’t they listen to themselves. Of course, Steinem also celled at tap dancing — it moment, she has said, that “The primary thing is not had to deal with hostility — was even going to be her triggered her career as a changed, marriage had changed,’ ” Steinem said. that they know who I am,” sometimes from surprising “ticket out of Toledo,” she women’s rights activist. Steinem founded the Na- “David and I wanted to be she said, “but that they know places. Appearing on Larry said. That particular career King’s talk show on CNN did not materialize, though, tional Women’s Political together, we loved each oth- who THEY are.” in 1990, she was visibly and she attended Smith Colstunned when a female call- lege in the 1950s — a time er greeted her cheerfully, when, she said, women were then told her to “rot in hell” being educated to be mothbecause she had ruined “the ers and wives. beautiful American family.” But marriage was not on But by then, she noted, Steinem’s mind. “I was enat least people were taking gaged to a very nice man. feminists seriously. 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Continued from page 1A involving passengers, drivers and personal injury lawyers to stage collisions with 18-wheelers on New Orleans highways. The multimillion dollar operation snagged dozens of large settlements through bogus injury claims filed in the city’s civil courts. Insurance firms have blamed it for inflating ratepayers’ auto premiums. “Today’s verdict is an important step towards justice,” U.S. Attorney David Courcelle said at a Thursday news conference. “Alfortish and Parker exploited the courts to benefit themselves and confederates.” But by failing to reach a verdict on whether Alfortish ordered Garrison’s killing, which stopped the fraud investigation cold and spawned an additional murder probe, at least some of the jurors rejected prosecutors’ argument that Alfortish resorted to killing a federal witness to escape accountability — a key prong of a prosecution that emerged from a four-year search for Garrison’s killers. “The United States of America charged Sean Alfortish with murdering a federal witness,” Alfortish’s lawyer, Shaun Clarke, told news reporters outside the federal courthouse. “They brought every resource of the federal government that they could bring. They brought five assistant U.S. attorneys onto the case. They had a phalanx of FBI agents. They tried in every way possible to convict Sean Alfortish of murdering a federal informant. And the jury did not find in their favor.” If the government wants to retry the charges, Clarke said, “so be it. We’ll be ready.” The jury appeared deadlocked for much of its marathon deliberation session, one of the longest in recent memory at New Orleans’ federal courthouse. Vitter on Wednesday issued an “Allen charge,” or directive to keep deliberating despite a stalemate. The mistrial on the murder counts suggested some jurors were unconvinced by prosecutors’ star witness, Ryan “Red” Harris, a “slammer” who learned the trade from Garrison and who testified that he helped Parker carry out the hit on Alfortish’s command. Garrison’s niece, who watched much of the trial, said afterward that the verdict provided little closure. “My uncle was murdered, and there was no verdict for it,” Davondria Garrison said. “My grandmother, her son was murdered in front of her. We still don’t have justice.”
Significant fraud evidence The three-week trial that preceded Thursday’s verdict unpacked a fraud conspiracy that prosecutors said had been wildly successful. They used thousands of pages of financial records and called dozens of witnesses to show how Alfortish and his fiancée, an up-and-coming injury attorney named Vanessa Motta, paid “slammers” to recruit passengers, pack them into cars, sideswipe 18-wheelers on busy highways and then bring in the passengers as lawsuit plaintiffs. Unable to litigate the bogus lawsuits himself after a prior conviction and disbarment, prosecutors detailed how Alfortish cashed in through a web of firms that worked alongside Motta’s law firm. They included a lawsuit referral business that funneled cases from “slammers” to her firm for litigation, plus companies that financed plaintiffs’ surgeries.
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Sean Alfortish’s defense attorneys and family members leave the federal courthouse after a verdict in his case on Thursday.
Family members of Cornelius Garrison III leave federal court on Thursday. Motta and Alfortish raked in millions as the scheme reached its heyday in the late 2010s, financial records show. (A separate jury convicted her in March on a slew of fraud counts. She was not accused of any role in Garrison’s murder.) The operation began to unravel in late 2019 as federal scrutiny of Alfortish and Motta mounted, juiced by suspicions from civil defense lawyers on the receiving end of the wave of lawsuits. Garrison began cooperating that year with FBI agents assigned to “Operation Sideswipe.” In 31 meetings spanning 11 months, he told federal agents and prosecutors how he’d made a living sideswiping 18-wheelers for the couple. In 2020, Alfortish and Motta received a pair of grand jury subpoenas that made clear Garrison had joined “Team USA.” He was indicted that September on federal charges that confirmed his cooperation. Four days later, he was shot 10 times in his mother’s entryway. The FBI called in violent crime specialists to unravel the killing as the bureau’s white collar agents plugged away at a case in which their star witness had just been
murdered. “Mr. Garrison was killed for helping us build the case that has led to prison sentences for dozens of individuals who staged auto crashes across New Orleans,” said Jonathan Tapp, the FBI’s special agent in charge in New Orleans. Four years would pass before Harris’ arrest in Garrison’s death. Alfortish and Parker were indicted in the killing the following year after Harris gave them up to authorities.
Scant direct evidence on murder Garrison’s death on Sept. 22, 2020, loomed large over the threeweek trial. His final words — “mama, fall down on the floor” — were the first thing jurors heard during prosecutors’ opening statements. Harris faces a 35-year sentence after pleading guilty to planning the murder. On the witness stand, he said he did so on Alfortish’s orders and enlisted Parker, an old family friend, to pull the trigger. Little direct evidence emerged during the trial to back up that account. An FBI presentation of cellphone location data showed Parker and Harris meeting repeatedly the
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day before the hit. But beyond that, little more than Harris’ word tied Alfortish and Parker to the killing. Harris testified that he met the two men at Harris’ family auto shop to discuss the hit on Sept. 21. He acknowledged buying a pair of burner phones used to plan the hit, casing Garrison’s house and goading a girlfriend, Jovanna Gardner, into enticing Garrison to come outside before he was shot. Harris also confessed to later burning a getaway car. But it was Parker, he testified, who pulled the trigger that killed Garrison. The FBI location data showed Parker and Harris meeting repeatedly in the 24 hours before the killing in a Planet Fitness parking lot in New Orleans East. Parker and Harris were both there when Harris said he called Gardner to instruct her on the plan to lure Garrison outside. Parker’s attorneys, Stephen Haedicke and Richard Schroeder, sought to discredit Harris during the trial, calling him the murder’s true triggerman. They highlighted dozens of Harris’ family members who appeared across Motta’s roster of plaintiffs as a potential in-
centive he had to seek Garrison’s silence. Haedicke and Schroeder emphasized Harris’ lies to investigators during FBI “proffer” sessions, and seized on a conflicting story he told on the witness stand about who destroyed one of two burner phones used in the murder. They showed the jury several 9 mm handguns, boxes of ammunition and an empty Glock case recovered from Harris’ auto shop and apartment at the time of his 2024 arrest for the murder. (A murder weapon in Garrison’s killing was never found.) “Leon Parker has maintained his innocence of the murder from day one, and we are thankful the jury refused to convict him,” Haedicke said in a statement to The Times-Picayune after the verdict. “If the government chooses to retry him, we look forward to securing a not guilty verdict at the retrial.” Gardner took the witness stand on the final day of trial and testified that Harris had told her he killed Garrison in the hours after the murder and that he threatened to kill her, too, if she told anyone about it. Under cross-examination by Payne, Gardner added that she’d seen Parker and Harris together at her Chalmette apartment complex hours before the killing. Gardner’s testimony was the final piece of evidence presented to jurors before they began deliberations. Asked after the verdict whether the prosecution team would reevaluate Harris’ role as a witness when it retries the murder counts, Courcelle declined to comment. The jury on Thursday acquitted Alfortish on additional charges of obstruction and suborning perjury — counts he’d faced over a jailhouse saga while he awaited trial in which he was accused of trying to pay another prisoner to lie in his defense. Alfortish’s mother, Sylvia, and his brothers Todd and Jeff watched much of the trial from the courtroom. When Vitter read “no verdict” on the first of the murder counts he’d faced, one of them gasped.
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City Council votes for new parade fees Move to help cover costs of Carnival BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer
The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to impose a new fee on the Carnival krewes that present float parades in Orleans Parish each year. If the fee is approved by Mayor Helena Moreno, the largest parades will now pay the city $10,000, medium-sized parades will pay
$7,500, and small parades would pay $5,000 for permits. The charge, called the Carnival Gap Adjustment for Parades Fee or GAP Fee, is meant to help City Hall offset the cost of presenting New Orleans’ signature celebration. It’s also the latest in a series of changes to Carnival season, many of which have been championed by council President JP Morrell.
In July, the council approved a laundry list of new rules aimed at cutting down public safety and sanitation 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 the spectacle. The city reportedly spent $11 million for police, sanitation and other services during the 12-day official Carnival parading season, which results in a shortfall of $3.7 million.
No Carnival krewe representatives spoke during Thursday’s meeting. But contacted by phone after the vote, Lloyd Frischhertz, captain of the Krewe of Tucks, said his krewe expected to pay the maximum $10,000 fee, which he felt is reasonable. “We’re happy to do it,” he said. “We’re glad some of the more radical requests for payment weren’t adopted and there was a compromise with the organizations.” Greg Rhoades, co-founder of the Krewe of Freret, said the
former permit fees for parades, which ranged from $750 to $1,500, “seemed remarkably low.” It cost 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
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A fledgling Mississippi kite, still too young to fly, waits for breakfast as a waning gibbous moon hangs in the background in New Orleans’ Parkview neighborhood on Tuesday.
N.O. police respond to two FBI investigating homicides five miles apart sale of ID cards Killings probed in on the dark web Gentilly Woods, West Lake Forest
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BY MISSY WILKINSON Staff writer
New Orleans homicide detectives investigated killings in Gentilly Woods and West Lake Forest on Thursday afternoon that were reported just an hour and 5 miles apart. Combined with a fatal Bourbon Street shooting Monday night, the killings mark a rare outburst of violence amid a notable drop in homicides this summer, as the city experiences its lowest violent crime rate since the 1960s. Between May and August, New Orleans recorded just 20 homicides, down 46% from the 41 recorded during the same period last year and 80% from the 100 recorded during the same period in 2022, according to the NOPD Analytics Unit. At 2 p.m., police responded to a shooting at a New Orleans Original Daiquiris shop in the 4400 block of Chef Menteur Highway,
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New Orleans homicide detectives investigate a crime scene after a man was fatally shot in the 4400 block of Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans on Thursday. where they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. Emergency Medical Services took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. One suspect has been detained for questioning in connection with the killing while a hunt is underway for a second suspect, NOPD Deputy Superintendent
Nicholas Gernon said. About 40 minutes later, NOPD officers responded to a report of a man down in the 6800 block of Tara Lane. There, they located a man with unknown trauma to his body and determined the killing to be a homicide, based on the
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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 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.
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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 uniquely qualified to lead Ochsner Lafayette Logue 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
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Continued from page 1B appearance of the scene, Gernon said. Officials do not believe the two homicides are related. The violence followed another killing earlier in the week. A 20-year-old man was shot to death on Bourbon Street overnight Monday, and a 17-year-old has been arrested and booked with seconddegree murder in connection with the shooting.
Gentilly Woods shooting On Thursday afternoon, homicide detectives and a K-9 unit searched an area spanning Chef Menteur Highway, Ransom Street and Lynhuber Drive. More than a dozen NOPD officers congregated outside the New Orleans Original Daiquiris store. Most officers clustered near the building’s drive-through, while a few investigated a strip of parking lot framed by two palm trees. Officials believe the shooting occurred after two individuals ran into each other near the daiquiri shop, Gernon said. NOPD officers who were working at the Walmart across the street were alerted to
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Continued from page 1B 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 sophisti-
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The New Orleans Police Department investigates a homicide in the West Lake Forest neighborhood in New Orleans on Thursday. the wounded man on the ground. Around the same time police called EMS, state troopers spotted a suspicious vehicle speeding from the area, according to Gernon. They pursued it until it ran off the road near the Majestic Oaks apartments, prompting a foot chase. One suspect was detained, while authorities contin-
cated 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 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 after learning of KrebsOnSecurity publisher and cybersecurity expert Brian Krebs’ interest in the case.
ued searching for another as of Thursday evening. “Incidents like this demonstrate how closely NOPD and Troop NOLA work together,” Gernon said.
West Lake Forest homicide Minutes after he briefed the media outside the daiquiri shop, Ger-
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. Email Adam Daigle at adaigle@ theadvocate.com.
non headed a few miles east down Interstate 10 to join detectives as they investigated the upper level of an apartment complex at 6867 Tara Lane. A van from the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office arrived around 4 p.m. Though police initially reported that a man in his 60s had died from a gunshot wound, they later revised that account, saying he had suffered unknown trauma. Based on the appearance of the scene, investigators determined his death was a homicide. Officials did not say whether he lived alone or whether anyone had been detained. Kiante Warren identified the victim as her uncle, Darryl Warren. She and other family members gathered at the scene, hugging one another and demanding answers that weren’t forthcoming. A friend who identified himself as “Milkshake” and declined to give his last name said Darryl Warren went by the nickname “Peter Rabbit” and loved to play dominoes. Other neighbors said he used a scooter as a mobility aid. “That man was sweet to me. He was a good guy,” Milkshake said. Anyone with information about the killings is asked to call homicide detectives at (504) 658-5300 or to call NOPD at (504) 821-2222.
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 Gram- Wilson my-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, 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.
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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 Sept. 1, he said the dark web forum selling the IDs shut down.
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Continued from page 1B 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.”
A compromise 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,
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The Zulu parade rolls through downtown New Orleans on Feb. 17. 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.” The city, he said, may be increas-
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Unemployment claims tick up to 206,000 WASHINGTON — More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but layoffs are still rare and jobless claims remain at historically low levels. The Labor Department reported Thursday filings for benefits ticked up to 206,000 last week from a revised 204,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-toweek volatility, rose modestly to 207,250 last week. Claims for jobless benefits are a proxy for layoffs, and economists watch them because they can be a sign of where the job market is headed. For the past year, claims have mostly stayed within a historically low range of 200,000 to 230,000 a week. The number of people collecting unemployment benefits rose slightly to 1.78 million the week that ended Aug. 22, up by 8,000 from the week before.
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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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New Orleans Area Deaths Alugas, Herman Anderson, Troykeem Bailey, Jamie Bellaire, Elima Birden, Linda Brochard Jr., Mervin Coloton, Carol Grush, Michael Hebert, Ronald Lewis, Glenda Mills, Charlie Montague, Roy Paige Perkins, Louise Scott, Bernadette Smothers, Theodore Stewart, Marion Taplet, Wade Thompson, Hubert Trufant, Leon Turner, Joyce Williams, Harriette
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Troykeem Anderson departed this life on August 20,2026. he is survived by his children, parents and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral service will be on Saturday, September 5, 2026 @11:00a.m. at Riverland Christian Center 123 Redemption Way Reserve, La., Rev. Steve Perrilloux Officiant. Visitation at 10:00am. Interment St. John Memorial Gardens. Arrangements Entrusted to Hobson Brown Funeral Home Garyville, La 70051 985-535-2516
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Jaime Chantelle Bailey entered into eternal rest on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at her home in Laplace, LA. Daughter of Yvonne Smothers Bailey and Reverend Albert Bailey. Sister of Albert Joseph Bailey and Tremaine Bailey. Granddaughter of Myrtle Smothers Aunt of Albert Douglas Bailey and Kaleb Charles Bailey. Also survived by a host other relative and friends. Age 48 years. A native of New Sarpy, LA and a resident of LaPlace, LA. Relatives and friends of the family, also pastors, officers and members of St. Matthew Baptist Church and all neighboring churches are invited to attend the funeral service at St. Matthew Baptist Church, 604 E S Johnson Street, New Sarpy, LA on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 12 noon. Rev Albert Bailey Pastor, Rev. Dr. Forell Bering, Sr., Pastor of Bethlehem and Pilgrim Baptist Churches, Reserve, LA, Officiating.Interment St. John Memorial Garden Cemetery, 2205 West Airline Highway, LaPlace, LA. Visitation at the above named church from 10:00 AM until service. Service by Robottom Mortuary
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Obituaries Alugas, Herman Joseph
Herman Joseph Alugas passed away early on Friday morning August 21, 2026, at the age of 94. Herman is survived by his children Eric Alugas (wife Freya), Lenny Alugas (wife Teri), Jeffrey Alugas (wife Elana), & Gregory Alugas (wife Stacy). His grandchildren Brandon, Malcolm (wife Breonna), Alex (husband Myles), Ernie (spouse Memphis), & Alexandria. Great grandchildren Sasha & Noah. Family and friends are invited to the Celebration of Life Service on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, for 10:00 a.m. at The Boyd Family Funeral Home, 5001 Chef Menteur Hwy., New Orleans LA. 70126. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Repass will follow at
Family and friends are invited to attend the visitation on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Second Baptist Church, 2836 Sullen Place, New Orleans, Louisiana 70131, Visitation at 9:00am Service begins at 10:00am, Interment will take place at Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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vited to attend the Memorial Service at Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe st Gretna, LA, on Friday, September 4, 2026, at 10:00 am. To view and sign the guestbook, please go to www.davismortuarys ervice.com A memorial service will be held at 10:00 AM on 2026-09-04 at Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe Street.
Bellaire, Elima Veronica
Elima Veronica Bellaire entered eternal at Ochsner Medical Center Westbank on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, at the age of 67. She was a native of New Orleans, La and a resident of Gretna, LA. Elima was a graduate of L. W. Higgins High School, and she was employed with University Medical Center as a nurse assistant. She will always be remembered for her loving heart, beautiful spirit, and the love she shared with her family and friends. Beloved mother of Mandell Bellaire, Amanda Fleury, Alicia Bellaire. Grandmother of Angelica, Natalia, and Nadia Bellaire. Elima is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends of the family are in-
Linda Jones Birden entered her eternal rest on August 23, 2026, at the age of 77. Linda leaves to cherish her memory her three sons, Alvin (Annette) Phoenix, Shadrick Phoenix, and Sean (Yolanda) Birden; three sisters, Donna (Leroy) Thomas, Harriet Jones, and Hester Williams; three brothers, Omar (Martha) Sabree, Harry (Vera) Young, Jr., and Terrance Butler; and a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other family members, and friends who loved her dearly. Linda was preceded in death by her husband, Ezekiel Birden; her parents, Agnes Morris and Harry Young, Sr.; her sisters, Burnette Pittman, Diane Magee, and Elizabeth Grinstead; and her brothers, Henry Lee Young, George Johnson, and Murphy Johnson. Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, September 5, 2026, for 10:00 a.m. at Second Salvation Baptist Church, 212 Marrero St., Bridge City, LA. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pastor Richard Williams, officiating. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins .com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Directors.
Brochard Jr., Mervin Joseph
Carol Ann Coloton August 20, 1949 June 22, 2026 Carol Ann Coloton, of Terrytown, Louisiana, passed away on June 22, 2026, at the age of 76 following injuries sustained in an accident. Born in New Orleans on August 20, 1949, Carol was the daughter of Thomas John Coloton, Sr. and Cecile (née O'Leary) Coloton. She devoted many years to federal service, working as a programmer supporting United States Navy payroll and information systems during the transition from punch-card computing to modern mainframe systems. She was a loving daughter, sister, aunt and great aunt, and will be deeply missed. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas John Coloton, Sr. and Cecile (O'Leary) Coloton; her sister, Gwendolyn (Coloton) Irwin; and her brother, Thomas Coloton, Jr. She is survived by her nephew, William Walton Irwin, Jr. (Penny); her niece, Anne Irwin Ward (Rob); her great-nieces, Molly Irwin and Fiona Ward; her great-nephew, Jude Ward; as well as extended family members and friends who will remember her intelligence, independence, determination, and dedication to her family and beloved pets. Carol's cremated remains will be interred in the Coloton family plot at St. Patrick Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans. Interment arrangements are being finalized. A remembrance gathering will be held at City Park at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 12, 2026. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to an animal rescue or animal care organization of your choice. The family appreciates the kindness shown by the medical professionals, first responders, and everyone who visited with and assisted Carol during her final illness. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditi onbegins.com (504)2820600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Directors.
Mervin Joseph Brochard, Jr., a beloved husband, father, brother, educator, and veteran, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 20, 2026, at the age of 68. Mervin was born on May 18, 1958. He was a proud graduate of Joseph S. Clark High School, Class of 1977. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Southern University at New Orleans in 1982 and later received an Alternative Certification in Education from Holy Cross College. Mervin proudly served his country as a member of the United States Army Reserves for 28 years, including service during Operation Desert Storm. His military service reflected the discipline, dedication, strength, and commitment to others that defined his life. Mervin continued his dedication to his community through his work as an educator within Orleans Parish Public Schools. He was committed to making a difference in the lives of the students he served and took pride in contributing to his community through education. Mervin is survived by his wife, Janice; his sons, Mervin and Micah Brochard; his siblings, Denise Roubion-McClain (Stuart), Cheryl Dugars, Eric Roubion (Karen), and Kirk Brochard (Lisa); and a host of extended family, including godchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, fellow veterans,
Grush, Michael E.
Michael E. Grush, born on April 21, 1947, passed into the loving arms of the Lord on August 21, 2026. He is survived by his beloved wife, Beverly Thieler Landry Grush, his wonderful, loving stepchildren, Robert B. Landry, III (Elizabeth), Kirk C. Landry (Kim), Stephanie Landry Aguilar, and Adam P. Landry, as well as his devoted siblings, a brother, Kenneth P. Grush (Fred Loessel), and a sister, Nancy Grush (Steve Mayer). He is also survived by ten step-grandchildren and three step-greatgrandchildren, whom he loved and wished the best for. He was preceded in death by his parents, George E. Grush, Jr. and Nora Rowley Grush. Mike grew up in New Orleans in Incarnate Word Parish. He was a graduate of Redemptorist High School, Southeastern Louisiana University, and the University of New Orleans.
While studying for his undergraduate degree, he was a member of the tennis team. He was a Vietnam War veteran, stationed at Cam Ranh Bay, and a member of American Legion Post 175 in Metairie. Mike was a classroom teacher and coach at Pearl River High School in St. Tammany Parish for 31 years. Prior to that, he taught at Kehoe-France School in Metairie. During his 44-year career, Mike taught history, government, and geography, including honors courses, and coached tennis and cross country. He enjoyed playing tennis, running marathons, cheering for the Saints and Tulane, and going on family beach vacations. He was known for his elaborate Christmas light displays, and he dearly loved celebrating Christmas with his wife and family members. Mike's family wishes to thank Dr. Satti and the entire oncology staff at Ochsner Cancer Center in Covington for their kindness and care. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Ochsner Cancer Center, Tunnel to Towers Foundation, or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Family and friends are invited to the visitation on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at Greenwood Funeral Home, 5200 Canal Blvd., New Orleans, LA beginning at 11:00 AM until Mass time at 1:00 PM. Burial with military honors will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
Hebert, Ronald Joseph 'Ron'
Ronald Joseph "Ron" Hebert, 83, of Mandeville, Louisiana, passed away on September 1, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family. Born in New Orleans to Leon Keller Hebert and Pearl Pollet Hebert, Ron grew up in Metairie and was a proud 1960 graduate of Jesuit High School. His connection to Jesuit remained important throughout his life, and even in his final years, he looked forward to Thursday morning breakfasts with fellow Jesuit alumni and longtime friends. Ron graduated from Loyola University School of Dentistry in 1966, where he was a member of the C. Victor Vignes Honor Society and was recognized in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Following graduation, Ron served in the United States Navy, attaining the rank of Captain and spending two years stationed in San Diego. He was then accepted into the highly competitive orthodontic graduate program at the University of Illinois in Chicago. At a time when orthodontic programs were few and none existed in the South, his acceptance was an accomplishment of which he remained immensely proud. After completing his orthodontic training in 1971, Ron built a long and successful career as an orthodontist, practicing in New Orleans, Metairie, and Thibodaux. He was deeply proud of his profession and the many years he spent caring for his patients. Ron made his home in Thibodaux, Louisiana, for many years, where he built a custom home and established lasting roots in the community. He treasured the friendships he made there, including the close relationships he shared with his staff, and looked back on his years in Thibodaux with great fondness. A lifelong Catholic, Ron's faith was an important and enduring part of his life. While living in the French Quarter, he became deeply involved at St. Louis Cathedral, serving as an usher, Eucharistic minister, lector, and tour guide. His Catholic faith and his love of New Orleans and its history came together naturally in his service to the Cathedral. In 2014, the Archdiocese of New Orleans honored Ron with the Order of St. Louis IX Medallion in recognition of his extraordinary service to the Church. In the final
chapter of his life, he was a parishioner of Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Mandeville, where attending Sunday Mass with his daughter Angelle was a treasured part of his week. Ron had an abiding love for New Orleans and Louisiana history and an impressive knowledge of the people, places, architecture, and stories that shaped his hometown and state. Photography was an early passion, and among his most historically significant photographs were those he took of his father's childhood home, Welham Plantation, an antebellum estate near Convent along the Mississippi River. His photographs preserved a visual record of the historic property before it was destroyed in 1978. Ron also had a lifelong appreciation for New Orleans food and its culinary traditions. He particularly loved Muriel's and Antoine's in New Orleans, Drago's in Metairie, and, more recently, Bistro Byronz in Mandeville, where he regularly shared meals with family and friends. When his daughters were young, he loved taking Angelle and Kristen to the French Quarter and City Park, often stopping at Bud's Broiler along the way, sharing with them his affection for the city and its traditions. Above all, Ron loved his family. He shared an especially close bond with his daughters and took tremendous pride and joy in his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. One of the most enduring ways he expressed his love was through handwritten notes and cards. He remembered birthdays, graduations, weddings, and other milestones, but needed no special occasion to put pen to paper. He often wrote simply to say he was thinking of someone, that he was proud of them, or that he had noticed something worth celebrating. Those handwritten words will remain treasured reminders of his love for his family. Ron is survived by his daughters, Angelle Hebert Lyman (Marc) and Kristen Hebert Nelson (Christian); his grandchildren, Kemper Lyman (Madelyn), Katie Lyman, Kolbe Nelson, Anders Nelson, and Sophia Nelson; his great-grandchildren, Liam Hodges and Walker Lyman; and his siblings, Katharine "Kathy" Hebert Thompson, Tommy Hebert, and David Hebert. He also remained a dear friend to his former wife, Barbara Hebert, with whom he shared his daughters and many years of family memories. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leon Keller Hebert and Pearl Pollet Hebert, and his brothers, Daniel Hebert and Leon "Keller" Hebert, Jr. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Mass in the chapel of Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. in New Orleans, on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 2:00PM. A visitation will be held at the funeral home beginning at 12:30PM. The interment will follow the Mass at All Saints Mausoleum in Metairie Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Ronald's memory to Our
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Lewis, Glenda
Glenda Lewis departed this life on Sunday, August 23, 2026 at the age of 69. Beloved daughter of the late Earl L. Lewis and Marcella Harding Lewis; Mother of Marcella Hawkins-Albert (Torey), and the late Tillman and Kimyetta Hawkins; Grandmother of Marcella T. and Torey D. Albert; Grandmother in love of Jade Keller and Skyla Albert; Sister of Sheryl Lewis, Maria Pendleton, Gloria Lewis Lee-Bailey, Erica Lewis and the late Eric Lewis, and devoted cousin of Linda Henderson. Also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Funeral Service at Second Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, 2601 Dryades St. on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 am; Visitation will begin at 9:00 am; Interment: Providence Cemetery; Arrangements entrusted by D.W. Rhodes, 3933 Washington Ave. New Orleans, LA. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.
Mills, Charlie
Charlie Mills departed this life on Thursday, August 20, 2026 at the age of 88. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at St. St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church, 3219 Danneel Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70115 on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation will begin at 8:00 a.m. Interment: Providence Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.
friends, Pastor, officers and members of Greater Grace Fellowship are invited to attend the Homegoing Celebration for Roy Montague, Sr., on Saturday, September 5, 2026, for 11:00 a.m. at Greater Grace Fellowship, 5481 Crowder Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70127. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Pastor Perrin Gaines, officiating. Interment will follow at Lake Lawn Cemetery, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124. Guestbook Online: www.an ewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Directors.
Paige Perkins, Louise Doris Garrison
Louise Doris Garrison Paige Perkins peacefully entered eternal rest on Saturday, August 15, 2026, in Marrero, Louisiana, just one day before her 90th birthday. Affectionately known as "Big Red," "Teedy," "Lou," and "Momma Lou," she was a loving mother, sister, and friend whose life reflected God's love. Born on August 16, 1936, to the late Wilmer and Leotha Roussell Garrison, Louise was the beloved fourth of ten children. She lived a life marked by faith, compassion, and service. A graduate of Jefferson Parish Public Schools, she faithfully served at West Jefferson Hospital until retirement. Louise was a devoted and loving mother to Dwight A. Garrison. Her Christian foundation was established at Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church in Harvey, Louisiana, where she served as a devoted Deaconess. Later, after marrying Superintendent Sterling J. Perkins, Sr. on May 3, 2008, she joyfully served as First Lady of the Unity Church of God in Christ in Walker, LA. She leaves to cherish her memory her son, Dwight Garrison; sisters Patricia Ann Garrison, Marva Gbison and Nadrine Garrison Hayden (Pastor Woodrow); dear friend Anita Muse; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. She now rejoices with those who preceded her in glory: her parents Wilmer and Leotha Roussell Garrison; and siblings: Lillian G. Hodges Singleton, Welmar Garrison, Sr., Lionel Garrison, Sr., Clara Mae Garrison Jones, Emmett Garrison, Sr., and Leo G. Garrison, Sr. Celebration of life services will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at St. Mark Baptist Church 1829 Huey P. Long Ave, Gretna, LA 70053. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m., and service will begin at 10 a.m. Pastor JL Hampton officiating and entombment will follow at Providence Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Robinson Family Funeral Home (504) 208 - 2119
Montague, Roy Calvin
40 years, Bernadette built a successful career in retail management, working with Hit or Miss, Ashley Stewart, Stuart's Plus, Rainbow, Dressbarn, and Dillard's Department Store. She was a member of Greater St. Stephen, her Christian journey continued at Anointed Praise. Bernadette also established Daughters of Grace, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering women and girls through faith, mentorship, education, and purpose. Impact Ministries became her beloved church home in final years. Bernadette leaves to cherish her precious memory her loving daughter, Kezia Simeon; four beloved grandchildren, Myla, Milan, Kilan, and Kyla; her sister, Kimberly "Kim" Hylton Davis (Kevin Davis); her brother, Edward "Michael" Smith; her godchildren, Katharine Ross Hardy and Dominic Ross; nieces and nephews, who lovingly knew her as "Teetie", Stacey and Anthony Hylton, Janee Hylton White (Jamie), and Cierra Simeon, along with her extended family, dear friends, ministry colleagues, Daughters of Grace family, and beloved Impact Ministries church family. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Friday, September 4, 2026 at Impact Ministries, 4901 General De Gaulle Drive, New Orleans, LA 70131 at 6:00 p.m.( Attire: Anything church appropriate-No specific color is required). Followed by the Family Celebration of Life on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at Kids4Good, 3518 General Meyer Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70114 at 4:00 p.m. (Attire: All White and Gold). You may sign the guest book on www.ge rtrudegeddeswillis.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, Inc., in charge (504) 522-2525.
Smothers, Theodore
The Celebration of Life for Theodore "BK" Smothers, Sr. will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Gentilly Baptist Church, 5141 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70122, with Pastor Donald Ellzey officiating. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Mount Canaan Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, 15650 LA-10, Roseland, Louisiana 70456. Services are entrusted to Robinson Family Funeral Home, 9611 State Highway 23, Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037.
Stewart, Marion Ann
Marion Ann Stewart departed this life on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at the age of 68. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at Christian Fellowship Family Center, 5816 E. Judge Perez Drive Violet, Louisiana 70092 on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. Arrangements by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.
Scott, Bernadette
Roy Calvin "Speedy" Montague, Sr., entered peacefully into eternal rest on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Roy was born August 22, 1944, in New Orleans, Louisiana to the union of the late Vivien Edwin Montague and Bernita Monie Montague. He was the third of five children. He was a 1964 graduate of G.W. Carver Sr High School and a retiree from RTA. Roy is survived by his wife, Sherida; five children, Dedra, Rhonda, Patrice, Roy Jr., and Courtney; and one sister, Carole Eunice Montague. Roy is also survived by his grand, great grand, great-great grandchildren and a host of family, and friends. Relatives,
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Wade Taplet passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at the age of 61. He was a native and resident of New Orleans, LA. He was employed as a facility engineer with the University of New Orleans for many years and worked offshore with various companies. Later, he retired from Phillip 66 Alliance Refinery in Belle Chasse. Devoted and loving husband of 29 years to Sheryl Lynn Moody Taplet. Bonus father of Jalen Lockett. Son of late August Hubbard and Ann Maud J. Taplet. Relatives and friends of the family, also pastors, officers, and members of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, and neighboring churches are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church 1509 Monroe St. Gretna, LA on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 10:00a.m. Pastor Orin Grant, Sr. officiating. Visitation will begin at 8:30 a.m. until service time at the above-named church. Interment: Westlawn Cemetery-Gretna, LA. Arrangements by Davis Mortuary Service 230 Monroe St. Gretna, LA. To view and sign the guestbook, please go to www.da vismortuaryservice.com.
Hubert Lee Thompson, Sr. passed away on August 25, 2026, at the age of 62. He graduated from George Washington Carver High School in 1982. He was a dedicated employee, serving as a kitchen cook at Ralph & Kacoos and Bourbon House for many years. He was best known for his sense of humor, beautiful smile, dance moves, and love for family and sports! He will be missed and cherished by all who knew him. He was preceded in death by his father James Edward Thompson Sr., and brothers Wendell Thompson Sr., Allen Thompson, Edward Charles Thompson, Robert Salter and brother-in-law Robert Thomas. He is survived by his wife Donna Thompson and sons Hubert (Aundra) Thompson Jr., Dominique Thompson, and Derek Thompson all of New Orleans and Eric Reynolds of Crestview, FL; grandchildren Sanaa Thompson, Saint Thompson, Noah Johnson and Ethan Johnson all of New Orleans, LA and Donovan Thompson of Tampa, FL; mother Ester Salter Thompson of New Orleans, LA; siblings Wyvonia Thompson Thomas, James E. Thompson Jr., and Earl Thompson all of Brewton, AL; his siblings Terry Salter, Kenneth (Lisa)Thompson, Lisa Thompson (William) Videau, Michelle Thompson (Thomas) Toler all of New Orleans, LA; Aunt Jessie Mae Thompson Dukes of Evergreen, AL, Uncle Robert "OB" (Mary) Salter of Pensacola, FL; Uncle Bob Thompson of New Orleans, LA; He is also survived by a host of
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The Advocate’s Obituary Department Labor Day Holiday Hours Minister Bernadette Scott, age 68 was born on May 19, 1958 in New Orleans, LA entered eternal rest on August 1, 2026. She was a proud 1976 graduate of Joseph S. Clark High School. For more than
nieces, nephews, cousins, and devoted friends. Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on September 5, 2026, for 11:00 a.m. at The Church At New Orleans. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Interment to follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Guestbook Online: www.an ewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Directors.
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Joyce Turner departed this life on Saturday August 29, 2026. Wife of Irvin Turner Jr., Joyce is also survived by her siblings, stepsons. aunts, uncles, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. Celebration service will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 11:00am at King David B.C. 2329 N. King Ave Lutcher, LA. Pastor Mays officiating. Visitation at the church from 9am until service time. Interment in Antioch Cemetery Paulina, La
Williams, Harriette Mae
Harriette Mae Williams was born on November 26, 1953. She departed this earthly life on August 19, 2026, leaving behind a beautiful legacy of love, family, and cherished memories. Harriette was educated in New Orleans and proudly graduated from John McDonogh High School in 1971. Following her education, she embarked upon a career in public service with the Federal Government, where she faithfully dedicated many years of service before retiring. Harriette was a devoted wife, loving mother, beloved sister, aunt, cousin, and friend. Family held a special place in her heart, and throughout her life she treasured the relationships, laughter, and memories she shared with those she loved.She shared her life with her beloved husband, Joseph R. Williams, and was a devoted mother to her children, Charmaine Williams and Tre Andrew Williams. Her family was an important part of her life, and the love she had for them will remain a treasured part of her legacy. Harriette was preceded in death by her mother, Lillian Joseph; father, Andrew Williams; beloved husband, Joseph R. Williams; son, Tre Andrew Williams; sister, Mary Johnson; brothers, Andrew J. Williams, Thomas Williams, and John Williams; and sister-in-law, Joyce Williams. She leaves to cherish her precious memory her loving daughter, Charmaine Williams; brothers, Alan Williams and Michael Williams; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, and dear friends who will forever hold her memory close to their hearts. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, September 5, 2026 at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, 2120 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Interment Providence Memorial Park, 8200 Airline Drive, Metairie, LA 70003. You may sign the guest book on www.gertrudeged deswillis.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, Inc., in charge (504) 522-2525.
Services entrusted to the Caring Staff of Hobson Brown Funeral Home Garyville, La 70051, (985) 535-2516.
Roman K. Schultz 1/15/70 - 9/4/01
In honor of our beautiful son and brother Roman. 25 years ago, a quarter of a century, while traveling through Europe, you slipped and fell into eternity. The moment we heard the tragic news, our hearts broke and our lives changed forever. At 31, you had so much promise, so much to give and so much life to look forward to. That all changed on that rainy night in Amsterdam. Our lives have never been the same. Our grief has never ended. Our hearts are just as heavy as they were on hearing that horrific news 25 years ago. The only thing that keeps us going is believing that we all will be together again. We love you and miss you and think about you every single day. Mom, Pop, Wade, Sean & Zach
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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 When it comes to patients being left behind homelessness, it’s
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.
time to work together New Orleans and the state of Louisiwas convicted of tax evasion. Sometimes following the money is the quickest way to ana appear headed toward another fight interrupt a criminal operation. over who should control the response to The state should also determine where homelessness in the French Quarter and people living on New Orleans streets are surrounding neighborhoods. The dispute coming from. There has long been may produce hearings, lawsuits and a suspicion that other cities, parpolitical arguments, but none of that will remove a single needle from a ishes and even neighboring states sidewalk, place a person in treatsend difficult cases to New Orleans because our shelters and charitable ment or make a resident, worker or organizations are here. We should visitor safer. replace suspicion with facts. Perhaps it is time for the state and Each person entering a state or the city to work together. David city program should be asked, with The French Quarter is not simWaldron dignity and without losing services, ply another neighborhood. It is an Anderson where he or she last lived, how that international destination, an ecoGUEST person arrived and whether another nomic engine and one of the most COLUMNIST government agency or organization recognizable historic districts in provided transportation. If other America. Its hotels, restaurants, jurisdictions are using New Orleans musicians, artists and small busias a dumping ground, the governor is betnesses help support jobs and generate tax revenue throughout Louisiana. Conditions ter positioned than the mayor to address it in the Quarter therefore affect more than with other mayors and governors. New Orleans. A serious plan must distinguish among Yet residents, workers and visitors regu- different circumstances. A family dislarly encounter people sleeping in doorplaced by rising rent does not require the same response as a person suffering ways, using drugs in public, collapsing on from schizophrenia. Someone working sidewalks and leaving needles and human while living in a car has different needs waste behind. Similar conditions extend from a person repeatedly overdosing on a into the Marigny, along the riverfront and sidewalk. One may need temporary housinto nearby commercial areas. This is not compassion. Allowing an ading assistance; another may need medical care, addiction treatment or supervised dicted or mentally impaired person to placement. deteriorate on a sidewalk is abandonment That is why clearing an encampment disguised as tolerance. without treatment and follow-up merely A recent New York City government moves the problem to the next block. But report found that 285 of 634 documented providing services without reasonable deaths among homeless people during standards of public conduct leaves resia one-year period were associated with drugs or alcohol. New Orleans is not New dents, businesses and homeless people York, but the warning is relevant. A large trapped in the same dangerous conditions. portion of what we call a homelessness Perhaps this does not have to become anproblem is also an addiction, mental health other courtroom battle between City Hall and public safety crisis. and Baton Rouge. It could become somePeople using injectable drugs generally thing much more useful: an opportunity do not travel very far after obtaining them. for the state and the city to resolve one of When the same corners repeatedly contain New Orleans’ most visible and persistent discarded needles and people slumped over, problems. authorities should examine what is happenThe state can provide money, treatment capacity, interagency coordination and ing immediately around those locations. Police and health officials should map over- communication with surrounding jurisdicdose calls, drug arrests, discarded syringes tions. and recurring encampments to identify patThe city brings local knowledge, police, sanitation services, housing relationships terns and possible sources of supply. and organizations already working directly That examination should include nearby businesses when the evidence warrants it. with homeless people. Neither government is likely to succeed alone. Convenience stores and other cash-intenThe French Quarter is too important sive businesses in affected areas should be subject to the same licensing, sales tax and to New Orleans and Louisiana to permit present conditions to continue. More imregulatory audits that apply everywhere else. Most businesses are law-abiding and portantly, the people living on its sidewalks should not be treated as suspects. But deserve something better than another inspections can uncover tax violations, ilpolitical argument. legal sales or other activity that ordinary patrols may miss. Al Capone was not imDavid Waldron Anderson is a writer living in New Orleans. prisoned for bootlegging or murder; he
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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. and impacts become irreversible. SpaceX’s project is not an isolated That preparation requires more than case. Louisiana and the broader region symbolic public hearings. It requires are entering a multi-front technological structured multistakeholder learning proexpansion. In southern Arkansas, direct lithium extraction has drawn national cesses that bring residents, environmenattention as companies explore cleaner tal scientists, coastal resilience experts, ways to produce a mineral essential for educators, labor leaders and SpaceX repelectric-vehicle batteries. At the same resentatives into the same room. These time, massive data centers are being built conversations help institutions surface in three locations across the state, bringassumptions, identify unintended conseing pressures on land, water and energy quences and build shared understanding. use, infrastructure capacity and workThey also help communities feel heard rather than sidelined. force readiness. As someone who taught business manIn each of these cases, the early public conversation has followed a similar traagement at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for 11 years — and who jectory: Economic optimism dominates, co-authored for several years the Louisienvironmental concerns surface quickly and community voices struggle to find a ana Economic Conditions Report surveyplace in top-level planning. The pattern is ing regional business leaders — I’ve seen not about any single company or technolo- the near-euphoria that often accompanies gy. It is about how our institutions behave proposed major projects. Some of these projects succeeded economically for when confronted with rapid, high-stakes certain stakeholders, yet faltered overall opportunities. Large-scale projects have a much better because institutions overlooked broader community and area concerns. Louisiana chance of succeeding when institutions broaden their planning perspectives. They has an opportunity to break that pattern often falter when decisions are made with with SpaceX’s Pecan Island project. This launch facility could be transfortoo few stakeholder voices at 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
say, “Well, we tried to do the The judge has ruled. right thing but we lost” and be The players won. done with it. The Southeastern Conference lost Oh, no. Not in the bizarro world — for now. of college athletics circa 2026. In a Baton Rouge state courtroom, Just as SEC commissioner Greg at least. Sankey was testifying in state On a strange, sad, dramatic and Scott ultimately historic day for LSU Rabalais court here in Baton Rouge, the SEC’s filing to sue LSU, president athletics and the world of college Wade Rousse, athletic director athletics at large, Judge Will Jorden decided for the 40 or so athletes seeking a Verge Ausberry and — drumroll, please — Lane Kiffin — hit the books at a federal fifth year of eligibility in 2026-27. That includes — front page, bold type — court in Birmingham, Alabama. If your head is swimming with facts, that’s where former Ole Miss/NFL players Dae’Quan the SEC is headquartered. Wright and Zxavian Harris, clearing the The SEC lost this day in court. But you way for them to be added to LSU’s roster have to believe there will be many more by Friday’s deadline ahead of the Tigers’ to come. Early reports Thursday night opener Saturday night against Clemson. If only the ruling settled the matter. If ä See RABALAIS, page 4C only the Southeastern Conference would
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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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TE’s first game with Tulane is against former team BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer
PATIENCE REQUIRED 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
When tight end Vance Bolyard chose Tulane out of the transfer portal, he knew his first game with the Green Wave would be against his old team in his home venue for the past three years. He is pumped for his return to Duke’s Wallace Wade Stadium on Saturday (2:30 p.m., ACC Network), and he might get his first career start in the process. “Obviously I love the ä Tulane at coaches here, and that’s the Duke 2:30 P.M. main reason I came, but seeSATURDAy,ACCN ing Duke on the schedule was awesome,” he said. “It was a reason for me to come down here as well so I get to go back and see all my fellows.” Bolyard was unhappy with his limited role at Duke, where he redshirted as a freshman, played 84 downs In 2024 and 85 downs last year — mostly on special teams. He never caught a pass and did not get on the field in the Blue Devils’ 34-27 loss at Yulman Stadium last September. Clearly eager to show the Duke coaches what they were missing, he is listed as a possible starter along with Dawson Johnson at a deep spot. Others in the mix are Ty Thompson, who practiced this week after missing most of camp with a hamstring injury, Gabe Lovorn and Cam Roberts. “When I came down here, (offensive coordinator) coach (Russ Callaway) expressed how much he wanted to use the tight end in a versatile way — both in the running game and the passing game,” Bolyard said. “He’s
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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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Tulane coach Will Hall, right, stands next to tight end Vance Bolyard during practice on Aug. 11 at yulman Stadium. Bolyard’s first game with Tulane is against his former team Duke.
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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 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.
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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 the Games. 2030 World Cup “It’s a major decision because The next World Cup, which will it creates a big window for essen-
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.”
tially 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.
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.
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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 waive second-year RB Neal, DE Heldman BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer
The New Orleans Saints waived two players off injured reserve with an injury settlement Thursday, including a second-year running back who had a promising rookie season. The Saints parted ways with running back Devin Neal and edge rusher Michael Heldman, the team announced. The two had both initially been placed on injured reserve when the Saints made cuts Sunday to finalize their initial 53-man roster. Neal’s release comes as a surprise. The 23-year-old rushed for 206 yards on 57 carries as a rookie, while also carving out a role as a valuable pass protector. He started three of 10 games and was placed on injured reserve for the final two games. But Neal fell behind this summer in a competitive training camp battle. He had reaggravated the hamstring injury that had previously
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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
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.
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.
The NFL season begins Wednesday Here’s a look at how Returning from injuries Oct. 18: Houston Texans vs. Jacksonville Jaguars in to watch and some Mahomes could only London. of the top storylines watch the end of a disap- Oct. 25: Pittsburgh SteelBY 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.
pointing 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.
ers 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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Kiffin’s messy split with Kiffin hosts first Alabama detailed in book LSU radio show as legal saga looms
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
BY REED DARCEY Staff writer
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LSU football head coach Lane Kiffin speaks during a news conference on February 4 at the LSU Football Operations Facility. 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.
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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Continued from page 1C said that the conference — which I’m sure has plenty of money to spend on attorneys — will pursue their suit in federal court as well as appeal Jorden’s ruling here. For the moment, the ball is in LSU and Kiffin’s court. The one thing not being litigated is LSU’s right to not add Harris or Wright to their roster, or other players. That doesn’t appear to be the case at all. Wright told On3.com that 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, 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. Is it all 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
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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Former Philadelphia Eagles tight end Dae’Quan Wright catches a pass during training camp on July 30 at the team’s training facility in Philadelphia. On Thursday, a Baton Rouge court ruled Wright eligible to play for a fifth year of college football. viewpoint, the risk to add rotational or depth-aiding players is hardly worth the reward. Perhaps Wright makes a touchdown catch to beat Texas A&M. Could be that Harris 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. As for the SEC and NCAA, they’re working behind the shield of a rule that was poorly framed and unfairly singled out these athletes to begin with. Pandemic era athletes got an extra year. Athletes from the high school Class of 2023 forward are
getting the “5-for-5” eligibility rule in their favor. These kids didn’t get that. Aaron Donald isn’t coming back to try to play at LSU. He went back to the Rams. These are marginal players at best who got minimal compensation for their NFL stints. Harris said he got $190 in gas money from the Saints. So the fight will go on. There have been early winners. And losers. But I think everyone who follows college athletics will ultimately be on the losing end. For more LSU sports updates, sign up for our newsletter at theadvocate.com/lsunewsletter
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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.
past two weeks before its so-so performance. Still, he needed Continued from page 1C to see what he saw Wednesday, when the Wave worked on third downs and red zone offense. “Your leadership has to show been true to that. I can’t wait to show everybody how coach Cal- up on Wednesdays,” he said. “It’s laway calls plays for the tight your second padded practice, and I’ve always said great teams ends.” Bolyard’s three years with have great leadership on WednesDuke should help during the days.” game. “The greatest advantage is Primary focus knowing the players’ strengths, Slowing down sophomore runlike this guy lined up in front of ning back Nate Sheppard, a Manme is maybe not super smart but deville High product who rushed aggressive or he’s super smart 432 yards on 88 carries (4.9 averand not that aggressive,” he said. age) in Duke’s four-game, season“It’s the little things that other ending win streak, will be the No. players wouldn’t know from film.” 1 priority for the Tulane defense. Bolyard is looking forward to He was as responsible for the competing against linebacker Nick Blue Devils’ AAC championship Morris, his roommate last year, game victory versus Virginia and and defensive end Kevin O’Connor, Sun Bowl win against Arizona another friend. Both will start for State as departed quarterback the Blue Devils in a matchup of Darian Mensah, who transferred reigning champions that should to Miami. produce an electric atmosphere, “Shepard runs the ball hard and particularly considering how Tu- is a physical player,” linebacker lane handled Duke a year ago. Chris Rodgers said. “He throws “I’m sure they’ll have a big himself around. He is a no-cutcrowd,” Bolyard said. “It’s going ting guy. He wants to take you to be a great game. Sometimes head up, so we just have to get all that stadium can be a little bit 11 hats to the ball and take him to down and quiet, but it won’t be the ground.” this time. With them popping, it Lagniappe will be good for us.” Tulane conducted a walkBounce-back practice through on Thursday morning Disappointed with the offense’s at it indoor practice facility, foexecution on Tuesday, coach Will cusing on special teams. … Hall Hall liked the response Wednes- did not close the door on center day in Tulane’s last padded prac- John Bock playing Saturday, saying the staff would wait untice before facing Duke. “It was much better today,” he til the bus left for the airport on said. “Much better leadership. Friday before making a deciMo Turner, Zeon Chriss (-Gremi- sion. Bock has been out with a llion), Kadin Semonza, our guys foot injury he sustained during camp. … Duke is a 71/2-point facame out with more intent.” Hall added the offense had vorite, down from the opening looked good in practice in the spread of 91/2.
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FRIDAY NIGHT RUNDOWN FOUR DOWNS: Christoper Dabe previews Week 1 of area high school football
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TITLES TO DEFENSE Two-time reigning state champion Edna Karr along with St. Charles and Riverside have state titles to defend. Dominant Karr graduated 25 college signees after last season, opening plenty of spots for new starters. Only St. Charles has the same quarterback from last season, with Landree LeBlanc as a third-year starter.
KARR’S STREAK Speaking of Karr, Cougars will take a 27-game winning streak into its opener against Lafayette Renaissance, a state quarterfinalist in Division III select last season. Karr’s biggest early challenge comes in Week 3, when the No. 2 state-ranked Cougars face No. 1 Ruston in the Caesars Superdome.
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IN THE RANKINGS Some area teams open the season against stateranked opponents.Among them are Brother Martin on the road against 5A No. 10 Southside. Rummel, No. 9 in 5A, visits 3A No. 1 University High. Kennedy is at home against 1A No. 3 Riverside.Those matchups are after Jesuit’s battle against 4A No. 4 Madison Prep on Thursday.
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TEXAS TRIP Newman’s Aaron Vice coached multiple seasons as an assistant at St. John’s School in Houston, and he’ll bring the Greenies there to open the season. It’s the first of two out-of-state opponents for Newman. In Week 2, Santa Fe Christian (California) visits with Drew Brees calling plays and his three sons on the roster.
John Curtis quarterback London Padgett looks for a receiver during a game against Jesuit on Oct. 24 at the Shrine on Airline. Now a junior, Padgett will lead the Patriots against Texas champion North Shore on Friday night at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium in Lafayette. STAFF FILE PHOTO By BRETT DUKE
‘I love being a leader’
After one season, John Curtis QB Padgett is ready for what’s next BY CHRISTOPHER DABE
Staff writer
John Curtis quarterback London Padgett looked across the line and saw a Rummel defense geared toward stopping the run. It was fourth down, his team leading by two points. A first down would clinch the win. “Yeah,” Padgett thought, “I like this.” At the snap, Padgett rolled left, scanned the field and found Darryck Horton running across the middle for the victory-clinching first down. His biggest throw came two months later in the semifinals against St. Augustine. Down late, Padgett threw an 18-yard touchdown strike to Horton with a defender in close coverage, putting Curtis ahead with 39 seconds remaining. “I can’t think of a bigger throw on a bigger stage than that,” Curtis offensive coordinator Jeff
Week 1 schedule All games at 7 p.m. unless noted.
Thursday’s games
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Friday’s games
L.B. Landry vs. Carver at Pan American, 3:30 p.m. Abramson vs. Reed at Joe Brown Amite at Franklinton Ascension Christian at Ben Franklin Bonnabel vs. Kenner Discovery at Bertolino Brother Martin at Southside Centerville vs. Haynes at Yenni Chalmette vs. John Ehret at Memtsas Fontainebleau at Lakeshore Hahnville at Shaw Hammond at Prairieville Hannan at Northlake Christian Higgins at South Plaquemines John Curtis vs. North Shore (Texas) at Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium, Lafayette Lafayette Renaissance vs. Edna Karr at Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Stadium Legacy (Texas) at St. Charles Mandeville at Salmen McMain at Belle Chasse Newman at St. John’s (Texas) North Vermilion at St. Martin’s Northshore at Lutcher Patrick Taylor at Willow Pearl River at Pearl River Central (Miss.) Ponchatoula at Walker Riverside vs. Kennedy at Pan American Rummel at U-High Slidell vs. Holy Cross at Gormley Sophie B. Wright at Young Audiences South Terrebonne at Country Day St. Edmund at West St. John St. James at East St. John St. Paul’s at Destrehan Thomas Jefferson at Pope John Paul II Warren Easton at East Ascension West Jefferson at Central Lafourche
Saturday’s games
St. Augustine vs. McDonogh 35 at Gormley, 6:30 p.m. Morris Jeff vs. East Jefferson at Yenni
Curtis said. Now a junior, Padgett enters the season as one of the New Orleans area’s most promising quarterbacks, with a scholarship offer from South Alabama already in hand. His first test comes against reigning Texas champion North Shore in the opener at UL’s Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium in Lafayette. Getting Padgett to this point in his development took some time. “I’d be lying if I told you we weren’t nervous,” Jeff Curtis said of Padgett before his first varsity start last season. Padgett’s development had been slowed by a broken ankle suffered on a quarterback sneak in eighth grade, limiting him to four games that season. The injury put him behind the curve as a freshman playing on junior varsity, leaving coaches unsure how he would fare under the Friday night lights. Curtis started the season with
a scaled-down offense, gradually putting more on Padgett’s plate as he gained experience. The playbook grew to include new formations as Curtis advanced to the postseason. Although the touchdown that put Curtis ahead in the semifinals didn’t hold — St. Augustine scored with no time remaining to win — Padgett felt a jolt of confidence from the throw. “It put a lot of confidence on my plate coming into this season, like ‘I got it,’” Padgett said. After throwing for 1,216 yards, rushing for 605 and accounting for 18 touchdowns in his first season as a starter, Padgett is focused on becoming a stronger leader. When he was a freshman, he quietly admired how then-senior quarterback Reggie Johnson led not by yelling, but by “getting guys right in the huddle,” Padgett said. “I’d watch film on how he did it.” He also observed former Curtis
quarterback Dagan Bruno, who led the Patriots to their last state championship in 2022. Now at Tulane, Bruno remains a presence around the Curtis program. “We watch film sometimes,” said Padgett, who learned from Bruno how to read defenses. That proved valuable against St. Augustine. In a lopsided loss in Week 10 last season, “I had a rough one with their defensive ends,” Padgett said. Before the semifinal, Bruno “really broke it down for me.” The lessons and experience of the past season have prepared Padgett for what he hopes will be a championship season. “The pressure,” Padgett said. “I love being a leader. I love commanding a team. I like making plays.” Padgett believes his biggest plays are yet to come. Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com
FRIDAY NIGHT’S TOP MATCHUPS HAHNVILLE AT SHAW
BROTHER MARTIN VS. NORTH SHORE (TEXAS)
RUMMEL AT UNIVERSITY HIGH
Class 4A No. 3 Shaw will play the first of four consecutive home games against a Hahnville team that returns starting QB Landen Teague.TCU commit Rontrae Carter leads a Shaw defense that returns 10 starters from a team that reached the state final last year.
Class 5A No. 5 Curtis opens the season against an out-of-state opponent for the third year in a row when it faces a reigning Texas state champion from near Houston. Both teams have multiple collegecommitted players and many others with major offers.
Four-star Georgia quarterback commitment Colton Nussmeier makes his Rummel debut following his transfer from a Texas high school. Likely watching from the other sideline will be LSU football coach Lane Kiffin, whose son, Knox, is U-High’s QB.
7 p.m., Joe Zimmerman Stadium
7 p.m., Lady of Lourdes Stadium, Lafayette
7 p.m. Friday, Cub Complex
THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH EVAN DUFFOUR
RYAN MONTAGUE
EASTON ROYAL
The senior impressed in the jamboree with 14 carries for 195 yards and three touchdowns against East St. John. He’ll be the lead back for a reigning state champion that’s been to the final six times in the past seven seasons.The opener against Legacy (Texas) is a rematch of last season’s 35-31 Comets victory.
The standout on defense and special teams had 10 tackles for loss, six pass breakups and four blocked kicks and punts last season for the Wildcats.The Nicholls State commitment often plays near the line of scrimmage, leading a defense that is opening the season at home against St. Paul’s.
His name could be listed here every week.The five-star wideout, state sprint record-holder and Texas commitment sat out the jamboree to keep him fresh for the season. Week 1 opponent Southside, a usually strong running team, went 10-3 and lost to Ruston in the state quarterfinals.
RB, St. Charles Catholic
DB, Destrehan
WR Brother Martin
Rummel’s Singleton embracing move to WR
BY SPENCER URQUHART Staff writer
Nathaniel Singleton prepared all offseason to be Rummel’s starting quarterback until he met with Raiders coach Nick Monica in early August. Colton Nussmeier, a four-star quarterback recruit committed to Georgia, had transferred to Rummel and began practicing with the Raiders on Aug. 7. Monica informed Singleton he’d be moving to wide receiver for his Singleton senior year after months of working as the starting quarterback. The news was tough for Singleton to accept at first after he dedicated this past spring and summer to improving at quarterback. He’s said he’s now embracing the move back to wide receiver, the position he’s expected to play in college. “(The conversation) was difficult because I knew how hard (Singleton) worked hard to play quarterback to help the team,” Monica said. “I knew he’d be fine with (moving back to wide receiver), but the initial reaction would be tough. He understood. He’s a good teammate.” Singleton played wide receiver at the start of last season before switching to quarterback midway through the year. Monica said he was pleased with Singleton’s performance under center and named him the starter before Nussmeier entered the picture. After meeting with Monica about the position switch, Singelton talked to his father, who was also surprised by the change. It appears the move will benefit the younger Singleton, who has a wide receiver offer from Louisiana Christian. “(The move to wide receiver) was a blessing,” Singleton said. “It just shocked me in the heat of the moment. I wish I would’ve found out earlier, but it played out right. “My dad was kind of shook about it at first, but he’s happy about it now. It played out in my favor. It’s helping me get ready for college.” Singleton could still see time at quarterback this season as the backup to Nussemier. He’s on Rummel’s leadership council and is one of the most respected players in the locker room, having been selected as a team captain. Singleton has grown five inches since arriving at Rummel but is still a bit undersized for a wide receiver at 5-foot-10, 176 pounds. He has good hands and has improved his speed and footwork, which has resulted in him becoming a strong route runner. “I’ve got to outwork everybody being my size,” Singleton said. “I have great routes, decent speed and a great release package. I worked on that a lot.” Singleton caught 14 passes for 127 yards last season before moving to quarterback, where he completed 36 of 66 passes for 526 yards and two touchdowns while adding 161 yards rushing on 27 carries. Rummel return a pair of 1,000-yard rushers in Jaden Terrance and Coryan Hawkins, both seniors. While the Raiders will still run the ball plenty, the offense should be more balanced this year with the strongarmed Nussmeier and a deep corp of receivers. Singelton and junior wide receiver Kirby Cade have worked well with Nussmeier so far. The pair combined for five catches in a fall scrimmage against Ponchatoula that saw Nussmeier complete 7 of 8 passes. Rummel’s visits University High on Friday night at the Cubs’ stadium in Baton Rouge. The matchup features a pair of well-known quarterbacks in Nussmeier at Rummel and Knox Kiffin, the son of LSU football coach Lane Kiffin, at U-High.
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SCOREBOARD Holes-in-one
EAST
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
FAR WEST
Idaho at Utah, n
Friday’s games EAST
Franklin Pierce (0-0) at Marist (0-1), 6 p.m.
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
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 Ark.-Pine Bluff at Missouri, n E. Illinois at Minnesota, n UAB at Illinois, n
Sports Betting Line College Football
Monday
SOUTH
MIDWEST
Odds
Sunday
Umass 37, Rutgers 21 Merrimack at Delaware, n Lindenwood (Mo.) at Stony Brook, n Albany (NY) at Buffalo, n
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 Wednesday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Thursday’s Games No games scheduled.
Friday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Pro football NFL Glance Wednesday’s Games
New England at Seattle, 7:20 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
San Francisco vs L.A. Rams at Melbourne, VIC, 7:35 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
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.
Monday’s Games
Denver at Kansas City, 7:15 p.m.
SOUTH
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
College Football Schedule
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.
Thursday’s games
Washington St. (0-0) at Washington (0-0),
College football
FAR WEST
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):
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.
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).
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League East Division
National League
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 at Baltimore, n Miami at Kansas City, n Tampa Bay at Texas, n Athletics at Seattle, n
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).
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Re-signed G Amen Thompson to a rookie scale extension.
FOOTBALL
National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed WR Michael Wilson to a three-year contract extension. Signed CB D’Shawn Jamison to the practice squad. BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed CB Ladarius Webb Jr. and OL Chuma Edoga to the practice squad. Released C Nick Dawkins and CB Amani Oruwariye from the practice squad. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed RB Ahmani Marshall to the practice squad. Released OL Isaia Glass from the practice squad. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed CB Michael Coats Jr. to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed OT Max Pircher to the practice squad. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Signed LB Jamie Sheriff to the practice squad. Released DT Tim Keenan III from the practice squad. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed S Elliott Davison to the practice squad. Released DT Jalen Hunt from the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS — Waived TEs Chase Curtis and Connor Hulstein from injured reserve with settlements. Signed OL Brant Banks to the practice squad. Released OL Marquis Hayes from the practice squad. Released LB Mykal Walker with an injury settlement. Waived/injured RB Dominic Richardson. SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Signed OT Bobby Hart to the practice squad. Released DT Uso Seumalo from the practice squad.
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 Miami at Kansas City, n St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, n
Friday’s Games
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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Toronto 6, Cleveland 3 Toronto
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‘Once you smell it, you want one’
Frozen pizza is a 50-year tradition at local dive bar BY KASEY BUBNASH Staff writer
Once the wood-paneled bar inside Pete’s Out in the Cold fills with the warm, bready smell of a frozen Red Baron pizza toasting in the oven, the orders start flying in. “Once you smell it, you want one,” bar manager Connie Demarest said. For most, it’s the nostalgic smell of sleepovers spent giggling late at night, birthday parties at the bowling alley and finally making it home in time for a snack after school.
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ye, formerly Kanye West, performs at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Aug. 28.
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Ye, aka Kanye West, was innovative, noncontroversial as more than 50,000 fans turned out to see him perform atop a sphere inside the Superdome
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A cheese Red Baron pizza at Pete’s in the Irish Channel
For those who’ve long indulged in the humble cheese, pepperoni and supreme pizzas that have been served at Pete’s since Red Baron was introduced by the Schwan’s Company in 1976, the treat brings to mind evenings spent playing in the Irish Channel as kids or making it back home to the neighborhood after a night out on the town. They’ve been around practically as long as anyone can remember, just like Pete’s, which has been standing at 701 Sixth St. since at least 1931. Anyone who’s had a Red Baron knows it’s nothing fancy. But cooked for about 20 minutes in an old-school countertop oven and served sliced up and piping hot with a couple of paper plates, red pepper flakes and warning to wait about a minute before diving in, it’s easy to see why the pizzas have remained a staple at the neighborhood bar
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BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer
fter all the handwringing and hype, how was the immensely talented but deeply troubled Ye’s concert at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans? It was innovative, inscrutable, idiosyncratic, infuriating and, at times, invigorating — just like Ye himself. The catalog of the rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West is deepingrained in the Review ly cultural landscape of the past 20 years. During his heyday, his genius and audacity were undeniable. More recently, his personal and professional lives have taken some unfortunate and ugly turns, most infamously a series of antisemitic pronouncements and gestures. A full-page apology in The Wall Street Journal in January blamed his behavior on bipolar disorder stemming from an undiagnosed brain injury sustained in a 2002 car crash. But much damage was already done. Leaders of the local Jewish community urged caution ahead of his Aug. 28 concert. A small protest was staged outside.
The crowd cheers on as ye performs on top of a globe inside the Caesars Superdome. Fortunately, his performance was devoid of controversial statements. In fact, he said nearly nothing at all. The symbol dominating the $50 T-shirts at the merch stands was a star, not a swastika. So even fans who may have been hesitant to fully embrace the showman could at least consider the show on its own terms. And what a show it was. As is his tendency, Ye defied concert convention. He refused to be a hype man for his own hits. Instead, his presentation was a
paradox, simultaneously rendering him larger than life and an anonymous speck of a man.
Incognito atop a sphere The Superdome was not sold out. But a last-minute surge of ticket sales and giveaways pushed attendance past 50,000 (the exact number has not been released). It was one of the more evenly integrated concert crowds I’ve ever seen. The “stage” looked like the top half of the Las Vegas Sphere had
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COMING SOON TO THE BIG SCREEN
Less pretentious, more serious movies awaiting fall theatergoers Brad Pitt and Odin are stranded in the Alaskan wilderness in ‘Heart of the Beast.’
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mated adventure and horror are all still on cineplex schedules. Contributing writer Many movies opening in Movie theaters are transition- theaters between Friday and ing this week from a red-hot Nov. 20 are subsequently listed. summer to a quieter fall. Summer 2026 yielded the FRIDAY blockbusters “Spider-Man: “ONSLAUGHT”: A squad of Brand New Day” and “The Od- genetically engineered super soldiers goes rogue, forcing an yssey” and hits “Michael,” “Toy ex-Army sniper (Adria Arjona) Story 5,” “Obsession” and “Back- to unleash a one-woman war rooms.” With school back in ses- against them. sion, now there’s room for less bombastic and relatively serious SEPT. 9 films, such as recent film festival “HOPE”: Local hunters become favorites. Even so, action, ani- the hunted after they track a
mysterious beast that attacked their village. Featuring Hwang Jun-Ming, Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender.
SEPT. 11
“THE UPRISING”: Andrew Garfield stars as the leader of a revolt against England’s tyrannical King Richard II. Co-starring Jamie Bell, Stephen Dillane and Tom Hollander. “PRACTICAL MAGIC 2”: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman conjure an encore to their 1998 romantic comedy with witches.
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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 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus ordered National Guardsmen to prevent nine Black students from entering all-White Central High School in Little Rock. 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 Olympics in the 400-meter medley relay. In 1972, the longest-running game show in U.S. history, “The Price is Right,” debuted on CBS. In 1974, the United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany. In 1998, Google was founded
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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.” In 2018, the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings for future Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on a day that saw rancorous exchanges between Democrats and Republicans. In 2024, a 14-year-old student opened fire at a Georgia high school northeast of Atlanta, killing four people and sending students scrambling for shelter. Today’s birthdays: Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd is 84. Golf Hall of Famer Tom Watson is 77. Actor Lawrence HiltonJacobs 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. Actor-comedian Kyle Mooney (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 42. Actor Victoria Moroles is 30. Singer Mackenzie Sol is 26.
back in the neighborhood and they want a pizza,” she said, shaking her head and smiling. She always teases her customers and asks, “What am I, Little Caesar?” The pizzas aren’t always available, and perhaps that’s part of the allure. Demarest said she won’t make them if there’s a popup serving food at the bar, which there is pretty much every night except Mondays and Wednesdays. Once a pop-up packs up for the night, though, she said Pete’s pizza parlor is open for business. Everyone also seems to agree there’s something almost magical about the pizza oven itself. Demarest said the one currently operating in the bar is the second iteration, after the original broke down. They made sure to get the same model. It fits just one pie at a time, but customers and co-owners Autumn Town and Adele Hunt all claim it toasts the pizzas up better than any oven at home. “I think part of the secret is that our old-school pizza oven is kind of like the gumbo pot at Commander’s,” Town said. “It keeps the flavor.” While no one in their right mind would claim that a frozen pizza comes close to holding the same culinary and cultural significance as gumbo, here at Pete’s, where pizza-themed art hangs from the walls and customers dress as the Red Baron for costume parties, it’s a similar kind of comfort.
for decades, inspiring artwork, costumes, and, most of all, hunger. “The best most painful mouth burn I’ve ever had,” Irish Channel resident Susie Kenny said. “Hands down.” A regular who said she’s at Pete’s “too much,” Kenny has enjoyed the pizzas in various states of mind: sober, not so sober, with friends and with her kids. “It’s like a s***** cardboard-y pizza,” she said, “but it’s not. And then of course the ambiance. I mean, they just heat it up in a little toaster oven type thing and then you get to eat it. And the price point is spot on.” Red Baron has haunted Pete’s longer than even many of the bar’s most loyal customers and employees. That includes Demarest, who’s been working at Pete’s for 10 years and has been a customer since just after Hurricane Katrina. Back then, Demarest said Pete’s served Red Baron pizzas and chips to all the neighborhood kids through a walk-up window. That window is blocked off by a storage room today, and the pizzas have become more popular among adults in the neighborhood over the years. Served until about 45 minutes before closing time for $10 per pie, it’s the perfect way to soak up the booze after a night out. “Usually pizza is a late-night Email Kasey Bubnash at kasey. rush because everybody gets bubnash@theadvocate.com.
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A line forms to hear ye, formerly Kanye West, perform at the Caesars Superdome on Aug. 28.
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Lots of lasers The opening notes of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” from “Graduation,” electrified the audience even as Ye maintained his statue-like demeanor. The contrast was its own kind of theater. The sphere went dark and energy cooled for the techno bleeps of “On Sight.” Red lighting bathed the sphere for “Blood on the
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ye performs atop a globe at the Caesars Superdome. Leaves.” The ring curtain was hoisted above the stage to become a projection screen as rapper Ty Dolla $ign, a frequent Ye collaborator in the duo Y$, joined him on the globe for three songs: “Everybody,” “Carnival” and “Fade.” In his only real address to the crowd all night, Ye said, “Make some noise for Ty Dolla Sign, y’all.” The sphere switched to jerky, grainy, black-and-white footage of Ye during “Heartless.” He was still largely inscrutable. The lighting design treated the Dome’s interior as one large canvas. Two rows of dozens of spotlights suspended from the rafters created walls of light. Lights around the circular base of the sphere sketched a cone that stretched to the ceiling. “All the Love,” a mediocre cut from “Bully,” received a lukewarm reception. The sphere morphed into the moon for “Father.” Momentum picked up again for “Power.” Indoor fireworks popped off for hard-hitting “Jesus Walks” as the setlist shifted into a hit parade. The uncluttered rapping atop the irresistible beat of “All Falls Down” played well. Ye paired “Gold Digger” and “Touch the Sky” from his classic “Late Registration” album. During “All of the Lights,” dozens of lasers erupted from numerous points around the floor, crisscrossing and filling the Dome’s airspace. It was as if all
MOVIES
OCT. 23
“CLAYFACE”: A horrorrevenge story featuring Tom Rhys Harries in the villainous title role.
SEPT. 18
“RESIDENT EVIL”: In this “Resident Evil” remake, a medical courier (Austin Abrams) unexpectedly embarks on a nonstop, horrifying race for survival.
SEPT. 25
OCT. 2
“DIGGER”: Tom Cruise, as the most powerful man in the world, frantically tries to prove he can save the world from the disaster he created. Oscar-winning writerdirector Alejandro G. Iñárritu guides an Oscar-winning and
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“FORGOTTEN ISLAND”: An animated adventure in which friends Jo and Raissa enter a portal that transports them to the magical island their Filipino families told stories about. Voice talent includes H.E.R., Liza Soberano and Lea Salonga. “HEART OF THE BEAST”: A special forces officer (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog are stranded in the Alaskan wilderness. “PRIMETIME”: Robert Pattinson stars as the dangerously ambitious host of the reality TV series “To Catch a Predator.” “YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER”: Mahershala Ali plays a devoutly religious man desperately trying to protect his children. Opens in limited release, expands Oct. 9 and goes wide on Oct. 16.
the lasers deployed throughout the whole history of heavy metal were incorporated into this one hip-hop show. For “Stronger,” the video Earth on the sphere spun at a dizzying pace. After “Ghost Town,” Ye disappeared into the sphere, only to ascend again with a synthesizertype device on a stand. A single, plunked piano note elicited a roar of recognition: This was “Runaway,” from his 2010 opus “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.” He crafted that album in the wake of a public backlash sparked by his interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. The album explored issues of ego and fame, an especially toxic combination when coupled with mental illness. For the first time, the circular screen projected an up-close view of Ye, without a mask, leaning into a microphone and the confessional lyrics. Those lyrics are even more relevant now than when he wrote them 16 years ago. “I know I did damage,” the song’s protagonist admits. But he’s not inclined, or able, to repent or change. Instead, he suggests to his significant other that “when it starts to get crazy, run away…. Run away as fast as you can.” The tens of thousands of fans in the Superdome seemed inclined to stick with him.
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Liza Soberano, left, and H.E.R. provide voices for the animated adventure ‘Forgotten Island.’ -nominated cast including Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg and Jesse Plemons. “THE LAST FIRST: WINTER K2”: A documentary about the business and culture of extreme mountain climbing. In select theaters and on Apple TV on Oct. 2. “VERITY”: Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh (Dakota Johnson) moves to the remote Crawford estate to ghostwrite for a famous novelist (Anne Hathaway). Intrigue involving the novelist’s husband (Josh Hartnett) ensues.
OCT. 9
“FJORD”: Palme d’Or winner Cristian Mungiu directs this multilingual drama about a Norwegian woman who moves to a small coastal town with her religious Romanian husband and five children. “MISTY GREEN”: Written and directed by Chris Rock, “Misty Green” stars Rosalind Eleazar
as an actress in search of a comeback. Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick and Rock co-star. Opens in limited release. “OTHER MOMMY”: Jessica Chastain and New Orleans native Jay Duplass are the parents of a girl who encounters a sinister force in the family’s home. “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 follow-up to “The Social Network.” Frances Haugen plays a Facebook engineer who shares company secrets with a Wall Street Journal reporter (Jeremy Allen White).
OCT. 16
“KEN RUSSELL’S THE DEVILS”: The gonzo horror master-
piece returns in a 4K restoration assembled from the film’s original camera negative and based on Russell’s 2004 director’s cut. Vanessa Redgrave and Oliver Reed star. “ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM”: A documentary shaped from footage filmmaker William Greaves shot of a 1972 reunion of artists and intellectuals who participated in the Harlem Renaissance. “SENSE AND SENSIBILITY”: A new adaption of Jane Austen’s classic novel starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Esmé Creed-Miles. “STREET FIGHTER”: Street fighters Ryu (Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Noah Centineo) return to combat when they’re recruited for the World Warrior Tournament. “WHALEFALL”: A young man is swallowed, Jonah-style, by a massive whale. Cast includes Austin Abrams, Josh Brolin, Elisabeth Shue and
“KLARA AND THE SUN”: Based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro and written and directed by Oscar winner Taika Waititi (“Jojo Rabbit”). Jenna Ortega plays an “artificial friend” in search of the perfect home. Mia Tharia and Amy Adams co-star.
NOV. 6
“BEING HEUMANN”: A dramatization of the longest occupation of a U.S. federal building in history. Cast includes Madeline Delp, Mark Ruffalo, Dylan O’Brien and Ruth Madeley as Judy Heumann. In select theaters Nov. 6 and on Apple TV on Nov. 13. “CLUB KID”: The arrival of the 10-year-old son he never knew he had stymies a New York club promoter’s nonstop party. Starring Jordan Firstman and Cara Delevingne. “GHOST SOLDIER”: A former special forces officer (Jim Caviezel) reclaims his lethal skills after a powerful corporation looking for hyperscale profits stages a hostile takeover of a small town. “I PLAY ROCKY”: A Sylvester Stallone biopic about the actor-writer’s quest to bring Rocky Balboa to the screen. Directed by Peter 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.
NOV. 13
“EBENEZER”: Johnny Depp portrays Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” character, Ebenezer Scrooge. Supporting cast includes Rupert Grint and Ian McKellen. “PAPER TIGER”: Two scheming brothers played by Adam Driver and Miles Teller become entangled with the Russian mafia. Scarlett Johansson co-stars. “HOW TO ROB A BANK”: Bank robbers broadcast their heists via social media. Their viewers include a veteran FBI agent and ingenious software engineer. Cast includes Nicholas Hoult, Pete Davidson, Anna Sawai, Zoe Kravitz and John C. Reily.
NOV. 20
“THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING”: A starry prequel to the earlier “Hunger Games” films. The impressive cast includes Joseph Zada, Jesse Plemons, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning and Maya Hawke.
Email John Wirt at j_wirt@ msn.com.
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Sudoku InstructIons: sudoku is a number-placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid with several given numbers. The object is to place the numbers 1 to 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday. Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer
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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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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT: INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPT: NOAB TITLE: SEWER PUMP & LIFT STATION MAINTENANCE SERVICES EVENT NO: 4774 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SLDBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: Friday, September 4, 2026, at 8:00 AM CST DEADLINE TO RESPOND: Monday, September 21, 2026, at 1:00 PM CST PRE-BID CONFERENCE & SITE VISIT: N/A Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If you wish to receive no‐ tification of addendum posted by the Bureau of Purchasing about this event, register as a sup‐ plier or update your sup‐ plier account (if already registered) and select the following commodity code(s): COMMODITY CODE(s): 913-81 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion. For more information about this event, go to www.nola.gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Por‐ tal” under “BIDS & CON‐ TRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Portal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons, Jr., Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: September 4, 11 and 16, 2026 NOCP 9264 199664-sept 4-11-16-3t $98.19
FA9eT7me +1 504-356-4110,, 338254929# Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 968-83, 550-80, 550-85, 550-88, 550-89, 550-96, 968-77, 968-82, 914-38 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: August 21, 28 and September 4, 2026 NOCP 9234 198158-aug 21-28-sept 43t $131.55 PUBLIC NOTICE --New Orleans Public Facil‐ ity Management Inc. (NOPFMI) is issuing a Re‐ quest for Proposals (“RFP”) to obtain RFP Documents for C-2240 Provide Insurance Bro‐ kerage and Consultation Services for Employee Health and Welfare Bene‐ fits.
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PUBLIC NOTICE --BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Monday, September 21, 2026 10:00 a.m. City Council Chambers City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, 1st Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana The Board of Zoning Ad‐ justments, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance of the City of New Orleans, will hold a pub‐ lic hearing on the follow‐ ing items: Variances – Unfinished Business 1. BZA029-26 1614 Poland Avenue / Poland Ave LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Fresia Galvez 2. BZA054-26 906 Philip Street / Charles and Sarah Anderson 3. BZA057-26 10 Audubon Boulevard / Rena Jolly Qualified Personal Resi‐ dence Trust, Sherman Strategies, Becca Gieger 4. BZA070-26 2502 Jeffer‐ son Avenue / Blue Or‐ leans, LLC, Sean Fowler Variances – New Business 5. BZA071-26 41 Allard Boulevard / Gregory and Angele Romig, Shuler Construction, Chris Shuler 6. BZA072-26 6040 Win‐ chester Park Drive / Rickey and Ada CraigeRoberson 7. BZA073-26 1037 Mazant Street / D T Home & Maintenance LLC, Dammond Lockhart, Ana Elizabeth Phelps 8. BZA074-26 1803 S. Car‐ rollton Avenue / Paul and Brandy Swanson, Emily Edmondson, Noli Design, LLC 9. BZA075-26 5010 Freret Street / SIVURI Invest‐ ments LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Laura Barth 10. BZA076-26 5230 Pitt Street / Kurt and Leah Eischen, Lupin Architec‐ ture, Lawrence T. Lupin 11. BZA077-26 6019 Louisville Street / Ryan C. Marcomb, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Laura Barth 12. BZA078-26 709 State Street / Connor Bancroft and Gabrielle Daigle 13. BZA079-26 1519 Joseph Street / Stephen and Caroline Parrish, Webre Consulting, Nicole Webre 14. BZA080-26 906 Dante Street / Dantes-Burthe L.C., Colin Rusovich, Made Design, LLC, David Merlin Director of Safety and Permits Decision Appeals – New Business 15. BZA081-26 3343 Es‐ planade Avenue / Team McLoughlin LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & De‐ sign, Ron Loesel Notice under the Ameri‐ cans with Disabilities Act: This meeting is ac‐ cessible to people with disabilities. Should you need further assistance, please contact the Front Desk in the Main Lobby or the ADA Administra‐ tor: (504) 658-4020 (voice), 711 LA Relay Ser‐ vice, or e-mail emhurst@ nola.gov. Please be ad‐ vised there is a courtesy telephone available for 711 calls for people with hearing or speech im‐ pairments at the wel‐ come desk of City Hall, First Floor, Main Lobby. This communiqué is available in alternative formats upon request. Advertisement Dates: August 28, September 4, 11 and 18, 2026 NOCP 9246 198801-aug 28-sept 4-1118-4t $180.80 PUBLIC NOTICE --CITY PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026, 1:30 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING
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CITY HALL, 1300 PERDIDO STREET CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER (CITY HALL - 1E07) The City Planning Com‐ mission, in accordance with the provisions of Ar‐ ticle 4 of the Comprehen‐ sive Zoning Ordinance, Ordinance No. 4,264 M.C.S., as amended, will hold a public hearing. The public hearing will consider the following proposed amendments to the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans. Materials for these items may be viewed via https://onestopapp.nola. gov/
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The public comment deadline is 5 pm on the Monday that is 8 days before the meeting date.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE READ IT CARE‐ FULLY. YOU WILL RECEIVE NO OTHER NOTICE
Zoning Docket 098/26 Applicant(s): City Council Motion No. M-26-272 Request: Amendment to the text of the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance to implement, with certain modifications, the Commission’s recom‐ mendations from its Cannabis, Tobacco, and Nicotine Study.
RE: Property: 0500001371 108 Jacqueline Dr., Avon‐ dale, LA 70094 LOT 33 SQ 5 South Avon‐ dale Homes Section II Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana
In person public comment: The City Planning Com‐ mission, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance, Ordinance No. 4,264 M.C.S., as amended, will hear proponents and opponents to the above proposed changes to the Comprehensive Zoning Law of the City of New Orleans. All interested parties are encouraged to attend and all relevant comments concerning the proposed changes are encouraged. The CPC has established public hearing rules within its Administrative Rules, Policies, & Procedures, which are available on the CPC website (www. nola.gov/cpc).
Written public comment: You may also submit written comments to the Executive Director in ad‐ vance by mail (1300 Per‐ dido Street, 7th floor, New Orleans LA 70112) or email (CPCinfo@nola. gov). All written com‐ ments must be received by 5 p.m. on Monday, September 14. September 2, September 9, and September 16, 2026 Robert Rivers, Executive Director NOCP 9261 199538-sept 2-9-16-3t $109.32
PUBLIC NOTICE --JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCILMAN BYRON LEE - DISTRICT 3 SOLICITATION FOR QUAL‐ IFICATIONS TO CREATE PRE-QUALIFIED CON‐ TRACTOR POOL TO PER‐ FORM SMALL HOME REPAIRS RFQ#27-0926 ISSUE DATE: September 2, 2026 DUE DATE: October 2, 2026 The Jefferson Parish Housing Services Devel‐ opment District (HSDD) is seeking applicants from elderly homeowners (ages 65 & older) in Jef‐ ferson Parish who reside in Jefferson Parish Dis‐ trict 3. The objective of this announcement is to award home renovation grants of up to $10,000 to Qualified Homeowners. The grants are intended to help homeowners only carry out minor home re‐ pairs or make modifica‐ tions to improve accessi‐ bility for those with physical disabilities. Home repairs and modifi‐ cations are for the health, safety, and wel‐ fare of the homeowner, and not cosmetic in na‐ ture. This Grant is a part of the Small Home Re‐ pair/ Modification Pro‐ gram. All interested parties can request a complete k i h d il i
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Tax sale title to the above-described prop‐ erty has been sold for failure to pay taxes. You have been identified as a person who may have an interest in this property. Your interest in the prop‐ erty will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making the required redemption payment to the owner listed below or file a law‐ suit in accordance with law within Sixty Days of the date of this notice. Jefferson Parish Sheriff & Tax Collector PHONE: 504-363-5710 199657-SEP 4-1T $145.35
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p Calendar No. 35,536. This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on September 17, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: August 28, September 4 and 11, 2026 NOCP 9247 198803-aug 28-sept 4-113t $55.74 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 5400 Magazine Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,537. This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on September 17, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL
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PUBLICATION DATES: August 28, September 4 and 11, 2026 NOCP 9248
This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on September 17, 2026 and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: August 28, September 4 and 11, 2026 NOCP 9249 198805-aug 28-sept 4-113t $45.66
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Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 907-35; 918-75; 925-17; 958-26; 958-77; 961-56 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: August 21, 27 and September 4, 2026 NOCP 9235 198160-aug 21-27-sept 43t $130.53 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: New Orleans Building Corporation (NOBC) TITLE: Development of West End Parking Lot
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ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Department of Public Works
DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: September 4, 2026
TITLE: Set Aside: Infrastructure Program Management Support Services
DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 16, 2026
SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4755
Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.
TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%)
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RELEASED ON: August 21, 2026
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DEADLINE TO RESPOND: September 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 4916 South Robertson Street; to fix the mini‐ mum price and terms of said servitude agree‐ ment; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; pursuant to Ordinance l d
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Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to ap‐ prove rates for slip leases located on or over property owned by the City of New Orleans at the Municipal Yacht Har‐ bor; to approve slip leases granted from the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Manage‐ ment Corporation (“MYHMC”) to individual lessees pursuant to Sec‐ tion 2-928 of the Code of the City of New Orleans beginning in 2027; pur‐ suant to Ordinance Cal‐ endar No. 35,538.
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PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/22853774827 2074?p=Q3cuvI4u9zw m0Igrsl If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of
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If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 918-89, 971-63, 998-84 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this li i i i i
Public Notices RFQ p solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Advertising Dates: September 4 and 11, 2026 NOCP 9265 199667-sept 4-11-2t $74.90 PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Procurement of New Ship-to-Shore Container Handling Gantry Cranes Notice is hereby given that the Board of Com‐ missioners of the Port of New Orleans (Board) is requesting the submittal of qualifications from crane manufacturers who can provide new ship-to-shore container handling cranes and re‐ lated parts. All Request for Qualifications (RFQ) documents will be avail‐ able for download via Central Bidding at www. centralbidding.com on Friday, August 28, 2026. The RFQ documents may also be obtained from the SEBconnect App, available on both the Apple and Google play platforms. Written proposals, shall be submitted electroni‐ cally via www.central bidding.com no later than 11:00 AM (CST), on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, to be considered for the contract. Failure to submit required infor‐ mation by the deadline will cause disqualifica‐ tion and removal from further consideration on this Project. No informa‐ tion may be changed or submitted after the deadline. All questions, correspon‐ dence, inquiries, and other communications regarding this procure‐ ment shall be directed to Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Or‐ leans, Procurement De‐ partment, 1350 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, LA 70130 or pro‐ curement@portnola.com no later than 5:00 p.m. (CST) on Monday, Sep‐ tember 14, 2026. Answers to all questions will be provided electronically at www.centralbidding. com and on the SEBcon‐ nect App, without regard to which proposer sub‐ mitted the questions, in the form of an addendum provided to all Respon‐ dents who are listed with the Board as having re‐ ceived the RFQ. The Board shall not be re‐ sponsible for any oral in‐ struction. 198764-aug 28-sept 4-113t $85.05
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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 852-147
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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. VS DAWN HOLLAND AND MANUELA RODRIGUEZ WHITNEY By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 13, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that part thereof known as AVON‐ SOUTH DALE HOMES SUBDIVISION, SECTION II, ac‐ cording to a plan of William Maier, C.E. dated March 10, 1964, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 6565 and filed for record as Entry No. 287491, registered in COB 589, folio 77, and in Plan Book 49, Plan 42, of the records of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson, ac‐ cording to which the said
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Lot has the following di‐ mensions and designations: LOT 17 in SQUARE 12, bounded by Mil‐ lie, Ursula and Ruth Drives and Jamie Boulevard and measures 54 feet front on Millie Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines.
The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026
The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 165 Mil‐ lie Drive, Avon‐ dale, LA 70094.
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LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS OLGA GALE By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated January 15, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:
This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson
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That certain parcel of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, situ‐ ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in Sections 42 and 43, T12S, R10E, Southwestern District of Louisiana, east of the Missis‐ sippi River, designated as Lot 2 in Square C of Orlando Park Subdivi‐ sion, according to plan of subdivision by H.E. Landry, C.E., dated February 9, 1950 and an‐ nexed to act of dedication passed before Milton R. Dereyna, Notary Public, on June 8, 1951, registered in COB 304, folio 683, Square C, is bounded by Elise Avenue, Kevin Drive (formerly Or‐ lando Drive), the northern side of property bow belonging or in anywise appertaining to George F. Coogan and the easter side by other property belonging to Charles Or‐ lando, forming part of the origi‐ nal plot no. 1, Lot 2 com‐ mences at a distance of 55
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feet, 2 inches, 7 lines from the corner of Elise Avenue and Kevin Drive and measures thence 60 feet front on Kevin Drive by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 80 feet. All as more fully shown on sur‐ vey by Sterling Mandle dated June 28, 1976, and according to which the boundaries are shown as Kevin Drive, Orlando Street, Airline Highway, Laux Manor Drive and Elise Avenue. Accord‐ ing to survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated August 28, 1978, the hereinabove property has the same mea‐ surements, des‐ ignation and lo‐ cation as here‐ inabove set forth. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check
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with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 816-126 HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK VS CARMEN DANIELS MCCOY AND REGINALD MCCOY By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 9, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidd bli
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g bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, Village of Har‐ vey, in that part thereof known as JOESPH RATH‐ BORNE LAND COMPNAY, INC. SUBDIVISION, SECTION “C”, designated as LOT 24 in BLOCK “G”, which said BLOCK “G” is bounded on the North by 11th Street Highway, on the East by Grefer Avenue, on the West by Schmidt Street, and which LOT 24 lies at a dis‐ tance of 480 feet from the Inter‐ section of Gre‐ fer
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September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 833-516 "I" BIENES INMUEBLES, L.L.C. VERSUS ANJAD HOBBUB ZUGHAYER WIFE OF/AND AMER ZUGHAYER, ET. AL. By virtue of and in obedience to a JUDGMENT from the 24th Judicial District Court for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause dated, OCTOBER 03, 2025, I will offer for sale to the highest bid‐ der at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, OC‐ TOBER 14, 2026, at 10 o'clock a.m., the follow‐ ing described property to wit:
ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all of the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as COLLURA PLACE, being a subdivision of the front por‐ tion of Farm Site Number 14, portion or Sec‐ tion “B” of Ames Farm Subdivi‐ sion, which said lot herein con‐ veyed is designated as LOT NUMBER TWO OF SQUARE SIX on a plan of subdivision of Collura Place made by Hotard & Webb, Civil Engineers, dated March 16, 1951, a copy of which said survey is attached to and made a part of an act of sale by Tony (Toni) Collura to Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. Causin, passed before Maurice J. Pitre, Notary Public, for the Parish of
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Jefferson, State of Louisiana, dated August 28, 1951, and according to said plan of survey said Square Number Six is bounded by Ninth and Tenth Streets, Garden Road, and Farm Site Number 15; said Lot Number Two commences at a distance of Fifty (50’) feet from the corner of Ninth Street and Garden Road, and thence measures Fifty (50’) feet front on Garden Road, same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of one hundred five (105’) feet. The foregoing de‐ scription is in accordance with print of survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, C.E., dated July 3, 1962, an‐ nexed to act of sale passed be‐ fore Nat B. Knight, Jr., Notary Pub‐ lic, dated July 26, 1962, being a sale by Grace Cemo, wife of/and Earnest Phillips to Jefferson Savings & Loan Association. The improve‐ ments thereon bear Municipal No. 828 Garden Road, Marrero, LA 70072. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. NATHANIEL M. PHILLIPS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-353 MIDFIRST BANK VERSUS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF JAMES BENARD KNOX AND THE OPENED SUCCESSION OF ROSALYN WHITE KNOX (A/K/A ROSALYN BRAT‐ TON, ROSLYN W. KNOX) AND DESTINY BRATTON (A/K/A DESTINY RENEE BRATTON) AND JASON BRATTON AND JHERICA KNOX By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 4, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana,
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70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in the State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as FLO‐ RAL ACRES SUB‐ DIVISION, said portion being designated as LOT No. 6, SQUARE 5, ac‐ cording to a plan by Adloe Orr, Jr., and As‐ sociates, C.E., dated July 24, 1969, SQUARE 5 is bounded by But‐ tercup Drive, Bluebell Lane, Azalea Drive and Aster Lane, Lot 6 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 276.29 feet from the corner of Buttercup Drive and Bluebell Lane and mea‐ sures thence 55 feet front on Bluebell Lane, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 872-302 NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING VERSUS DOMINIQUE CRAYTON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 16, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings d i
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g and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Gretna, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in GRETNA GAR‐ DENS (part of New Mechanick‐ ham), in SQUARE 14A, which square is bounded by Stafford, 19th Street, Weyer Streets and Central Drive. Said lot is designated as LOT NO. 6 on a sketch of survey made by Errold E. Kelly, Surveyor, dated January 9, 1965, a print of which is annexed to and made a part of an act passed before M.L. Dresener, No‐ tary Public, dated January 22, 1965, and ac‐ cording to said sketch of sur‐ vey, said lot forms the corner of Stafford Street and Central Drive and mea‐ sures forty one feet, eight inches (41'8") front on Stafford Street, the same width in the rear, by a depth and front on Central Drive of one hundred feet (100') be‐ tween equal and parallel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 872-490 DATA MORTGAGE INC., DBA ESSEX MORTGAGE VERSUS TRISHA THOMPSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated February 3, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: The following described prop‐ i h ll i
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p p erty, with all its component parts, including all rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes and ap‐ purtenances thereto belong‐ ing, as follows: ONE CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as SOUTH AVON‐ DALE HOMES SUBDIVISION, SECTION NO. 6, designated as LOT 20, SQUARE 19, bounded by South Jamie Boulevard, Marie, Phyllis Drive and Elaine Drives, and measures thence 52 feet front on Phyllis Drive, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 116 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines. THE IMPROVE‐ MENTS THEREON BEAR THE MUNICIPAL NO. 560 PHYLLIS DRIVE, AVON‐ DALE, LOUISIANA 70094 (“Prop‐ erty”). This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-375 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR NEW CENTURY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2003-2, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-2 VERSUS ROGER LARGAESPADA (A/K/A ROGER H. LARGAESPADA, ROGER HERNALDO LARGAESPADA) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 4, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish
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Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, Pontchartrain Gardens Subdivision, Section D, Unit 1, in Square 17, bounded by Kawanee Av‐ enue, Kent Avenue, Love‐ land Street and Half Street or St. Martin Avenue, designated as Lot No. 21, more partic‐ ularly described as follows, towit: Lot No. 21 com‐ mences 266.11 feet from the corner of Kawa‐ nee Avenue and Kent Avenue and measures 50 feet front on Kawanee Av‐ enue, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 161.69 feet be‐ tween equal parallel and lines; all accord‐ ing to a survey by Sterling Man‐ dle, Land Sur‐ veyor, dated Au‐ gust 24, 1977, copy of which is attached to Act No. 784944. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. WILLIAM S. TEBBE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-898 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC VERSUS TYRAN ANTHONY PAUL, SR. (A/K/A TYRAN ANTHONY PAUL) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 21, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 b k
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p Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the servi‐ tudes, rights, ways, privi‐ leges, appurte‐ nances there‐ unto applying, situ‐ ated in the State of Louisiana, in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in Terry‐ town Subdivision, Section 2, being part of Oakdale Subdivision, Section ''B", First Ward, all in accordance with the survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr., and As‐ sociates, C.E., dated June 3, 1959, re‐ vised Septem‐ ber 16, 1959 and September 18, 1959, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐ nance No. 4544, adopted April 21, 1960, registered in COB 510, folio 522, Parish of Jefferson, Louisiana, on July 20, 1960, and in plan book 39, folio 69, Office of the Clerk of Court Parish of Jeffer‐ son, Louisiana, which said property is more fully de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows, to-wit: LOT NO. 31, in SQUARE No. 11, bounded by Browning Lane, Blossom Street, N. Butterfly Circle, Bruce Avenue and Holmes Boulevard, which said lot commences at a distance of 665 feet from the corner of Browning Lane and Blossom Street, and measures thence 60 feet front on Brown‐ ing Lane, the the same in rear, by a depth of 112.5 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines, all in ac‐ cordance with the survey of Adloe Orr, Jr., & Associates, C.E., dated Decem‐ ber 12, 1960. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. WILLIAM S. TEBBE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-879 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC VS GEORGE PAUL ADAMS AND
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TAMMY ADAMS (A/KA TAMMY LYNN ADAMS) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 16, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Town of Westwego, LA., Jefferson Parish, in SQUARE 5 of WESTDALE AD‐ DITION SUBDIVISION, bounded by Keller Street, the Western line of Westdale Ad‐ dition Subdivision, Maple and Spruce Streets, designated as LOT NO. 12 ac‐ cording to a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, C.E., dated July 9, 1953, annexed to an act passed before Dobin Friedman, No‐ tary Public, dated June 24, 1955, which said Lot 12 com‐ mences 46.16’ feet from the corner of Keller Street and Maple Street, measures 50.00’ feet front on Keller Street, same width in the rear by a depth between equal and parallel lines of 125.00’. Also in accor‐ dance with sur‐ vey by BFM Corporation, registered in COB 1756 pg. 248 Instrument No. 8732694. The improve‐ ments thereon bear Municipal No. 840 Keller Street, West‐ wego, LA 70094. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA
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NO: 876-638 ONITY MORTGAGE CORPORATION F/K/A PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS KENNETH LOWERY, JR. By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 18, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, privi‐ leges, ways, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in Floral Acres Subdivi‐ sion, being a portion of Live Oak Plantation, in Square No. 1, bounded by Azalea Drive, Richelle Street, the lower line of Like Oak Manor and a Public Highway, designated as Lot No. 9, all in accordance with the survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated Janu‐ ary 7, 1963, which said lot commences at a distance of 445 feet from the corner of Azalea Drive and Richelle Street and measures thence 55 feet front on Azalea Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-205 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR TRESTLE TITLING TRUST-1
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VERSUS NORMAN WILLIAM BABB By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 2, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, WITH ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVI‐ TUDES, ADVAN‐ TAGES AND AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING AND SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA IN A PART THEREOF KNOWN AS MAPLEWOOD PARK ADDITION NO. 2, SECTION 1. ACCORDING TO SUBDIVISION PLAN BY ADLOE ORR, JR., AND ASSOCIATES, C. E., DATED MARCH 22,1971, APPROVED BY JEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐ CIL ON JUNE 17, 1971 UNDER OR‐ DINANCE NO. 10194, REGIS‐ TERED IN COB 759, FOLIO 431, PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON AND A RESUBDIVISION PLAN OF ADLOE ORR, JR. AND ASSOCI‐ ATES, C. E, DATED MARCH 9, 1972, ADOPTED BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐ CIL ON JUNE 1, 1972, UNDER OR‐ DINANCE NO. PARISH 10708, OF JEFFERSON, AND ALSO AC‐ CORDING TO SURVEY OF MURPHY ENGI‐ NEERING, INC., DATED FEBRU‐ ARY 7, 1973, SAID PROPERTY JS DESIGNATED AS LOT 10-A, SQUARE 2, WHICH SAID SQUARE 2 IS BOUNDED BY SANDAL‐ WOOD (ELK/A SANDLEWOOD) DRIVE AND APACHE DRIVE, UTA DRIVE AND TEN‐ SAS DRIVE, AND LOT 10-A FORMS THE CORNER OF SANDALWOOD (A/KIA SANDLE‐ WOOD) DRIVE, APACHE DRIVE, AND MEASURES THENCE 62 FEET FRONT ON SAN‐ DALWOOD (A/KIA SANDLEWOOD) DRIVE, THE SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH AND FRONTAGE ON APACHE DRIVE OF 93.8 FEET, AND A DEPTH OF 93.81 FEET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDELINE. ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PLAT OF SURVEY BY GERALD B. DUNN, LAND SURVEYOR, DATED AUGUST 16, 1976. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the
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time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. RACHEL E. BREAUX Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-373 GOVERNMENT LOAN SECURITIZATION TRUST 2011-FV1, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE AND U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS COTRUSTEE VERSUS ERIC ROBERTSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SURVIVING SPOUSE IN COMMUNITY WITH YOLANDA FAURIA ROBERTSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 7, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in Town‐ ship 14 South, Range 23 and 24 East, Southeastern Land District of Louisiana, west of the Missis‐ sippi River, known as Harvey Canal Property, Jeffer‐ son Parish, Jef‐ ferson Parish, Louisiana, des‐ ignated as Par‐ cel Q-2-A, all as l b
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Q per plan by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C. E., dated May 15, 1973, revised September 26, 1973, April 11, 1974, May 5, 1975, December 29, 1975, October 19, 1976, March 27, 1978, July 24, 1978, December 5, 1979, May 22, 1981 and Octo‐ ber 1, 1982, which said por‐ tion has been subdivided into WOODMERE SOUTH SUBDIVI‐ SION SECTION 2, all as per plan of subdivision made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C. E. S., dated Septem‐ ber 28, 1982 ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No. 15418, recorded in COB 1042, folio 673, and as per Act of Dedica‐ tion before Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public, dated June 30, 1983, recorded in COB 1056, folio 89, same being des‐ ignated as fol‐ lows: LOT 297, SQUARE G, which said square is bounded by Keith-Way Drive and the Southern, West‐ ern and North‐ ern boundaries of the subdivi‐ sion, and said Lot 297 commences at a distance of 440 feet from the in‐ tersection of the Northern boundary and Keith-Way Drive, and mea‐ sures thereon 60 feet front on Keith-Way Drive, same in width across the rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines all as per survey made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C. E. & S., dated Decem‐ ber 9, 1983, resurveyed Feb‐ ruary 15, 1984. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. KATE SOTO‐ LONGO Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-806 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS JAMIE ANNE WATKINS HEIR
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BY VIRTUE OF A JUDGMENT OF POSSESSION FOR THE SUCCESSIONS OF ELIZABETH B. DICKERSON AND CHARLES DICKERSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 24, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: FOUR CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as MORNINGSIDE PARK, and ac‐ cording to plan of subdivision by Adloe Orr, C.E., dated May 15, 1941, on file in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, said lots are designated as NOS. 5, 6, 7 and 8, of SQUARE NO. 20, and said square is bounded by Fairway and Hudson Streets, and Oxford and Kenwood Av‐ enues, and said Lot No. 5 commences 100 feet from the corner of Fair‐ way Street and Oxford Street, and said lots measure each 25 feet front on Fairway Street, same width across the rear, and measures each 120 feet in depth between equal and paral‐ lel lines. All as more fully shown on sur‐ vey of Sterling Mandle, Land Surveyor, dated May 22, 1978, said property has same di‐ mensions as above set forth and Oxford Avenue is now 12th Street and Kenwood Av‐ enue is now 13th Street. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for
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JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson
Improvements thereon bear the Municipal No. 4621 Bayou Des Familles Drive, Marrero, LA 70072.
The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 787-855 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM‐ PANY, AS CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF BOSCO CREDIT II TRUST SERIES 2010-1 VS ZINA SHABAZZ LEWIS AKA ZINA SEMONE SHABAZZ LEWIS AKA ZINA LEWIS AKA ZINA S. LEWIS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated October 8, 2018, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as BAYOU DES FAMILLES SUB‐ DIVISION, being a resubdivision of a portion of Ames Farms, Lower Estelle Planta‐ tion, Lots L, M, N, O, P, Q, and R in accordance with plan of resubdivision by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated April 25, 1984, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 16259, approved on November 29, 1984, registered in Entry No. 8459835, COB 1180, folio 100, Jefferson Parish, LA, said Lot is more fully described as follows, towit: LOT 9, SQUARE 6; subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-ofway and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the prop‐
This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 760-853 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-4, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-4 VERSUS WILLIAM I. WELLS, JR. AND MAUREEN WELLS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Septem‐ ber 6, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing, or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof know as CHATEAU ES‐ TATES SOUTH, SECTION 2, being a resubdi‐ vision of Parcel 16-B,
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Chateau Estates South, all in ac‐ cord with a sur‐ vey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated March 27, 1973, approved by the City of Kenner under Ordi‐ nance No. 1509, adopted April 9, 1973, registered in COB 787, folio 886, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and according to said survey, said lot is desig‐ nated as LOT 18, in SQUARE 7. Square 7 is bounded by Chateau Magde‐ laine Drive, Chateau Ausone Court, Chateau Petrus Court, Chateau Margeaux Court, Chateau Haut Brion Drive and Chateau Pontet-Canet Drive. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 835-702 WELLS FARGO BANK, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCI‐ ATION AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-4, ASSETBACKED CER‐ TIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4 VS MASOOD AB KHAN, (A/K/A MASOOD KHAN, MASOOD A. KHAN) AND ZAREENA SULTANA KHAN, (A/K/A ZA‐ REENA SUL‐ TANA, ZAREENA S. KHAN, ZAREENA KHAN) By virtue of and in obedience to of a Writ SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Decem‐ ber 13, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the
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following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, Louisiana, in Neyrey Park Extension No. 1, being a portion of Lot 4 Rosedale Plan‐ tation, which said lots are de‐ scribed accord‐ ing to a plan of subdivision by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Surveyors, dated June 21, 1960, revised March 15, 1961, as follows: Lot 8 of Square 4, which said square is bounded by Neyrey Drive, 17th Street, Western Bound‐ ary of Subdivi‐ sion and 13th Street. Lot 8 commences at a distance of 433.87 feet from the corner of Neyrey Drive and 17th Street and measures thence 60 feet front on Neyrey Drive, same in width in the rear, by a depth on the side line adjoining Lot No. 7 of 111.01 feet, and a depth on the opposite side‐ line adjoining Lot No. 9 of 111.23 feet. All as more fully shown on print of survey made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Surveyors, dated June 1, 1962, resur‐ veyed January 6, 1965. Made and Ac‐ cepted subject to: Right of Way to Louisiana Power & Light Com‐ pany granted by Neyrey Park, Inc. in act acknowl‐ edged before Henry G. Neyrey, Jr., N.P., dated January 25, 1962, reg. COB 347, Folio 319. Restrictions contained in act before Henry G. Neyrey, Jr., N.P. dated Dec. 13, 1961, reg. COB 544, Folio 354, which are identical to those in COB 500, Folio 207. Which has the address of 3916 Neyrey Drive, Metairie, LA 70002 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY E. HOLLEY Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of
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Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 799-542 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐ PACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF NRZ PASSTHROUGH TRUST X VS NELSON I. CRUZ AND ALMA FUENTES CRUZ By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 4, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing, or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the City of Kenner, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as DRIFTWOOD PARK SUBDIVI‐ SION, SECTION 3, designated as LOT 27, in SQUARE 34, bounded by Martinique Av‐ enue (Gelpi Av‐ enue Side), Granada Drive (late 40th), Idaho Avenue and Monterey Avenue (late Rochschild), Vintage Drive Side (late 41st). LOT NO. 27 forms the cor‐ ner of Mar‐ tinique Avenue and Granada Drive and mea‐ sure 60 feet front on Martinique Av‐ enue, same width in the rear, abutting Avenue, Idaho by a depth and front on Granada Drive of 100 feet and a depth of 100 feet on the opposite side‐ line. All as more fully shown on recent survey made by Gilbert, Kelly and Couturie, Inc., dated No‐ vember 14, 1992; subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐
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tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property . The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 4001 Martinique Av‐ enue, Kenner, Louisiana 70065. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. KRISTY MASSEY FINLEY Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 862-382 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS RAYCHELL MARIE HARRIS A/K/A RAYCHELLE M. HARRIS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 6, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, situated, lying and being in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part known as the WHITEHOUSE SUBDIVISION, forming part of the Town of Westwego, and designated as the WHOLE OF LOTS NUMBERS THIRTEEN (13), FOURTEEN (14), FIFTEEN (15), AND FOUR (4')
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FEET OF LOT NUMBER SIX‐ TEEN (16), ad‐ joining Lot No. 15 of SQUARE NUM‐ BER FORTYEIGHT (48) of said subdivi‐ sion, on a plan of survey made by Alvin E. Hotard, Parish Surveyor, dated Gretna, Louisiana, June 1, 1936, a blue print of which is attached to and made part of an act of sale by Marrero Lane and Im‐ provement As‐ sociation, Lim‐ ited, to Leon Ri‐ choux, passed before Ernest M. Conzelmann, Notary Public, dated June 17, 1936; and ac‐ cording to said plan, said Square is bounded by Av‐ enue "E and "D, Fifth and Sixth Streets; said Lots Numbers Thir‐ teen (13), Four‐ teen (14), and Fifteen (15), ad‐ join each other, and measure each THIRTY-TWO (32') feet front on Avenue "D", the same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of One Hundred Twenty-Five and 81/100 (125.81) feet, said por‐ tion of Lot Num‐ ber Sixteen (16) adjoins Lot No. 15, and measures Four (4') feet front on Avenue "D", the same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and parallel lines of One hundred Twenty-Five and 81/100 (125.81') feet, said piece or portion of ground mea‐ sures One Hun‐ dred (100') feet front on Avenue "D", by a depth be‐ tween equal and parallel lines of One Hundred Twenty-Five and 81/100 (125.81') feet; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property . The improve‐ ments bear the municipal ad‐ dress 645 Av‐ enue D, West‐ wego, LA 70094 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 861-417 MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC. VERSUS MARCO PORTILLO By virtue of and in obedience to
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a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated February 5, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, prescrip‐ tions, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, that part thereof known as Seton Parc Subdivision, designated as LOT 6, SQUARE B, bounded by St. John Drive, St. Elizabeth Drive, Vingate Drive, and Jefferson St. Drive measures thence 60.00 feet front on St. John Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120.41 feet on St. Eliza‐ beth Drive side and 120.28 feet on the Jefferson St. Charles Line side. All as more fully shown on survey of BFM Corporation, dated March 17, 1989, re-certified July 12, 1989; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property . The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 11 St. John Drive, Louisiana. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-327 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VERSUS MICHAEL ANTHONY ROGERS AND PAULA RICKSON BUTLER
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By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 5, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in that part thereof known as Clai‐ borne Gardens Subdivision, said portion being desig‐ nated as Lot 19 of Square 104. Ac‐ cording to a plan by Rene A. Harris, C.E., dated July 7, 1970, Square 104 is bounded by East Clai‐ borne Parkway, East Clark Lane, West Krueger and Stilwell Lane. Lot 19 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 124.08 feet from the comer of Stilwell Lane and East Clai‐ borne Parkway and measures thence 66 feet front on East Claiborne Park‐ way, with a width in the rear of 45.32 feet, by a depth on the sideline closer to East Clark Lane of 105 feet, and a depth on the opposite side‐ line of 104.74 feet. The im‐ provements thereon bear the Municipal Number 9433 East Claiborne Parkway, West‐ wego, Louisiana 70094. Being the same property acquired by Michael Anthony Rogers and Paula Rick‐ son Butler from of Succession Ella Baker Gros, a/k/a Ella Baker Groom, a/k/a Ella Baker Key by act dated April 27, 2018, duly registered in the conveyance records of Jef‐ ferson Parish, Louisiana. THIS ACT IS FURTHER MADE, EXE‐ CUTED AND AC‐ CEPTED SUB‐ JECT TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. Restrictions as contained in an act before Richard C. Brown, N.P., dated May 4, 1966, registered in COB 639 folio 520, and Amendment to Restrictions by act before C.J. Champagne, N.P., dated Sep‐ tember 23, 1969, registered in COB 706 folio 881, on November 3, 1969, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. 2. The utility servi‐ tude of five (5`) feet across the entire rear width of the subject lot as shown on the plan by Rene A. Harris, C.E., dated July 7,
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y 1970. The refer‐ ence to or enu‐ meration of which shall not serve to inter‐ rupt or revive prescription thereon, recog‐ nize the validity thereof. or acknowledge, ratify or confirm same. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-187 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR TO LASALLE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURI‐ TIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERFITICATES, SERIES 2005WF1 VERSUS KAREN ADELE MCNEELY PIEROPAN, IN HER CAPACITY AS INDEPENDENT EXECUTRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF MARY JANIE MCNEELY By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 9, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, situ‐ ated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in SQUARE E, BARATARIA ES‐ TATES EXTEN‐ SION SUBDIVI‐ SION, bounded by Cypress Lawn Drive, Magnolia Lawn Street, Elm Lawn Drive and Willow Lawn Street, designated as LOT NO. 14 on survey the made by Gilbert, Kelly & Cou‐ turie, Inc., C.E. & S., dated October 7,1980,
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a copy of which is annexed to an act before Richard A. Ham‐ mel, N.P., dated Oc‐ tober 10, 1980, registered in COB 990, folio 571, and accord‐ ing to said survey said Lot 14 forms the corner of Cy‐ press Lawn Drive and Mag‐ nolia Lawn Drive, and mea‐ sures thence a 100.18 feet front on Cypress Lawn, a width in the rear of 106.35 feet, by a depth and front on Magno‐ lia Lawn Street side of 150.09 feet, and a depth on the opposite side‐ line of 162.74 feet. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 878-035 LONGBRIDGE FINANCIAL, LLC VERSUS ESTATE OF DONALD H. MURPHY, SR. By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 31, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Av‐ Robinson enue Subdivi‐ sion, all as shown on a plan by Walter Fray, C.E., dated August 31, 1971, and revised Feb‐ ruary 23, 1972, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council on Sep‐ tember 23, 1971, under Ordi‐ nance Number 10614, which
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said portion of ground is designated and described as follows: Lot 114-A, bounded by Robinson Av‐ enue, Westbank Expressway, East boundary of the subdivision and the Two Mile Canal (15 foot road and utility servi‐ tude), Lot 114-A commences at a distance of 230.61 feet from the corner of Robinson Av‐ enue and the northern line of the 15 foot road and utility servi‐ tude, and mea‐ sures thence 58 feet front on Robin‐ son Avenue, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 89 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-032 NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELL‐ POINT MORT‐ GAGE SERVICING VS OTTIS D. ALLEN, JR. AND TYRA C. ALLEN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 26, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: ALL THAT CER‐ TAIN PIECE OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, all rights, ways, means, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, prescriptions and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining thereto, situ‐ ated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, forming a part of the prop‐ erty formerly belonging to Joseph Gitzinger, and now known as MARRERO ADDI‐
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TION, lying south of the right of way of the M.L.&.T.R.R. & S.S. Co., and immedi‐ ately in the rear of property be‐ longing to the Planter's Co. or Penick and Ford, desig‐ nated as Lot No. 18 of Block No. 32, which block is bounded by 13th and 14th Streets, Av‐ enue B and the property of Mar‐ rero Land & Im‐ provement Assoc., Ltd, as per plan of Henry L .Zander, Parish engineer of this parish, dated Gretna, Louisiana, No‐ vember 10, 1912, a copy of which is on file in the Recorder's Of‐ fice of the Parish of Jefferson in Book of Plans, Vol. 13, folio 26, Said lot mea‐ sures 30 feet front on Avenue B, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines. Being the same property ac‐ quired by Bar‐ rios Properties, LLC from Frances Special Services, Inc., by act dated May 22, 2015, recorded at COB 3351, folio 139 in the records of Jef‐ ferson Parish LA. AND ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ment thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, forming part of the property for‐ merly belonging to Joseph Critzinger and now known as "MARRERO ADDITION", lying south of the right of way of the M.L.&.T.R.R. & S.S. Company and immediately to the rear of prop‐ erty belonging to Planter's Company (or Penick & Ford), in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, designated as Lot Number Nineteen (19) of Block Number Thirty-Two (32) as per plan of Henry L. Zander, Parish Engineer of this Parish dated Gretna, Louisiana on November 10, 1912, a copy of whereof is on file in the Recorder's Of‐ fice of the Parish, said Block Number Thirty-two (32) is bounded by Thirteen and Fourteenth Streets, Avenue "B" and dividing line of property belonging to the present vendor; and said Lot Number Nine‐ teen (19) of Block Number Thirty-two (32) measures Thirty (30') feet front on Avenue "B", by a depth of One hundred twenty (120') feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. Said Lots 18 and 19, Square 32 have been re subdivided and is now LOT 18A, SQUARE 32 as shown on the survey by Dufrene Surveys and recorded at COB 3358, Page 937. Which has the address of 1336 Avenue B, Mar‐ rero, LA 70072 This sale is sub‐
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ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 31, 2026, September 4, 2026 jul 31-sep 4-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 878-192 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR ABFC 2005-HE2 TRUST ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE2 VERSUS THE OPENED SUCCESSION OF GWENDOLYN JASON (A/K/A GWENDOLYN C.J. JASON) AND CECILE JASON DALTON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated August 4, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 14, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON , STATE OF LOUISIANA, CITY OF KEN‐ NER, SETON PARC SUBDIVI‐ SION, SQUARE G, bounded by St. Bridget Drive, St. Paul Drive, St. Thomas Drive, and St. Ann Drive, desig‐ nated as LOT 3, and measuring as follows to-wit: LOT 3 com‐ mences 125 feet from the corner of St. Bridget Drive and St. Ann Drive and measures 60 feet front on St. Bridget Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines; all accord‐ ing to a plan of subdivision by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated 05/20/83. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ i i i
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j p rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 4, 2026, October 9, 2026 sep 4-oct 9-2t Public Notices Successions
PUBLIC NOTICE --24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA SUCCESSION OF MAGDALEN KUNKEL GAHN WIFE OF/AND JOSEPH EMMETT GAHN, JR. NO. 865-588 DIV. ”F” NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF APPLICATION FOR AUTHORITY TO SELL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY NOTICE is hereby given that Patricia Gahn Mauer, duly qualified Ad‐ ministrator/Executor of the Succession of MAG‐ DALEN KUNKEL GAHN WIFE OF/AND JOSEPH EM‐ METT GAHN, JR., has made application to the Court for authority to sell Decedent’s full interest in and to the following immovable property at private sale, to-wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, advan‐ tages and appurte‐ nances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the PARISH OF JEFFER‐ SON, State of Louisiana, in M.A. GREEN ADDITION SUBDIVISION, according to a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associ‐ ates, C.E., dated February 11, 1954, said lot being situated in the square bounded by South line of the 50 foot strip of ground dedicated for a servitude to the 4th Jef‐ ferson Drainage District, the Western line of M.A Green Addition Subdivi‐ sion, HOWRARD AVENUE, and WESTON STREET, designated as LOT NO. 25, which said Lot No. 25 commences 120 feet from the corner of We‐ ston Street and Howard Avenue, measures 41.43 feet front on Howard Av‐ enue, 86.92 feet in width in the rear, by a depth of 157.92 feet on the side line dividing Lot No. 25 from Lot No. 24 and by a depth of 211.04 feet on the opposite side line; and which said Lot No. 25 forms a part of that par‐ tition of ground desig‐ nated as PLOT “C” on a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated September 10, 1954. All in accordance with a survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, C.E., dated July 2, 1956.According to a sur‐ vey of J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E. dated August 2, 1971, a copy of which is annexed hereto and made a part hereof, the said property has the same location, designa‐ tion and dimensions as above set forth. The improvements bear the Municipal No. 1212 North Howard Avenue. Any heirs, legatees, and/or creditors of the deceased who oppose the sale must do so within seven (7) days of the last date of publica‐ tion issued. After seven (7) days from the last publication the Court may issue an order au‐ thorizing the sale of the property for the price and sum of Sixty-Five Thousand and 00/100 ($65,000.00) all cash to seller, at private sale. Attorney: Ryan S. McBride Bar No. 29332 Address: 3525 N. Causeway Blvd #801 Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 265-1705 199610-sept 4-25-2t $112.70
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The Times-Picayune ✦ nola.com ✦ Friday, September 4, 2026 ✦ 1S
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4 DAY SALE
september 4th - 7th
FRI
SAT SUN MON
4
5
6
7
SAVE $ 22 2 LB
— ONLY —
5 lb Average Weight Value Pack Roll
LIMIT 4
80% Lean Ground Beef
3
$ 77 LB
SAVE $ 22 3 — ONLY —
SWEET
Seedless Large Red Watermelon
L I M IT 2
3
$ 77
SAVE $ 00 3 LB
— ONLY —
BOILED FRESH IN STORE HEAD-ON
Boiled Louisiana Shrimp
5
$ 99 LB
SAVE
2
$ 61
PREFERRED
PARTNER
— ONLY —
Louisiana Local 30 OZ JAR
Blue Plate Mayonnaise
2
$ 88
SAVE up $ 38 to 1 — ONLY — 18 OZ BOTTLE
Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce
1
$ 47
SAVE up $ 38 to 5 When You Buy 2
— ONLY —
46 - 48 OZ CONTAINER OR 8 - 9 COUNT CONES, BARS OR SANDWICHES
Blue Bunny Frozen Dairy Dessert
6
2/$
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4 DAY SALE
september 4th - 7th
FRI
SAT SUN MON
4
5
6
7
SAVE $ 31 1 LB
— ONLY —
2
$ 48
PREVIOUSLY FROZEN
St. Louis Style Pork Ribs
LB
SAVE
up $ 97 to
3
When You Buy 3
— ONLY —
5
3/$
BUNCHED
Turnip, Collard or Mustard Greens 12 OZ PACK
4
$ 99
Chisesi’s Seasoned Ham
SAVE $ 00 3 LB
— ONLY —
5
$ 99
BOILED FRESH IN STORE HEAD-ON
Boiled Louisiana Shrimp
LB
SAVE $ 00 2
r in ou I L E D tment r depa
LB
— ONLY —
7
$ 99
FRESH MADE IN STORE
Fried Chicken Tenders
LB
SAVE up $ 98 to 2 When You Buy 2
— ONLY —
5
2/$
8 OZ
Philadelphia Cream Cheese
SAVE up $ 50 to 2
SAVE up $ 00 to 6
— ONLY —
— ONLY —
4 DOUBLE ROLLS
Bounty Essentials
OR 6 MEGA ROLLS
Charmin Essentials
4
$ 99
750 ML
9
$ 99
Josh Cellars Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon
The Times-Picayune ✦ nola.com ✦ Friday, September 4, 2026 ✦ 3S
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TRUCKLOAD
SALE
stock up on meat, produce, and seafood for now and for later! EXCLUSIVELY AT ROUSES!
5
$ 99 LB
100% PREMIUM USDA ANGUS CHOICE VALUE PACK
Boneless Chuck Roast
PREVIOUSLY FROZEN
Chicken Wings
1
$ 47 LB
3
68
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
PREVIOUSLY FROZEN
3 LB BAG
2 LB BAG
Turkey Necks
Turkey Wings
Topashaw Farms Petite Sweet Potatoes
Grimmway Farms Baby Carrots
2
$ 49 LB 2.5 LB BOX
Louisiana Local
Louisiana Select Breaded Catfish Fillets
16
$
99
2
$ 49 LB gulf coast Local
4 LB BAG FROZEN WILD CAUGHT
41/50 Ct Headless Gulf Brown Shrimp
26
$
99
5
2/$
5
2/$
Mississippi Local 10 PIECE
36 COUNT
Fried or BBQ Baked Drumsticks
Cookie Tray
7
19
$ 99
$
rolling in big savings down the aisles!
Kellogg’s Large Size Cereal
3
$ 99
12 – 17.3 OZ SELECT
5
$ 99
40 OZ
JIF Peanut Butter
9
2/$
4 PACK
Kraft Easy Mac Microwavable Cups
2
$ 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
7
Dannon Yogurt
7
2/$
5
2/$
Florida’s Natural Orange Juice
8
2/$
4
$ 59
Bays English Muffins
57 - 76 OZ
6
12 COUNT
16 - 18 OZ SELECTED
100 COUNT
Bomb Frozen Pops
InnovAsian Entreés
Totino’s Pizza Rolls
5
2/$
5
$ 99
6
$ 99
Rana Ravioli or Tortelloni
2/$
9
$ 99
99
Louisiana Local
12 COUNT
2/$
LB
7
2/$
Stouffer’s Family or Party Size Entreés
11
$
99
Prices good at New Orleans, Metairie, Gretna, Kenner, Marrero, Covington, Mandeville, and Slidell locations September 2nd thru September 9th, 2026.
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see inside for ourtruckload sale!
PRICES GOOD SEPTEMBER 2ND - SEPTEMBER 9th, 2026
SAVE $ 22 2
SAVE $ 02 5
SAVE 70 ¢
LB
LB
— ONLY —
1
Chicken Breast Tenders
PARTNER
— ONLY —
$ 77
PREVIOUSLY FROZEN
PREFERRED
1
$ 99
HALF
Boneless Pork Loin
LB
— ONLY —
10
$
24 PACK 12 OZ
LB
CANS
97
Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke or Barq’s
SAVE up $ 98 to 4
— MIX & MATCH —
BUY 2, GET 1
FREE!
When You Buy 2
12 PACK 12 OZ CANS
1
$ 99 LB
VALUE PACK
Pork Steaks
SAVE up $ 87 to 5
7
2/$
5 COUNT
Fresh Avocados
When You Buy 3
When You Buy 2
4
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
88
5 - 8 OZ
or Chunk Cheese
7
¢
6 PACK HALF LITERS
Propel
12 PACK HALF LITERS
Lipton Tea
SAVE $ 00 1
SAVE up $ 78 to 4
When You Buy 2
7
6
Darling Easy Peel Mandarins
SAVE up $ 18 to 3
Pepsi
2/$
2 LB BAG
Bunny Hamburger or Hot Dog Buns
5
2/$
GALLON
Luzianne Tea
SAVE $ 00 3
8
$ 99 PREFERRED
PARTNER
SIX
L to Cha ast En nc te e r!
SAVE $ 90 2
Kingsford or Match Light Charcoal
$ 99 WINNERS!
EACH WILL RECEIVE:
1 Monument Mesa 4-Burner Propane Grill
SCAN TO ENTER
2
$ 99
12 - 16 LB BAG
3
$ 98
Louisiana Local
6 packs of Johnsonville Fresh Sausage or Brats
GRILL UP GAME DAY GIVEAWAY
No purchase necessary. Giveaway runs 8/11/26 - 9/9/26. See official rules for details. Enter at Rouses.com/GrillGiveaway.
SAVE up $ 00 to 6
SAVE $ 00 1
24 PACK 12 OZ
23
$
Miller Lite, Coors Light, Bud Light or Yuengling
30
99 Tito’s Vodka$ 1.75 LITER
OR 750 ML
99
Espolon Reposado Tequila
1.75 LITER
1941 Craft Vodka
22
$
99
750 ML
Corazon Blanco Tequila
19
$
99
750 ML
15
$
Bonanza Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon
99
THC
750 ML SELECTED
Kim Crawford Wine
11
$
99
12 PACK 12 OZ
Corona or Modelo
16
$
99
24 PACK 12 OZ CANS
Michelob Ultra
26
$
99
12 PACK 12 OZ CANS
Twisted Tea or Hoop Tea
12
$
99
4 PACK 12 OZ CANS
Urban South Driftee THC Seltzer
9
$ 99
Prices good at New Orleans, Metairie, Gretna, Kenner, Marrero, Covington, Mandeville, and Slidell locations September 2nd thru September 9th, 2026.