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LSU, SEC de-escalate legal battle Hearing postponed; vote to expel school reportedly suspended BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

The Southeastern Conference and LSU continued to lower the temperature in their legal battle on Wednesday, as a source conﬁrmed to The Advocate that the conference is expected to suspend its vote to potentially oust the school from the SEC. The news follows the postpone-

by The Advocate ment of a federal court hearing through a publicbetween the school and the conrecords request, ference — originally scheduled wrote that LSU for Wednesday — and a letter LSU “would not place sent to the conference on WednesDae’Quan Wright day stating that it would not add or Zxavian Harris two former NFL players at the on its roster,” the center of this controversy to its Rousse two ex-pros who roster. have been at the LSU President Wade Rousse, in a letter sent to SEC Commissioner center of the legal battle between Greg Sankey that was obtained the school and the conference.

“LSU filled its two remaining roster spots with eligible studentathletes,” Rousse wrote. “The roster is now locked for the season. LSU complied with SEC rules. This issue is moot.” Both players planned to join the LSU roster this fall after their respective NFL teams cut them last month, and they eventually won a preliminary injunction from a Baton Rouge judge last Thursday in

a lawsuit pitting athletes against Sankey, the SEC and the NCAA. The injunction allowed Harris, Wright and more than 40 other athletes to return to school for a ﬁfth year of eligibility. But on the same day the injunction was granted, the SEC ﬁled a separate federal lawsuit against LSU over the school’s refusal to obey its bylaws regarding professional players from the NFL, NBA or WNBA returning to college.

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Appeals court hears La. abortion pill case

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Attorney General Liz Murrill, right, speaks to the media outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday.

Attorney General’s Office wants to stop its distribution by telehealth, mail BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Attorney General Liz Murrill asked an appeals court Wednesday to strike down a federal government policy allowing abortion pills to be mailed over state lines, saying the regulation has snarled enforcement of Louisiana’s anti-abortion laws in a case that could shape access to the procedure nationwide. Murrill’s solicitor general, Benjamin Aguiñaga, seemed to draw a frosty reception from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as he argued that the policy enacted under

former President Joe Biden is stiﬂing Louisiana’s “sovereignty” by blocking efforts to enforce the state’s near-total abortion ban. Adopted by the Food and Drug Administration in 2023, the policy allowed access to a commonly-used abortion drug, mifepristone, through telehealth and by mail. Opening those avenues meant that even since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, medication abortions have remained broadly available in states that banned the procedure. An anti-abortion Republican, Murrill has waged legal and political war on mifepristone since taking ofﬁce in 2024.

She has secured indictments of doctors accused of sending the drug here from states where abortion remains legal. Those cases have often run up against “shield laws” enacted in Democraticled states, which stop physicians’ extradition to states where they would face legal penalties for providing the procedure. The lawsuit from Murrill’s office, which she’s litigating alongside conservative legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, seeks the return of an earlier FDA policy that required doctor’s appointments to obtain the drug. The reversal would limit access to mifepristone

not only within anti-abortion states like Louisiana, but also in those whose leaders support access to the procedure. Expected to land before the U.S. Supreme Court, the lawsuit could trigger a sea change in the patchwork balance of abortion access in post-Roe America, where studies show mail-ordered pills are used in a growing share of abortions nationwide. On Wednesday, though, Aguiñaga’s arguments seemed to elicit skepticism from the 5th Circuit judges in New Orleans. They noted how the Supreme

Data center planned near Lake Charles Developer signs option to buy 1,200 acres BY MEGAN WYATT

Staff writer

The leader of a Missouri-based renewable energy company has conﬁrmed plans to develop a data center in Moss Bluff, an unincorporated bedroom community eight miles north of Lake Charles. David Bunge, president of

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Azimuth Renewables, in April signed an option to buy about 1,200 acres of heavily wooded property owned by Kenny Nichols along Coffey Road in Calcasieu Parish, according to land records. Bunge said by phone this week that he is still early in the process, but conﬁrmed he plans to develop a data center.

Many details remain unclear about the project, including the prospective operator or customer, the size of the facility, its power requirements and whether it will ultimately be built. The project would also require local rezoning and permitting approval before it could proceed. The proposed data center comes as a controversial 4,700-acre solar

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A data center is planned for property on North Perkins Ferry Road in Moss Bluff, an unincorporated suburb north of Lake Charles. STAFF PHOTO By LESLIE WESTBROOK

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British man charged with aiding Russian spies

LONDON — A British man was charged with assisting Russian military spies in a U.K. sabotage plot, prosecutors said Wednesday. Joshua Cammidge, 31, was charged with engaging in conduct to materially assist a foreign intelligence service in carrying out activities in violation of the National Security Act. Cammidge was arrested last week by counterterrorism police, but authorities didn’t disclose details about what act of sabotage he allegedly planned or intended to commit. Security Minister Dan Jarvis said it was inappropriate to comment on the speciﬁcs of the case, but that police had acted against a potential threat. “I know people will be concerned about recent incidents across Europe, intended to sow fear, create disruption and undermine support for Ukraine. They will not succeed,” Jarvis said. “We’ll continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend against the range of threats we face from Russia.” Cammidge was in contact with a suspected representative of the GRU Volunteer Corps, a group controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency, prosecutors said. The U.K. deemed the group a national security threat in July for collecting foreign intelligence and conducting hostile covert operations on behalf of Russian military spies. Support for the GRU was banned under a new law intended to give the government more powers to tackle proxy organizations carrying out hostile activity on behalf of foreign states. Supporters convicted of assisting the group face up to 14 years in prison.

Warehouse explosion kills at least 14 in Syria SARMADA, Syria — An explosion at a weapons warehouse in northwestern Syria killed at least 14 people and injured 11 others, state media reported Wednesday, citing the Health Ministry. The cause of the blast near the town of Sarmada, in Idlib province, was not immediately clear. Such incidents are a relatively common occurrence in the country, which has been battered by over a decade of war. The warehouse was used to store weapons and munitions left over from the country’s uprising and civil war from 2011 until 2024, the state-run SANA news agency said, citing the Defense Ministry, without providing further details. Civil Defense and Syrian Red Crescent first-responders are continuing to search for survivors trapped under the rubble.

Indonesia searches for 8 missing at sea JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian rescuers searched for eight people who went missing at sea while heading to a volcanic island to report on an eruption there, officials said Wednesday. Anak Krakatau initially erupted for about 25 hours over the weekend, and it has since continued to erupt intermittently with explosions ejecting lava, ash and incandescent volcanic material from the crater, Indonesia’s Geology Agency said in a statement on Wednesday. A speedboat carrying five photojournalists, two crew members and a route guide lost contact after leaving Carita, a coastal town in Banten province, for the volcanic island, said Al Amrad, Banten province’s Search and Rescue Office chief. He said the last message from the boat was received by relatives of a journalist on board at 6:13 p.m. Monday, saying the group had arrived in the waters around Anak Krakatau. They have not been heard from since. The five Indonesian journalists work for Indonesia’s state news agency Antara, Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, Indonesia’s Merdeka and iNews, while the fifth is a freelance photographer. Their last known location was about 11.5 miles from shore. Rescuers, who have been deployed since Tuesday, were “still unable to establish contact with the group or determine their whereabouts,” Amrad said.

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Unnamed donor offers record gift

that it now receives all Donation to nonprofit Americares in response to global aid cuts network of its funding from a mix of indi-

BY JAMES POLLARD Associated Press

NEW YORK — A major American aid group is promising to deliver more medicines in high-need areas around the world after receiving its largest ever donation. Americares, a nonprofit that supports thousands of health centers globally, announced a $50 million gift Wednesday from an unidentified Connecticut family. The contribution represents an unusual expansion at a time when the United States’ sudden aid cuts have hamstrung programs ranging from maternal and child health to HIV treatment and prevention. “They deﬁnitely understood the moment and wanted to do more to respond to that,” Christine Squires, the president and CEO of Americares, said of the donor. Individual philanthropists and charitable foundations have

sought to plug some funding holes in the 18 months since President Donald Trump upended the U.S. Agency for International Development. A British billionaire funded nutritional peanut paste. Former USAID employees raised more than $125 million to buoy dozens of critical aid programs. The Gates Foundation narrowed its priorities. Global health of all USAID’s targets has received much of the attention from big donors, according to Susan Appe, a University at Albany professor of public administration and policy who has researched how nonproﬁts deal with the changing whims of donor countries. That’s reasonable, she said, considering “lives are on the line.” Jeff Bezos’ parents, for example, committed up to $500 million last March for UNICEF’s Child Nutrition Fund. Experts agree that high-networth donors could never save every program lost by the billions

of dollars cut from U.S. spending on global health. But there was an expectation that more philanthropists would step up to support the causes advanced by USAID. “I think that a lot of philanthropy scholars like myself have been a bit disappointed with the lag of response,” Appe said. “It’s kind of, to some degree, business as usual.” Americares, which Squires said had received about 10% of its funding from the U.S. government before the aid cuts, certainly felt the impact. Among their efforts that lost support last year was a maternal care project in Tanzania. Colombian medical clinics serving Venezuelan migrants closed after private funders kept them aﬂoat for several months. A planned ﬁve-year collaboration to build a more robust medical supply chain across Gaza had to be scrapped. Squires considers the group fortunate to have a robust-enough

vidual donors, corporations and private foundations. That’s important as the group responds to more than 20 emergencies including the Nepal ﬂoods and the Congo’s Ebola outbreak. In this particular case, Squires said the donor’s family has been involved with Americares for 30 years. They’re “very savvy” in their understanding of global health, she said. Half of the new gift will power its goal to help 100 million people access quality healthcare by 2030 “in a time when that need is increasing,” according to Squires. That work involves providing additional medical supplies to their network of more than 4,000 health centers. Americares also plans to increase support for U.S. health centers in states where they expect to see more residents without health insurance. The other half will go toward Americares’ endowment, Squires said.

Nuclear watchdog board reports Iran Citation to U.N. Security Council is first in 20 years BY STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press

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Patients receive treatment during a measles outbreak as family members sit beside them in an overcrowded hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Tuesday.

Bangladesh struggling to contain measles outbreak Suspected cases kill nearly 1,000

BY JULHAS ALAM and AL EMRUN GARJON Associated Press

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Eight-month-old Rojatun Jannat Ramisa is struggling to breathe in a hospital in Bangladesh’s capital as her parents sit helplessly beside her. She’s one of thousands of children sickened by a measles outbreak that’s sweeping across the country and has killed hundreds of children following setbacks to the country’s vaccine program. Ramisa’s mother Ranu Akhter traveled hundreds of miles after doctors in eastern Bangladesh referred her to a specialized child hospital in Dhaka to seek treatment for the life-threatening condition. “Fourteen days ago, when we were at the district hospital, there were other children being treated alongside my daughter. I saw that those children also had red rashes on their bodies, sores in their mouths and fevers,” Akhter told The Associated Press at Dhaka Shishu Hospital. “It made me realize how widespread the measles outbreak is,” she said. Every day, the death toll is rising. Bangladesh has been racing to halt the outbreak’s spread since March, when more than 100 children died in less than a month. By Tuesday, the death toll from suspected

measles cases reached 999 since the start of the year, according to the government’s Directorate General of Health Services. Since March, the country has recorded more than 166,000 suspected measles cases, including 19,835 laboratory-conﬁrmed infections, according to the Ministry of Health. The government launched an emergency vaccination drive in March together with the World Health Organization, the U.N. children’s agency and the Gavi vaccine alliance. It began with a focus on children from 6 months to 5 years old and later expanded nationwide in phases. Measles is a highly contagious airborne disease that causes fever, respiratory symptoms and a characteristic rash. It can sometimes have severe or fatal complications, especially in young children, according to the WHO. Two doses of a vaccine provide strong protection against measles, but the WHO says 95% of the population has to be vaccinated in order to stop the disease from spreading — which protects children like Ramisa who are too young to be vaccinated as well as immunocompromised people. About 86% of children in Bangladesh got their recommended second dose of measles vaccine last year, according to an estimate by the World Health Organization and UNICEF. That’s down from 93% in 2024.

Probe into Syria’s past secret nuclear activities wraps up BY STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN

Associated Press

VIENNA — The board of the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Wednesday adopted a resolution ending its investigation into past secret nuclear activities in Syria that revealed a reactor configured to produce ﬁssile material for possible use in nuclear weapons. Under ousted former President Bashar Assad, Syria was believed to have operated an extensive undeclared nuclear program that included a reactor built by North Korea in eastern Deir el-Zour province. The 35-member board of governors of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency adopted the resolution unanimously, according to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the outcome of the closed-door vote. Under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the safeguards agreement

Syria has with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, Syria is legally bound to declare all nuclear material and activities to the agency and allow IAEA inspectors to verify that none of it is being diverted from peaceful uses. Following Assad’s ouster in December 2024, the new authorities in Damascus agreed to give IAEA inspectors access to suspected former nuclear sites. Wednesday’s draft resolution, which was seen by The Associated Press, therefore decided to “terminate” the provisions of the 2011 resolution, ending the IAEA investigation into Syria’s noncompliance. The draft resolution, however, underlined that Syria “remains bound” by its obligations under the Nonproliferation Treaty and the safeguards agreement and encourages Syria “to continue its cooperation with the Agency, including the excavation work” at the site of the nuclear reactor.

VIENNA — The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board on Wednesday reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council for the ﬁrst time in 20 years, citing it for failure to cooperate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at undeclared sites. Western ofﬁcials suspect that the traces could provide evidence that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program until 2003. Iran says that it’s not pursuing nuclear weapons, and that its program is entirely peaceful. Reporting Iran to the Security Council opens the country to possible sanctions and asset freezes, though such punitive measures are unlikely because Iran’s allies Russia and China hold veto power

on the panel. Twenty-three countries on the International Atomic Energy Agency ’s 35-member board of governors voted for Wednesday’s resolution at IAEA headquarters in Vienna. China, Russia and Niger opposed it, while eight countries abstained and one didn’t vote as it was in arrears, according to diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the outcome of the closed-door vote. The resolution was put forward by the United States, Britain, France and Germany. The diplomatic move has been under consideration since June 2025, when the IAEA board found Iran officially in noncompliance with its nonproliferation obligations because of Tehran’s lack of cooperation in the investigation. Iran’s ambassador to the U.N. in Vienna, Reza Najafi, rejected the resolution, describing it as a “political tool” and saying that it ruined confidence in the IAEA’s “independence, impartiality and credibility.”

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Officials: Iran forging new ring Yemen prison death toll of proxies to threaten U.S. allies rises to 23 as clashes rise Escalation between forces threatens fragile ceasefire

Iraqi militias, Houthis coordinate in drone attacks

BY SAMY MAGDY

BY SAMY MAGDY, SARAH EL DEEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA

Associated Press

CAIRO — In July, Saudi Arabia and the United States bombed Iran-backed militias in Iraq after blaming them for drone attacks on Saudi oil facilities that had been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, another Iranian ally. Now, regional officials tell The Associated Press that the Houthis helped the Iraqi militias plan and execute the two-day swarm attack, showing a new level of coordination. Iran spent decades building up armed groups on Israel’s frontiers that suffered major losses in the wars following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack out of Gaza. Israel battered the Palestinian militants as well as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which had been Iran’s most powerful ally. Regional officials and experts say Iran is now using the Iraqi militias and the Houthis to threaten Saudi Arabia and other American allies in the Gulf in order to drive up the costs of the war launched by the U.S. and Israel in February. It is a risky strategy. A wave of Houthi attacks on Saudi oil facilities on Tuesday threatened to reignite full-scale war with the kingdom. Iraq has ordered militias to disarm by the end of this month, though powerful Iran-backed groups have refused to do so. A new American effort to economically isolate Iran could spark further escalation.

was confirmed by a Houthi official and an Iraqi militia member. A U.S. military official said Houthis had been killed in previous strikes in Iraq. The U.S. is concerned about the Houthi presence there and their ability to launch attacks on other countries, including Saudi Arabia, the official said. Two officials with the Popular Mobilization Forces, an umbrella group of militias that is officially part of Iraq’s security forces, denied involvement in the attack on Saudi Arabia and denied that the Houthis were operating under its auspices. The PMF includes powerful militias backed by Iran that sometimes act independently. All the officials and the militia member spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to media. The Houthis did not respond to a request for comment.

A pincer movement

Cooperation grew during Gaza war

The Houthi involvement in the Iraqi drone attack was confirmed by two Saudi officials, citing intelligence, and a senior Iraqi security official. They said Houthi emissaries worked in an operations room run by Iraqi militias. Saudi Arabia and the U.S. responded with joint airstrikes that killed at least 20 Iraqi fighters, six Iranian advisers and at least one Houthi official. The death of the Houthi, not previously reported,

Cooperation between the Iraqi militias and the better organized Houthis had grown throughout the war in Gaza, when they coordinated attacks on Israel, according to the Houthi and regional officials. At the height of the war, Houthi leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi spoke of a joint operations room. After the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, Iran and its allies began firing on Gulf nations to broaden the conflict and inflict

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Houthi supporters attend a rally against the Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa, yemen, on July 31. pain on major oil producers hosting American forces. “Iran has a hybrid strategy in the current war. We are not ﬁghting on one front and we are not using one tool,” Mahdi Mohammadi, an adviser to Iran’s parliament speaker, wrote on social media in June. “The Houthis’ growing prominence during the Gaza war opened up a new horizon in Iraq. Many groups there became eager to support the Houthis, and in return, the Houthis started sharing their military expertise with Iraqi militias,” said Ahmed Nagi, senior Yemen analyst at the Crisis Group, an international think tank. Now they are “squeezing Saudi like with pliers,” Nagi said.

Houthi blockade ramps pressure A week before the drone swarm attack, the Houthis declared a blockade against Saudi shipping in the Red Sea, threatening another critical trade route as the wartime disruption of the Strait of Hormuz has jolted the world economy. Since late July, the Houthis have carried out over a dozen attacks against Saudi oil facilities and tankers in the Red Sea, according to the war monitor group ACLED. On Tuesday, they launched a wave of attacks on oil and other facilities in southern Saudi Arabia, wounding more than 70 people, including women and children, Saudi authorities said.

Missouri’s congressional map back before the Supreme Court Appeals lead to conflicting rulings BY DAVID A. LIEB

Associated Press

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A battle over Missouri’s congressional districts vaulted back to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, two months before a pivotal November election that will determine control of Congress and affect the fate of President Donald Trump’s agenda. A series of conflicting court rulings has left a scar on Missouri — and left voters befuddled and unsure which U.S. House districts they will be voting in and which candidates will appear on their ballots. A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday sided with Republicans, declining to halt a federal judge’s order favoring a new map backed by Trump. But that decision immediately was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which just a day earlier had let stand a ruling by Missouri’s top court against the Trumpbacked districts. Time is rapidly expiring to ﬁgure it out. Federal law sets a Sept. 19 deadline to mail absentee ballots to overseas citizens and military voters. Trump urged Republicanled states last year to redraw congressional districts to their advantage ahead of the midterm elections. Texas went ﬁrst. Missouri was the second GOP state to act. State lawmakers passed new U.S. House districts last September targeting a Kansas Citybased seat held by Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver. The new districts were intended to help Republicans win seven of the state’s eight House seats in the midterm elections — a gain of one seat. Redistricting opponents collected hundreds of thousands of petition signatures

seeking to force a statewide vote on the new districts. They submitted the signatures in December. But Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins waited until August — on the same day as Missouri’s primary — to reject the petition. Hoskins asserted that a referendum petition could not be used for congressional redistricting. The delay by Hoskins was intentional. It allowed Missouri’s new congressional districts to be used in the primaries. The Missouri Supreme Court said Hoskins was wrong. It ordered him to put the redistricting referendum on the November ballot, which he did. But more than that, the court said the new districts never became law and instead were suspended retroactively to the December petition submission. The court barred Hoskins from using the new map and said the old map — passed by Republican lawmakers in 2022 after the last census — must be used in the November election. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal. Mere minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court’s action, federal District Judge Stephen Clark of Missouri issued a contradictory decision. He temporarily barred Hoskins from using any map other than the new congressional districts in the November election. Clark said switching districts between the primary and general election could violate voters’ federal rights. Redistricting opponents asked the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse Clark’s order, but it declined to do so. So they quickly asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. Redistricting opponents also have asked the Missouri Supreme Court to hold Hoskins in contempt for taking steps to use the new districts in November. The

court set a contempt hearing for Thursday. State attorneys for Hoskins, meanwhile, want the federal judge to block the contempt hearing. They contend Hoskins was merely following orders, arguing that a federal court order — based on the U.S. Constitution — supersedes a state order based on the state constitution. After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in April weakened the federal Voting Rights Act, Alabama lawmakers voted to change some of their congressional districts. The high court allowed it to happen, even though voting had occurred in a May primary. Alabama instead held a new primary for the revised districts in August. A similar scenario unfolded in Texas three decades ago. After Texas held its 1996 primaries, a federal court struck down several congressional districts. The state subsequently held an open primary for those districts in the November election, putting candidates from both parties on the same ballot. If no one got a majority, the top two advanced to a runoff. In Missouri’s case, no court has suggested redoing the primary. Candidates who won in August already have been certiﬁed for the November ballot according to the number of the district that they won. “Here in Missouri, we’ve witnessed a series of unprecedented actions, one after another,” said Travis Crum, a law professor at Washington University in St. Louis, who specializes in election law. Do voters have a right for congressional district boundaries to stay the same from the primary to the general election? “That is a tough and complicated legal question, and there is no deﬁnitive ruling from the Supreme Court that one could point to for an answer,” Crum said.

CAIRO — Rescuers in Yemen pulled more bodies from the rubble Wednesday of a prison run by Iran-backed Houthi rebels that was hit in a deadly airstrike earlier this week, as an escalation between the rebels and a Saudiled coalition threatened Yemen’s fragile ceasefire. The renewed fighting is also threatening global oil shipments as the Houthis target shipping and oil infrastructure that’s helping keep oil flowing through the Red Sea while the U.S.-Iran war has throttled shipments through the key Strait of Hormuz on the opposite side of the Arabian Peninsula. The prison in Hazm, the Jawf provincial capital, collapsed on Monday when coalition strikes hit the area, killing at least 23 people, including the four whose bodies were found on Wednesday. It wasn’t immediately known how many people were in the prison at the time of the strikes, which also left seven people injured. Following the strike on Monday, the Houthis retaliated on Tuesday with attacks on southern Saudi cities. The coalition early Wednesday responded with more strikes on rebel-held areas. The Saudi-backed government forces advanced in the eastern part of Hazm on Wednesday, cutting off supply routes to the Houthis, the military’s media office said. The rebels reported 48 airstrikes over 12 hours in the provinces of Jawf, Marib, Hodeida, Taiz, Bayda and Saada, the rebels’ stronghold on the border with Saudi Arabia. Hassan Saboula, director of Jawf’s civil defense agency, said a child was among the 23 killed on Monday and that rescue teams were still searching for seven missing from the attack. The identities of those killed have yet to be determined, alMasirah satellite news channel

cited Saboula as saying. Among the seven injured was a woman who was visiting her husband, said Anees al-Asbahi, a spokesman for the Houthi-run health ministry. In a statement Wednesday, Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed the prison strike was carried out by an F-15SA Saudi aircraft. He said the aircraft took off from King Khalid Air Base in Khamis Mushait, the kingdom’s ﬁfth-largest city, at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, hit the prison and returned to the base 15 minutes later. The Saudi government didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. The rebels said they targeted the base on Tuesday as part of their strikes on several cities in southern Saudi Arabia. Yemen plunged into civil war in 2014, when the Houthis descended from their northern stronghold and seized the capital, Sanaa, forcing the internationally recognized government to flee southward and then into exile in Saudi Arabia. A Saudi-led coalition entered the Yemen war the following year in an attempt to restore the government. The war has killed at least 150,000 people, according to U.N. estimates, and at times pushed the country to the brink of famine. The escalation between the rebels and the coalition started when the Houthis attempted in July to ﬂy a plane from Tehran, Iran’s capital, to Sanaa, the rebelcontrolled Yemeni capital, challenging a decade-long air and naval blockade by the coalition. The coalition struck the runway in Sanaa, preventing the flight from landing. The Houthis have since targeted Saudi Arabia and attacked Saudi shipping in the Red Sea. On Tuesday, they hit several Saudi oil facilities in southern Saudi Arabia where some operations have since been temporarily suspended, according to the Saudi Energy Ministry. The kingdom sounded sirens multiple times on Wednesday across several southern Saudi cities, warning residents to take shelter for fear of potential attacks.

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Struggling LIV Golf files for bankruptcy Organization owes state $1M in wake of scrapped tournament

BY DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press

and WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

LIV Golf filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday with more than $500 million in debt, part of its goal to revive the league without Saudi funding, and Louisiana is among its largest creditors. The move was widely expected after the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia abruptly ended its financial support after the final event of 2026, a season that was originally supposed to include a June stop in New Orleans. The New Orleans LIV Golf tournament had been announced to great fanfare for City Park’s Bayou Oaks Golf Course by state officials Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois, only to be canceled in April oamid questions about the league’s financial future. To attract the event, the state offered LIV a $7.2 million incentive package to be funded from the state’s major event fund. The controversial deal included a $5 million “hosting fee” for LIV — to be paid in increments ahead of the event — and $2.2 million for City Park to pay for upgrades to the course, most of which were completed. After the event was canceled, the state said LIV would repay the $1 million it had already received, per a clawback provision in its contract with the state, and would not be eligible to receive the other $4 million. Reached by phone Tuesday evening, Emma Wagner, a spokesperson for LED, said the $1 million has not been repaid. Wagner said LED and the LIV Golf are in formal discussions to get the money back, but did not provide more details. Senate President Cameron Henry, who helped garner support for the incentive package in the Legislature, has previously said there was a “clawback provision should they falter.” LIV said it has agreed to a re-

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Gov. Jeff Landry makes his entrance at a news conference touting the LIV Golf Louisiana tournament in New Orleans last year. structuring plan with BC Partners as the primary source of its capital. In a news release, LIV Golf CEO Scott O’Neil said, “This process gives us the structure and time to pursue a landmark transaction and begin the next chapter of LIV Golf.” O’Neil has said “LIV Golf 2.0” would feature players as majority owners in a reduced schedule. In a letter to LIV Golf fans, O’Neil said the new look would expand the size of the field from 57 to 75 players and introduce a 54-hole cut for the first time. There also would be Monday qualifiers. He said the team concept would be built around nationalities and that LIV would continue to tap some of its more successful markets in Australia, South Africa and Asia. Still, the new version would be a shell of what LIV promised when it launched in June 2022 after paying nine-figure signing bonuses to lure away top names from the PGA Tour. The spending topped more than $5 billion before PIF said in April it was pulling the plug. Still to be determined is the future of the biggest stars still with LIV, most notably Jon Rahm and

Bryson DeChambeau. Rahm is playing the Irish Open this week and told BBC Northern Ireland: “I still have a contract with LIV 1.0 that I’m more than willing to fulfill. Like I said, time will tell.” Rahm, DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson and Cameron Smith were the leading four creditors listed in the filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New Jersey. Of the top 30 creditors LIV listed, 14 were players. The filing listed only the “unsecured claim” — Rahm led the list at nearly $7.5 million — and not the full amount owed. LIV listed between $100 million and $500 million in estimated assets and $500 million and $1 billion in liabilities. The state of Louisiana is listed among the largest creditors at about $1.22 million. It was not immediately clear where the additional $220,000 figure came from. The Michigan event also was canceled, with the team championship merged into the final event in Indiana. Louisiana is the only state listed among the top 30 largest unsecured creditors, according to the bank-

Rubio says U.S. will ‘still blow up ships if need be’ Secretary of state touts efforts to stop drug trafficking BY MATTHEW LEE

AP diplomatic writer

QUITO, Ecuador — Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave new clarity Wednesday on the U.S. approach toward combating drug trafﬁcking in Latin American waters, saying the Trump administration is now focused on working with allied countries and aligning with their laws but insisting that the military will “still blow up ships if need be.” The public acknowledgment of a shift in U.S. strategy comes a year after Washington began a campaign of unilateral deadly strikes against those it calls “narcoterrorists” operating boats in international waters. The latest attack last month brought the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 227 in 68 strikes. Now, the Trump administration is focused on building agreements for joint operations with allied countries in the region, including Colombia and Ecuador, that comply with their laws in their waters. “I think its an incredible advance for the ﬁrst time to have countries that are willing to participate in these efforts in their territorial waters,” Rubio told reporters on a trip to the Ecuadorian capital, Quito. “The important point is that these routes are being disrupted. These routes are being ended,” he added. He said the decision is “a

strike-by-strike or operation-by-operation determination” that depends on the threat and location of the boat. Recent U.S. interdictions in Latin American waters are unlike the Trump administration’s initial strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats that began in September 2025. Lately, people aboard floating refueling stations said to be supporting drug trafficking have been removed and transferred to Ecuadorian authorities. Then the U.S. military blows up the vessels. The shift comes after a series of strikes on boats over the year on people the Trump administration accused of being “narcoterrorists” without providing evidence. Rubio’s comments came during a three-nation tour of South America aimed at boosting security cooperation with conservative leaders who have cozied up to President Donald Trump. In Ecuador on Wednesday, he hailed it as the most “aggressive” partner in the Trump administration’s push to target transnational criminal groups in the Western Hemisphere. Rubio met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who has rapidly embraced Trump’s gettough stance on counternarcotics operations and illegal immigration. Rubio said “elite forces” from both countries “are working jointly on a day-today basis in a way that has no precedent in order to try to dismantle these terrorist organizations.” But he singled out Mexico, calling it “an even graver challenge” than other countries in the region because of cartels’ power there and saying the “ideal” scenario

would be for the two countries to address the situation jointly. “Eventually that threat will have to be confronted one way or the other,” Rubio told reporters in Ecuador. “But our hope is to do it cooperatively with Mexican authorities.” Rubio said Mexican authorities have done “more than they’ve ever done before to go after these groups, but it is still not nearly enough.” He also announced his latest foreign terrorist organization designation of a Latin American drug trafﬁcking ring: Ecuador’s Los Tiguerones. It was among 22 criminal gangs designated as “terrorists” by Ecuador in 2024 after it declared an internal armed conﬂict during a surge in violence that included gunmen storming a television station during a live broadcast. Under the Trump administration’s counternarcotics strategy, it could make the group a target for military action. Ecuador has been helping the U.S. as it intercepts and sinks vessels, including one Tuesday that Washington said had links to the Ecuadorian criminal group Los Choneros. It was the sixth such operation in less than two weeks and the second in as many days. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Roberto Kury called his country “a loyal ally, an active ally and a decisive ally to be able to build a safer hemisphere, free hemisphere and prosperous hemisphere.” Rubio said he would be asking Congress for $45 million to keep funding the effort of “dismantling these terrorist groups,” although he did not specify what the funds would be for.

ruptcy filings. Chapter 11 is commonly known as reorganization bankruptcy and generally allows the debtor to continue to operate the business, even borrowing new money under court approval. LIV Golf said the PIF has agreed to provide $49.6 million in debtorin-possession financing through the DIP credit agreement, subject to the court’s approval. BC Partners LP — the credit business of U.K.-based BC Partners — and other minority investors that might emerge would provide the exit financing as LIV tries to keep going. LIV said it intends to emerge from bankruptcy and start its new version as early as 2027. “Now it is time to enter the next phase of LIV Golf,” O’Neil said in his letter. “Today, we took an important step forward to get there. LIV Golf has entered a court-supervised restructuring process that provides us with the time and framework to address previous financial obligations and complete a transaction that will make the League’s next phase a reality. “Put simply, this process is de-

signed to build a stronger and more sustainable future for LIV Golf.” But so much depends on who stays. The PGA Tour has banned players for one year from their most recent LIV Golf appearance. Brooks Koepka was the ﬁrst LIV player to return under penalty — a $5 million payment to charity, no equity grants for ﬁve years, no access to bonus money the year he returned. PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp offered the same deal to Rahm, DeChambeau and Smith with a tight deadline to accept. None did, and three months later as the U.S.-Iran war took root, PIF pulled its funding and sent LIV Golf into a spiral. Rolapp has not been inclined to discuss any paths back while players are under contract. O’Neil said LIV Golf’s intention was to “complete, not compete,” a phrase that rankled more stable tours because of the disruption LIV Golf created under former CEO Greg Norman who felt players should be able to compete on any tour, while be required to play a full schedule on LIV.

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when he asked her for help in cracking down on interstate shipments of abortion medication. Clayton is a New York physician who mailed abortion pills in 2024 to the mother of a pregnant Port Allen teenager. The teen ingested the pills. New York has refused to extradite the provider.

Continued from page 1A Court has twice rejected efforts to limit mifepristone access — ﬁrst in 2024, when the high court rejected a push by doctors and anti-abortion activists, and again in May when it lifted a temporary 5th Circuit block on the Biden-era FDA rule. Aguiñaga estimated that 1,000 abortions are occurring monthly in Louisiana due to the Biden-era FDA policy. Attributing that ﬁgure to an FDA regulation seemed like a leap to 5th Circuit Judge Stephen Higginson. “There are too many independent actors to say, ‘Actually, the government’s assessment of safety is what’s causing your 1,000 abortions a month,’ ” said Higginson, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama. When Aguiñaga claimed that mifepristone had saddled Louisiana with unnecessary health costs tied to complications from medically induced abortions, Judge Priscilla Richman, a George W. Bush appointee, pressed him on whether those complications could have been prevented had the patients seen providers in-person. Rounding out the three-judge panel was Biden appointee Dana Douglas. The 5th Circuit reviews appeals on federal district court rulings in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. It has driven a series of conservative legal victories in recent years, even as it regularly leads federal appellate courts in the number of decisions it generates that are later overturned by the Supreme Court.

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Anti-abortion demonstrators stand side by side outside the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Wednesday.

abortion access agree that abortion pills have been especially prevalent since Roe’s reversal in states with bans on the procedure. One 2025 study by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that of 120,000 abortion pill mailings by a single telehealth clinic, 100,000 went to people in states with bans. Still, Murrill’s lawsuit has raised alarm bells among officials who Changing landscape support abortion access in DemoSupporters and opponents of cratic led-states who say it could

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Continued from page 1A farm project takes shape nearby, though Bunge denied that the two projects are linked. “We are looking at the possibility of a data center opportunity,” Bunge said. “And it’s at the early evaluation stage at this point in time.” Nichols, the landowner, did not respond to phone and text messages for this story.

‘A robust buffer’ Moss Bluff is a quiet retreat of 12,500 people north of Lake Charles, and home to many who work in the nearby petrochemical industry. The data center is expected to be built over 1,168 acres in a wooded, rural portion of Moss Bluff. Bunge has three years to purchase the property, with an optional one-year extension, according to the April agreement. The data center would occupy a fraction of the total acreage, Bunge said. He would not confirm if the planned facility is an artiﬁcial intelligence data center or whether there have been conversations with a prospective operator or customer. The location was appealing, he said, because of its proximity to infrastructure that could support this type of project and the wooded area. “The fact that it is surrounded by a robust buffer on all sides is something that we felt was also important and would help minimize the impact of any potential development on this property,” Bunge said. The property was rezoned from single-family residential to agricultural at Nichols’ request in 2003, according to land records. Before the data center project could proceed, the Calcasieu Parish Planning and Zoning Board would need to grant

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Continued from page 1A The conference on Tuesday further threatened to expel LSU from the SEC by scheduling a vote for Thursday on the possibility with the presidents of the conference’s member schools. “I received notice of the special President’s and Chancellor’s meeting scheduled for tomorrow, September 10, 2026,” Rousse wrote.

approval. No rezoning or variance requests for the property have come before the board so far. To qualify for state tax incentives, the data center project would also be required to commit to a minimum capital investment of $200 million, create at least 50 new permanent jobs and fully fund its own power generation and grid infrastructure costs without burdening local ratepayers. Bunge would not comment on the project’s size, cost, number of jobs or construction timeline. Bunge also declined to say whether there have been conversations about the project with anyone at Louisiana Economic Development, and agency spokesperson Emma Wagner said LED does not comment on prospective projects.

limit access for their constituents. Murrill’s lawsuit “improperly elevates the policy preferences of states that have banned or restricted abortion over the preferences of other states that have made the different but equally sovereign determinations to promote access,” 21 Democratic attorneys general wrote in a brief to the 5th Circuit. Murrill’s ofﬁce contends that the Biden-era regulation violates the Comstock Act, an 1873 federal law banning interstate shipment of il-

It’s become common across the country to pair large-scale solar farms near data centers, including an 11,000-acre solar farm in Mississippi County, Arkansas, that supports Google data center operations and an 1,900-acre solar farm in Falls County, Texas, that supports Meta data center operations. In Moss Bluff, the proposed data center would be adjacent to a proposed 4,700-acre solar farm project known as the Persimmon Energy Center, which has faced pushback from many residents of north Calcasieu Parish and some lawmakers. Land acquisition for the project, which is being developed by California-based company Orion Renewable Energy Group, has been underway since 2019, according to land records. But Bunge said his project is not linked to the controversial solar farm project in the vicinity. “We do not have any contractual relationships with them,” Bunge said. “So

there’s really no connection between our project and theirs.” He added that the solar farm was unrelated to his decision to pick the site. “If that solar project were to not move forward, it would not directly impact whether or not we move forward or the scale or shape of our project,” Bunge said. State Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles, said he “started hearing rumblings in the community” about a potential data center about three months ago, and more recently confirmed with Bunge and Nichols that there is a lease for a data center project. He predicted opposition from the community. “I know that the Moss Bluff community is fighting against bringing industrial projects into our bedroom community, which is what the fight over the solar farm is that we’re currently trying to stop,” Geymann said. “And I can say with confidence that the community is going to feel the same way about the data center.” For the solar farm, Calcasieu Parish Police Juror Roger Marcantel signed an agreement in 2024 with Persimmon to allow transmission lines and other structures to cross his property. Marcantel declined to comment further on the project, saying in a text message to The Advocate that he prefers not to wade in on the “highly controversial issue in the Moss Bluff area” until a permit is requested for the solar farm or the data center project. The Persimmon project’s footprint borders the data center property along with other rural residential properties of north Calcasieu Parish in the Moss Bluff, DeQuincy and Gillis communities. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that those two properties are adjacent to each other,” said Tommy Cryar, a

“At no point has LSU ever threatened to upset the meeting. But to be clear, LSU will not challenge, disrupt or seek to cancel or postpone this meeting. This issue is also moot.” A source told The Advocate that the SEC’s meeting of chancellors and presidents is still scheduled for Thursday afternoon over Zoom. But even if a vote to expel LSU from the league is no longer expected to take place, the conference could still seek to exact a penalty against LSU

for coach Lane Kifﬁn’s efforts to add former pros. The federal court hearing between LSU and the SEC was set to begin at 1 p.m. on Wednesday before it was moved after LSU added two already-injured players — Aidan Anding and Gabriel Reliford — to its ofﬁcial roster, bringing it to its 105-man limit and preventing it from adding Harris or Wright. Staff writers Quinn Coffman, Scott Rabalais and Jon Blau contributed to this report.

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licit material such as pornography. Weeks after President Donald Trump took ofﬁce for a second time in January of 2025, thenU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi visited New Orleans and pledged in a meeting with law enforcement officials to work on enforcing the Comstock Act against those who mail abortion pills over state lines. “I would love to work with you,” Bondi told the West Baton Rouge district attorney, Tony Clayton,

Moss Bluff resident and real estate investor who serves on the Beauregard Electric Cooperative Board of Directors. “The solar project is actually touching the same land that the data center is on.” Mike Viator, CEO of Beauregard Electric, said Beauregard and its supplier have not been consulted for the solar farm project. “I don’t know who they’re

In the view of Murrill and antiabortion advocates, Trump’s administration has moved too slowly in cracking down on medication abortion. The administration has declined to defend the Biden-era rule on its merits. Its attorneys have instead asked judges to hold off on rulings until the FDA wraps up a pending “safety review” of the drug. “They say they have something under review, but there’s no evidence that they’re going to do anything,” Murrill told reporters outside the courthouse. “What are you doing and when are you going to do it? We keep inquiring, and we haven’t really gotten a good answer.” If the 5th Circuit bench’s reaction to Aguiñaga seemed frosty, the one U.S. Justice Department Civil Division lawyer Daniel Winik received minutes later was downright frigid. Appearing on behalf of the FDA, Winik repeatedly declined to answer questions from the judges about the agency’s position on its policy, spurring indignant questions from the bench. “I ﬁnd that very unsatisfactory that the agency won’t give an opinion as to its own regulations,” Higginson said. On that point, Murrill and the Obama-appointed judge seemed to agree. “(Winik’s answers) were actually pretty evasive,” Murrill said.

talking to,” Viator said. “I don’t know what their plans are, but I do know that it won’t beneﬁt anybody who lives in that area.” Entergy Louisiana spokesperson Brandon Scardigli said the company could not comment on the proposed solar farm. Bunge said he is planning Moss Bluff community outreach about the data center project later in the process.

“We look forward to engaging with them and getting feedback,” Bunge said. “We’re trying to make every effort to develop an opportunity here, if the site ultimately is suitable for that in a way that maximizes the beneﬁts and minimizes any impact.” Email Megan Wyatt at mwyatt@theadvocate. com.

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An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology’s potential to elude human control. Jacob Coxon, who said he spent three years doing research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, said Tuesday on the social platform X that the two AI companies are more focused on beating each other and global competitors in developing the most advanced model possible than they are on safety. OpenAI and Anthropic announced, about a week apart, that their models had broken out of testing environments and obtained unauthorized access to real computer systems. The announcements prompted concerns about models going rogue and carrying out other, more harmful tasks. Both companies said at the time that they were pausing some evaluations while they put more monitoring measures and guardrails in place. Coxon said Anthropic and its chief rival OpenAI “are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” He warned that some working on AI development believe it could threaten human life by the end of the decade. “Do not underestimate the power of this technology,” he continued. “These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing.” Coxon, Anthropic and OpenAI did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Meta launches personal AI agent Meta launched on Tuesday a personal artiﬁcial intelligence agent, Muse, for people 18 and over who are looking for help with day-to-day tasks like schedules, shopping and, in the company’s words, turning “longterm goals into action plans.” The parent company of Instagram and Facebook is stressing the safety and privacy features of the agent, which for now is only available in the U.S. Muse, Meta said, runs on a dedicated, secure virtual machine that houses both the agent and the user’s data. People can message the agent in a separate app, called Muse, or message it in WhatsApp. It can handle simple tasks like sending an email or booking travel, or bigger, long-term goals like creating a yearlong exercise plan or setting up a new business. At its most basic level, an AI agent works like a traditional, human-crafted computer program that executes a job, like launching an application. Combined with an AI large language model, however, it can search for knowledge that enables it to complete tasks without explicit, step-by-step instructions. That means, instead of just helping you draft the language of an email, it can theoretically handle the whole process — receiving a message from your co-worker, figuring out what you might want to say, and ﬁring off the response on its own.

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Trump: Oil won’t come down soon President says Iranians ‘desperate’ to affect midterms

BY AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections. Oil prices on Wednesday jumped more than 3%, pushing international Brent crude past the $100 threshold for the ﬁrst time since

July as salvos between the U.S. and Iran escalated. “Right after the election, oil prices are going to be tumbling downward,” Trump said. “I think it’s going to take a little bit longer than the midterm.” Trump, in an exchange with reporters, added that he believes Iran will ﬁnally relent after the pivotal elections are held in the U.S. “They’re desperate to try and affect the election, so that we can get a nice weak group of people in there, and leave them alone and let them have their nuclear weapon,” Trump said. He added, “I think the war’s going to end immediately after the election because they can’t

hold out any longer,” Trump said. The president at the outset of the war said it would last a matter of weeks. The conflict is now in its seventh month. The comments were a striking acknowledgment from Trump about the status of the conflict as his Republican administration faces mounting pressure to address high gas prices as the war in Iran grinds on with no conclusion in sight. Trump last week downplayed the conflict as “small potatoes” even as Republicans expressed concern the war will loom large with voters left navigating elevated gas prices and higher inflation.

The U.S. has tapped its strategic petroleum reserves, which in early August fell below 300 million barrels, down by more than 100 million barrels since the start of 2026. Trump’s prediction that the war won’t be wrapped up until after Nov. 3 comes after Vice President JD Vance last week steered clear of predicting that the conﬂict would be over by the midterm elections. “When you ask, ‘When will this end?’ you’re asking me a question like, ‘When will the Iranians stop shooting at ships?’” Vance said. “I think the reality is, I don’t know the answer to that question. You would have to ask the Iranians.”

New Apple CEO unveils latest iPhones, including foldable model Versions of iPhone 18 feature longer battery life, but also higher prices

BY BARBARA ORTUTAY AP technology writer

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple on Wednesday unveiled its latest generation of iPhones, including a widely anticipated foldable version called Duo. The company’s new CEO, John Ternus, who took over from Tim Cook on Sept. 1, introduced the latest lineup at the company’s headquarters. After cycling through other updates to the iPhone, the Apple Watch and AirPods, Ternus told the audience inside the Steve Jobs Theater that “actually there is one more thing,” in a nod to the trademark phrase from Jobs that the company’s legendary late founder himself borrowed from the 1970s detective show “Columbo.” The foldable phone has the Ternus “largest display ever on an iPhone, yet ﬁts into your pocket,” Ternus said. The phone opens to a 7.6-inch display that is 80% larger than the newest iPhone 18 Pro. It will let people use an Apple Pencil on the phone, a capability previously reserved to iPad users. Duo, Ternus said “will redeﬁne the experience of using a foldable phone.” The Duo lets users split the screen to use two different apps on the device, or two windows of the same website for things like comparison shopping. With a starting price of $1,999, it is the most expensive iPhone yet. The Duo “was always going to eclipse Apple’s other announcements at the event,” said Ben Wood, chief analyst at CCS Insight. “The device adds a distinctive new design to the iPhone lineup and marks the company’s entry into the niche foldable smartphone category.” Wood said that while there is certain to be demand for the Duo,

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The iPhone Duo is displayed on Wednesday on the Apple campus in Cupertino, Calif. Many of Apple’s biggest rivals, which costs less than some analysts had anticipated, foldables such as Samsung, Motorola and still account for less than 5% of Google, have already come out with foldable smartphones. But the overall smartphone market. Apple is not one to rush on new New iPhone 18 models technologies. “The foldable launch is The iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, Ternus said, bring im- straight out of Apple’s playbook: provements to the battery, cam- Wait for the product to work out era, and performance. They will its kinks and for the market to start at $1,199 and $1,299, re- offer glimpses of viability, then spectively. Customers can preor- enter and shape the category,” der the phones starting on Sept. said Forrester analyst Dipanjan 12 and they will be available on Chatterjee. But, he added, the Sept. 18, although the Duo will be question will be whether it can expand demand for what’s still a available on Oct. 23. The new models feature a long niche product category. Compared with earlier generabattery life — 45 hours of video playback for the Pro Max — and tions, the iPhone 18 costs about faster charging. The camera $100 more due partly to a global offers what Apple called “cin- memory chip shortage. The ematic effects” from regular iPhone 17’s price ranges from video captured on the phone, as $799 to $1,999 depending on the well as new options for manual model. Earlier this year, Apple uncontrols and “smart focus tracking,” which lets users focus on a veiled artiﬁcial intelligence adsingle moving subject, such as a vances, including upgrades to kid during a soccer game. its Siri assistant, emphasizing a Apple is also focusing on Siri’s focus on privacy and day-to-day new AI capabilities with the new use as the company tries to catch phones, emphasizing privacy up with rivals on AI. and security to stand apart from rivals who are further along in Ternus takes center stage incorporating AI. The keynote address for Ter-

nus was his opportunity to set the tone for his vision of Apple’s future, Chatterjee said. “John Ternus inherits perhaps the most successful consumer technology juggernaut in modern times. That is both a boon and a burden for him. Tim Cook’s perfected execution, scale, and monetization set a high bar, and Ternus must extend that run,” Chatterjee said. “But he must sustain that momentum while positioning Apple to disrupt itself in the near future, when the iPhone, or any smartphone for that matter, will cease to be the consumer’s primary conduit to the world.” Wood noted that, with all the excitement around the Duo, the ofﬁcial arrival of Ternus as CEO “felt like less of a story” than he’d expected. “This event marks a seamless transition from Tim Cook, and its timing to coincide with the iPhone Duo was undoubtedly planned,” Wood said. “However, despite the media frenzy about this new device, it is the broader strength of Apple’s hardware, software and services that will drive the company forward.”

Ex-Amazon warehouse workers allege pregnancy discrimination BY CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press

A group of former Amazon warehouse employees is suing the company for systemically discriminating against pregnant workers, accusing the company of denying them basic accommodations and penalizing some who took breaks to pump milk or time off for hospital visits. The four plaintiffs filed a proposed nationwide class action in a Brooklyn, New York federal court Tuesday, accusing Amazon of violating the 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employers with 15 or more workers to provide a “reasonable accommo-

dation” for pregnancy and childbirth related medical conditions. To refuse an accommodation, companies must show it would create “undue hardship” for the business. “Denying a pregnant worker a stool, a lighter workload, or a bathroom break is a violation of federal law — it’s that simple,” said Inimai Chettiar, president of A Better Balance, a nonproﬁt organization that is representing the plaintiffs along with the law ﬁrm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel. Amazon denied the accusations, saying the lawsuit’s description of events is inaccurate. Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson, said Amazon has approved “more than

99.9% of pregnancy related accommodations” over the past year and that “the accounts shared by A Better Balance contain inaccuracies and omit important details.” A Better Balance spearheaded a decadelong campaign for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, drawing attention to the plight of thousands of women, especially low-wage workers, who have been pushed out of work for requesting accommodations such as a chair or stool, leave to attend prenatal appointments, light duty for manual labor, or temporary reassignment. The law passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and took effect in June 2023 but has since been embroiled in several lawsuits

ﬁled by Republican-led states and religious groups, which objected to regulations passed by the Bidenera Equal Employment Opportunity Commission establishing that workers seeking abortions are entitled to accommodations. A federal judge last year struck down the abortion provision of the regulations, which the EEOC, now led by a Republican majority, plans to revise. A separate lawsuit ﬁled by the state of Texas takes aim at the entirety of the law, claiming its passage was unconstitutional because a majority of House members were not physically present to approve the law as part of a spending package in December 2022.

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Downtown ArtWalk to spotlight artists LFT Fiber, La. Crafts Guild to host reception

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LFT Fiber and the Louisiana Crafts Guild are hosting a free reception featuring Louisiana artists and craftsmen this weekend during the Second Saturday ArtWalk in Lafayette. The event, called “Connecting Culture & Community Through Art,” starts at 7 p.m. Saturday inside the LFT Fiber lobby at 214 Jefferson St. Attendees can meet participating artists and view their paintings, woodcarvings, metal sculptures, origami, pottery and ceramics.

Andre Juneau, the guild’s president, said the exhibit connects the group’s artisans with LFT Fiber’s support of local culture and communications. Michael D. Soileau, director of LFT Fiber, said the company wanted to open its space during ArtWalk so the community can meet artists and see their work ﬁrsthand. The partnership will extend into October’s Festival Acadiens et Créoles, when select pieces from the lobby exhibition move to LFT Fiber’s festival space alongside work by Francis Pavy and UL Ceramics.

Artists from UL Ceramics are scheduled to demonstrate pottery throwing during the festival. The exhibit will remain on display in the lobby through Oct. 7 and can be viewed weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for anyone who cannot attend the Saturday reception. “Some of the best connections in Acadiana happen when people come together around the things that make this place special,” Soileau said. Contact Dean Boudreaux at dean.boudreaux@theadvocate. com.

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Second Saturday ArtWalk is a free monthly event intended to showcase the work of local artists and musicians.

Man accused of illegal fishing charters

BY DEAN BOUDREAUX

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An Abbeville man was running illegal chartered fishing trips out of a marina in Grand Isle over the summer, according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. On Aug. 28, agents cited Glenn Lebouef, 59, on three counts of violating charter boat regulations following an investigation into unlicensed fishing trips out of Grand Isle, the department said. Agents had followed up on a tip that Lebouef was chartering fishing trips out of Bridgeside Marina without the required licenses or insurance. They compiled evidence on Lebouef’s fishing activities before confronting him at the marina, and Lebouef admitted to running the illegal trips, according to the agency. Agents found Lebouef lacked a charter fishing license, a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license and the insurance required to operate a charter business. Each count of failing to comply with charter boat regulations carries a fine of $250 to $500 and up to 90 days in jail. Sgt. Norman Deroche and Senior Agent Kyle Volentine handled the case for the agency.

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Construction continues Tuesday on the new amphitheater at Heymann Park. The $4.68 million project will accommodate up to 5,000 people when complete.

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Ex-officer pleads guilty in terror conspiracy BY DEAN BOUDREAUX

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A former U.S. Marine and New Iberia police ofﬁcer pleaded guilty Tuesday to working with a terrorist group to train its members and plan attacks, federal prosecutors said. Micah James Legnon, 29, of New Iberia, is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 11 by U.S. District Judge David C. Joseph. Legnon admitted to violating a law that makes it a crime to attempt or conspire to provide material support or resources for terrorist acts. According to court documents, Legnon joined the “Order of the Black Lotus” in early 2025.

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Man trapped in storm drain for 2 days Rescue launched after flag spotted BY DEAN BOUDREAUX Staff writer

A man trapped inside a storm drain for two days was pulled to safety Tuesday evening after a passerby spotted him waving a flag through a grate and called 911, according to the Lafayette Fire Department. Firefighters went to the 100 block of West Pont Des Mouton Road after a caller reported seeing the flag. Crews removed the drain cover and found the man inside, Fire Department officials said in a statement.

Senior Cpl. Ken Handy, of the Lafayette Police Department, said the man was hanging out in the coulee and set his bag in the storm drain culvert. When it started raining, he went under Interstate 49 to stay dry. The man’s phone and bag were swept away by the rainwater, so he crawled through the culvert to try to retrieve his belongings. While moving through the underground drainage system, he got lost in the intricate maze of pipes and drains. On the second day of his expedition, the man found a white survey ﬂag and used it to get someone’s attention. At the time of the man’s res-

cue, officials saw no signs of drug or alcohol impairment, only that he was very thirsty. Acadian firefighters assessed him medically and gave the man water while he explained the situation to police. “I have been on the force for 13 years, and this is the first time we have had to rescue someone out of the storm drains,” Handy said. Handy said police are investigating the man because there are active warrants for his arrest, and he did not release the man’s identity. Email Dean Boudreaux at dean.boudreaux@ theadvocate.com.

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25 years after 9/11, we remember the tragedy, but also the unity Editor’s note: Versions of this editorial have been published on previous 9/11 anniversaries. When terrorists attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, the world was a very different place. With the end of Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union, the country had seen a period of relative peace and prosperity as the world’s only remaining superpower. But new threats were bubbling beneath the surface, and on that fateful Tuesday in September they would burst into full view, altering our sense of what national security means for decades to come. Just as the workday was beginning, America and the world watched with horror as a passenger jet flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. Surely, it must be some terrible accident, many thought at that moment. But the reality of the situation would soon become clear when, 16 minutes later, another airliner flew into the South Tower. At 9:37 a.m. EST, a hijacked airliner flew into the western façade of the Pentagon. A half-hour later, after a heroic revolt by passengers, four hijackers flew United Airlines Flight 93 into a field in Pennsylvania. Time seemed compressed for us then. Events flowed together into an emotional storm that is vividly remembered by everyone who witnessed the attack on America on Sept. 11, 2001. They say that time heals all wounds. As we commemorate the 25th anniversary of 9/11 tomorrow, we can see in some measure, that’s true. Buildings can be rebuilt. Memorials can honor the dead. But for the thousands of families who lost loved ones that day, life will never be the same. And our country too was forever changed. With the killing of Osama bin Laden and several of his leading co-conspirators, some measure of justice was meted out for 9/11. But efforts to root out terrorist havens around the world have fallen short. Each year, as we move further from the events of 9/11, it becomes even more important that we stop and reflect on that day. Nations must have long memories, not just of loss but also of the incredible fortitude and courage of our people in the aftermath of tragedy. When New Yorkers were wounded and hurting, aid and sympathy poured in from all parts of the country. We let the world know that these United States were standing strong and standing together. We also ought to remember how the world rallied around us and against the hateful ideology of terrorists who, then as now, seek to sow division among the community of free nations. We must always value the allies that have stood with us throughout history, not because we always agree, but because when it matters, they are there. And in an increasingly unstable world, it’s good to know we don’t have to go it alone.

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Questions remain amid data center proposal in Livingston AI is sweeping the country. Our leaders have welcomed the industry and new data centers to support it at two north Louisiana sites. There is now speculation about a data center in Livingston Parish. (“Is a data center coming to Livingston Parish? As rumors swirl, here’s what we know.”) The Public Service Commission is negotiating contract terms for the cost of new capacity required for the data centers, requiring them to cover the cost of “power generation” for 15 years. That does not include the substantial costs of constructing and maintaining transmission and distribution lines. The recent “Lightning Amendment” adopted by the PSC speeds the approval process with little or no public oversight. Technology changes rapidly. Five years ago, AI was hardly a topic. What happens if new data technology arises a few years from now? Do these centers become ﬁnancially obsolete? What happens if new nuclear power generation technology options arise as lower-cost options and opera-

tors fail to renew or otherwise attempt to sever the contractual liability before the end of the 15-year term? What is the impact on Louisiana ratepayers? These generating plants have a useful life of 30 years. Citizens could then be saddled with unrecovered capital costs burdening our monthly electric bills. Some project that electric bills could double. Are the Public Service Commission members beholden to the power companies? Do they receive large campaign contributions which can cloud their judgment? Are they being pressed by others behind the scenes to get approval for the projects? These questions need to be answered before the upcoming election of their successors. Louisiana residents should be concerned. In 15 years, some of us will not be around to deal with it. But as currently structured, this is a hidden time bomb that few are talking about.

Regarding the controversy of professional athletes returning to school to play another year of college ball: Forget the legality of the situation and consider the reality of it. Both of the men who hoped to play for LSU chose to leave school before graduating and earning a degree. They assumed that they would be picked up by an NFL team, which would provide them a more lucrative payday than the “I’d say about seven figures” of NIL money, as Zxavian Harris was quoted as saying he was paid during his college career. Essentially, he is just an unemployed guy looking to get his old job back. Ironically, if they had both graduated with a degree, they would have had another option if the NFL did not work out. In the real world, of which they are now a part, if you leave a job without securing other employment, the chances of getting your old job back are slim to none, and that is true in the NFL as well. Taking these athletes back would only have denied an opportunity for younger players to take advantage of the on-the-job training that colleges provide to them, in preparation for the NFL, free of charge. Not to mention the chance to earn their own seven figures while getting an “education.” Allowing former NFL players back would have essentially provided them with NIL income, free use of practice facilities, free coaching and fitness training — only to see them leave after one year. The only benefit to the school is their actual playing time, provided it is any good and they don’t get injured in the process. Is that really worth fighting a legal battle over? And that, folks, is reality vs. legality. Sometimes it is just not worth the fight.

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Trump has done exactly what he said he would do Steve Roberts’ column (“Why farmers are fuming,” Sept. 5) cites three big reasons for farmers’ disillusionment with the Trump administration: tariff policies that have decreased demand for their products; a shortage of workers due to immigration sweeps; and the rising cost of living. Roberts quotes the president of the bipartisan Farm Action Fund as saying, “A lot of farmers today have lost and are losing faith and are feeling betrayed,” and the president of the American Farm Bureau is quoted as saying, “Growers in every sector are struggling to ﬁnd the workforce needed to plant, cultivate, harvest, care for

livestock and meet food safety requirements.” But why should they feel betrayed? It is true that President Donald Trump hasn’t kept promises to lower inﬂation and to avoid starting foreign wars. But he did make very clear, during his presidential campaign, that he would be raising tariffs and carrying out mass deportations. Why, then, has his support among rural voters declined so much, after he did exactly what he promised on tariffs and immigration?

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Is there such a thing as too much sports news? I just ﬁnished reading the digital edition of this newspaper, Sept. 3, and as always, my thoughts are that it is nothing but a sports tabloid. I ﬁnd a shortcoming of local news, police reports and, most of all, the sketchy one page given to business reporting. In Baton Rouge, we all love hearing about our universities and their teams, but six-plus pages a day dedicated to sports and one page of business news hardly makes the newspaper a valuable

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COMMENTARY 9/11 attacks affected all of us, individually and as Americans Twenty-five years ago tomorrow, conservative columnist Deroy Murdock, later the co-founder of Louisiana’s Pelican Institute for Public Policy, was drinking coffee on the balcony of his fifth-floor Manhattan apartment when he was startled by the rumble and shadow of a bizarrely low-flying airplane. “The roar of the engines was so loud, it set off car alarms all along Quin the street,” Murdock Hillyer said. “It was terrifying.” Fourteen seconds and two miles later, Teddy Conway, born and raised in New Orleans, was in a meeting at his Lehman Brothers office directly across the street from the World Trade Center when he was stunned by a huge explosion. Rushing to a window, his group saw the hole in what was the “egress point” of what they didn’t even know at the time was a plane crash in the North Tower. Remembering the 1993 truck bombing of the Trade Center, his crew quickly assumed a bomb had exploded and they walked the 23 floors to the building exit. It was a bit like deja vu for Conway, who walked down 37 floors of a building that swayed and even appeared to “ripple,” but didn’t fall, near the epicenter of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. Anyway, at the exit of his Manhattan building, a security guard told them firmly that everything in his building was fine but that falling debris made it unsafe to go outside, so they should return in the elevator to their offices. Similar orders were more deadly for others. From an office in midtown Manhattan, a close college friend of mine literally was on the phone with a friend working in the Trade Center when the first plane hit, and my friend distinctly heard a loudspeaker telling his friend and workmates not to leave, but to stay in place. That friend of my friend ended up perishing. As for Conway: Back on floor 23 when the second plane hit the towers, this time the security’s guard’s orders meant nothing. Walking down the stairwell again, Conway exited and began briskly walking northward. Conway couldn’t bear to look back as colleagues said they saw bodies landing. He did turn in time, though, to directly observe the first building collapse. One of the two towers scraped the edge of Conway’s 3 World Financial office building, leaving it structurally

stolen cars. According to the Jacksonville, Florida, sheriff’s ofﬁce, since 2024, the cameras have “helped solve 15 murders, 17 kidnappings, six forcible sex offenses, nearly 100 shootings and 172 missingpersons cases.” A website set up by Charles Lehman of the Manhattan Institute is tracking news items about Flock contributing to successful police work. There are such stories every day, all over the country. Two recent entries related the arrest of an armed robbery suspect in Grass Valley, California, and the rescue of two kidnapped teenage girls in Bulloch County, Georgia. After getting a tip, the authorities used Flock to ﬁnd the suspect in the Brown University shooting last year. Perhaps these crimes would get solved anyway, but if even a fraction of them didn’t, Flock would be making a meaningful contribution to public safety. It used to be that America had, in effect, ungoverned spaces where malefactors could hide in plain sight. To use an extreme example, the Symbionese Liberation Army operated for a couple of years out of various safe houses in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1970s, something almost unimaginable in our technologically advanced age of constant information sharing. Rolling back Flock won’t reverse this tectonic change that’s been decades in the making, but it will deny law enforcement a valuable asset.

Some people like old-world charm and zealously seek to preserve it. Others like to tear down and replace the old with things bright, shiny and new. President Donald Trump falls into the latter category, as developers usually do, but with gilt, like a cherry, on top. Since taking office for the second time, Trump, the alleged “president of peace,” has been a master of destruction. He has invaded Venezuela, supported Israel in its strikes against Gaza and made war on Iran. Closer to home, he has paved over the Rose Garden and seemingly glommed his name onto anything possible, including the Kennedy Center, to which his name was added and then removed. And, perhaps most memorably, he tore down the East Wing of the White House to make space for his massive ballroom. For many Kathleen Americans near and far, the partial demolition of the White House Parker was a devastating sight. Preservationists felt the pain, too, and took their case to the Supreme Court. The court ruled that because the plaintiffs had not suffered the direct personal harm necessary to bring a lawsuit, construction of Trump’s vanity project could continue. The president said he hopes it will be completed by summer 2028. The ballroom, which was conceived as an entertainment venue to host visiting dignitaries, has morphed into a five-story underground military complex with a ballroom on top. (That’s one big cherry.) The administration’s argument for building the colossus has evolved from the need for an elaborate party house to an urgent security imperative — “a desperately needed National Security structure,” Trump posted on Truth Social, calling the preservationists “TREASONISTS.” In July 2025, the White House said the edifice would be funded by private donations and cost about $200 million. Later, the cost was adjusted to $400 million. Now, the price tag is closer to $600 million, according to contractor invoices obtained by The Post, and about half will be paid by taxpayers. Little wonder. The ballroom will be built with missile-resistant columns and a drone-proof roof. The high court’s ruling didn’t address the legality of the project. (Lower courts said the construction required congressional approval.) The Supreme Court’s decision focused on whether the plaintiff, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, had the standing to bring a lawsuit. The trust had to show that the ballroom’s planned construction would, among other things, cause board member Alison Hoagland “harm.” How can a building inflict pain, and how could such suffering be quantified? In a declaration, Hoagland wrote: “I would suffer both professional and personal injuries, including to my aesthetic, cultural, and historical interests.” Hoagland, a historian, said she enjoyed walking past the White House and feared that Trump’s addition would distort the building’s character. I know just what she means, and so, apparently, did Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., who joined the three liberal justices in a written dissent. Aesthetics, culture and history do matter, especially when historic, publicly owned properties are involved. Wrote Roberts: “The White House is not just any building, and — when it comes to historic preservation — Hoagland is not just any person. In failing to appreciate as much, the Court misconceives the plaintiff’s injury, allowing the Executive’s likely infringement of the Legislature’s power of the purse and authority to regulate federal property in the District of Columbia to continue.” The legality issue is still alive but not well. The Trump administration didn’t go through the usual review process. But the Republican-controlled Congress, as usual, is disinclined to exercise its power over the president’s designs. Trump’s consuming interest seems to be what he perceives as Washington’s dowdy appearance. To Trump, the District of Columbia is a fixer-upper that he can flip. It was probably inevitable that Trump would cast his Eye of Sauron upon Washington’s three historic public golf courses. An overhaul of the East Potomac Golf Links was supposed to begin, but thus far, the administration hasn’t released a final design, schedule or cost estimate. Locals are keeping count of the trees taken down before the overhaul — about 60, including one cherry tree on the picturesque 14th green. These arboreal losses obviously aren’t on par with other bullet points on Trump’s beautification agenda, but they symbolize yet another insult to the history, heritage and traditional grace of the nation’s hometown. My fear is that next he’ll want to change the name of Washington itself. “Trump, D.C.,” is surely but a 250-foot triumphal arch away. Speaking of aesthetic injury.

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The Oculus stands near One World Trade Center in New york. unsound for use for eight full months. Much longer story made short, Conway eventually made his way home to Darien, Connecticut. He still works in ﬁnance in New York. “I was never at risk of harm,” he said. “So many other people didn’t make it home. … And it feels weird to even be talking about this relative to people I know who were in the World Trade Center and got out, made life-and-death decisions (and barely survived, while others had no chance).” Alas, Leo Russell Keene of Sulphur, didn’t make it. Nor did Louis Williams of Mandeville and Betty Farmer of New Orleans, both at the twin towers, or Kevin Wayne Yokum of Lake Charles, Bobby Hymel of Norco and Scotty Lamana of Baton Rouge, all lost at the Pentagon. The Murdock, Conway and collegefriend stories, along with the six Louisianans who didn’t make it, are not unique. But telling them illustrates a key point: While only 20% of Americans personally know someone who died in the attack, several statistical analyses show that more than 80% of us had just two degrees of separation from someone directly affected, either a victim or a survivor. This was personal. Most of us will remember burning up the phone lines that day, checking with friends or relatives of people we knew

near Ground Zero or the Pentagon or in Pennsylvania. But even if we didn’t worry about individuals, we took affront specifically as Americans. Almost all of us loved our country then. When video came of Palestinians celebrating the attack, we were infuriated. When, 10 days later, nationally broadcast musicians led by Bruce Springsteen singing “My City of Ruins,” told us to “Rise Up,” we donated $200 million for relief and we did rise up, together. When President George W. Bush almost nonchalantly threw a perfect strike to open a Yankee Stadium World Series game six weeks later, we all cheered and perhaps cried. We were unified. We remained unified, as Americans, for about another year. We were grateful for our principles. We were thankful for our history — and for our freedom. And we knew we comprised, in a world full of villains, an overwhelming beacon of light. Today, only 33% of us say we are “extremely proud” to be Americans. How sad. How, without another godawful tragedy, can we recover the immediate post-9/11 sentiment? It was the right sentiment then, and it ought to animate us still. Email Quin Hillyer at quin.hillyer@ theadvocate.com.

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We have met the enemy — and it is number given the widespread use of watching us. these devices: There are 120,000 Flock There’s a growing backlash against cameras across the United States scanFlock cameras, the automated license ning license plates 20 billion times a plate readers that have become ubiqui- month. It is understandable that people don’t tous across the country. like the idea that they are, in effect, livThe cameras take images of license plates, which are then stored in ing in a panopticon. But license a searchable database that poplate readers aren’t the only oflice departments can query in fender. There are all sorts of oththe course of investigations. er surveillance cameras, many Opponents of the cameras of them privately owned and consider them an instrument operated, that the police access of Big Brother, who’s not only during investigations. We let our Rich watching, but constantly remobile phones and various apps Lowry track us all day long. And somecording and tracking. Vandals have disabled and stolen the thing like 60 million households Flock cameras and even shot them. have Ring or other security cameras There’s a movement to get jurisdicthat record what’s happening on their property and often in the immediate tions to cancel their contracts with surroundings. Flock (the leading such company, but The only reliable way to ensure that not the only one), and it has met with you aren’t being recorded is to stay insome success. Los Angeles just let its contract with side — and draw the curtains. Flock lapse, citing “serious concerns Officers who abuse the license-plate around civil liberties and civil rights readers deserve to be fired and, if apissues.” propriate, charged with crimes, which There’s a reason, though, that police is often what happens. Strict rules departments so rapidly adopted the around what constitutes a legitimate cameras — they are an extremely use- query of the system and routine audits should make it harder for rogue offul investigative tool. It is certainly true that the technolficers to use the cameras for nefarious purposes. ogy, like any power we give the police, The police officials who are advocatcan be misused. According to The Washington Post, “Authorities have ing for Flock aren’t doing it so the cops charged or accused at least 50 lawcan track the average person’s trip to enforcement officers of using licensethe grocery store or yoga studio. The plate readers for unauthorized purpos- cameras routinely aid in the identificaes, including to stalk their exes.” tion and apprehension of the perpetraThe Post calls the abuse “rampant,” tors of serious crimes, the location of but 50 documented cases isn’t a large missing persons and the recovery of

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Nitrogen gassing method called too cruel BY JOHN SIMERMAN Staff writer

Todd Wessinger, the Louisiana death row inmate who appears closest to an execution date, has filed a lawsuit in Baton Rouge to prevent the state from killing him with nitrogen gas, arguing it’s unconstitutionally cruel. The lawsuit comes after a federal appeals court ruling last month that reinstated Wessinger’s death sentence for killing two co-workers at a Calendar’s restaurant in Baton Rouge, after a lower court found his attorneys failed him at his 1997 trial. Wessinger’s lawsuit, filed last Friday in the federal Middle District of Louisiana, cites a ruling in June by the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals barring the use of nitrogen gas in Alabama to kill double murderer Jeffery Lee. That decision effectively placed executions using nitrogen gas on hold in Alabama, which served as the model for Louisiana’s protocol. Alabama was the first to try nitrogen gas, using it for seven executions before the court freeze. Louisiana is the only other state to try it. They were among several states that turned to nitrogen gas after struggling to acquire drugs for a

lethal cocktail. Oklahoma was the first to authorize its use. Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas followed. Louisiana lawmakers approved nitrogen gas as a death penalty method in 2024, along with the relegalizing the electric chair alongside lethal drugs. The state ended a 15-year hiatus in executions in March 2025 and used nitrogen gas for the first time on Jessie Hoffman, who was 18 when he kidnapped, raped and fatally shot Mary “Molly” Elliott in 1996 in St. Tammany Parish. Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill has sought to pick up the pace since then, though courts have refused to endorse any other Louisiana death warrants. Murrill in June praised the appeals court decision that set Wessinger a step closer. She said Wednesday that she hadn’t yet read Wessinger’s lawsuit. “I assume it is yet another attempt to delay justice in this case and I expect it to fail,” Murrill said. Wessinger’s attorneys with the New Orleans-based Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center point to the appeals court ruling in the Alabama case, as well as chilling accounts from all eight executions by nitrogen gas so far in Alabama and Louisiana. “Their record exposes nitrogen

hypoxia as exactly what the Eighth Amendment forbids: the unnecessary and wanton infliction of terror, pain, and suffering,” the lawsuit states. The suit claims an intolerable risk of “prolonged conscious suffocation” involving excruciating “air hunger” as the method deprives the condemned of oxygen. The attorneys allege that all five men who were given autopsies after being executed by nitrogen gas — including Hoffman — showed signs of “flash pulmonary edema,” in which fluid rapidly fills the lungs. The last execution using nitrogen gas was last October in Alabama, when condemned inmate Anthony Boyd appeared to take longer to die than any others using the method. The Associated Press reported Boyd shaking and heaving for more than 15 minutes before the curtain closed. Wessinger’s attorneys argue that Louisiana’s protocol, which mirrors Alabama’s, fails to safeguard or mitigate the risks of unconstitutional agony. The U.S. Supreme Court has found a state’s method of execution is unconstitutional where a substantial risk of severe pain is demonstrated and an available alternative would significantly re-

duce it. Wessinger’s attorneys argue that Louisiana has a viable alternative now: a single drug, pentobarbital, that is commonly used in veterinary euthanasia. Louisiana’s own execution protocol allows for it, said Jim Craig, director of the Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center. That’s part of what makes his argument different from Hoffman’s, said Craig. Hoffman had also argued in federal court that he should not be put to death via nitrogen gas, though his execution ultimately went forward. “The court in Mr. Hoffman’s case did not compare the risk of execution by nitrogen gas to a lethal dose of compounded pentobarbital, because it wasn’t asked to do that,” Craig said. The number of executions using nitrogen gas has also doubled, from four to eight, since Hoffman failed to convince the courts before he was killed while strapped to a table with an industrial mask over his face. Those executions added to mounting evidence of cruelty, Craig said. Hoffman’s body shook, his ﬁngers twitched, and he appeared to pull at the arms of a table bolted to the ﬂoor of the execution chamber inside the sprawling Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. When the mask was removed sev-

eral minutes later, Hoffman’s head was tilted back, his face frozen in a grimace. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to spell out its rationale for pausing Alabama’s execution of Lee by nitrogen gas, leaving uncertain the possible impact on Louisiana, which falls under the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. At the time, Murrill downplayed the potential impact on Louisiana’s use of nitrogen gas, while advocates for people on death row expressed hope it would turn a legal tide against the new method. In Louisiana, the choice of approved methods for an execution is left to the state corrections secretary. According to Friday’s lawsuit, state Corrections Secretary Gary Westcott confirmed in a deposition that the state is not looking to build an electric chair, and that he “would never choose electrocution as long as (he) is secretary.” A spokesperson for the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections declined to comment Wednesday, referring questions to Murrill’s ofﬁce. Wessinger’s lawsuit was assigned to U.S. District Judge John deGravelles, the same judge who vacated his death sentence before the appeals court reinstated it. He was nominated to the federal bench by former President Barack Obama.

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A tow truck driver works to remove an 18-wheeler that jackknifed on Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge early Wednesday, shutting down some of the interstate for 10 hours.

Jackknifed semi shuts down I-10 After the accident, a Rouge, especially the main streets and alternate routes. Traffic diverted to cleaning crew and special- arteries. But in the end, we These types of impacts are ized vehicles were called to were able to get the road- not unique to Baton Rouge. BR surface turn the 18-wheeler upright way clear and things back Similar traffic situations and congestion have ocstreets during and remove it before the in- to normal.” In March, DOTD said it curred following major interstate could be reopened, ‘tedious’ cleanup McKneely said. plans to decide on a route terstate closures in other

BY BLAKE LESCHBER and ELLYN COUVILLION Staff writers

An 18-wheeler jackknifed on Interstate 10 in Baton Rouge early Wednesday, shutting down some of the interstate for 10 hours and forcing police to reroute traffic into packed neighborhood streets. Baton Rouge police spokesperson Lt. L’Jean McKneely said the crash occurred around 4 a.m. when a car pulled in front of an 18-wheeler on I-10 east at Dalrymple Drive and then quickly slowed down. This caused the tractortrailer to jackknife, launch over the median and land across the westbound side of the interstate. McKneely said one person was transported to a hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. The wreck caused all lanes of I-10 west at Acadian Thruway and two lanes of I-10 east at Dalrymple Drive to close for hours. The two eastbound lanes opened around 11 a.m., while I-10 west was opened for trafﬁc about 10 hours after the accident, at around 2 p.m.

Getting the proper equipment to move the tractortrailer was a “tedious process,” which is one reason why it took about 10 hours to get all lanes open, he said. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development advised drivers around 9 a.m. to travel on Airline Highway instead of I-10. The crash caused trafﬁc to build up on I-10 west at the I-10/I-12 split as well as congestion on I-12 west back to Airline Highway. I-110 south also closed at Government Street due to a crash, backing up traffic to Mohican Street, but that section reopened around 11 a.m., DOTD said. Traffic was directed to other streets such as Acadian Thruway and roads in the Garden District, bringing large trucks and vehicles to these roadways. McKneely said it was challenging to direct trafﬁc to other surface streets. “We were getting (drivers) off the interstate and redirected them around the crash area, putting them in certain locations where they can get back on to the interstate,” McKneely said. “It was definitely a challenge; it slowed a lot of surface streets here in Baton

for a new Mississippi River bridge by the end of 2026, running between La. 1 south of Plaquemine and La. 30 near St. Gabriel, which could potentially lessen traffic impacts during interstate closures. However, estimating how future infrastructure projects might have affected traffic during Wednesday’s closure is pure speculation, according to Brooke Goodrich, a DOTD public information officer. “This section of I-10 through Baton Rouge carries some of the region’s heaviest traffic volumes — well over 150,000 vehicles travel through here daily, including major freight traffic,” Goodrich said in an email. “Anytime I-10 is shut down here, it has significant impacts on surface

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Ex-pros’ attorney says legal action not over He says SEC devalued his clients’ earning potential

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

Tony Clayton thinks Greg Sankey needs “a sanity test.” Those were the words Clayton — the West Baton Rouge district attorney representing former NFL players who tried to return to college and join LSU — used to describe the Southeastern Conference commissioner just hours after LSU declined to roster Clayton’s clients and added two injured players to its ofﬁcial roster instead, ballooning the roster to the 105-player NCAA limit. The SEC threatened to expel LSU from the conference in an amended federal lawsuit on Tuesday if the school continued to defy the conference’s bylaws, which ban players from the NFL, NBA and WNBA from returning to college. On Wednesday, Yahoo Sports reported that the conference was expected to suspend its vote to potentially oust the school after LSU’s actions Tuesday. Clayton told The Advocate on Tuesday night that he and the players’ legal team plan to pursue legal action against Sankey, the SEC and the NCAA — but not LSU — after they essentially forced the school

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UL running back JJ Garner added 21 yards to the Cajun’ rushing attack against Lamar on Saturday.

young Cajuns RBs show promise in season opener BY KEVIN FOOTE Staff writer

It didn’t take UL’s young running backs long to realize how demanding new running backs coach Marquase Lovings can be. “They didn’t like me at ﬁrst because of how hard I was on them,” said Lovings, whose Ragin’ Cajuns will play No. 14 Southern Cal at 10 p.m. Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. So far, so good on the results, with the offense rushing for 243 yards in a 38-7 win over Lamar in the season opener last weekend. “Now they understand a little bit of success that we’ve had,” Lovings said. “In practice, they see it come into life and why we do certain things, right? We can point to them on tape. This is why we do that. And when you do that ... you can see evidence of it.” Technically, Lovings isn’t new to UL. He coached running backs here from 2011-16 and most recently coached that position at Arkansas State from 2022-25. “I’m so glad coach Des (Michael Desormeaux) brought me back,” Lovings said. “I’m just grateful. Lafayette’s an awesome place. The people here make it go.”

He previously coached Elijah McGuire and Alonzo Harris with UL, and he coached against the likes of Elijah Mitchell, Trey Ragas and Raymond Calais. “Coach (Matt) Bergeron did a great job laying the foundation, and I’m just building off that,” Lovings said. “It’s all about developing FBI — football intelligence. I hope to help with just the mentality of the position: pass protection, we’re talking about chinning the football or not fumbling, great protection of the ball and playing with relentless effort.” Lovings said he’s convinced running backs “can be great here” because it already has been proven. “We’re trying to create the mentality of being great and you can be great here,” he said. Redshirt freshman Darrell Smith adapted to Lovings’ style of coaching with 84 yards and two scores in his ﬁrst start, as did Anthony Reagan with 37 yards on eight tries. JJ Garner added 21 yards and Steven Blanco picked up 19 against Lamar. “You need different utensils to eat with,” Lovings said. “We have that in our room. Darrell is a shifty guy with very good short quickness, a good burst. JJ’s probably the best

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Fournette, Petersson head LSHOF Class of 2027 Staff report

LSU football greats Leonard Fournette and eight-time Pro Bowler Patrick Peterson, along with Tigers baseball legends Aaron Hill and Ryan Theriot, head a starstudded nine-member group of inductees chosen for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction next summer. The Class of 2027 also includes two-time Triple Crown-winning jockey Robby Albarado; Jim Wells, former Northwestern State and Alabama baseball coach; Hank Tierney, one of the state’s most successful high school football coaches; Lisa Ingram, the cornerstone of the 1985 Final Four UL-Monroe women’s basketball team; and Henry Thomas, a former LSU and NFL standout. The class will be enshrined June 24-26 at the Hall of Fame’s home in Natchitoches to culminate the 68th annual induction celebration. Peterson ranked among college football’s best players before embarking on a 13year NFL career. At LSU in 2010, he won the Bednarik Award as the nation’s top defender and the Thorpe Award as the top de-

fe ensive back. Peterson made the Pro Bowl in n each of his ﬁrst eight seasons (2011-18) a and was a three-time AP ﬁrst-team All-Pro (2 2011, 2013, 2015). The consensus No. 1 player in the 2014 re ecruiting class from St. Augustine in New Orleans, Fournette earned All-America O h honors as an LSU sophomore after notchin ng school single-season records of 1,953 y yards rushing and 22 TDs. He broke the school single-game record with 284 y yards on 16 carries in a 38-21 win over Ole Miss. Fournette played seven O N NFL seasons. Thomas was a standout defensiive tackle for LSU, helping the T Tigers win the SEC in 1988, and in n 14 NFL seasons as a threed down interior defensive liineman. But he was more th han a run-stopper, rackin ng up 931/ 2 career sacks — fourth-most in NFL N history among players listed solely at th he defensive tackle/nose tackle positions. Hill played shortstop for LSU from 200103, earning Freshman All-America honors

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LSU RB Leonard Fournette

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Longtime Church Point principal Lee Ward Bellard, shown here with former football coach John Craig Arceneaux, will be missing his first Bears’ football game in five decades.

Church Point to miss special supporter Bellard won’t attend first football game in decades When the Church Point Bears take on Notre Dame on Friday at home, there’s going to be a strange feeling around the stadium. Something will be missing — or more accurately someone. The last time that longtime Church Point principal, coach and teacher Lee Ward Bellard missed a Bears football game is not exactly known. Lifelong fan and Kevin 1988 graduate Jeffrey Miller Foote thinks Friday will be the ﬁrst one since 1977. Bellard’s younger brother Paul thinks it goes back even further, to when Bellard became a trainer for the football team as an eighth grader when he was 14 years old. “He just never missed a game,” Paul said. “Even when he went to college (at then-USL), he absolutely came back for every football game.” However long it’s been, that streak will

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SEATTLE — Rookie Kade Anderson picked up his first major league victory with six sharp innings, and Cole Young hit a two-run double as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday. Making his fourth big league start, the 22-year-old Anderson (1-1) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked one in an efficient 81-pitch outing. He allowed a homer to Jake Burger leading off the second. Coming from LSU, he was the third overall pick in the 2025 amateur draft. Anderson debuted on Aug. 22, allowing three runs in 52/3 innings against the visiting Chicago Cubs. He took his first loss last Thursday against the Athletics. Seattle will send right-hander Logan Gilbert (11-9, 3.71 ERA) to the mound as the three-game series concludes on Thursday.

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Coco Gauff, of the United States, returns the ball to Mirra Andreeva, of Russia, during the quarterfinal round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday in New york.

Gauff rallies to reach semifinals She will face new women’s No. 1 Rybakina

BY BRIAN MAHONEY AP sportswriter

NEW YORK — Coco Gauff fought off a couple match points in a tiebreaker and beat Mirra Andreeva 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2 on Wednesday to set up a U.S. Open semifinal matchup against new No. 1 Elena Rybakina. Gauff overcame a horrible start to give herself a chance at a second U.S. Open title. She won the tournament in 2023, when she had to overcome a similar rough beginning against Aryna Sabalenka in the final. “I think the motto of the match is just to fight,” Gauff said. Andreeva, the French Open champion, won the first seven points and took the first set in 26 minutes before the No. 4-seeded Gauff regrouped. She said during the break after the first set she thought about fellow American Frances Tiafoe, who came from two sets down in his quarterfinal match a day earlier.

“So, honestly I was just trying to literally leave the court with no regrets,” Gauff said. Rybakina edged Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 earlier Wednesday, guaranteeing she will become No. 1 in the WTA rankings after the tournament. “Elena, well she’s the new world No. 1, so it’s going to be a tough match,” Gauff said. The top-ranked Sabalenka faces No. 3 Jessica Pegula in the other semiﬁnal Thursday. But no matter what happens in the remaining matches, Rybakina will end Sabalenka’s 99-week stay at No. 1 when the new rankings are released Monday. “It’s just a number right now and of course I’m in the semis so my goal is to win the tournament,” Rybakina said. “It’s an amazing achievement but you know how quick everything can change in tennis, ranking-wise, during the match, so I feel like I just need to focus on my game, try to recover and enjoy tomorrow.” Gauff won a 39-shot rally to take a 5-3 lead in the tiebreaker, but Andreeva took the next three points to earn her first match point. Gauff erased that when the Russian sent a forehand long,

then stopped Andreeva’s second chance at 7-6. Then it was mostly all Gauff in the third set en route to her seventh Grand Slam semiﬁnal.

Rybakina pulls through Rybakina and Zheng were scheduled to start about eight hours after Ben Shelton finished off his victory over defending champion Carlos Alcaraz at 3:33 a.m., the latest finish in U.S. Open history. Rybakina said she struggled with the sun and shadows in Arthur Ashe Stadium early on after starting later in the day in her previous matches. Zheng capitalized on Rybakina’s early struggles to get her only break of the match against one of the best servers in women’s tennis and take a 5-3 lead in the first set. But Zheng, who had been playing from behind so much in Flushing Meadows, couldn’t hold onto the lead and Rybakina rolled through the second set in 38 minutes. Zheng, the 2024 Olympic gold medalist from China, had to come through the qualifying tournament just to make the main draw

after elbow surgery dropped her down the rankings to her current place of No. 121. Once ranked No. 4, she is guaranteed to move back into the top 60. She made a dramatic run to the quarterfinals, erasing a 5-0 deficit in the third set against Madison Keys in the third round and then climbing out of another 5-0 hole in the first set in her fourth-round victory over No. 8-seed Iga Swiatek. But a double-fault gave her opponent a 5-4 lead in the third set and Rybakina served it out to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the first time. “I think the wins that I had so far are great, but obviously today in the match I got a lot of chances in the third set, but I didn’t take it,” Zheng said. “That was a bit pity for me to lose this match, but obviously I could take positive things from U.S. Open this year.” Rybakina came into the tournament needing only to reach the semifinals to ensure she would move past Sabalenka. Had the 27-year-old from Kazakhstan lost before the final four, Sabalenka, Pegula or Gauff could have been No. 1 next week by winning the tournament.

Westgate QB Antoine off to hot start Junior leads Tigers in showdown vs. Southside

BY MIKE COPPAGE Contributing writer

More than half of Westgate High School quarterback Noah Antoine’s completions went for touchdowns in the Tigers’ season opener. Antoine completed 9 of 13 passes for more than 200 yards with five TDs in a 54-8 win over Liberty on Friday in Baton Rouge The 6-foot-1, 170-pound junior is described as a self-starter. “Noah puts in work when people aren’t looking,” said coach Ryan Antoine, whose team is ranked No. 1 in the LSWA’s Class 4A poll. “He does a good job of preparation. It’s exciting when preparation meets opportunity.” Film study, flexibility and nutrition are among the things that Noah concentrates on when he’s not practicing with the Tigers, who travel to Southside in a nondistrict matchup on Thursday. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. “He’s constantly watching (football film),” said Randall Antoine, Westgate’s offensive coordinator and Noah’s dad. “He has the same work ethic as my parents.” When former Westgate receiv-

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Westgate quarterback Noah Antoine threw for more than 200 yards and tossed five touchdown passes in Friday’s win over Liberty. ers like Kayshon Boutte, Davian Jackson and Dedrick Latulas are in town, Noah usually gets a call to get together and throw passes. “He picks up things sometimes and doesn’t even realize it,” Randall Antoine said. Noah tossed a 60-yard TD pass to classmate Cayden Lancelin in Week 1. Last year, he threw two passes to Lancelin for 132 yards in a 34-20 loss to Southside. Jackilon Roberson, who had two TD re-

ceptions last week, caught four passes for 114 yards against the Sharks. “We have big (team) goals,” Randall Antoine said. “Each and every day, we’ve been building on that since they were young. It’s kind of normal for the guys to do these things, but we don’t take it for granted. “Every week brings a new set of challenges.” Southside, which lost to Brother Martin in its opener, presents

problems with its run-oriented flexbone offense that churned up opposing defenses much of last season. The Sharks return all five leading rushers from last year’s 10-3 Division I nonselect quarterfinal team, including fullback Justin Williams. “Southside got us last year, and they’ll be hungry,” Ryan Antoine said. “(Southside) coach (Jess) Curtis will have his guys ready. They have a good quarterback (Parker Dies), running back and guys on the wings who can score at any time.” Westgate, which led 42-0 at halftime against Liberty, has its own weapons. Caemon Crockem, Brock Mitchell, Laiken Hypolite and Lancelin each ran for TDs, and Joshua John and LJ Vallot hauled in scoring strikes in the opener. Keary Joseph, Dex Washington, Chance Archangel and Karter Michael led a Westgate defense that held Liberty to 116 total yards (1 of 8 on third down) and had a shutout going until late in the fourth quarter. Ryan Antoine said pivotal factors Thursday include winning field position, capitalizing on turnovers and flipping the field on special teams. “It’s two strong ball clubs with aspirations of deep playoff runs in a game you definitely don’t want to miss,” he said.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Malik Nabers was a full participant in New York Giants practice Wednesday, but coach John Harbaugh will not say if the team’s No. 1 receiver will play in the season opener Sunday night at home against Dallas. Nabers is nearly a year removed from tearing the ACL in his right knee. With the 23-year-old being on the ﬁeld at the start of training camp and progressing toward a return, he and the team have been consistent in not putting a target date on when Nabers will be ready. “I think he’s ready to go, man,” Harbaugh said. “We’ll see though. I mean, it’s still four days until we play. So, if he’s ready to go and he feels like he’s ready to go, then he’ll play. If he’s not and he’s not ready, then he won’t play. That’s how it works.”

Surgery to sideline Raiders TE Bowers for 1-2 weeks

HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers had knee surgery to repair his meniscus, a person with knowledge of the procedure told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Las Vegas hosts Miami in Sunday’s season opener. Coach Klint Kubiak was asked specifically about the availability of Bowers and defensive end Maxx Crosby on Wednesday before any news broke regarding the tight end’s health. Bowers had been wearing a leg sleeve in recent practices, and Crosby underwent knee surgery in January and didn’t play in any preseason games. Bowers was dogged by a knee injury in last season’s opener at New England that drastically cut into his production.

Tar Heels will not host recruits after violation report

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — North Carolina won’t host recruits for Saturday’s home debut against East Tennessee State after self-reporting a recruiting violation, the latest bump for NFL coaching great Bill Belichick’s program. In a statement, UNC spokesman Kevin Best said the Tar Heels aren’t allowed to host unofficial visits because of the violation. While hosting recruits on official visits was permitted, Best said the program decided “to concentrate our official visits on the remaining five home games.” “The situation has been properly resolved through the NCAA process, and we have worked with the NCAA and University compliance on appropriate and corrective action,” he said.

Rutgers hoops coach Pikiell receiving cancer treatment

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers men’s basketball coach Steve Pikiell has been diagnosed with cancer and he is working through treatment. The Scarlet Knights program released a statement from the coach Wednesday, with Pikiell saying he had “great conﬁdence” in associate head coach Brandin Knight, the rest of the staff and athletes as he manages his health. Pikiell said he went to doctors a few months ago “after not feeling 100%” before receiving the diagnosis. Pikiell didn’t reveal the type of cancer he is battling, saying only that he had a “successful surgery” and has worked with doctors to have a plan for ﬁnishing treatment. Pikiell, who turns 59 in November, is entering his 11th season as Rutgers coach.

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two players who played for him at Ole Miss. Continued from page 1C Tom Mars — an attorney who represented Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss in his to forgo rostering his clients, successful lawsuit against the Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavaian NCAA seeking a sixth year of eligibility — can’t understand why Harris. Clayton believes strongly that Kiffin and LSU pursued these the conference has devalued his players as strongly as they did, especially after watching LSU clients’ worth in NIL money. “And what I mean by devalue eviscerate Clemson 51-10 in its (is) … they completely destroyed season opener without Harris or the character of these players, Wright’s help. Mars knows Kiffin, who gifted the credibility of these players,” Clayton said, “and the SEC has the attorney a cardboard box been a colossal failure to col- filled with LSU gear last month. “Is there any risk/reward anallege sports by singling out these young athletes, and putting a ysis going on here?” Mars said scarlet letter around the neck of before LSU’s decision not to roster the ex-pro players. “Because each and every one of them.” Last Thursday, a Baton Rouge they’re fantastic. They don’t need judge granted Harris, Wright these two guys.” Mars and multiple other legal and 40-plus athletes a preliminary injunction allowing them to experts who spoke to The Adreturn to college for a fifth year vocate never believed that LSU of eligibility. But the SEC filed a was in any real danger of being federal complaint in Alabama the expelled from the league. Even same day, accusing LSU of or- as the SEC’s threats against the chestrating a plan to send Harris school increased in severity, the and Wright back to college after conference’s lawsuit with the their respective NFL teams cut school became less of a courtroom battle and more of a war in them during training camp. The Alabama lawsuit was meant the court of public opinion. Mars went as far as calling the to give the SEC jurisdiction over LSU and allow it to enforce its SEC’s amended complaint Tuesown rules. The punishments, if day a “press release.” “I think this is a lot of public LSU had added the players to its team, would have included a 50% posturing,” Gabe Feldman, the direduction of its football budget rector of the sports law program and a half-season suspension for at Tulane, said prior to LSU’s decision not to roster Harris and its coach, Lane Kiffin. The SEC then amended its filing Wright. “I think both sides are Tuesday afternoon to add that the trying to gain leverage, but that’s conference presidents planned to not leverage to win a lawsuit; vote Thursday on whether they that’s leverage to reach a settlewould kick LSU out of the league. ment. Whether the SEC would That prompted LSU to add cor- actually move forward with expelling a school like nerback Aiden AnLSU remains to be ding and defensive “ ... The SEC has seen; I find it highly end Gabriel Relibeen a colossal unlikely that they ford to its roster, failure to college would do that.” therefore eliminatIn order to enact ing the opportunity sports by singling out to slide Harris and these young athletes, the legal leverage Wright into its final and putting a scarlet that led to Tuesday’s events, the two remaining rosletter around the SEC first sued LSU ter spots. neck of each and on First AmendBy not rostering every one of them.” ment grounds in Harris or Wright, federal court. The LSU could, at least theoretically, be TONy CLAyTON, West Baton SEC claimed it had Rouge district attorney the “right not to be held in contempt of forced to associate” court after Judge with the school’s atWilliam Jorden enjoined the school with the SEC, tempt to roster former profesNCAA and Sankey during Thurs- sional players, an act it says diday’s injunction hearing in Baton rectly repudiated its bylaws and Rouge. Clayton requested that values as a league. Tuesday’s amended filing would from Jorden to allow LSU to roster Wright and Harris without have allowed the conference, if facing retribution from the SEC it were granted a temporary restraining order before LSU deor NCAA. “I wanted to bring LSU in because cided not to roster the players, I knew LSU had no intent of going the legal right to vote to expel against its conference,” Clayton LSU from the conference besaid. “So this (federal) lawsuit is cause of the organization’s First all for show, and it’s all because Amendment right to freedom of association. Sankey got his feelings hurt.” “That’s what freedom of assoA hearing for a temporary restraining order in the federal ciation means,” Marc Randazza, case in Alabama is still sched- an attorney who specializes in uled for Wednesday, although the First Amendment claims, said. “I result of that hearing, even if it don’t have to hang out with you if occurs, is likely moot after LSU’s I don’t like you anymore.” Clayton, however, never has undecision not to roster Harris and derstood any aspect of the SEC’s Wright. Clayton repeatedly said that case against LSU, especially LSU did nothing wrong through- since the school never rostered out this legal saga among the his clients in the first place. He school, the SEC the NCAA and doesn’t buy one bit of the conference’s First Amendment claim. his clients. Sankey’s actions have led Clay“I just want you to stay tuned,” Clayton said. “Because of what tong to believe that the commisthe SEC is doing, I think they’re sioner is having “a logic breakgonna have to answer (for their down.” “LSU has done nothing wrong behavior). And we plan on dealto violate any kind of NCAA rule ing with that accordingly.” Multiple reports have stated or SEC rules,” Clayton said. “This that LSU coach Lane Kiffin had is just a ruse. This is just an attenorchestrated a coordinated at- tion-getter because Sankey has tempt to add Harris and Wright been called on the carpet, and this to the roster. Although Kiffin has guy is ruining the SEC.” denied that, he has consistently voiced his support for Harris Email Koki Riley at and Wright in their legal battle, koki.riley@theadvocate.com.

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end Friday. Bellard ofﬁcially retired from the school after last Christmas break, and in the following months, Paul noticed some irregularities with his brother. “But he was so smart that every time I’d ask him a question about it, he came up with the right answer to cover it up,” Paul said. Then Bellard fell in May and suffered a broken hip, and his condition worsened rapidly after surgery. “He’s gone down so fast,” Paul said. “It’s so sad to see someone so intelligent go down that fast.” Paul said his brother is suffering from Lewy body dementia as well as Parkinson’s disease. As a result, Bellard is in a nursing home in his hometown. His time supporting his beloved high school in every way just isn’t possible any longer. “It’s always been fascinating to me how devoted Lee was to that high school,” said Billy Gianfala, who grew up as Bellard’s neigh-

bor, coached with him and taught at Church Point for 42 years alongside Bellard. “I’m convinced if he could have slept in his ofﬁce at Church Point, I think he would have. “He loved Church Point High that much and he still does. He’s just in bad shape now, so he can’t be there.” His younger brother said Bellard went to college with the intention of becoming a doctor. Their father, Ward, was one of the founding physicians at the Acadia St. Landry Hospital in Church Point. But Paul knew what was really in Bellard’s heart. So one day, he informed his parents that his older brother was just majoring in pre-med to please them by following in his father’s footsteps. “He wanted to be a coach and work with kids,” Paul said. “That’s where his heart was. He was doing well in pre-med. He’s extremely intelligent, but that’s not what he wanted to do.” Before long, Bellard was coaching everything from football to baseball to track and ﬁeld and eventually golf. He was the boys basketball coach at Church Point

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Kamara returns to practice after injury BY LUKE JOHNSON and MATTHEW PARAS

ä Saints at Lions

For the last three weeks, the Week 1 outlook for Saints running back Alvin Kamara was cloudy as he missed practice time with a knee injury. On Wednesday, just in time for the team’s first regular-season practice, Kamara was back on the field with his teammates in a limited capacity. Kamara hadn’t been seen since he left the field early with an MCL injury during a joint practice against the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 18. While he was sidelined, New Orleans said little about his recovery timeline. He was not the only running back to return to practice Wednesday, as Kendre Miller also was back on the practice field after missing time last week. Miller did not have an injury designation on the practice report. At one point last week, New Orleans had just one healthy running back on its active roster in starter Travis Etienne. The following active-roster players did not participate at Wednesday’s practice: Running back Audric Estime (thigh), tight end Oscar Delp (hamstring) and defensive end Cam Jordan (hamstring). Practice squad receivers Cedric Tillman and Trey Palmer also were not present, though their injuries do not need to be reported on the injury report. Detroit had eight players listed on its injury report, but only three were limited: defensive back Christian Izien (groin), defensive end Derrick Moore (hamstring) and defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo (groin).

“Tyler earned being a captain on this football team for a reason; because of his presence throughout the whole offseason and the preparation he’s put into this,” coach Kellen Moore said. “He’s done a really good job being that vocal leader when necessary.” The Saints named their captains at a team dinner earlier this week. Each player was allowed to vote for two of his teammates, with the votes limited to the side of the ball the voters play on. “It means a lot, but I also know there’s more work to be done, and there’s more I can do to keep earning it,” Shough said.

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Shough was one of just nine players to be named a captain in a vote by the team. “The NFL is such a hard business because there’s so much ﬂuidity,” Shough said. “College, you’re growing up with a lot of the same buddies, and the quarterback position, you’re named captain automatically. But for me, with this business, the guys who come in and out, you have to be really intentional about getting to know all your teammates.” Shough has drawn strong reviews from his teammates and coaches alike this offseason for the leadership role he’s taken on since the end of last season, when he was the driving force behind the Saints’ late-season surge. This preseason, it was Shough who took over the reins from former Saints linebacker Demario Davis to lead the team’s pre-game huddle on the ﬁeld.

Jordan didn’t practice Wednesday with a hamstring injury, and Moore was quick to rule out the defensive end for Sunday’s season opener in Detroit. Moore said Jordan won’t play this weekend against the Lions, announcing the news days before he or the team had to ofﬁcially list the pass rusher’s status. Though coaches typically conceal injury information for competitive advantages, Moore has made exceptions in obvious situations. Jordan, in this case, hasn’t practiced in more than a month since suffering a hamstring injury that was expected to cost him multiple weeks. This will be only the second time Jordan has missed a game because of an injury in his 16-year career. He has missed two previous games in total, one in 2021 because of COVID-19 and another in 2022 because of a fractured orbital bone. Moore left the door open for Jordan to return before Week 4 as the Saints avoided placing him on injured reserve to begin the season. Such a move would have required the 37-year-old to miss at least the ﬁrst four games of the season. “There’s potential,” Moore said. “We’ll see how this thing responds.” Jordan last practiced Aug. 6.

in 2001, and first-team 2003 AllAmerica honors and SEC Player of the Year accolades. He played 13 MLB seasons with Toronto (200511), Arizona (2011-15), Milwaukee and Boston (2016), and San Francisco (2017), was an AL All-Star in 2009 and became the first player in MLB history to win a Silver Slugger award in both leagues — accomplishing the feat with the Blue Jays in 2009 and Diamondbacks in 2012. Baton Rouge native Theriot came out of Broadmoor High to play shortstop for the Tigers from 1999-2001. He helped Skip Bertman chalk up the last of his five College World Series titles in 2000 when he scored the gamewinning run in LSU’s 6-5 victory over Stanford. Playing three infield and two outfield spots, he hit

.281 in eight MLB seasons, helping St. Louis win the 2011 World Series and getting another championship ring a year later in San Francisco. Albarado, who died this summer and will be enshrined posthumously, retired from active riding with 5,222 wins (30th all-time) in 2021 after 32 years in the saddle, which started in 1990 at Evangeline Downs. With a .440 in-the-money percentage, his mounts earned more than $221 million, 19th alltime. Albarado won two Triple Crown races — the 2007 Preakness aboard Curlin and 2020 Preakness on Swiss Skydiver. Wells, a Bossier City native, was inducted in the American Baseball Coaches’ Association Hall of Fame in 2023. The Northwestern State graduate and former LSU assistant under Bertman ranked among college baseball’s top coaches in a 20-year career at his alma mater (1990-94) and Alabama (19952009), going 817-411 (.665) with

three College World Series appearances (1996, 1997, 1999), 14 NCAA Tournament appearances (1991, 1994 at NSU, 12 more at Alabama) and a spot in the 1997 College World Series championship game. Tierney, a head coach for 40 seasons at Archbishop Shaw, West Jefferson and Ponchatoula, is in his 50th overall year of coaching. He entered the 2026 season sixth on Louisiana’s all-time wins list (340-125), six victories shy of ﬁfth. He guided Shaw to its ﬁrst state title in 1987 (Class 4A) and added another in 2024 (Division II select). Ingram was a two-time AllAmerica center who led ULM to the Final Four in 1986. She was the “Miss Inside” to Eun Jung Lee’s “Miss Outside” on the great Northeast Louisiana (now ULM) teams that compiled a 102-15 record from 1981-86. Ingram is ULM and the Southland Conference’s all-time scoring leader with 2,601 points and is also ULM’s career rebounds leader with 1,173.

for years as well before getting into administration. “When I coached with him, Lee was always right there,” Gianfala said. “He was just so organized and so good at paperwork. He would go get the money for the gate. He would take care of everything. “The coaches would never have to worry about anything. I don’t know how to explain to you what he meant for Church Point High.” That devotion reached a greater level when Bellard was named principal in 1999. “There were numerous times they offered him to go to the school board, but he never wanted to leave Church Point High,” Gianfala said. Miller remembers a playoff football game in 2005 when Bellard did more than just attend Church Point’s game at Booker T. Washington in Shreveport. “Toward the end of the game, we needed a two-point conversion to tie the game,” Miller said. “Lee and I are down there near the goal line, and it looked like Orlando Wheeler had crossed the goal line, but the refs didn’t give it to him.

“Lee ran out onto the field and argued with the official. I had never seen a principal go on the field like that before. That’s how much it meant to him.” As remarkable as Bellard’s devotion was for the high school, it stretched to the community as well. Longtime Church Point football coach John Craig Arceneaux said if there was an award for citizen of the year, “Lee would have won it every year.” In the rare days when Bellard had free time away from Church Point High, he was involved in a long list of community activities. He was chairman of the board at the hospital that his father helped start. He was an officer with the volunteer fire department. He was a grand knight for the Knights of Columbus and was an usher in the church. He ran the city’s aquatic club for decades. He coached the town’s American Legion baseball team in the summer. When the people of Church Point were threatened by a hurricane, the school building was a safe haven for some, and Bellard stayed there all night to help keep them safe.

He served multiple terms on the LHSAA executive committee, and he also served as a rules official in the youth golf association. When the state basketball tournament came to the Cajundome back in 1997, Bellard served on the local committee that hosted the event. “He was a busy man, for sure,” Gianfala said. “He had to be at four committee meetings a week,” Paul said. “About the only things Lee never did for the community was be on the city council, be the mayor or work for the police department,” Miller said. “He did everything else. So many of those organizations didn’t know what to do once Lee got sick, because he was doing it all.” Now the people of Church Point can no longer directly benefit from Bellard’s five decades of devotion. “There’s no way a person could devote more of their life to a school and a community than Lee did,” Gianfala said. “No way.”

Proud captain Tyler Shough‘s NFL career spans only 11 games and nine starts, but he’s racked up some impressive achievements, including a runnerup ﬁnish in last year’s Offensive Rookie of the Year voting. But it was something that happened this week, before the New Orleans Saints open their 2026 season against the Detroit Lions, that Shough described as “the biggest thing I’ve accomplished in my career.”

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Saints running back Alvin Kamara runs a drill during training camp on Aug. 11 at the team’s practice facility in Metairie. Kamara was at the team’s first regular-season practice on Wednesday.

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Loaded and experienced, CHNI looking to make state title run VOLLEYBALL REPORT

BY ERIC NARCISSE Staff writer

In the 10 years that Gary Westcott has been the volleyball coach at Catholic High of New Iberia, the Panthers have been consistently good. But for one reason or another, there was something missing. That doesn’t seem to be the case this season. The Panthers are loaded at every position, have experience in the starting lineup and possess strong camaraderie. “It’s probably my most experienced team I’ve had since I have been here,” Westcott said. “We have four girls that we brought up since the eighth grade, so we are very experienced. We lost only one senior from last year: our libero.” Led by ﬁve-year starter Amelie Trappey, a senior outside hitter, the Panthers expect to be strong on offense and defense. “Defensively, I think we are probably better than we have ever been,” Westcott said. “And offensively, I think this is probably one of the best teams I’ve had in 10 years.” In addition to Trappey, the Panthers are excited about their middle hitters Niyah Ferdinand and Caroline Meyer, who have a year of playing experience, and setter/ right-side hitter Mackenzie Batiste among others. “Niyah and Caroline were decent defensively last year, but they lacked the offensive skill to mix the ball around and know how to attack angles around the big middle blockers,” Westcott said. “You can tell they’ve matured and

Tuesday’s results Lafayette High 21-25-25-25, Highland Baptist 25-18-16-11 LAF: Adeline Bobo 13 kills, 6 digs; Ella Larpenteur 12 kills, 19 assists, 10 digs; Alex Beairsto 9 kills, 5 Aces, 14 digs; Avery Larpenteur 7 kills, 21 assists, 8 aces, 13 digs. Next: Lafayette hosts David Thibodaux on Thursday. Acadiana 25-25-26, Opelousas Catholic 16-20-24 ACAD: McKenzie Andrus 7 kills, 1 assist, 3 blocks; Madison Mouton 5 kills, 2 assists, 6 blocks, Kaylee Journet 4 kills, 1 assist, 4 blocks; Keliahna Mason 3 aces, 7 assists; Rylee Hisaw 2aces, 2 kills; Adaylyn Rollins 12 digs, 1 ace; Isabel Hansen 3 kills, 3 blocks. Lafayette Christian 25-25-25, Lake Charles Prep 4-23-14 LCA: Demi Barrett 19 kills, 22 digs, 1 ace; Kaitlyn Hicks 2 kills, 2 aces, 15 assists and 11 digs; Laila Hudson 3 kills, 2 aces, 2 blocks and 10 digs. Catholic-NI 25-27-25, ESA 14-25-19 CHNI: Mackenzie Batiste 10 kills, 16 assists, 11 digs; Amelie Trappey 10 kills, 1 ace, 12 digs, 2 assists; Renee Frederick 5 kills, 12 assists, 11 digs, 1 ace; Camille McGowen 6 aces, 5 digs, 3 assists; Addisyn DeRouen 15 digs, 2 aces, 1 assist; Niyah Ferdinand 5 kills, 2 blocks, 3 digs.

Beau Chene 25-25-25, Sacred Heart-GC 13-9-11 Ascension Episcopal 25-14-25-25, North Vermilion 20-25-20-21 Delcambre 25-25-25, Hanson 17-20-20 Iowa 20-21-20-26, Northside Christian 2021-24 Ascension Christian 25-17-25-25, Westminster-Lafayette 21-25-23-23 Loreauville 25-18-25-25, Breaux Bridge 1825-22-15 Notre Dame 25-13-25-25, Rayne 21-25-23-20 Port Barre 25-17-25-25, Livonia 21-25-9-23 Marksville 25-25-25, Church Point 15-22-14 Eunice 25-22-19-27-15, Jennings 16-25-2525-13 Washington-Marion 25-25-23-22-15, Northside 8-18-25-25-12 Centerville 25-25-23-25, Opelousas 20-1725-11

Thursday’s schedule

Dunham 25-23-25-19-15, St. Thomas More 21-25-16-25-13 Teurlings 25-25-25, St. Martinville 15-8-16 Cecilia 25-25-23-25, New Iberia 22-19-25-18

Sacred Heart at New Iberia, Acadiana Christian at Loreauville, Ascension Episcopal at Delcambre, Teurlings at Episcopal of Acadiana, Highland Baptist at West St. Mary, Northside Christian at Sulphur, Rayne at St. Edmund, Beau Chene at Westminster, Catholic-NI at Notre Dame, Lafayette Christian at St. Thomas More, Alexandria at Abbeville, Church Point at Lafayette Renaissance, Iowa at Eunice, North Iberville at Northside, Northwest at Jennings, Opelousas at Carencro, St. Martinville at Terrebonne, Covenant Christian at Acadiana Renaissance, Centerville at Cecilia, David Thibodaux at Lafayette, Acadiana at North Vermilion.

they’ve gotten a lot better. “Mackenzie is another ﬁve-year player who we brought up as an eighth grader. She’s a lefty on the right side and her and Amelie have pretty much been going tit for tat for kill leads throughout the summer and the ﬁrst week of the season.” Westcott and the Panthers, who have nine seniors, aren’t shying away from the expectations that come with being a talented team, admitting this season “may be their best chance yet” to make a state title run. Accomplishing that feat won’t be easy in a loaded Division IV, where powers like Newman, Dunham and Country Day reside. The Greenies

are the reigning Division IV champions, and Dunham is big and athletic. Country Day moves up to Division IV after winning 16 of the past 17 Division V state titles including each of the past 10 years. “If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best,” Westcott said. “I love that they are in our division. Dunham is impressive and Newman always has a great program. Division IV is strong. It could be a good year for us, but every coach will tell you that you need a little luck.” The Panthers have looked the part in winning their ﬁrst seven matches, including a 25-14, 29-27 and 25-19 sweep of the Episcopal of Acadiana on Tuesday.

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Catholic High of New Iberia outside hitter Amelie Trappey is one of nine seniors on the Panthers’ roster. Trappey is a five-year starter. “We served very well (Tuesday),” Westcott said. “(Our) defense was better and offensively we spread it around to multiple attackers.” While the season is still young, Westcott wants his team to trust and enjoy the process and not fo-

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FAVORITE at LA RAMS

Sunday

OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 3½ 3½ (48½) San Francisco

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at TENNESSEE 2½ 1½ (38½) NY Jets at DETROIT 7 7 (49½) New Orleans at J’VILLE 7½ 8½ (40½) Cleveland Chicago 2½ 3½ (47½) at CAROLINA at CINCINNATI 3½ 3½ (50½) Tampa Bay at PITTSBURGH 3 3½ (42) Atlanta Buffalo 1½ 1½ (44½) at HOUSTON Baltimore 3½ 3½ (47½) at INDIANA. at MINNESOTA 1½ 1½ (46½) Green Bay at PHILA. 4½ 4½ (44½) Washington at LAS VEGAS 3½ 3 (40½) Miami at CHARGERS 10½ 9½ (47½) Arizona Dallas 2½ 3 (47½) at NY GIANTS

Monday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U at KAN. CITY 2½ 2½ (43½)

College football Thursday

UNDERDOG Denver

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U at MIAMI (Fla.) 49½ 57½ (62½)

UNDERDOG Florida A&M

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U at NC ST. 30½ 30½ (48½) at VIRGINIA 43½ 44½ (54½) at LOUISVILLE 37½ 36½ (56½) at B. COLLEGE 6½ 3½ (54½) Missouri 7 5½ (50½)

UNDERDOG Richmond Norfolk St. Villanova Rutgers at KANSAS

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at BAYLOR 38½ 38½ (56½) Prairie View at TCU 44½ 43½ (54½) Grambling at SAN JOSE ST. 21½ 20½ (57½) Cal Poly at UTEP 27½ 25½ (52½) Texas Southern North Dak. St. 6½ 2½ (47½) at AIR FORCE at UTAH 10 12½ (55½) Arkansas Montana St. 3½ 3½ (49½) at NEVADA at FRESNO ST. 18½ 18½ (45½) Sacra. St. at USC 28½ 30½ (59½) UL

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at KENT ST. 14½ 11½ (47½) Wofford at TEXAS A&M 14½ 14½ (50½) Arizona St. at INDIANA 55½ 56½ (64½) Howard at KANSAS ST. 18½ 18½ (48½) Wash.St. Oklahoma 2½ 5½ (43½) at MICHIGAN at E. CARO. 8½ 7½ (56½) App. St. Oregon 19½ 22½ (57½) at OKLA. ST. Wake Forest 3½ 3 (49½) at PURDUE at ARMY 1½ 3½ (46½) South Florida at VA. TECH 14 18½ (50½) Old Dominion Penn St. 23½ 23½ (50½) at TEMPLE at N. CARO. 35½ 35½ (54½) East Tenn. St. at GEORGIA 35½ 40½ (55½) W. Kentucky at C. MICH. 26½ 23½ (49½) Colgate at W. VIRGINIA 34½ 40½ (55½) UT Martin at MIAMI (OH) 33½ 31½ (49½) Holy Cross at BALL ST. 18½ 14½ (57½) Stony Brook at AKRON 28½ 27½ (42½) Robert Morris at UAB 9½ 10½ (55½) UL Monroe at J. MADISON 45½ 45½ (55½) Wagner at WASHINGTON 24½ 26½ (55½) Utah St. at TEXAS ST. 1½ 1½ (66½) UTSA at COLORADO 36½ 34½ (53½) Weber St. Alabama 10½ 10½ (49½) at KENTUCKY at NOTRE DAME 44½ 44½ (55½) Rice at MICH. ST. 16½ 17½ (49½) E. Michigan Maryland 10½ 13½ (52½) at UCONN Mississippi St. 2½ 1½ (55½) at MINNESOTA at BYU 6½ 7½ (47½) Arizona at PITTSBURGH 8½ 7 (56½) UCF at UMASS 24½ 23½ (53½) Sacred Heart at TOLEDO 35½ 34½ (55½) Cent. Conn. St. at ILLINOIS 8½ 6 (51½) Duke at SYRACUSE 2½ 3½ (56½) Cal UNLV 6½ 3½ (57½) at N. TEXAS at TROY 24½ 22½ (52½) Alabama St. at NEW MEX. 41½ 41½ (51½) Mercyhurst at SMU 24½ 25½ (59½) UC Davis at WYOMING 23½ 22½ (48½) N. Colorado at VANDERBILT 23½ 20½ (54½) Delaware at FLORIDA 49½ 49½ (67½) Campbell at BOISE ST. 6½ 8½ (55½) Memphis at OHIO 1½ 2½ (50½) J’ville St. at LIBERTY 27½ 25½ (54½) Gard.-Webb at FIU 7½ 10½ (47½) Buffalo at W. MICH. 28½ 25½ (52½) Monmouth Illinois St. 3½ 4½ (48½) at N. ILLINOIS at S. CAROLINA 42½ 43½ (55½) Towson at NEBRASKA 25½ 29½ (51½) Bowling Green Tulsa 12½ 13½ (51½) at SAM HOU. at MISSOURI ST. 21½ 19½ (53½) Lindenwood at CINCINNATI 36½ 36½ (60½) W. Carolina at HOUSTON 50½ 51½ (61½) Southern at TULANE 10 9½ (49½) S. Alabama at COLO.ST. 20½ 20½ (57½) So. Utah Tennessee 8½ 12½ (55½) at GA. TECH at MARSHALL 17½ 13½ (57½) M. Tennessee at KENN. ST. 9½ 9½ (54½) Georgia St. at UCLA 8½ 12½ (55½) San Diego St. at WISCONSIN 36½ 38½ (48½) W. Illinois at C. CAROLINA 31½ 31½ (52½) Fordham Texas Tech 29½ 26½ (54½) at OREGON ST. at TEXAS 1½ 1½ (49½) Ohio St. at LSU 31½ 35½ (56½) La. Tech Navy 6½ 4½ (58½) at FAU at IOWA 11½ 14 (40½) Iowa St. at CLEMSON 26½ 20½ (55½) Ga. Southern at AUBURN 29½ 32½ (56½) Southern Miss at OLE MISS 46½ 47½ (61½) Charlotte

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LINE -133

FAVORITE LINE Tampa Bay -118 at PHILADELPHIA -177 at N.Y YANKEES -370 Pittsburgh OFF

UNDERDOG Texas

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UNDERDOG at ATLANTA Houston Colorado at WHITE SOX

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Pro football NFL glance Wednesday’s game

New England at Seattle, n

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.

EAST Rutgers (0-1) at Boston College (0-1), 6:30 p.m. SOUTH Richmond (2-0) at NC State (0-1), 6 p.m. Norfolk St. (1-1) at Virginia (1-0), 6 p.m. Villanova (1-1) at Louisville (0-1), 6 p.m. MIDWEST Missouri (1-0) at Kansas (1-0), 7 p.m.

Basketball Tuesday’s scores

Hungary 84, Japan 63 Germany 94, Korea 56

Wednesday’s scores Thursday’s games

United States vs. Hungary, 4:30 a.m. China vs. France, 7:30 a.m. Belgium vs. Germany, 10:45 a.m. Australia vs. Spain, 1:45 p.m.

WNBA glance

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

W x-Minnesota 31 x-Golden State 29 x-Las Vegas 27 x-Dallas 24 Portland 16 Los Angeles 15 Phoenix 14 Seattle 8 x-clinched playoff spot

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

This week’s schedule No games scheduled.

Pct .559 .555 .534 .531

WCGB +3½ +3 — ½

Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

Philadelphia Chicago Arizona San Diego

Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

W 74 72 68 59 55

L 71 74 78 88 90

Pct .510 .493 .466 .401 .379

GB — 2½ 6½ 16 19

At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center; New York Purse: $5,438,400 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor

West Division

U.S. Open

Women’s singles

Quarterﬁnals Elena Rybakina (2), Kazakhstan, def. Zheng Qinwen, China, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Coco Gauff (4), United States, def. Mirra Andreeva (5), Russia, 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2. Late Tuesday Quarterﬁnals Aryna Sabalenka (1), Belarus, def. Linda Noskova (6), Czechia, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 7-6 (7). Jessica Pegula (3), United States, def. Emma Navarro (26), United States, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Transactions BASEBALL

L 60 64 74 78 80

Pct GB .586 — .559 4 .493 13½ .462 18 .456 19

Milwaukee Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati

W 90 81 72 72 69

L 56 65 73 75 76

Pct GB .616 — .555 9 .497 17½ .490 18½ .476 20½

Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

W 88 78 77 62 55

L 57 68 68 85 89

Pct GB .607 — .534 10½ .531 11 .422 27 .382 32½

N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 5 Houston 6, Philadelphia 5 N.Y. Yankees 5, Colorado 3 Tampa Bay 7, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 9, Chicago White Sox 3 Milwaukee 4, Chicago Cubs 3, 10 innings Arizona 5, Kansas City 3, 11 innings San Diego 5, Washington 4 San Francisco 2, St. Louis 1 L.A. Dodgers 3, Cincinnati 2

Wednesday’s games

San Francisco 7, St. Louis 6 San Diego 9, Washington 2 Houston at Philadelphia, n N.Y. Mets at Miami, n Colorado at N.Y. Yankees, n Tampa Bay at Atlanta, n Arizona at Kansas City, n Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, n Pittsburgh at Chicago White Sox, n Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers, n

Thursday’s games

Tennis

Men’s singles

W 85 81 72 67 67

Central Division

National League

Late Tuesday Quarterﬁnals Frances Tiafoe (11), United States, def. Alex Michelsen, United States, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Ben Shelton (8), United States, def. Carlos Alcaraz (2), Spain, 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7).

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami New York Washington

Tuesday’s games

China 75, Puerto Rico 72 Australia 82, Italy 80

L 64 65 68 68

GB — 2 7 9 12

West Division

FIBA Women’s World Cup

W 81 81 78 77

Pct .521 .507 .473 .459 .438

East Division

UL-Monroe (0-1) at UAB (0-1), 2:30 p.m. Tarleton St. (2-0) at McNeese St. (1-1), 6 p.m. South Alabama (1-0) at Tulane (0-1), 6 p.m. UTRGV (1-1) at Nicholls (1-1), 6 p.m. N. Alabama (1-1) at Southeastern (0-2), 6 p.m. Northwestern St. (0-2) at East Texas A&M (0-2), 6 p.m. Southern (1-1) at Houston (1-0), 6 p.m. Louisiana Tech (1-0) at LSU (1-0), 6:30 p.m. Grambling (2-0) at TCU (0-1), 7 p.m. UL (1-0) at Southern California (2-0), 10 p.m.

WCGB +9 +6 — 1½ 2 4

L 69 72 77 79 82

National League glance

State schedule Saturday’s games

Pct .569 .548 .507 .497 .493 .479

W 75 74 69 67 64

Tampa Bay (Martinez 14-4) at Atlanta (Pérez 8-9), 11:15 a.m. Houston (Javier 2-5) at Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-5), 12:05 p.m. Texas (deGrom 10-9) at Seattle (Gilbert 11-9), 3:10 p.m. Colorado (Feltner 5-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-4), 6:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Jones 3-6) at Chicago White Sox (TBD), 6:40 p.m.

Friday’s games

L 62 66 72 74 74 76

Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

Thursday’s games

SOUTH Florida A&M (1-1) at Miami (1-0), 7 p.m.

W 82 80 74 73 72 70

Pct GB .597 — .569 4 .548 7 .497 14½ .479 17

Detroit 7, Minnesota 2 Athletics 2, Toronto 0 Seattle 3, Texas 2 Cleveland at Baltimore, n Houston at Philadelphia, n L.A. Angels at Boston, n Colorado at N.Y. Yankees, n Tampa Bay at Atlanta, n Arizona at Kansas City, n Pittsburgh at Chicago White Sox, n

Thursday’s game

New York Boston Cleveland Toronto Texas Baltimore

L 58 62 66 74 76

Wednesday’s games

College football

x-Atlanta x-Indiana x-New York x-Washington Chicago Toronto Connecticut

American League

Minnesota 3, Detroit 2 Cleveland 9, Baltimore 5 Houston 6, Philadelphia 5 L.A. Angels 6, Boston 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Colorado 3 Tampa Bay 7, Atlanta 1 Pittsburgh 9, Chicago White Sox 3 Arizona 5, Kansas City 3, 11 innings Toronto 4, Athletics 2 Texas 10, Seattle 5

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

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Wild-card glance

W 86 82 80 73 70

Tuesday’s games

Thursday’s game

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American League glance

Central Division

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cus on the end result. “Process over outcome,” he said. “We have been preaching this for years.”

Tampa Bay (Martinez 14-4) at Atlanta (Pérez 8-9), 11:15 a.m. Houston (Javier 2-5) at Philadelphia (Wheeler 12-5), 12:05 p.m. Colorado (Feltner 5-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-4), 6:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Jones 3-6) at Chicago White Sox (TBD), 6:40 p.m.

Major League Baseball American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled 2B Jeremiah Jackson from Norfolk (IL). Placed 3B Blaze Alexander on the 10-day IL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled LHP Chris Murphy from Charlotte (IL). Placed RHP Tyler Davis on the bereavement list. KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent RHP James McArthur on a rehab assignment to Northwest Arkansas (TL). NEW YORK YANKEES — Sent RHP Clarke Schmidt on a rehab assignment to Somerset (EL). TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Sent RF Anthony Santander on a rehab assignment to Buffalo (IL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated RHP Zac Gallen from the 60-day IL and RHP Michael Soroka from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Kade Strowd and LHP Blake Walston to Reno (PCL). ATLANTA BRAVES — Reinstated RHP Reynaldo López from the 15-day IL. Selected the contract of LHP Bailey Falter from Gwinnett (IL). Designated RHP Elieser Hernández for assignment. Placed RHP Bryce Elder on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Sept. 6. COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent LHPs Jose Quintana and Kyle Freeland on rehab assignments to Hartford (EL). LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Sent RHP Gavin Stone on a rehab assignment to Oklahoma City (PCL). MIAMI MARLINS — Reinstated RHP Pete Fairbanks from the 15-day IL. Optioned RHP Bradley Blalock to Jacksonville (IL). MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Sent LHP Rob Zastryzny on a rehab assignment to Nashville (IL). WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled RHP Eddy Yean from Rochester (IL). Optioned RHP Zak Kent to Rochester. Sent RHP Josiah Gray on a rehab assignment to Rochester.

FOOTBALL

NFL ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed DT Zacch Pickens to the practice squad. CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed OLB Jeremiah Moon to the practice squad. Released OLB Cam Gill from the practice squad. CHICAGO BEARS — Signed DB Keidron Smith to the practice squad. Released DB Beanie Bishop from the suspended list with an injury settlement. DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed G Tyler Smith on reserve/injured-designated for return. Signed G Nick Leverett from the practice squad to the active roster. Signed G Laken Tomlinson to the practice squad. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed RB Damon Bankston and S Kahlef Hailassie to the practice squad. Released S Murvin Kenion III from the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed OLB Jihad Ward to the practice squad. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Elevated RB Lan Larison and P Mitch Wishnowsky from the practice squad to the active roster.

home-run hitter. “Blanco ... will run you over. And Reagan is the guy you want to get in space.”

OL passes test There was a big burden placed on the offensive line heading into the season, and position coach Steve Farmer’s group has answered the bell. From first-year starter Zay Alexander to veteran tackle George Jackson returning after missing most of last season while injured, it was a productive opener. “I thought Zay did pretty good for his first game in there,” Desormeaux said. “At times, it got a little faster for him, but I thought assignment-wise, he was good. It’s just sometimes the technique got away from him a little bit, maybe in the heat of the moment.” As for Jackson, Desormeaux thought “he played really well,” while Tulane transfer Jayce Mitchell had an incomplete grade. “Jayce actually missed a couple days of practice last week because he was sick,” Desormeaux said. “But I thought for the ﬁrst time out there, he didn’t do bad. I thought he ran off the ball. He played physical, but there were also some things that looked like he didn’t practice a couple days.”

Linebackers shine The linebacker room also was filled with new faces in the starting lineup or getting their first significant playing time. “I thought our linebackers played really, really physical,” Desormeaux said. “They played fast and physical. Overall, I thought it was good.” Playing an elevated role, senior Jake St. Andre pitched in five tackles, an interception and a quarterback hurry. Conor McPherson collected six tackles in his first collegiate start, and Micah Johnson made his mark with five stops. “Conor and Micah played well for the most part,” Desormeaux said. “I think Conor sometimes is going too fast, which can happen. It was probably excitement in Week 1 but love the way they flew around.” Desormeaux reiterated his desire to get true freshman Harrison Kidder more snaps, because “I think the kid is really special.” Redshirt sophomore Ethan Veal also showed signs of being an option down the road. “I think Ethan’s got to slow down a little bit,” Desormeaux said. “I think Ethan’s as talented as you’d want to be. He’s just got to slow down and play in the moment. “He’s one of those energy guys that sometimes you talk about that energy being too much at times.”

Halibut, Halloumi skewers a main event lunch

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BY MARIA KOUTSOGIANNIS

Voracious

The chapter on main dishes in my cookbook, “Greek Out,” starts with an explanation of what “main dish” means to me. Most people, understandably, immediately think of dinner. Because in many places that’s the biggest meal of the day, and it’s usually meat plus starch plus vegetable. But the way I grew up thinking about meals, a main dish is more of a feeling than a set formula, and it’s deﬁnitely not jjust about b dinner. First of all, when I was growing up, the biggest meal of the day was usually lunch. For this main dish, the idea is simple: Rub the halibut with sumac and cinnamon and a little drizzle of olive oil, grill until caramelized and charred, then hit it with some honey. Chewy, creamy, cheesy, sweet, salty — they’re all in attendance in one fun handheld barbecue dish. Halloumi isn’t as Greek as graviera as far as ﬁrm, salty cheeses go, but it holds its shape so nicely and goes toe to toe with the tender, juicy halibut.

A lamb and beef gyro is a hearty option for when the temperatures haven’t dropped yet.

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Halibut and Halloumi Skewers with Dates and Figs

Serves 4 as a main or 10 as an appetizer. Recipe is by Maria Koutsogiannis. 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest (from 1 to 2 lemons) 1½ teaspoons ground sumac 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 pound skinless wild halibut, cut into 1-inch cubes 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 cups of 1-inch chunks sourdough bread 10 fresh figs, halved 9 ounces Halloumi, cut into 1-inch cubes 10 Medjool dates, pitted Hot honey or regular honey, for serving Fresh mint leaves, for serving Store-bought toum (garlic spread), for serving (optional) 1. PREP THE HALIBUT: If using wooden skewers, soak them in water for 20 minutes. 2. In a small bowl, stir together the lemon zest, sumac, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper and cinnamon. Use paper towels to pat the halibut cubes dry, then transfer to a medium bowl. Sprinkle with the seasoning mixture and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and gently toss to coat the fish. 3. ASSEMBLE THE SKEWERS: In a second medium bowl, combine the bread, figs and Halloumi with the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and toss to coat. 4. Thread each skewer with a piece of bread, Halloumi, halibut and fig, plus a date. Repeat until you’ve run out of ingredients and have made 10 skewers. 5. GRILL: Heat the grill to medium heat — about 400 F — and brush or spray with olive oil. 6. Add the skewers and grill until char marks form on the first side, 2 to 3 minutes. Flip and repeat on the remaining three sides, until the halibut is cooked through and flakes easily with a fork, 8 to 12 minutes total. 7. SERVE: Transfer the skewers to a plate or platter, hit ’em with a drizzle of honey and lemon and a sprinkle of mint, then serve with toum, if desired.

PHOTO By MONICA BELTON

AUTUMN WONDERS Fall in New Orleans is when the city comes alive Kevin Belton

here’s a particular magic that settles over New Orleans when September arrives, even if the thermometer hasn’t quite gotten the memo. Fall in the Crescent City isn’t marked by changing leaves or crisp autumn air, at least not right away. But there’s a palpable shift in energy that pulses through every neighborhood, from the Garden District to the 9th Ward. As school bells start ringing again, one

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Gyro

Serves 6-8. 1 pound ground lamb 1 pound ground beef, 80/20 1 onion, chopped 5 cloves garlic, minced ¼ cup breadcrumbs 1 tablespoon dried oregano

2 teaspoon ground cumin 2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 8 pieces pita bread, warmed 1 cup tzatziki sauce

1. Bake gyro meat in the morning or day before, if possible. Add onion and garlic to a food processor and ﬁnely chop. 2. Add to a bowl along with the ground meat, salt, pepper, breadcrumbs, oregano, cumin and cayenne pepper. Mix and mash the meat together well, so it holds together densely. 3. Press meat mixture into a 9x5 inch loaf pan. Bake at 325 F for about 50-60 minutes, or until the center registers 165 F on a thermometer. 4. Set aside to rest for 20 minutes, and then, ideally, if time permits, refrigerate for a few

3 Roma tomatoes, thinly sliced 1 red onion, thinly sliced 1 romaine heart, finely chopped ½ cup feta cheese crumbles Hot sauce, optional

hours or overnight. Refrigeration will make the meat much easier to slice. 5. Remove meat from pan and cut into thin strips, about 1 ⁄8 inch thick. 6. Heat a griddle, cast iron or skillet over medium high heat. Add some of the meat drippings or a little oil to lightly coat the bottom of the pan. Once hot, lay the meat slices ﬂat in the hot pan and cook for just 1-2 minutes on each side, until browned and crisp. 7. Serve gyro meat in a warm pita, topped with tomato, onion, lettuce, tzatziki and feta.

A no-fuss version creamy comfort food Chicken a la king Fettuccine

BY LINDA GASSENHEIMER Tribune News Service (TNS)

Chicken a la king is the ultimate comfort food, with tender cooked chicken simmered in a creamy mushroom sauce accented by sweet bell peppers, peas and pimentos. I decided to make a simpliﬁed version that captures all the classic ﬂavors without the extra fuss. A light, creamy sauce coats the chicken and fettuccine, transforming this timeless favorite into a satisfying dinner that’s easy enough for any busy weeknight. HELPFUL HINTS: n Any type of long pasta can be used. n Any type of sliced mushroom can be used.

Yields 2 servings. Recipe is by Linda Gassenheimer. 4 ounces fettuccini 2 cups sliced portobello mushrooms 2 teaspoons olive oil ¾ pound boneless skinless chicken breast cut into ¼-½-inch strips 1 cup sliced onion 2 crushed garlic cloves 1 cup no-salt-added chicken broth 2 teaspoons cornstarch ¼ cup heavy cream 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 cup canned drained sliced pimentos 1 cup frozen peas Salt and freshly ground black pepper

TNS PHOTO By LINDA GASSENHEIMER

Chicken a la king Fettuccine

1. Fill a large pot ¾ full of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the fettuccini. Boil 8 minutes, drain and set aside.

2. Place a large skillet over mediumhigh heat. Add the mushrooms and saute 2 minutes until they start to give off liquid. Add the oil, chicken, onion and garlic to the skillet. Saute 2 minutes. 3. Spoon 2 tablespoons broth into a small bowl and stir in the cornstarch. Add the remaining broth, cream and mustard to the skillet. Bring to a low simmer, stir in cornstarch mixture for 2 minutes. Add the pimentos and peas. Cook another minute. Mix in fettuccini. Add salt and pepper to taste. 4. Divide between two dinner plates. NUTRITION INFO PER SERVING: 670 calories (29 percent from fat), 21.6 g fat (8.8 g saturated, 6.4 g monounsaturated), 160 mg cholesterol, 53.9 g protein, 65.1 g carbohydrates, 8.0 g ﬁber, 214 mg sodium.

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A lovely dinner, aside from openly hostile hosts this at future events hosted by Dear Miss Manners: I attended a this couple, or others like them? dinner party hosted by a couple Gentle reader: This sounds who are new friends to me. like the opposite of a The evening was lovely, lovely evening to Miss save for one glaring issue: Manners, who would only The hosts were constantly be thinking about how to sniping and digging at handle one future event each other. with this couple — the Occasionally, this apJudith inevitable reciprocal invipeared to be in jest (alMartin tation to them, after which though not actually very MISS funny). Other times, they she could be done. MANNERS just seemed to really want But whatever the setto put one another down. ting, the goal will, unforThis made for an awkward tunately, be the same: to keep table. The other guests and I tried the misbehaving couple from changing the subject or inserting interacting — whether by arranglevity, but it didn’t seem to take ing for a crowded room full of off the edge. I grew increasingly people, planning a joint trip to a uncomfortable. theatrical performance, or having Any advice on how to handle separate conversations at the din-

ner table. Dear Miss Manners: I was taught from a young age not to assume someone else would take care of my portion of the bill — that I should be prepared to at least offer to take care of my portion, and to actually have the money to do so. On the ﬂip side, I was also taught to be prepared to cover the entire bill if I extended the invitation to go out to a meal, because it’s “my treat.” In no way is this meant to be disrespectful to the host. It’s just how I was raised, to not expect others to pay for me. I was under the impression that assuming the host will cover me is disrespectful.

If I am ever in the situation where I am invited out, how can I discuss this properly with the host without fear of offending them? I have always assumed that if I cannot afford to pay my share, that I should decline the invite, so that’s what I usually do. Have I been missing out by doing this? Gentle reader: The rule is that the host provides, unless people have just agreed to meet for dinner out, in which case there is no host. Assuming that explicit invitations balance out — because when you are invited out, you reciprocate — this is equitable and requires no discussion. But you prefer to assume (or perhaps merely risk) a greater

share of the cost, if only Miss Manners can tell you how to avoid offending anyone. Here it is, then: When you have been invited out and the bill comes around, pay attention. If it looks as if others are going to contribute, you do likewise. If the host is reaching for the bill, you should pass, but if your upbringing compels you to ask to contribute, accept “no” graciously. Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www. missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

Get tricky grease off of a clothing item Dear Heloise: Regarding the ques- when she did her housework, so I never saw how she cleaned tion on how to get grease out of things. a jacket, try using hand cleaner I have old china, a grandfaand a nailbrush to scrub the stain. This works on all kinds ther clock, some brass items, of stains on clothes. Rinse out and a few wooden pieces such the jacket and let it airas dressers, tables and dry to see if the stain chairs. How should I take disappears, as you don’t care of these things? — want to dry it through a Daniel B., in Virginia machine again to set the Daniel, here’s a list for stain even more. — Carla, in you, but I also recomMontana mend looking for a book Carla, I’ve not tried this Hints from regarding the care of anHeloise tiques as well: method, but I will the n Leave coins in “as is” next time that I have a grease stain. Thanks for writing condition. Patina adds to their in! — Heloise value. n Don’t place the grandfather Another grease removal clock in direct sunlight or near a heat source. Old clocks should Dear Heloise: When my son was be cleaned and oiled every ﬁve 6, we came home from a funcyears. tion to which he’d worn white n Mildew on old wooden furpants that I’d made from a polyester blend material. Our street niture can be cleaned by wiping had just been repaved. Before the furniture with a damp, soft changing, he sat on the edge of cloth that’s been dipped in a half the street to play. The tar from cup of water, mixed with a half the street ruined his pants — or cup of white vinegar. Dry off the so I thought. furniture afterward. n Don’t polish antique bronze. My mom took them from the trash, turned them inside out, It destroys the value of the item. n Wash ceramics with a mild grabbed all-vegetable shortening and a spoon, and worked this soap and water, along with a soft cloth. into the pants. She then made a — Heloise paste of detergent and did the same. He wore the pants until Apple enigma he outgrew them! She said to always work from the backside Dear Heloise: This is for the readof a stain so that you don’t rub it er who needed a name for the deeper into the fabric. — Pattie S., wonderful apple that they found. in Huntsville,Alabama Fireside apples are everything they described. — Anita K., via email

Cleaning antiques

Dear Heloise: My grandmother raised me from the time I was 8 years old, and I always loved and admired her. She had a home that was ﬁlled to the brim with antiques, which I plan to keep and maintain. My only problem is that I was at school

More apple clues Dear Heloise: That hear-shaped apple with the white ﬂesh and red blush might be a tropical custard apple. — Phyllis S., via email Send a hint to heloise@heloise. com.

Rocky Road Cookies aren’t complete without marshmallow.

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Rocky Road Cookies Makes 22 cookies. 2½ cups all-purpose flour 2 ⁄3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ¾ teaspoon baking soda 1 cup unsalted butter, melted, cooled ½ cup packed light brown sugar ½ cup granulated sugar ½ teaspoon kosher salt 2 large eggs 1 cup mini marshmallows 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips (60% cacao), divided ¾ cup roasted or raw almonds, finely chopped and divided 11 teaspoon marshmallow fluff, divided

1. In a large bowl, whisk ﬂour, cocoa powder and baking soda. 2. In a medium bowl, stir butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and salt. Whisk in eggs until just combined. 3. Pour butter mixture into dry ingredients and mix just to combine. Fold in mini marshmallows, coating in dough as much as possible, then fold in 5 ounces chocolate and ½ cup almonds. 4. Using a large cookie scoop, scoop out 22 balls. Form an indentation in the center.

5. Place ½ teaspoon ﬂuff in each indentation, then slightly enclose dough around ﬂuff. 6. Top with remaining 1 ounce chips and ¼ cup almonds. Arrange balls onto 2 parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. 7. Freeze 15 minutes. 8. Arrange racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 350 F. Bake cookies, rotating sheets top to bottom halfway through, until a matte chocolate color appears on the outside, 12 to 14 minutes. Let cool slightly.

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2026. There are 112 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 10, 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court. The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion of sexual harassment when Anita Hill, a law professor who had previously worked under Thomas, came forward with allegations against him. Also on this date: In 1608, John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia. In 1846, Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine. In 1960, running barefoot, Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the Olympic marathon in Rome, becoming the ﬁrst Black African to win Olympic gold. In 1960, Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys. In 1963, 20 Black students entered Alabama public schools following a standoff between federal authorities and Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace. In 1979, four Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned for a 1954 attack on the U.S. House of Representatives and a 1950 attempted killing of President Harry S. Truman were freed from prison after being granted clemency by President Jimmy Carter. In 1987, Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami, where he was

welcomed by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a 10-day tour of the United States. In 2005, teams of forensic workers and cadaver dogs fanned out across New Orleans to collect the corpses left behind by Hurricane Katrina. In 2008, the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) was powered up for the first time, successfully firing the first beam of protons through its 17-mile underground ring tunnel. In 2022, King Charles III was officially proclaimed Britain’s monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony two days after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. In 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump who had an influential role in rallying young Republican voters, was shot and killed at an outdoor speaking engagement at a Utah university. Today’s birthdays: Scientist-author Jared Diamond is 89. Singer José Feliciano is 81. Former Canadian first lady Margaret Trudeau is 78. Rock musician Joe Perry (Aerosmith) is 76. Actor Amy Irving is 73. Actor-director Clark Johnson is 72. Actor Kate Burton is 69. Film director Chris Columbus is 68. Actor Colin Firth is 66. Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is 66. Baseball Hall of Famer Randy Johnson is 63. Actor Raymond Cruz is 62. Rapper Big Daddy Kane is 58. Film director Guy Ritchie is 58. Actor Ryan Phillippe is 52. Ballerina Misty Copeland is 44. Former MLB All-Star Joey Votto is 43. Actor Gabriel Bateman is 22.

ﬁnds the educational tapestry of the city at work. The boys in their white shirts and khaki pants from Brother Martin and the girls in their characteristic plaids from Dominican schools, along with the children from public schools in polo shirts and khaki trousers, all make their way to historic campuses. From the historic Benjamin Franklin High School to the rebuilt schools of the Lower 9th Ward, education in New Orleans goes hand in hand with culture. The sound of school bells heralding the beginning of fall is accompanied by the soundtrack of the season’s favorite sport. Tailgating in New Orleans is not the usual potato chip and burger spread. This is a place that takes its cuisine very seriously every single day of the year. Tailgate parties become food showdowns. They turn into openair kitchens with huge, boiling pots of jambalaya and gumbo — made from some mother’s recipe — along with fried chicken, boudin, crawﬁsh Monica and Abita beer. This is an experience that can take place only in Louisiana. For Friday nights, you get to see high school games with rivalries that have lasted generations in this city. What about Saturday afternoon? Well, it is the time for the whole state to hold its breath as LSU plays in Death Valley. No matter how far away from the stadium you are in New Orleans, you cannot miss all the purple and gold colors. Football is a religion here. Tulane football games played at Yulman Stadium are another great example of how football is celebrated in New Orleans. The revival of the Green Wave made one more reason for the locals and university students to enjoy

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Tyler Trahan flips burgers at a tailgating party before a football game between Southside High and Brother Martin High on Sept. 4. tailgating and feasting on autumn weekends. When it comes to the Saints, Sunday brings the entire city alive in black and gold. The Superdome turns into a church for 70,000 fans, whose allegiance was formed during the time of rebuilding post-Katrina and cemented with a Super Bowl win. But the fun starts way ahead of the game kickoff, when tailgaters create entire camping grounds equipped with flat screens and all the food needed. Because that is the essence of fall in New Orleans. It’s the anticipation of cooler temperatures which may actually come as early as November, allowing you to finally break out that light jacket you’ve been longing for since August. New Orleanians are ever hopeful about the weather. The first cold front will be here soon enough, and when it does, we’ll celebrate it like Mardi Gras. Fall is also the return of festival season. Summer may be holding on to us, but that doesn’t mean we won’t gather in the name of music, food and art. Even at 90

degrees, it’s festival time in our hearts, and fall is the season where the red beans on Monday are cooked just a little bit longer than usual. It is a city that knows how to keep track of time, not through dates, but through experiences. Fall in New Orleans is children going to school, teams competing for glory, tailgaters practicing cooking, and an entire city anticipating the arrival of that ﬁrst cold breeze that indicates yet another summer survived. When it ﬁnally comes, perhaps in October or even November, we will all step out into the slightly cooler air, breathe in, and recall once more why New Orleans in the fall is one-of-a-kind. Kevin Belton is resident chef of WWL-TV and has taught classes in Louisiana cooking for 30 years. The most recent of his four cookbooks, “Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Flavors from the Parishes of the Pelican State,” was published in 2021. Email Chef at chefkevinbelton@ gmail.com.

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time will determine what's next for you. Attend what interests you, and volunteer your expertise. ARIEs (March 21-April 19) Trust your instincts, not your anger. Hit the reset button and rethink what's best for you. Choose practicality over aggression and finishing what you start. It's up to you to orchestrate what happens next. tAuRus (April 20-May 20) Put more thought into what you want to do and with whom. Making wise decisions will encourage better relationships with like-minded associates that could lead to financial growth. GEMInI (May 21-June 20) Engage in events that offer insight into something you want to pursue. What you discover will help you connect to someone who can help you reach your goal. cAncER (June 21-July 22) Having a disciplined attitude will help you deter others from taking advantage of you. Say no to anyone asking for too much. Point your energy and focus in a direction that benefits you. LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Gather information and see how you can apply it to the changes you want to make. Learning something new will spark your imagination and encourage you to dig deeper into the prospects that excite you most. The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by NEA, Inc., dist. By Andrews McMeel Syndication

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Bridge By PHILLIP ALDER Cindy Crawford said, “I just want to be a nice girl from the Midwest. I don’t want to have to act like a heavy to be taken seriously, and I resent that I have to be so pushy and political sometimes just to do my job.” At the bridge table, if you get pushy in the bidding, you had better take the play seriously to complete the job successfully. In today’s deal, West leads the heart king against six spades. How should South play? In this modern auction, North’s fitshowing redouble indicated exactly three-card spade support. South’s threeheart cue-bid was a game-force. Four hearts was a control-bid (cue-bid), showing first-round control in that suit and expressing slam interest. Four no-trump was Roman Key Card Blackwood, the reply indicating three key cards (here, two aces and the spade king). South would like to draw trumps and establish dummy’s club suit by cashing the ace and king and ruffing down the queen. However, even if that worked, there would be no immediate dummy entry to get to the last three clubs. Instead, South must hope West has the club queen. South wins with his heart ace and cashes the spade ace. But then he must not

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SHERIFF'S SALE FINANCIAL ASSURANCE GROUP LLC Versus No. 20263171 CECIL WADE FREEMAN JR. AND KAYLI MICHELLE HEBERT FREE‐ MAN 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ AND IMPROVE‐ INGS MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ THEREUNTO VANTAGES BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, LOCATED IN SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, 3 EAST, RANGE PARISH, LAFAYETTE BEING LOUISIANA, AND DESIG‐ KNOWN NATED AS LOT ONE-H (1H), CONTAINING 1.833 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ON THAT PLAT OF SUR‐ VEY BY SHAWN MACME‐ P.L.S., DATED NAMIN, JUNE 11, 2018, ATTACHED TO THE ACT OF DEDICA‐ OF SERVITUDES TION RECORDED JULY 5, 2018, UNDER ENTRY NO. 2018RECORDS OF 23010, PARISH, LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA, AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFER‐ THERETO, AND ENCE MORE PARTICULARLY DE‐ SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, COMMENCING TO-WIT: AT A FOUND 1/2” IRON MARKING THE ROD NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PLOT 1-G LABELED (P.O.C.) THENCE ALONG THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY HUNGARY ROAD OF SOUTH 00°13’30” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 211.85 FEET TO A FOUND ½” IRON MARKING THE ROD NORTHEAST CORNER OF TRACT 1-H, ALSO BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING LABELED (P.O.B.): THENCE ALONG THE WEST RIGHTOF-WAY OF HUNGARY ROAD SOUTH 01°01’33” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 205.52 FEET TO A FOUND ½” IRON ROD; THENCE SOUTH 89°44’32” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 385.78 FEET TO A FOUND ½” IRON ROD; THENCE NORTH 00°31’32” WEST, A DIS‐ TANCE OF 207.42 FEET TO A FOUND ½” IRON ROD; THENCE NORTH 89°27’31” EAST A DISTANCE OF 387.57 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING (“PROPERTY”). MUNICI‐ PAL ADDRESS: 108 HUN‐ GARY ROAD, DUSON, LA 70529 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $42.48 SHERIFF'S SALE CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Versus No. CALVIN 20261064 ALEXANDER AND AN‐ TOINETTE P. ALEXANDER 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: LOT 50 NORTHWOOD EX‐ TENSION NO. 3 (A RESI‐ DENTIAL DEVELOPMENT) LOCATED IN SECTIONS 89, 90, 111 & 112,T9S-R5E, OF LAFAYETTE, CITY PARISH, LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA. PREPARED BY

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FRANCIS FORTIER, P.L.S., PBM SURVEYING, LLC NO. 4769, REGISTER DATED 1/24/2020. SAID RECORDED ON PLAT 1/28/2020 AT FILE NUM‐ BER: 2020-00003387, OF THE CLERK OF COURT’S OFFICE FOR LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA. WHICH HAS THE AD‐ DRESS OF 204 MARATHON DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70501. ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $31.54 SHERIFF'S SALE MORTGAGE FREEDOM Versus CORPORATION No. 20257615 DENISE ANN ALLEMAN A/K/A DENISE ALLEMAN A/K/A A. DENISE ALLEMAN A/K/A DENISE A. SOCIA 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***SEPTEM‐ BER 16, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF TOGETHER GROUND, ALL BUILDINGS WITH IMPROVEMENTS AND WITH ALL THEREON, RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES AND APPURTENANCES THERE‐ APPERTAINING, UNTO SITUATED IN THE FIRST PARISH OF WARD, LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT FIFTYTHREE (53) AND LOT FIFTY-FOUR (54) COUN‐ TRY ESTATES DEVELOP‐ MENT, AS PER PLAT OF SURVEY BY ROLAND W. LAURENT DATED APRIL 17, 1967, AND RECORDED UNDER FILE NO. 67-509606 THE LAFAYETTE OF PARISH CLERK OF COURT OFFICE AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFER‐ ENCE THERETO; THE SAID HAVING SUCH FURTHER MEASUREMENTS, DIMEN‐ SIONS, SHAPE, FORM, BOUNDARIES, LOCATION, AND CONFIGURATION AS SHOWN ON THE REFER‐ ENCED PLAT OF SURVEY (“PROPERTY”). MUNICI‐ ADDRESS: 1104 PAL NORTH DUGAS ROAD, LAFAYETTE, LA 70507 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: AUGUST 13, 2026 & SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $35.40 SHERIFF'S SALE MORTGAGE FREEDOM Versus CORPORATION No. 20263261 TRE AN‐ THONY THIBODEAUX 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***SEPTEM‐ BER 16, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THOSE CERTAIN LOTS OR PARCELS OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON THEREUNTO BE‐ AND LONGING, SITUATED IN SECTION 43, TOWNSHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 4 EAST, PARISH, LAFAYETTE BEING LOUISIANA, AND DESIG‐ KNOWN NATED LOTS THIRTEEN (13) AND FOURTEEN (14) OF YOUNG ACRES SUBDI‐ VISION, PHASE I, SAID

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MENTS THEREON AND THEREUNTO BELONGING, SITUATED IN SECTION 79, 8 SOUTH, TOWNSHIP RANGE 4 EAST, PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT 20, BELLE BOIS SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1, SAID LOT HAV‐ ING A FRONTAGE ON WADESBORO ROAD WITH DIMENSIONS, THE SHAPE, BOUNDARIES, FORM, LOCATION AND AS CONFIGURATION SHOWN ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY DATED APRIL 3, 2003, RE‐ VISED ON JUNE 28, 2004, PREPARED BY MONTAG‐ NET & DOMINGUE, INC. RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 2004-30571 OF THE OF THE RECORDS PARISH LAFAYETTE CLERK OF COURT’S OF‐ FICE. THE MUNICIPAL ADDRESS OF THE SUBJECT PROP‐ ERTY IS 110 WADESBORO ROAD, CARENCRO, LA 70520. ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS

LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $34.97

ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: AUGUST 13, 2026 & SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $35.19 SHERIFF'S SALE HOME BANK, N.A. Versus 20263073 BRIAN No. LANKAU CHRISTOPHER AND LANKAU CABINETS & CUSTOM WOODWORKS, L.L.C. 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and appraise‐ ***WITH*** ment, to the last and highest bidder, at public at the auction, LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***SEPTEM‐ BER 16, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVE‐

SHERIFF'S SALE LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING, LLC Versus No. 20262253 DILLON TAYLOR (A/K/A DILLON A. TAY‐ LOR) 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ AND IMPROVE‐ INGS MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ THEREUNTO VANTAGES BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT TWENTY (20) OF VILLA HERNAN‐ DEZ SUBDIVISION, A SUB‐ DIVISION OF THE PARISH LAFAYETTE, OF LOUISIANA, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH SHAPE, DIMENSIONS, FORM, BOUNDARIES AND MEA‐ AS ARE SUREMENTS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY DOMINGUE, SZABO & AS‐ SOCIATES, INC., DATED JUNE 28, 1977, ATTACHED TO THAT CERTAIN ACT RECORDED UNDER FILE NUMBER 1977-14522 OF RECORDS OF THE PARISH LAFAYETTE CLERK OF COURT, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS MADE PART HEREOF BY REFER‐ ENCE THERETO; SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS, SERVI‐ TUDES, RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND OUTSTANDING MIN‐ ERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD AFFECTING THE PROP‐ ERTY. WHICH HAS THE ADDRESS OF 108 NORTH GOVERNOR MIRO DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70506. ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $36.69 SHERIFF'S SALE PENNYMAC LOAN SER‐ VICES, LLC Versus No. 20256447 BRANDON O. LANDRY AND KATERA MARIE SIMMONS 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐

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THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF TOGETHER GROUND, ALL IMPROVE‐ WITH MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ THEREUNTO VANTAGES BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT TWO HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT (248) OF COUNTRY LAKES SUBDIVISION, PHASE II, A OF THE SUBDIVISION PARISH OF LAFAYETTE,’ LOUISIANA ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY BARRY J. BLEICHNER, PE, PLS, LLC, DATED’ FEBRUARY 18, 2014, ATTACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER NO: 2014-6346 ENTRY AND MADE PART HEREOF REFERENCE, AND BY BEING DESCRIBED WITH REFERENCE THERETO AS HAVING A FRONTAGE ON, MERRYDALE LANE AND HAVING SUCH DIMEN‐ SIONS, BOUNDARIES AND MEASUREMENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY, WHICH HAS AN ADDRESS 115 MERRYDALE OF, LANE, RAYNE, LA 70578.

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Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***SEPTEM‐ BER 16, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit:

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Public Notices A PROPERTY HAVING OF 50.00 FEET, FRONTAGE Sheriff Sales MORE OR LESS, ON JOL‐ LENE DRIVE WITH THE DIMENSIONS, FURTHER SHAPE, BOUNDARIES, FORM, LOCATION AND AS CONFIGURATION SHOWN ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY OF SAID SUBDIVISION DATED MAY 1982, REVISED APRIL 21, 1983 AND MAY 17, 1983, PREPARED BY GER‐ ALD G. REAUX & ASSOCI‐ ATES, ATTACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 1983-20016, OF RECORDS OF THE PARISH LAFAYETTE CLERK OF COURT. MUNIC‐ IPAL ADDRESS: 122 JOL‐ LENE DR., CARENCRO, LA 70520

LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $30.68

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ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***SEPTEM‐ BER 16, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ AND IMPROVE‐ INGS MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES, AND AD‐ THEREUNTO VANTAGES BELONGING OR IN ANY‐ WISE APPERTAINING, LO‐ CATED IN SECTION 33, 8 SOUTH, TOWNSHIP 4 EAST, RANGE PARISH, LAFAYETTE BEING LOUISIANA, AND DESIG‐ KNOWN NATED AS LOT 79, THE GRANDE STAKES SUBDIVI‐ SION, AS SHOWN ON THE SUBDIVISION PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY SELLERS, DUBROC & AS‐ SOCIATES, INC., DATED MARCH 26, 1981, LAST RE‐ VISED JUNE 25, 1981, AND RECORDED JULY 31, 1981, UNDER ACT NO. 81-020687 IN THE RECORDS OF THE PARISH LAFAYETTE CLERK OF COURT’S OF‐ FICE. THE LOT HAVING A FRONTAGE ON NASHUA DRIVE WITH SUCH DI‐ MEASURE‐ MENSIONS, BOUNDARIES, MENTS, SHAPE, FORM, LOCATION AND CONFIGURATION AS SHOWN ON THE ABOVE REFERENCED PLAT OF SURVEY AND IS BOUNDED NORTHERLY BY NASHUA DRIVE, EASTERLY BY A PORTION OF LOT 80, SOUTHERLY BY LOT 78, AND WESTERLY BY RUF‐ FIAN DRIVE, ALL OF GRANDE STAKES SUBDIVI‐ SION; SUBJECT TO RE‐ STRICTIONS, SERVITUDES, AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY OUTSTANDING MINERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD AF‐ FECTING THE PROPERTY. MUNICIPAL ADDRESS: 105 NASHUA DRIVE, CAREN‐ CRO, LA 70520 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: AUGUST 13, 2026 & SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $39.05 SHERIFF'S SALE ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC Versus No. 20264586 THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF BARBARA A. ROBIN A/K/A BARBARA A. ROBIN A/K/A BARBARA ROBIN AND TROY A. ROBIN A/K/A TROY ROBIN 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 1.7075 ACRES, LOCATED IN SEC‐ TION 10, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 3 EAST, PARISH, LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA, SAID TRACT BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT 1 ON PLAT OF SURVEY BY BARRY L. BLEICHNER, R.L.S., DATED NOVEMBER 7, 1997, AND BEING MORE DESCRIBED AS FULLY FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WESTERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF LA. HWY 724 AND THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST CON‐ GRESS STREET, PROCEED ALONG THE SAID RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST CON‐ GRESS STREET A DIS‐ OF APPROXI‐ TANCE MATELY 3533.59 FEET TO A POINT, SAID POINT TO BE HEREINAFTER KNOWN AS THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE PRO‐ CEED ALONG A BEARING OF SOUTH 03 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 14 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 556.62 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE PROCEED ALONG A BEARING OF SOUTH 85 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 51 SECONDS WEST A DIS‐ TANCE OF 133.60 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE PRO‐ CEED ALONG A BEARING OF NORTH 03 DEGREES 43 MINUTES 14 SECONDS WEST A DISTANCE OF 556.73 FEET TO A POINT THE SOUTHERLY ON RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST STREET; CONGRESS THENCE PROCEED ALONG THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST CON‐ GRESS STREET A BEARING OF NORTH 85 DEGREES 22

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MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST A DISTANCE OF 133.60 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. ADDRESS: MUNICIPAL 6829 WEST CONGRESS STREET, DUSON, LA 70529 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $40.76 SHERIFF'S SALE TH MSR HOLDINGS LLC No. 20261226 Versus DARBY AND DUSTY ASHELY DARBY 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and appraise‐ ***WITH*** ment, to the last and highest bidder, at public at the auction, LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL IM‐ BEING PROVEMENTS, AND DESIG‐ KNOWN NATED AS LOT SIXTYEIGHT (68) OF WHITTING‐ TON TERRACE SUBDIVI‐ SION, LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, SAID LOT HAVING A FRONTAGE ON GERALD DRIVE OF FIFTYNINE AND FIVE-TENTHS (59.5’) FEET BY A DEPTH PARALLEL BETWEEN LINES ALL ACCORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY BY FRED L. COLOMB, DATED MAY 1, 1959, ATTACHED TO AN ACT OF DEDICA‐ TION RECORDED UNDER ACT NO. 380493 OF THE RECORDS OF THE PARISH LAFAYETTE, OF LOUISIANA, AND MADE A PART HEREOF BY REFER‐ ENCE THERETO. SAID LOT BEING BOUNDED NORTH‐ EAST BY LOT TWENTYSEVEN (27), SOUTHWEST GERALD DRIVE, BY BY LOT SOUTHEAST (69) AND SIXTY-NINE BY LOT NORTHWEST SIXTY-SEVEN (67) ALL OF SAID SUBDIVISION. THE IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR THE MU‐ NUMBER 315 NICIPAL DRIVE, GERALD LAFAYETTE, LA 70503 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $35.40 SHERIFF'S SALE TOWD POINT MORTGAGE TRUST 2023-1, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE Ver‐ sus No. 20258315 THE UN‐ OPENED SUCCESSION OF CHRISTLEBELLE BREAUX ZENO, THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF CLIFTON JOSEPH ZENO, SR. 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of FI FA issued in the here‐ entitled and inabove numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale and sell for cash, ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: ALL THAT CERTAIN PAR‐ OF LAND IN CEL PARISH, LAFAYETTE STATE OF LOUISIANA AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED ENTRY #90-6001, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT 12, BELL NORTH HEIGHTS SUBDIVI‐ MUNICIPAL AD‐ SION DRESS: 105 HARRISON DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70507 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S

15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and appraise‐ ***WITH*** ment, to the last and highest bidder, at public at the auction, LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on WEDNESDAY, ***SEPTEM‐ BER 16, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND, TOGETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS, SITUATED IN SECTION 87, TOWN‐ SHIP 8 SOUTH, RANGE 5 EAST, LAFAYETTE PARISH, AND AC‐ LOUISIANA, CORDING TO A PLAT OF SURVEY, PREPARED BY FRED L. COLOMB, SUR‐ VEYOR, DATED SEPTEM‐ BER 27, 1976, ATTACHED ACT RECORDED TO UNDER ENTRY NO. 675328, RECORDS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH, LOUISIANA, IS AND DESIG‐ KNOWN NATED AS TRACT FOUR OF PLOT FIVE-A, SAID TRACT MEASURING 124 FRONT ON FEET LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 726, WITH A REAR LINE OF 124 FEET, A DEPTH ON THE EAST LINE OF 264.8 FEET, AND A DEPTH ON THE WEST LINE OF 264.6 FEET, AND IS BOUNDED NORTH BY LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 726, SOUTH BY PLOT 6, PROPERTY OF LEOPOLD WEILL, JR. OR ASSIGNS, EAST BY TRACT 3, AND WEST BY TRACT 5; BEING A PORTION OF A LARGER BOUGHT BY TRACT EARNEST THOMAS LANDRY, ET UX, FROM ALPHE CONQUES BY ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 77-10569, DATED MAY 26, 1977, RECORDS OF PARISH, LAFAYETTE (“PROP‐ LOUISIANA ERTY”). MUNICIPAL AD‐ DRESS: 1928 LA HIGHWAY CARENCRO, LA 1252, 70520 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: AUGUST 13, 2026 & SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $37.97

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LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $39.69

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit:

SHERIFF'S SALE U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ ASSOCIATION, TIONAL NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST No. 20264206 Versus ROBERT L. ODINET A/K/A ROBERT LEYTON ODINET, SR. AND ANGELA BAR‐ BERA ODINET A/K/A AN‐ GELA MICHELLE BARBERA ODINET 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ AND IMPROVE‐ INGS MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES, AND AD‐ THEREUNTO VANTAGES BELONGING OR IN ANY‐ WISE APPERTAINING, LO‐ CATED IN SECTION 56, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 4 EAST, BEING AND DESIG‐ KNOWN NATED AS LOT 25, EU‐ REKA PLANTATION SUB‐ CITY OF DIVISION, LAFAYETTE LAFAYETTE, PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS SHOWN ON THE SUBDIVI‐ SION PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY SELLERS, DUBROC & ASSOCIATES, INC., DATED NOVEMBER 10, 1975, AND RECORDED JULY 7, 1976, UNDER ACT 668650 IN THE NO. OF THE RECORDS PARISH LAFAYETTE CLERK OF COURT’S OF‐ FICE. THE LOT HAVING A FRONTAGE OF 90.65 FEET ON BAYSIDE DRIVE AND A WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF FEET, A 147.00 NORTHERLY OR REAR OF 134.55 BOUNDARY FEET AND AN EASTERLY OF 140.29 BOUNDARY FEET AND IS BOUNDED SOUTHERLY BY BAYSIDE WESTERLY BY DRIVE; DRIVE, OAKLEY NORTHERLY BY LOT 24; AND EASTERLY BY LOT 26, ALL OF EUREKA PLANTA‐ TION SUBDIVISION (“PROPERTY”). MUNICI‐ PAL ADDRESS: 204 BAY‐ SIDE DRIVE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70508 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $39.69 SHERIFF'S SALE

SHERIFF'S SALE U.S. BANK TRUST NA‐ ASSOCIATION, TIONAL NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY IN CAPACITY AS ITS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST Versus No. 2021-RP5 RICHARD E. 20263799 DORROUGH 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ AND IMPROVE‐ INGS MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES, AND AD‐ THEREUNTO VANTAGES BELONGING OR IN ANY‐ WISE APPERTAINING, LO‐ CATED IN SECTIONS 4 & 42, TOWNSHIP 10 SOUTH, RANGE 4 EAST, BEING AND DESIG‐ KNOWN NATED AS LOT 44, PLAZA SUBDIVISION, VILLAGE EXTENSION NO. 3, CITY LAFAYETTE, OF PARISH, LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA, AS SHOWN THE SUBDIVISION ON PLAT OF SURVEY PRE‐ BY SELLERS, PARED DUBROC AND ASSOCI‐ ATES, INC, DATED AU‐ GUST 31, 1977, LAST RE‐ VISED JANUARY 3, 1978, AND RECORDED JULY 12, 1978, UNDER ACT NO. 78016397 IN THE RECORDS THE LAFAYETTE OF CLERK OF PARISH COURT’S OFFICE. THE LOT HAVING A FRONTAGE OF 61.00 FEET ON VILLAGE LANE WITH SUCH DIMEN‐ SIONS, MEASUREMENTS, SHAPE, BOUNDARIES, FORM, LOCATION AND AS CONFUGURATION SHOWN ON THE SUBDIVI‐ SION PLAT OF SURVEY IS BOUNDED AND SOUTHERLY BY VILLAGE LANE; EASTERLY BY LOT 43; NORTHERLY BY PROP‐ ERTY LOCATED IN BELLE CHASE GARDENS, EXTEN‐ SION NO. 1; AND WEST‐ ERLY BY LOT 45 (“PROP‐ ERTY”). MUNICIPAL AD‐ 208 VILLAGE DRESS: LANE, LAFAYETTE, LA 70506 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8,

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UNITED STATES OF AMER‐ ICA, ACTING THROUGH RURAL HOUSING THE SERVICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRI‐ Versus No. CULTURE 20264507 ELIZABETH K. WALDMANN, (A/K/A ELIZ‐ KAYE WALD‐ ABETH MANN)

THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF TOGETHER GROUND, ALL IMPROVE‐ WITH MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ THEREUNTO VANTAGES BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT EIGHT OF GEORGETOWN (8) SUBDIVISION, SQUARE PHASE ONE (1), A SUBDI‐ VISION OF THE PARISH OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE, ON THAT CERTAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY RODNEY A. NAYLOR, AT‐ TACHED TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 87-36562 AND MADE PART HEREOF BY REFER‐ ENCE, AND BEING DE‐ SCRIBED WITH REFER‐ ENCE THERETO AS HAV‐ ING A FRONTAGE ON BRITAIN CIRCLE AND AS HAVING SUCH DIMEN‐ SIONS, BOUNDARIES AND MEASUREMENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY (“PROPERTY”). MUNICI‐ ADDRESS: 109 PAL CIRCLE, BRITAIN LAFAYETTE, LA 70508 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $34.97

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PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE Administrator for the Succession of Mary Fern Cobb Briggs gives notice of his intent to sell via private sale, the follow‐ ing: 1. The immovable estate home and property lo‐ cated at 311 Sunny Lane, Louisiana Lafayette, 70506, Being the same property acquired by Mary C. Briggs by Cash Sale from Jeanie Slay Mellinger dated April 29, 1994, recorded on May 2, 1994, under instrument no. 1994-00016195 of the records of public Louisiana.; Lafayette, and 2. All movables within the estate home at 311 Sunny Lane, consisting of home furnishings, deco‐ rations, and kitchenware. Any objections to the sale of the above prop‐ erty can be ﬁled with the Judicial District 15th – Parish of Court Lafayette under probate docket number 20250640, pursuant to LA C.C.P. art 3282. 198202 Aug. 22 to Sept. 20, 30t $456.60

15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF STATE OF LAFAYETTE LOUISIANA

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Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a writ of SEIZURE AND SALE is‐ sued in the hereinabove entitled and numbered cause I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale sell for cash, and ap‐ ***WITHOUT*** praisement, to the last and highest bidder, at public auction, at the LAFAYETTE PARISH GOV‐ ERNMENT BUILDING, 1010 LAFAYETTE STREET, 2ND in Lafayette, FLOOR Louisiana, between the legal sale hours com‐ mencing at 10:00 A.M. on ***OCTO‐ WEDNESDAY, BER 14, 2026*** ,the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty, to wit:

Notice is given that the Executrix of the Succes‐ sion of Gerald E. Moss, Docket No. Probate 20260056B, 15th Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, has pe‐ titioned in the aforesaid proceedings for the au‐ thority to sell the follow‐ ing described immovable property at private sale in accordance with the of Article provisions 3281, et seq. of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure for TWO HUN‐ DRED FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS cash, to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF TOGETHER GROUND, ALL IMPROVE‐ WITH MENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVI‐ LEGES, SERVITUDES, AP‐ PURTENANCES AND AD‐ THEREUNTO VANTAGES BELONGING AND ALL AP‐ PURTENANCES THEREOF, BEING KNOWN AND DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT FOUR‐ TEEN (14) OF GUILLOT VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, A OF THE SUBDIVISION PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA ON THAT CER‐ TAIN PLAT OF SURVEY PREPARED BY BARRY J. ATTACHED BLEICHNER, TO THAT ACT RECORDED UNDER ENTRY NO. 0717130 AND MADE PART HEREOF BY REFERENCE, AND BEING DESCRIBED REFERENCE WITH THERETO AS HAVING A FRONTAGE ON BRAXTON DRIVE AND HAVING SUCH BOUND‐ DIMENSIONS, ARIES AND MEASURE‐ MENTS AS ARE MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF SURVEY. MUNICI‐ ADDRESS COM‐ PAL MONLY KNOWN AS 300 DR., BRAXTON YOUNGSVILLE, LA 70592 ANYONE PURCHASING PROPERTY AT SHERIFF'S SALE IS GIVEN UNTIL 2:00 P.M. ON SALE DAY TO PAY FULL PURCHASE THE AMOUNT BY CERTIFIED FUNDS

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That certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all improvements and all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurte‐ nances thereunto apper‐ taining, situated in Sec‐ tion 10, Township 10 South, Range 4 East, Parish, Lafayette and being Louisiana, known and designated as Lot 9 of “MADISON LANDING, and bearing the municipal address of Grenadine Drive, 115 Lafayette, LA 70506. with the sale to be in “as is” condition and subject to the further terms and conditions contained in the Residential Agree‐ ment to Buy and Sell, which is ﬁled in these proceedings. The Order granting such authority may be issued after the expiration of seven (7) days from the date of the second publi‐ cation of this notice. Any opposition to this pro‐ posed sale must be ﬁled within seven (7) days from the second publica‐ tion. 199456 Sept. 2, 10, 2t $68.24

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PUBLISH ON: SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 & OCTOBER 8, 2026 LAFAYETTE PARISH SHER‐ IFF'S OFFICE MARK T. GARBER, SHER‐ IFF $36.04 SHERIFF'S SALE VILLAGE CAPITAL & IN‐ VESTMENT LLC Versus No. 20263686 EDRICK J. PENNYWELL AKA EDRICK JAMES PENNYWELL 15TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT ---- PARISH OF LAFAYETTE STATE OF

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The following ordinance, having been previously introduced on August 13, 2026 and a public hearing held thereon on this date, was offered for final adoption by Councilman Moreau and seconded by Councilman Goodwin: ORDINANCE 2026-10 An ordinance authorizing the issuance of not exceeding Twenty Million ($20,000,000) of Taxable Sales Tax Bonds (DEQ) of the City of Scott, State of Louisiana, and providing for other matters in connection therewith. WHEREAS, the United States of America, pursuant to the Clean Water Act of 1972, as amended by the Water Quality Act of 1987, specifically Subchapter VI, Chapter 26 of Title 33 of the United States Code (the “Federal Act”), is authorized to make capitalization grants to states to be used for the purpose of establishing a water pollution control revolving fund for providing assistance (i) for construction of treatment works (as defined in Section 1292 of the Federal Act) which are publicly owned, (ii) for implementing a management program under Section 1329 of the Federal Act and (iii) for developing and implementing a conservation and management plan under Section 1330 of the Federal Act; and WHEREAS, the State of Louisiana (the “State”), pursuant to Subtitle II, Chapter 14 of Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, specifically La. R.S. 30:2301, et seq.) (the “State Act”), has established a Clean Water State Revolving Fund (the “State Revolving Fund”) in the custody of the Department of Environmental Quality (the “Department”) to be used for the purpose of providing financial assistance for the improvement of wastewater treatment facilities in the State, as more fully described in Section 2302 of the State Act, and has authorized the Department to administer the State Revolving Fund in accordance with applicable federal and state law; and WHEREAS, the City of Scott, State of Louisiana (the “City”) has made application to the Department for a loan from the State Revolving Fund to finance a portion of the costs of the Project and the Department has approved the City’s application for such loan; and WHEREAS, the City now levies and collects a special one percent (1%) sales and use tax (the “Tax”), pursuant to an election held in the City on October 14, 2023 (the “Election”), at which Election the following proposition was approved by a majority of the qualified electors voting in such election: PROPOSITION (SALES TAX) Shall the City of Scott, State of Louisiana (the “City”), be authorized to levy and collect a tax of 1% (the “Tax”) (an estimated $3,250,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the Tax for an entire year), in perpetuity, beginning January 1, 2024, in accordance with Louisiana law, with the proceeds of the Tax (after paying the reasonable and necessary expenses of collecting and administering the Tax), to be used for the purpose of constructing, improving, maintaining, and operating the City’s sewerage system, including the construction of a new treatment plant and the acquisition of equipment therefor, and to help pay for improvements to infrastructure such as roads, drainage, and utility services? WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority of the aforesaid Election, the City approved an ordinance on December 7, 2023, as amended and supplemented (the “Sales Tax Ordinance”), providing for the levy and collection of the Tax; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Sales Tax Ordinance, the net avails or proceeds of the Tax (after provision has been made for the payment therefrom of all reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax) (the “Net Revenues of the Tax”) shall be available for appropriation and expenditure by the City for the purposes designated in the proposition authorizing the levy of the Tax, which shall include the payment of bonds authorized to be issued in accordance with Louisiana law; and WHEREAS, the City now desires to proceed with the issuance of the first emission of $50,000,000 of bonds that were approved by the State Bond Commission on July 16, 2026, consisting of not exceeding Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) of Taxable Sales Tax Bonds of the City (the “Bonds”), to be payable solely from and secured by an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the Net Revenues of the Tax, all in accordance with Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority (the “Act”), for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending, and improving the sewers and sewage disposal facilities of the City and acquiring equipment therefor, and paying the costs of issuance thereof; and WHEREAS, other than the Bonds herein authorized, the City has no outstanding bonds or other obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the revenues of the Tax herein pledged; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to fix the details necessary with respect to the issuance of the Bonds, and to provide for the authorization and issuance thereof, as hereinafter provided; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Scott, State of Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), acting as governing authority of the City, hereby ordains that: SECTION 1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: “Act” means Part II of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority. “Additional Parity Bonds” means any bonds or other obligations of the City on a parity with the Bonds pursuant to Section 16 hereof. “Administrative Fee” means the annual fee equal to one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum of the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds, or such lesser amount as the Department may approve from time to time. “Bond” or “Bonds” means the Taxable Sales Tax Bonds (DEQ) of the City issued pursuant to this Bond Ordinance in the total aggregate principal amount of not exceeding Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000), and any bond of said issue, whether initially delivered or issued in exchange for, upon transfer of, or in lieu of any previously issued Bond. “Bond Register” means the registration books of the Paying Agent in which registration of the Bonds and transfers of the Bonds shall be made as provided herein. “Bond Ordinance” means this ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Bonds. “Bond Year” means the one-year period ending on each Principal Payment Date. “Business Day” means each Monday through Friday of each week, excluding days on which the offices of the City or the New York Stock Exchange are required or authorized to remain closed. “City” means the City of Scott, State of Louisiana. “Completion Date” means the earlier of (i) the date of the final disbursement of the purchase price of the Bonds to the City, or (ii) the date the operation of the project (or portion thereof) that is being financed with the Bonds is initiated or capable of being initiated, as certified by an Authorized Officer in accordance with the Loan Agreement. “Date of Delivery” means the first date on which any of the Bonds are delivered to the Department in exchange for payment therefor. “Department” means the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, an executive department and agency of the State of Louisiana, and any successor to the duties and functions thereof. “Election” means the election held within the corporate boundaries of the City on October 14, 2023, which authorized the Tax. “Executive Officers” means collectively the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City. “Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month accounting period commencing on the first day of January or any other twelve-month accounting period determined by the Governing Authority as the fiscal year of the City. “Governing Authority” means the City Council of the City of Scott, State of Louisiana, in its capacity as governing authority of the City. “Government Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America, which are non-callable prior to the respective maturities of the Bonds and may be United States Treasury Obligations such as the State and Local Government Series and may be in book entry form. “Interest Payment Date” shall have the meaning given such term in the Bonds. “Loan Agreement” means the Loan and Pledge Agreement to be entered into by and between the Department and the City prior to the delivery of the Bonds which will contain certain additional agreements relating to the Bonds and the project that is being financed with the Bonds, which Loan Agreement shall be in substantially the form presented at this meeting, as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof. “Net Revenues of the Tax” means the avails or proceeds of the Tax available to the City after provision has been made for the payment therefrom of all reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax. “Outstanding” when used with respect to Bonds means, as of the date of determination, all Bonds or portions thereof theretofore issued and delivered pursuant to this Bond Ordinance, except: (a) Bonds theretofore canceled by the Paying Agent or delivered to the Paying Agent for cancellation; (b) Bonds or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption sufficient funds have been paid or deposited in trust for the Owners of such Bonds as provided herein; (c) Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds have been registered and delivered pursuant to this Bond Ordinance; and (d) Bonds alleged to have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen which have been replaced as provided in this Bond Ordinance.

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“Owner” or “Owners” when used with respect to any Bond means the Person in whose name such Bond is registered in the Bond Register. “Paying Agent” means the Clerk of the City, unless and until a successor Paying Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Bond Ordinance, and thereafter “Paying Agent” shall mean such successor Paying Agent. “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. “Principal Payment Date” shall have the meaning given such term in the Bonds. “Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the 15th calendar day of the month next preceding such interest payment date, whether or not such day is a Business Day. “Qualified Investments” means those investments which are legally permitted for political subdivisions such as the City pursuant to Louisiana law, including but not limited to those provided in Section 33:2955 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended. “Reserve Fund Requirement” means as of any date of calculation, a sum equal to one-half of the maximum principal, interest, and Administrative Fee requirements for any succeeding Bond Year on the Bonds. The reserve fund requirement, if any, for any issue(s) of Additional Parity Bonds shall be defined in the ordinance(s) authorizing the issuance of such Additional Parity Bonds. “Sales Tax Ordinance” means the ordinance adopted by the Governing Authority on December 7, 2023, as amended and supplemented, providing for the levy and collection of the Tax. “Tax” means the one per cent (1%) sales and use tax being levied and collected by the City pursuant to the Election and the Sales Tax Ordinance. SECTION 2. Authorization of Bonds. In compliance with and under the authority of the Act, there is hereby authorized the incurring of an indebtedness of not exceeding Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) for, on behalf of and in the name of the City, for the purpose of constructing, acquiring, extending, and improving sewers and sewage disposal facilities and acquiring equipment therefor, and paying the costs of issuance thereof, and to represent the said indebtedness, the City does hereby authorize the issuance of its “Taxable Sales Tax Bond (DEQ), Series 2026,” in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000. The Bonds are the first emission of $50,000,000 of bonds that were approved by the State Bond Commission on July 16, 2026. The Bonds shall be initially issued in the form of a single fully registered Bond numbered R-1, shall be dated the Date of Delivery thereof. The Executive Officers may approve a different series designation if the Bond is delivered in a calendar year other than 2026. The Bonds shall mature in twenty (20) installments of principal, payable annually on each Principal Payment Date as set forth in the Loan Agreement and the Bond. The unpaid principal of the Bonds shall bear interest from the Date of Delivery, or the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, at the rate of forty-five hundredths percent (0.45%) per annum, said interest to be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve thirty-day months and payable on each Interest Payment Date. Interest on the Bonds on any Interest Payment Date shall be payable only on the aggregate amount of the purchase price which shall have been paid theretofore to the City and is outstanding and shall accrue with respect to each purchase price installment only from the date of payment of such installment. In addition to interest at the rate set forth above, at any time that the Department owns the Bonds the City will pay the Administrative Fee to the Department on each Interest Payment Date. In the event (i) the Department owns any Bonds or the Department has pledged or assigned any Bonds in connection with its State Revolving Fund and (ii) the Administrative Fee payable by the City to the Department under the terms of the Loan Agreement is declared illegal or unenforceable by a court or an administrative body of competent jurisdiction, the interest rate borne by the Bonds shall be increased by one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum, effective as of the date declared to be the date from which the Administrative Fee is no longer owed because of such illegality or unenforceability. The principal of the Bonds, upon maturity or redemption, shall be payable by check mailed by the Paying Agent to the Owner (determined as of the Record Date) at the address shown on the Bond Register. Each Bond delivered under this Bond Ordinance upon transfer or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Bond shall carry all the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Bond, and each such Bond shall bear interest (as herein set forth) so that neither gain nor loss in interest shall result from such transfer, exchange or substitution. No Bond shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Bond Ordinance, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Bond a certificate of registration, substantially in the form provided in this Bond Ordinance, executed by the Paying Agent by manual signature. SECTION 3. Prepayment of Bonds. The principal installments of the Bonds are subject to prepayment at the option of the City at any time, in whole or in part, at a prepayment price of par plus accrued interest and accrued Administrative Fee, if any, to the prepayment date and in such case the remaining principal of the Bonds shall continue to mature in installments as set forth in the Loan Agreement and the Bond. Official notice of such call for prepayment shall be given by means of first class mail, postage prepaid by notice deposited in the United States Mail or via accepted means of electronic communication not less than thirty (30) days prior to the prepayment date addressed to the Owner of each Bond to be prepaid at his address as shown on the registration records of the Paying Agent. In the event a portion of the Bonds is to be prepaid, such Bonds shall be surrendered to the Paying Agent, who shall note the date and amount of such prepayment in the space provided therefor on the Bonds. SECTION 4. Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Bonds. The City shall cause the Bond Register to be kept at the principal office of the Paying Agent. The Bonds may be transferred, registered and assigned only on the Bond Register, and such registration shall be at the expense of the City. A Bond may be assigned by the execution of an assignment form on the Bonds or by other instruments of transfer and assignment acceptable to the Paying Agent. A new Bond or Bonds will be delivered by the Paying Agent to the last assignee (the new Owner) in exchange for such transferred and assigned Bonds after receipt of the Bonds to be transferred in proper form. Such new Bond or Bonds shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity. Neither the City nor the Paying Agent shall be required to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on the 15th day of the month next preceding an interest payment date or any date of redemption and ending at the close of business on such interest payment date or date of redemption. SECTION 5. Sale and Delivery of Bonds; Execution of Documents. The Bonds are hereby awarded to and sold to the Department at a price of par under the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement, and after their execution and authentication by the Paying Agent, the Bonds shall be delivered to the Department or its agents or assigns, upon receipt by the City of the agreed first advance of the purchase price of the Bonds. It is understood that the purchase price of the Bonds will be paid by the Department to the City in installments, and a portion of the principal amount advanced by the Department may be forgiven by the Department, each in the manner and under the terms and conditions set forth in the Loan Agreement. The Executive Officers are hereby empowered, authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary and incidental to carry out all of the provisions of this Bond Ordinance, to execute and deliver the Loan Agreement, to cause the necessary Bonds to be printed, to issue, execute and seal the Bonds and to effect delivery thereof as hereinafter provided. SECTION 6. Form of Bonds. The Bonds and the endorsements to appear thereon shall be in substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, with such necessary or appropriate variations, omissions and insertions as are required or permitted by the Act and this Bond Ordinance. SECTION 7. Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be signed by the Executive Officers for, on behalf of, in the name of the City. SECTION 8. Statutory Lien. As provided in R.S. 39:504, the Bonds shall be secured debt entitled to the highest possible protection and priority afforded by the bankruptcy laws of the United States and the State of Louisiana, and the Owners shall have a statutory lien on and a security interest in the Net Revenues of the Tax pledged to the payment of the Bonds in this Bond Ordinance, to the fullest extent and in the manner stated in the Act and this Bond Ordinance, and any pledge or grant of a lien or security interest in the Net Revenues of the Tax made by the City in connection with the issuance of the Bonds shall be valid, binding and perfected from the time when the pledge or grant of lien or security interest is made. The Net Revenues of the Tax shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge and security interest without any physical delivery therefor or further act and the lien of such pledge and security interest shall be first priority and valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, bankruptcy or otherwise against the City, whether or not such parties have notice thereof. The Owner or Owners of the Bonds shall be secured creditors with respect to the Net Revenues of the Tax. As provided by R.S. 39:504(D), the statutory lien provided in the Act shall also apply to and secure the Administrative Fee. SECTION 9. Recital of Regularity. This Governing Authority having investigated and determined the regularity of the proceedings had in connection with the Bonds and having determined the same to be regular as provided by La. R.S. 39:507, the Bonds shall contain the following recital, to wit: “It is certified that this indebtedness is authorized by and is issued in conformity with the requirements of the constitution and statutes of this State.” SECTION 10. Pledge of Net Revenues of the Tax. The Bonds shall be secured by and payable in principal and interest solely from an irrevocable pledge and dedication of the Net Revenues of the Tax, which are hereby irrevocably and irrepealably pledged and dedicated in

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an amount sufficient for the payment of the Bonds and any Additional Parity Bonds in principal and interest as they shall respectively become due and payable, and for the other purposes hereinafter set forth in this Bond Ordinance. In compliance with the Sales Tax Ordinance, all of the Net Revenues of the Tax shall be set aside in a separate fund as herein provided and shall be and remain pledged for the security and payment of the Bonds and any Additional Parity Bonds in principal and interest and for all other payments provided for in this Bond Ordinance until the Bonds shall have been fully paid and discharged. SECTION 11. Flow of Funds. In order that the principal of and the interest and Administrative Fee on the Bonds will be paid in accordance with their terms and for the other objects and purposes hereinafter provided, the City covenants that in compliance with the Sales Tax Ordinance, all of the Net Revenues of the Tax shall continue to be deposited daily as the same may be collected in the separate and special bank account maintained with the regularly designated fiscal agent of the City, hereby designated for purposes of the Bonds as the “2026 Sales Tax Fund” (the “Sales Tax Fund”). The Sales Tax Fund constitutes a dedicated fund of the City, from which appropriations and expenditures by the City shall be made solely for the payment of the Bonds and the purposes designated in the proposition authorizing the levy of the Tax. Out of the funds on deposit in the Sales Tax Fund, the City shall first pay all reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax. After payment of such expenses, the remaining balance of the proceeds of the Tax shall be used in the following order of priority and for the following express purposes: (a) The maintenance with the regularly designated fiscal agent of the City of the “2023 Sales Tax Bond Sinking Fund” (hereinafter called the “Sinking Fund”), hereby established, sufficient in amount to pay promptly and fully the principal of and the interest and Administrative Fee on the Bonds herein authorized, including any Additional Parity Bonds issued hereafter, as they severally become due and payable, by transferring from the Sales Tax Fund to the regularly designated fiscal agent of the City, monthly in advance on or before the 20th day of each month, a sum equal to one-sixth (1/6) of the total interest and Administrative Fee falling due on the next Interest Payment Date and one-twelfth (1/12) of the total principal falling due on the next Principal Payment Date, together with such additional proportionate sum as may be required to pay said principal and interest and Administrative Fee as the same respectively become due. Said fiscal agent shall transfer from the Sinking Fund to the paying agent bank or banks for all bonds payable from the Sinking Fund, at least one (1) day in advance of the date on which payment of principal or interest falls due, funds fully sufficient to pay promptly the principal and interest and Administrative Fee so falling due on such date. (b) The maintenance with the regularly designated fiscal agent of the City of the “2023 Sales Tax Bond Reserve Fund” (the “Reserve Fund”), hereby established. The Reserve Fund shall contain a separate account for the Bonds and each future series of the Bonds, each such account to be designated as the “Series (insert series designation) Account,” and the money in each account of Reserve Fund shall be retained solely for the purpose of paying debt service on the respective series of bonds benefiting therefrom as to which there would otherwise be default. The Series 2026 Account is hereby established for the benefit of the Bonds and shall be funded as set forth below. On or before the 20th day of each month, commencing on the first such date to occur following the Date of Delivery, the City shall make periodic deposits into the Series 2026 Account such that the amount on deposit in the Series 2026 Account will equal the Reserve Fund Requirement not later than the fifth anniversary of the Date of Delivery. In the event that Additional Parity Bonds are issued hereafter in the manner provided by this Bond Ordinance, there shall be transferred from said Sales Tax Fund on the 20th day of each month (after making the payments required in subsection (a) above), or from the proceeds of such bonds, into the Reserve Fund monthly or annually, such amounts (as may be designated in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such Additional Parity Bonds) as will increase the total amount on deposit in the Reserve Fund upon the issuance of such Additional Parity Bonds to a sum equal to the reserve fund requirement for such bonds; provided, however, that in the event of the issuance of Additional Parity Bonds, the reserve fund requirement for such bonds may be satisfied by cash, Government Securities of sufficient value or one or more surety bonds or insurance policies (each a “Reserve Policy”), or any combination of the foregoing. If at any time it shall be necessary to use moneys in any account in the Reserve Fund or to draw upon a Reserve Policy for the purpose of paying debt service payable from the Sinking Fund as to which there would otherwise be default, then the moneys so used shall be transferred to each account in the Reserve Fund in which there is a deficiency, on a pro rata basis, from said Sales Tax Fund on the 20th day of each month (after making the payments required in subsection (a) above), it being the intention hereof that there shall as nearly as possible be at all times in the various accounts in the Reserve Fund the amount required for each. The obligation of the City to reimburse the provider of any Reserve Policy shall enjoy the same priority as the obligation of the City to replenish the cash or investments in any account in the Reserve Fund. All moneys remaining in the Sales Tax Fund on the 20th day of each month in excess of (i) all reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collecting and administering the Tax, and (ii) after making the payments required by subsections (a) and (b) of this Section (including payments for prior months during which the required payments may not have been made), shall be considered as surplus. Such surplus may be used by the City for any of the purposes for which the Tax is authorized. The Sales Tax Fund, the Sinking Fund, and the Reserve Fund provided for in this Section shall all be and constitute trust funds for the purposes and to the extent provided in this Ordinance, and the Owners of Bonds issued pursuant to this Ordinance are granted a lien on all such funds until applied in the manner provided herein. The moneys in such funds shall at all times be secured to the full extent thereof by the bank or trust company holding such funds in the manner required by the laws of the State of Louisiana. SECTION 12. City Obligated to Continue to Collect Tax. In compliance with the laws of Louisiana and this Bond Ordinance, the City, through its governing authority, by proper resolutions and/or ordinances, is obligated to cause the Tax to continue to be levied and collected until all of the Bonds have been retired as to both principal and interest and Administrative Fee, and further the City shall not discontinue or decrease or permit to be discontinued or decreased the Tax in anticipation of the collection of which the Bonds have been issued, nor in any way make any change which would diminish the amount of the revenues of the Tax to be received by the City until all of the Bonds have been retired as to both principal and interest. Nothing contained in this Bond Ordinance shall be construed to prevent the City from altering, amending or repealing from time to time as may be necessary the Sales Tax Ordinance or any subsequent ordinance providing with respect to the Tax, said alterations, amendments or repeals to be conditioned upon the continued preservation of the rights of the Owners with respect to the revenues from the Tax. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the Sales Tax Ordinance pursuant to which the Tax is being levied, collected and allocated, and the obligations to continue to levy, collect and allocate the Tax and to apply the revenues therefrom in accordance with the provisions of this Bond Ordinance, shall be irrevocable until the Bonds have been paid in full as to both principal and interest, and shall not be subject to amendment in any manner which would impair the rights of the Owners from time to time of the Bonds or which would in any way jeopardize the prompt payment of principal thereof and interest thereon. SECTION 13. Covenants of the City. In providing for the issuance of the Bonds, the City does hereby covenant that it has a legal right to levy and collect the Tax, to issue the Bonds and to pledge the Net Revenues of the Tax as herein provided, and that the Bonds will have a lien and privilege on the Net Revenues of the Tax subject only to the prior payment of the reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of administering and collecting the Tax. SECTION 14. Bond Ordinance a Contract. The provisions of this Bond Ordinance shall constitute a contract between the City and the Owner or Owners from time to time of the Bonds, and any Owner of any of the Bonds may either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings, enforce and compel the performance of all duties required to be performed by the City as a result of issuing the Bonds, and may similarly enforce the provisions of the Sales Tax Ordinance imposing the Tax and this Bond Ordinance. SECTION 15. Records and Accounts Relating to Tax. So long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid in principal or interest, the City shall maintain and keep proper books of records and accounts separate and apart from all other records and accounts in which shall be made full and correct entries of all transactions relating to the collection and expenditure of the Net Revenues of the Tax, including specifically but without limitation, all reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collection. Not later than six (6) months after the close of each Fiscal Year, or such later time as may be allowed by the Legislative Auditor, the City shall cause an audit of such books and accounts to be made by the Legislative Auditor of the State of Louisiana (or his successor) or by a recognized independent firm of certified public accountants showing the receipts of and disbursements made for the account of the Sales Tax Fund. Such audit shall be available for inspection upon request by the Owners of any of the Bonds. The City further agrees that the Paying Agent and the Owners of any of the Bonds shall have at all reasonable times the right to inspect the records, accounts and data of the City relating to the Tax. SECTION 16. Issuance of Refunding and Additional Parity Bonds. All of the Bonds shall enjoy complete parity of lien on the Net Revenues of the Tax despite the fact that any of the Bonds may be delivered at an earlier date than any other of the Bonds. The City shall issue no other bonds or obligations of any kind or nature payable from or enjoying a lien on the Net Revenues of the Tax having priority over or parity with the Bonds , except that (1) the City expressly authorized to issue the remaining principal amount of the $50,000,000 in bonds secured by the

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Shown are areas of precipitation and high temperatures for the day.

24-hour total Month to date Normal month to date year to date Normal year to date

HIGH

9:10p 3:12p 4:57a 7:28a 11:02a 10:09a 12:10p

6:50 a.m. 7:20 p.m. 6:13 a.m. 7:04 p.m.

FIRST

SEP 18

98 86 98 54 87 107 81 91 93

TODAY Lo

75 64 80 45 76 86 71 80 71

FULL

LAST

SEP 26

t pc t r sh s r t t

OCT 3

99 77 96 57 88 105 81 92 91

FRI. Lo

79 59 80 49 75 82 70 80 72

t s t r sh s sh t t

FT.

LOW

YESTERDAY

TODAY

READING 44 MAIN POLLUTANT Ozone

MAIN POLLUTANT Particulates

GOOD

PRECIPITATION

92°/76° 90°/72° 89°/60° 98° in 1902 55° in 1918

TODAY’S TIDES Lake Pontchartrain (Tchefuncte River) Shell Beach South Point, Marsh Island Cypremort Point Grand Isle (Barataria Pass) Mississippi River (Southwest Pass) Wine Island

New Orleans 88/76

Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

92° 75°

High/low Normal high/low Last year’s high/low Record high Record low

Hattiesburg 92/73

Alexandria 95/73

Lafayette 90/75

LOW

Lafayette through 5 p.m. Wednesday

Jackson 95/74 Many 95/71

LOW

TEMPERATURE

Longview 96/74

-0s

90° 75°

Monroe 97/74

Shreveport 98/75

-10s

LOW

Well, today is the height of hurricane season, and as we look out over the Atlantic basin, there is nothing identified with the potential for developing into a tropical system. Locally, however, the tropical moisture that we’ve been experiencing continues to filter into Louisiana and several Gulf Coast states. So again today, expect some mostly sunny to partly cloudy, hot and humid conditions with a light breeze and isolated rain and storms. Scattered showers and storms are expected tomorrow and again on Saturday.

Trace 1.25” 1.73” 45.04” 45.41”

FT.

HIGH

0.7 6:49a 0.2 1.7 11:50p 0.7 2.0 8:26a 1.5 1.7 12:05a 0.4 1.3 8:29p 0.6 1.6 6:32p 0.7 1.6 9:31p 0.8

FT.

SOURCE: LOUISIANA DEQ AND AIRNOW.GOV

LOW

FT.

--- ----- ----- ----- --3:30p 2.1 8:53p 0.5 5:24p 1.6 12:25p 1.3 --- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ---

The solunar period schedule allows planning days so you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during those times. Major periods begin at the times shown and last for 1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are shorter. MAJOR MINOR MAJOR MINOR

Today 11:14a 5:02a 11:38p 5:26p Friday 12:00p 5:48a 12:23p 6:11p Saturday 12:25a 6:36a 12:47p 6:58p Sunday 1:14a 7:25a 1:37p 7:48p Monday 2:05a 8:17a 2:28p 8:40p Tuesday 2:57a 9:10a 3:22p 9:34p Wednesday 3:51a 10:03a 4:16p 10:28p

City

New Orleans Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Raleigh St. Louis San Diego Tampa

88 92 89 108 78 93 78 85 92

TODAY Lo

76 76 70 88 61 73 68 72 77

t t t pc t s r s t

90 92 83 105 77 94 82 80 90

FRI. Lo

77 76 63 86 64 70 70 72 79

t t pc t pc t pc s t

Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.

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Tax as approved by the Louisiana State Bond Commission on July 16, 2026 in one or more additional tranches on a parity with the Bonds, and each tranche shall be considered Additional Parity Bonds for purposes of this Bond Ordinance, and (2) bonds secured by the Tax may hereafter be issued on a parity with the Bonds under the following conditions: (a) The Bonds and any Additional Parity Bonds, or any part thereof, including interest, Administrative Fee, and redemption premiums thereon, may be refunded and the refunding bonds so issued shall enjoy complete equality of lien with the portion of the Bonds which is not refunded, if there be any, and the refunding bonds shall continue to enjoy whatever priority of lien over subsequent issues that may have been enjoyed by the Bonds refunded, provided, however, that if only a portion of Bonds outstanding is so refunded and the refunding bonds require total principal and interest payments during any Bond Year in excess of the principal and interest which would have been required in such Bond Year to pay the Bonds refunded thereby, then such Bonds may not be refunded without the consent of the Owners of the unrefunded portion of the Bonds issued hereunder (provided such consent shall not be required if such refunding bonds meet the requirements set forth in clause (b) below). (b) Additional Parity Bonds may also be issued, and such Additional Parity Bonds shall be on a parity with the Bonds herein authorized, if all of the following conditions are met: (i) The average annual revenues derived by the City from the Tax when computed for the last two (2) calendar years immediately preceding the issuance of the bonds must have been not less than 1.35 times the highest combined principal and interest requirements for any succeeding calendar year period on all Bonds then outstanding, including any additional parity bonds theretofore issued and then outstanding, and any other bonds or other obligations whatsoever then outstanding which are payable from the Tax (but not including bonds which have been refunded or provision otherwise made for their full payment and redemption) and the additional bonds so proposed to be issued; (ii) The payments to be made into the various funds provided for in Section 11 hereof must be current; (iii) The existence of the facts required by paragraphs (i) and (ii) above must be determined and certified to by an Executive Officer or by an independent firm of certified public accountants who have previously audited the books of the City or by such successors thereof as may have been employed for that purpose. SECTION 17. Fidelity Bonds for Officers and Employees. So long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid, the City shall require all of its officers and employees who may be in a position of authority or in possession of money derived from the collection of the Tax, to obtain or be covered by a blanket fidelity or faithful performance bond, or independent fidelity bonds written by a responsible indemnity company in amounts adequate to protect the City from loss. SECTION 18. Amendments to Bond Ordinance. No material modification or amendment of this Bond Ordinance, or of any ordinance amendatory hereof or supplemental hereto, may be made without the consent in writing of the Owners of two-thirds (2/3) of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment shall permit a change in the maturity of the Bonds or the redemption provisions thereof, or a reduction in the rate of interest thereon, or the promise of the City to pay the principal of and the interest on the Bonds as the same shall come due from the Net Revenues of the Tax, or reduce the percentage of owners required to consent to any material modification or amendment of this Bond Ordinance, without the consent of the Owner or Owners of the Bonds. SECTION 19. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Bonds. Lost, destroyed or improperly cancelled Bonds may be replaced in the manner set forth in the Act. In case any such lost, destroyed or improperly cancelled Bond has become or is about to become due and payable, the City in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Bond, pay such Bond. Upon the issuance of any replacement Bond under this Section, the City may require the payment by the Owner of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Paying Agent) connected therewith. Every new Bond issued pursuant to this section in lieu of any lost, destroyed or improperly cancelled bond shall constitute a replacement of the prior obligation of the City, whether or not the lost, destroyed or improperly cancelled bond shall be at any time enforceable by anyone. The obligation of the City on any replacement bonds shall be identical as its obligation upon the original bonds, and the rights of the holder shall be the same as those conferred by the original bonds. SECTION 20. Discharge of Bond Ordinance. If the City shall pay

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or cause to be paid, or there shall be paid to the Owners, the principal of and interest and Administrative Fee on the Bonds, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Bond Ordinance, then the pledge of the Tax or any other money, securities, and funds pledged under this Bond Ordinance and all covenants, agreements, and other obligations of the City to the Owners of Bonds shall thereupon cease, terminate, and become void and be discharged and satisfied, and the Paying Agent shall pay over or deliver all money held by it under this Bond Ordinance to the City. SECTION 21. Defeasance. Bonds or interest installments for the payment of which money or Government Securities shall have been set aside and shall be held in trust (through deposit by the City of funds for such payment or otherwise) at the maturity date thereof shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section. Bonds shall be deemed to have been paid, prior to their maturity, within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section if they have been defeased pursuant to Chapter 14 of Title 39 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, or any successor provisions thereto. SECTION 22. Events of Default. Each of the following events shall be “Events of Default” under this Bond Ordinance: (i) if default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of the principal of any Bond when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity or otherwise; or (ii) if default shall be made in the due and punctual payment of any installment of interest on any Bond when and as such interest installment shall become due and payable; or (iii) if default shall be made by the City in the performance or observance of any other of the covenants, agreements or conditions on its part in this Bond Ordinance, any supplemental ordinance or in the Bond, and such default shall continue for a period of forty-five (45) days after written notice thereof to the City by the Owners of not less than 25% of the Bond Obligation; or (iv) if the City shall file a petition or otherwise seek relief under any Federal or State bankruptcy law or similar law. Upon the happening and continuance of any Event of Default, the Owners of the Bond shall be entitled to exercise all rights and powers for which provision is made under State law. Under no circumstances may the principal or interest of the Bonds or any portion thereof be accelerated. All remedies shall be cumulative with respect to the Paying Agent and the Owners; if any remedial action is discontinued or abandoned, the Paying Agent and the Owners shall be restored to the former positions. SECTION 23. Successor Paying Agent; Paying Agent Agreement. The City will at all times maintain a Paying Agent meeting the qualifications hereinafter described for the performance of the duties hereunder for the Bonds. The designation of the initial Paying Agent in this Bond Ordinance is hereby confirmed and approved. The City reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent by (a) filing with the Person then performing such function a certified copy of an ordinance or ordinance giving notice of the termination of the Agreement and appointing a successor and (b) causing notice to be given to each Owner. Every Paying Agent appointed hereunder shall at all times be a bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. The Executive Officers are hereby authorized to execute an appropriate Agreement with the Paying Agent for and on behalf of the City, if required, in such form as may be satisfactory to said officers, the signatures of said officers on such Agreement to be conclusive evidence of the due exercise of the authority granted hereunder. SECTION 24. Effect of Registration. The City, the Paying Agent, and any agent of either of them may treat the Owner in whose name any Bond is registered as the Owner of such Bond for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal (and redemption price) of and interest on such Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever, and to the extent permitted by law, neither the City, the Paying Agent, nor any agent of either of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary. SECTION 25. Notices to Owners. Wherever this Bond Ordinance provides for notice to Owners of Bonds of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first class postage prepaid, or delivered via accepted means of electronic communication to each Owner of such Bonds at the address of such Owner as it appears in the Bond Register. In any case where notice to Owners of Bonds is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice to any particular Owner of Bonds, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to all other Bonds. Where this Bond Ordinance provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Owner entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Owners shall be filed with the Paying Agent, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the

GOOD

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MISSISSIPPI Memphis Vidalia-Natchez Red River Landing Baton Rouge Donaldsonville Reserve New Orleans OHIO Cairo COMITE Near Olive AMITE Near Darlington Denham Springs Port Vincent TICKFAW Montpelier Holden ATCHAFALAYA Simmesport Melville Krotz Springs Butte La Rose Bayou Sorrel Morgan City

FLOOD STAGE

34 48 48 35 27 22 17

WED. 24-HOUR STAGE CHANGE

-2.80 18.90 22.30 8.80 5.00 4.43 3.20

+0.29 -1.28 -1.10 -0.90 -0.30 -0.15 -0.14

13.93

+0.47

-1.44

+0.01

18 29 8

-0.94 10.46 2.15

-0.05 +0.52 +0.22

13 15

1.48 0.98

+0.01 +0.26

47 34 29 20 12 6

8.62 5.93 4.17 4.49 3.40 2.20

-0.74 -0.46 -0.47 -0.20 -0.20 +0.20

data as of 7 a.m. Wednesday

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validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. SECTION 26. Cancellation of Bonds. All Bonds surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or replacement, if surrendered to the Paying Agent, shall be promptly cancelled by it and, if surrendered to the City, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent. The City may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent for cancellation any Bonds previously registered and delivered which the City may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Bonds so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Paying Agent. All cancelled Bonds held by the Paying Agent shall be disposed of as directed in writing by the City. SECTION 27. Deposit of Bond Proceeds. All of the proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds, which shall be paid in installments by the Department in the manner set forth in the Loan Agreement, shall be deposited by the City in a Construction Fund (the “Construction Fund”). The funds in the Construction Fund shall be used solely for the purposes for which the Bonds were issued and in the manner set forth in the Loan Agreement. SECTION 28. Davis-Bacon Wage Rate Requirements. The City agrees that all laborers and mechanics employed by contractors and subcontractors on the portion of the project that is funded in whole or in part with the Bonds purchased by the Department shall be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality of the City as determined by the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) in accordance with Subchapter IV of Chapter 31 of Title 40, United States Code. DOL provides all pertinent information related to compliance with the foregoing requirements, including prevailing wage rates and instructions for reporting. The City will ensure that all construction contracts relating to the portion of the Project that is funded in whole or in part with Bonds purchased by the Department will require that the contractor comply with the aforesaid wage and reporting requirements. This section shall not apply to “force account” work where the City may perform construction work using its own employees rather than any contractor or subcontractor. SECTION 29. Publication. A copy of this Bond Ordinance shall be published immediately after its adoption in one issue of the official journal of the City. It shall not be necessary to publish the exhibits to this Bond Ordinance but such exhibits shall be made available for public inspection at the offices of the City at reasonable times and such fact must be stated in the publication within the official journal. SECTION 30. Disclosure Under SEC Rule 15c2-12. The City is not required at this time to comply with the continuing disclosure requirements described in the Rule 15c2-12(b) of the Securities and Exchange Commission [17 CFR 240.15c2-12(b)]. SECTION 31. Section Headings. The headings of the various sections hereof are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof. SECTION 32. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions of this Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Bond Ordinance or of the Bonds, but this Bond Ordinance and the Bonds shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provisions had not been contained therein. Any constitutional or statutory provision enacted after the date of this Bond Ordinance which validates or makes legal any provision of this Bond Ordinance and/or the Bonds which would not otherwise be valid or legal, shall be deemed to apply to this Bond Ordinance and to the Bonds. SECTION 33. Effective Date. This Bond Ordinance shall become effective upon signature of the Mayor, or, in the event of veto, upon readoption by the Governing Authority. The foregoing ordinance having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows: YEAS: Councilman Moreau, Councilman Goodwin, Councilman Montoucet, Councilman Domingue, Councilman Roy NAYS: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: None And the ordinance was declared adopted, on this, the 3rd day of September, 2026. /s/ Shelley M. Gautreau City Clerk

/s/ Jan-Scott Richard Mayor

EXHIBIT A (FORM OF BOND) to this ordinance has not been published. This Exhibit is on file with the minutes of the City Council, 125 Lions Club Road, Scott, Louisiana 70583, and is available for inspection during regular business hours weekdays, Monday through Friday. 200010-685433-sept 10-1t $ 970.00