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LSU student Kara Kersey smiles as a periwinkle snail comes out of its shell and crawls around her finger during a field research trip at Grand Isle State Park on Sept. 6.

LSU students analyze snails for what they reveal about Louisiana’s coast

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St. George expands its Planning and Zoning Commission

BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer

Ankle-deep in the muck, LSU students combed through tall grass in the brackish marsh of Grand Isle, searching for snails. They were looking for specimens that had been tagged and color-coded earlier in the summer. The retrieved snails would serve as “bioindicators,” cluing scientists into how the black mangrove — a heat-loving tropical shrub — affects the habitat as it advances into Louisiana wetlands amid rising global temperatures. “It’s going to be a needle in the haystack,” LSU graduate student Ahmani Browne, who is leading the project, told the students. With the collected marsh periwinkle snails, he and his team of undergraduates will study changes in their physiology, from shell length and weight to the shape of their teeth and the microbes in

WASHINGTON — Baton Rouge’s Democratic congressman, Cleo Fields, is somewhat sanguine entering the ﬁnal furlongs of the Nov. 3 congressional midterm races. He knows he is at the center of a legal and political battle that could cause the sharpest decrease in Black representation on Capitol Hill in recent years. But he also hopes for an energization of the African American community that could propel Democratic control of the House. “We’re going to lose some members of Congress,” including himself, Fields said. “But I’m sure the Democrats will win a majority.” Fields About a third of the seats drawn to help elect 61 African Americans to Congress were redrawn because of the April 29 Louisiana v. Callais decision in the U.S. Supreme Court. That ruling allowed Republican-led states to redraw districts that had favored Black candidates, most of whom are Democrats, into ones that Carter are much more conservative and favor Republicans. Fields’ district was at the core of that ruling. He was elected to the House in 2024, only to have a 6-3 Supreme Court find in Callais that his 6th Congressional District was unconstitutionally

Gianna Rodriguez, from left, Ava Pitcher and Ahmani Browne look for marsh periwinkle snails at Grand Isle State Park on Sept. 6. their feces. The characteristics will reveal how the mollusks and their ecosystem are responding to the encroaching black mangrove population. But first the researchers needed to find the snails. It was a stifling day in the Louisiana humidity in September, and many students were farther south in the Gulf than they had ever visited. The raised houses of the fishing community of Grand Isle broke up an otherwise empty skyline.

“The real Louisiana, this is it,” freshman Gianna Rodriguez said. Fieldwork was not a requirement. The students, who are taking a biology lab course at LSU, all volunteered to show up. They said they wanted an experience to add to their resumes, as well as the opportunity to spend a day in the environment they would be studying that semester. They got braver as the minutes wore on, growing accustomed to

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‘We want to be proactive in development and growth’

BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD Staff writer

The city of St. George is expanding its Planning and Zoning Commission, adding two more commissioners and potentially having more frequent meetings. The City Council unanimously passed an ordinance last week that would bring the total number of commissioners from five to seven. In August 2024, when the original five commissioners were appointed, the City Council had five members as well. But St. George expanded the number of council members to seven when it held its first municipal elections in March 2025. Now, the plan is to once again have the same

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Trump to remove 10% tariff on Irish whiskey

DOONBEG, Ireland — President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey. Trump said during the trophy ceremony for the Irish Open that he had been asked about the issue by everyone, including some of the golfers. “Everybody’s been bugging me” to do it, the Republican president said. “And I said, ‘On behalf of the United States of America, I am going to take the tariffs off’ ” Irish whiskey. Irish whiskey currently faces the standard tariff imposed by Trump on most imports from the European Union, which was reduced from 15% to 10% in July. Trump announced in May that he was lifting certain tariffs on U.K. whiskey, which includes Scotch and spirits made in Northern Ireland. Trump’s apparent surprise announcement at the conclusion of the tournament was met with loud whistling and cheers from the crowd of spectators. Details on how soon the tariff would be lifted were not immediately available.

Wis. congressman’s plane lands in lake WAUSAU, Wis. — U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, a candidate for Wisconsin governor, wiped away tears and laughed while sharing how thankful he was Sunday to survive a harrowing late-night emergency landing into a lake of the small plane he was riding in. The pilot “said we are going down,” Tiffany, a Republican, told reporters at a downtown Wausau firehouse. “‘Pull your seat belt tight.’ I gave it a yank and pulled it good and tight. It was probably about 10 seconds later … we hit the water.” Tiffany said he and the pilot, Leonard Boltz, remained on top of the plane in Lake Wausau until it began sinking before deciding to try and swim to shore. He said they swam about 100 to 150 feet until they reached water shallow enough to stand in. The Marathon County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce said in a statement that the emergency landing happened just before 9 p.m. Saturday. Boltz called 911 after the pair got out of the plane. Tiffany, 68, said he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner when the single-engine, four-seat Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport. Tiffany said he suffered a cut above his right eye that required 12 stitches. Boltz, who Tiffany said is a retired Air Force pilot, also suffered cuts and received four stitches. A no-wake buoy was placed near the plane, which remained in the lake, and boaters were being asked to avoid the area until the plane can be removed, the sheriff’s ofﬁce said.

Trespasser reported at Harris’ Malibu home A trespasser was reported Friday night at former Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in Malibu, California, law enforcement ofﬁcials and a Harris spokesperson said. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies responded to her home around 10:30 p.m. after her private security detail made a “suspicious person” call, the department said. When they arrived, they made contact with the person and advised them to leave, the sheriff’s department said. The person left voluntarily without incident. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, were not home, according to her spokesperson, Eduardo Negrón. Negrón said the individual “illegally entered” the couple’s property and was stopped by security before reaching the home. Former vice presidents typically receive federal government protection for six months after leaving ofﬁce, while former presidents receive protection for life. Then-President Joe Biden extended Harris’ protection beyond the traditional six months, but President Donald Trump revoked the extension last August. It otherwise would have ended this summer.

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A fruit seller waits for customers Saturday at Tajrish Square in northern Tehran.

Iran’s talks with neighbors delayed after ship struck

er the U.S. struck the Iranian cargo vesCommercial vessel hit sel early Sunday in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump said: “I don’t want to say.” He in the Strait of Hormuz then boarded Air Force One to head back

BY SAMY MAGDY, SALLY ABOU ALJOUD and CARA ANNA Associated Press

CAIRO — An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, and a plan by Tehran to brief neighboring countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping in the strait was postponed. The attack, which the reports said killed one and wounded four, drew attention back to the strait after threats to shipping in the region intensified last week when Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured an island on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea. Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency quoted the Qeshm governor as blaming a “terrorist enemy” for Sunday’s attack. There was no immediate comment by the U.S. military, which has struck Iranian-flagged vessels during its blockade of Iranian ports and faces a new threat from Iranian ballistic missiles launched at its warships. Qeshm Island, about 14 miles from the port city of Bandar Abbas, is key to Iran asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz. Hours before the attack, Iran’s government remained defiant. “Our people can’t be bullied into submission. Iran won’t surrender,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said in a social media post. President Donald Trump disagreed, saying on Sunday that Iran “wants to make a deal so bad” that “they’re calling constantly.” Trump spoke at his golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland, where he was attending a tournament. Later, when asked by a reporter wheth-

to Washington. Iran had said foreign ministers from regional countries would meet Monday in Oman to discuss efforts by Iran and Oman, located on the other side of the strait, to manage shipping on it. But the foreign minister of Oman, Badr Albusaidi, said on X late Sunday that the meeting had been postponed “in the interests of consensus.” “We remain committed to fostering dialogue that supports stability and lasting cooperation in our region,” Albusaidi said. Commercial ship traffic remains low in the Strait of Hormuz as attacks continue on what was seen as an international waterway before the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations monitor said Sunday that a vessel was hit by a projectile while transiting the strait, though it wasn’t clear if this was referring to the attack Iran had reported off Qeshm. The monitor said a severe fire had broken out and that local authorities were evacuating those on board. The U.S. has asserted that plenty of oil is getting out as its military helps to guide ships along Oman’s coast, at the risk of being struck. Before the meeting in Oman was postponed, only Iraq had publicly confirmed plans to attend. Bahrain had said it would not attend, citing a lack of diplomatic relations with Tehran. Since early in the war, Iran has expressed interest in having ships pay fees for transit. It has said traffic into the Persian Gulf would pass through Iranian waters, while the outbound route would pass partly through Iranian waters and partly through Oman’s.

Johnson says $5K ‘dividend’ needs Congress’ approval Trump wants to send American adults money if GoP prevails in midterms

BY ABDULNASSER ALSEDDIK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press

ADEN, Yemen — The conflict in Yemen intensified on Sunday, as government forces launched attacks against Iran-backed Houthi rebels along the Red Sea and Houthis fired into neighboring Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen’s government. The Yemeni government vowed to send more forces to the Red Sea coast and one official conceded a “painful” defeat last week when Houthis captured the port city of Mokha and an island on the Bab elMandeb Strait, a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz. The escalation — especially Houthi attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure and its shipping in the Red Sea — adds pressure on global oil supplies and prices, and that could give Iran leverage in its war with the United States. As Yemen risks descending into another civil war, the United Nations estimated that more than 80,000 people in the impoverished country have been displaced by the fighting since the start of September. One woman said a mortar shell fell nearby as she fled in the middle of the night from the town of Khawkha in Hodeida province along the Red Sea, shortly before it was captured by Houthis. “I saw with my own eyes cars and buses burning, and bodies of children and women were lying on the road in a horrific scene,” said the woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern for her and

her family’s safety. Saudi authorities sounded sirens Sunday afternoon in the southern city of Abha and Khamis Mushait province, warning residents to take shelter from potential incoming fire. The Houthis claimed to have used drones and missiles to target Saudi Arabia, including a military base just over the border with Yemen. Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree didn’t provide evidence or say when the attack occurred. The Saudi civil defense overnight said a projectile fell in a different area near the border with Yemen along the Red Sea, injuring two people and damaging a mosque and several other buildings. The statement blamed the Houthis. The National Resistance, a government-allied force that had controlled coastal areas, said more than 500 government fighters were killed on the west coast over the past four weeks — its first comprehensive toll. Sultan al-Arada, a member of the ruling presidential leadership council, described the collapse of government forces in the port city of Mokha and elsewhere on Yemen’s west coast as “painful and regrettable.” He said in the televised interview aired late Saturday that forces “are currently regrouping and will return to the battle.” On Sunday, Rashad alAlimi, who leads the presidential council, sought to downplay the defeats as “incidental,” according to comments published by the country’s state-run SABA news agency. The government, he said, “will remain clear and fixed on the goal of retrieving (state) institutions and of reclaiming sovereignty over all national territories.”

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Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to make it happen. Trump made the unusual pitch at the party’s midterm convention in Dallas last week, promising a “Trump Dividend” if voters keep the GOP in power on Capitol Hill. The president later told CBS News Texas that he did not think Congress would need to authorize the payments, though he did not specify how he could spend more than $1 trillion without lawmakers’ authorization. But Johnson, R-Benton, said congressional approval is needed. “I would assume, yes, he’d need Congress to act, and that’s a creative idea,” he said. A few hours later, Trump said he would deliver on his promise. “The 5,000’s going to happen, 100%,” he told reporters before boarding Air Force One in Ireland, where he attended a pro golf tournament at his resort. Johnson, meanwhile, said he would work to get Trump’s proposal through Congress despite a small Republican margin. “He’s the big-ideas president. We’re going to try to implement everything we can,” he said. “I commit that Congress will work through it and ﬁnd consensus

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on that like they have to do everything else.” Johnson appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The dubious election-year gambit could cost more than $1 trillion, putting further strains on the country’s nearly $1.8 trillion annual budget deficit and exacerbating concerns of inflation. The economy is confronted by persistent inflation and increasing interest rates, a tough combination for governing Republicans as they seek to hold on to control of Congress. The president argues that payments would be possible because of the strong economy, but consumer sentiment is weak as gasoline prices rise because of the war with Iran and wages struggle to keep pace with inflation. Trump told reporters earlier Sunday that the payments would be “easy enough” because the United States has a strong economy. “We can easily handle that because we’re taking in so much money,” he said. “We’ve never done better.”

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President calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel has ramped up He says attacks itsRussia air campaign against Ukraine in recent weeks, on refineries are using ballistic missiles jet-powered drones to causing a global and pierce Ukraine’s defenses. Moscow’s attacks have tarshortage geted Ukraine’s power grid

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KYIV, Ukraine — President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil reﬁneries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. He spoke after diesel prices in the U.S. hit a record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average. Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with longrange strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July, removing supplies from the already tight global market. But the global crunch also came after the war on Iran curtailed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Zelenskyy following his recent conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. He responded by calling on Zelenskyy to halt strikes against Russia. “Mr. Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Irish Open, which is being played at his Doonbeg golf club. “We spoke to Mr. Zelenskyy about it. There are plenty of other targets. Don’t hit diesel fuel, because that’s hurting, that’s hurting the world,” he said.

Gulf diesel exports down According to a report published Friday by the International Energy Agency, net exports of diesel and gasoil from the Gulf countries in August stood at “just over a quarter” of what they were before the war on Iran began in February. “Disruptions to Russia’s reﬁning system and a nearhalt to product exports following intensified Ukrainian attacks have compounded these losses,” the IEA wrote. It added that in February, combined next exports of diesel and gasoil from the Gulf and Russia “accounted for almost 45% of global seaborne trade.” Kyiv says Russia’s oil industry both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

ahead of winter in what ofﬁcials say is meant to demoralize civilians. Civilians were killed and injured overnight into Sunday as Russia and Ukraine exchanged large-scale drone strikes. Two people were killed and 14 more wounded near an oil and industrial hub in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local ofﬁcials.

Ukraine targets oil sites The two Russian civilians died after a drone slammed into a tree near their parked car in the city of Nizhnekamsk, according to the office of regional head Rustam Minnikhanov. Nizhnekamsk houses a key cluster of oil refineries and other industrial plants. Mayor Radmir Belyaev said that a fire had broken out at an unspecified “enterprise.” Ukraine also claimed to have hit a major oil refinery in Slavyansk-onKuban, in Russia’s Krasnodar region near Crimea. The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine agency said its drones struck a key oil processing unit and the refinery’s tank farm overnight into Sunday. Krasnodar authorities said the strike on “an enterprise” in Slavyanskon-Kuban injured three people and damaged an oil pipeline

Russia targets Odesa In Ukraine, at least nine people were injured in a “massive” Russian nighttime attack on Odesa, according to Serhii Lysak from the city’s military administration. A Russian drone attack on Saturday struck a residential high-rise in Odesa, killing two people and injuring 26 others, Ukrainian ofﬁcials said. Russian overnight strikes also pounded western Ukraine, though there were no immediate reports of casualties. One drone set ﬁre to a gas station near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing with Poland, according to Ukraine’s top diplomat and a spokesperson for the local customs force. “This is Putin’s terror ‘knocking’ directly on the doors of the EU and NATO. Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X.

DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout Clancy juror BY JESSICA SCHLADEBECK new york daily news (TnS)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending the lone juror who refused to vote to acquit Lindsay Clancy of murder in the killing of her three children. The juror, who has not been identified, singlehandedly prevented a unanimous not-guilty verdict in the case, splitting the panel 11-1 on whether to ﬁnd Clancy not guilty because of mental disease or defect following a sevenweek, high-proﬁle trial in a Massachusetts. As a result, the judge declared a mistrial, and it is still unclear whether Clancy will be retried. While the holdout has not identified himself, others jurors revealed that he was Black and in his 30s. Then, NBC10 Boston reported Friday that he was charged in 2021 for allegedly assaulting his then-wife. His 13-year-old nephew apparently told police he saw the man grab his wife by the throat and throw her into the dresser. The charge was later dismissed, and

the couple divorced. In a social media post on Friday, DeSantis accused the media of launching a smear campaign against the juror. “A man objected to allowing a woman to kill her three young kids and get away with it, so NBC is trying to smear that juror, whose identity should be protected. Another low for legacy media,” DeSantis wrote on X in response to the NBC10 report. “If the juror is being harassed, Florida will provide asylum — I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated,” the governor added. Clancy has never denied killing her children, but her attorney argued she only did so because she suffered from postpartum psychosis. Clancy strangled all three of her kids — Cora, 5, Dawson 3, and Callan, 8 months — with exercise bands, and then tried to take her own life under the fog of a mental health crisis, the defense contended. Prosecutors, meanwhile, argued she was aware of her actions and their consequences.

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Meta data centers operate Sept. 5 near Social Circle, Ga.

Trump downplays need to check AI development He doesn’t want to cede edge to China

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE and DIDI TANG Associated Press

DUBLIN — President Donald Trump on Sunday played down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence, saying he worried about ceding America’s edge over China in a global competition and that winning would help would address the risks from the advancing technology. While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify, though industry pioneers have raised such concerns. “We can put guardrails, we can do this and that, but I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that … shouldn’t be bringing it up, and they’re bringing up things that won’t happen,” Trump told reporters during weekend trip to Ireland. “But whoever wins with AI wins.” The Republican president spoke a day after Dario Amodei, CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic, said the industry should put the brakes on its fast-moving development to give safety measures time to catch up. Other tech leaders, including Elon Musk and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, publicly agreed with Amodei. Asked by a reporter if the industry should slow down or be regulated, Trump said after watching a golfer tee off in the Irish Open at his resort in Doonbeg that the United States is leading China in the development of AI and “frankly, I want to keep it that way because whoever wins AI wins.” Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to visit the U.S. later in September to meet with Trump, and AI likely will be among the items they discuss. AI has become a major election-year issue in the U.S. as some of the country’s largest companies seed small towns with a national network of computing warehouses while Americans from both parties increasingly raise alarms about less farmland and water supplies and rising electricity bills. Trump has kept up his support for data centers even as both Republicans and Democrats run from them and many communities try to block them. Former President Barack Obama, a Democrat, said his party should make AI a campaign issue. “I would talk about this, and I would say, ‘Here’s our plan for safety, here’s our plan for making sure our kids are not corrupted by this.’ … I would be thinking about the economic impacts in very concrete ways and understanding what does it mean if there’s going to be job displacement. Where is

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President donald Trump, left, presents the trophy to Shane Lowry of Ireland during the Irish open golf tournament at Trump International Golf Links in doonbeg, Ireland, on Sunday.

that going to hit? How are we going to respond?” he said at an event last week with the top Democrat in the U.S. House, New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, according to a transcript released by his ofﬁce. Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic

Council at the White House, said he expects meetings will be held this week involving administration ofﬁcials who oversee cyber and science and technology policy to discuss the next steps. Trump also could meet with members of Congress, some of whom have also been sounding alarms about the fast pace of AI development. “I think the president wants to hear from them as well,” Hassett said. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, acknowledged the need for “some guardrails, some safety measures” so AI “doesn’t run away.” But, like Trump, he also wants to ensure the U.S. does not “lose our edge in the global competition on this with China because that would be a national security threat.” Johnson said industry leaders need to be summoned for “one big meeting and work this out together in the same room.” He said he has discussed the issue with

Trump and believes a meeting held quickly should be the “next step.” “So we’re going to pull everybody together and make sure we do this in the right way,” Johnson said, adding that it is a “top priority for me and for the Congress.” “But we don’t need everybody to panic right now,” Johnson said. Jeffries criticized Republican leaders for allowing members to go back to their districts for the ﬁnal part of September. “We should take decisive action now so that we can slow down, as the CEOs have recently acknowledged, … the pace of development in order to protect the American people and ensure that AI is proceeding safely,” Jeffries said. Action on AI will be a “high priority” when House Democrats meet Tuesday as a group. Neither Johnson nor Jeffries provided concrete steps about what Congress might do.

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DOJ struggles to get felony convictions against protesters BY JAIMIE DING and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions. All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. Experts say that’s surprising for a department known for its ability to win at trial. The last three felony assault cases, in Los Angeles and Portland, will go to trial this fall. The dismal record has raised questions about rushed investigations and aggressive charging tactics by prosecutors under pressure to show the Trump administration is cracking down on people who assault law enforcement. It comes as the Justice Department is facing broader setbacks in politically charged investigations, with grand juries repeatedly refusing to return indictments and trial juries granting acquittals. “Prosecutors tend to win because they control what cases they pursue and they have a lot of resources and discretion,” said Mary Fan, a former federal prosecutor and law professor at the University of Washington. The fact that the government failed to win any felony assault convictions at trial calls into question “whether or not these charges should have ever been brought in the ﬁrst place,” she said.

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Protesters clash with authorities in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025, following an immigration raid protest.

AP tracked 167 arrests

onstrate good behavior. The AP’s analysis shows that the Justice Department’s record failed to meaningfully improve since December, when an initial assessment showed early struggles to prosecute people on the charges for which they were arrested. The Justice Department said federal prosecutors are right to prioritize cases against people accused of assaulting federal ofﬁcers and that “each case is based on the facts.” “If there are mitigating factors identiﬁed in a case, then prosecutors must also act appropriately to inform the court, and in some cases downgrade or drop charges,” the department said.

The Associated Press’ analysis focused on arrests made during protests last summer and fall in L.A., Chicago, Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. — cities with signiﬁcant protests where President Donald Trump sought to or successfully deployed the National Guard. Most of the arrests — 102 — were for felony assault on a federal ofﬁcer, which can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. Of those cases, 41% were dismissed and 34% were pleaded down to misdemeanors. Ten people pleaded guilty to felony assault. Nine people got prison time. Of those arrested on other charges, seven were sentenced to prison for offenses including arson and Juries, judges unconvinced obstructing law enforcement. A It’s rare for federal prosecutors handful of defendants have diver- to lose at trial. In 2024, 82% of desion agreements, meaning their fendants charged with felony or case will be dismissed if they dem- misdemeanor assault were con-

victed at trial or with a plea deal, according to data from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. AP’s analysis found that less than half of the protesters charged for either felony or misdemeanor assault were convicted. In Portland, a jury couldn’t reach agreement on felony assault charges for Oriana Korol, who was playing clarinet in a marching band demonstrating outside the city’s ICE building last October when a scuffle involving officers broke out. Officers pepper sprayed her and pushed her to the ground, where she struck one with her foot, according to court documents. After a mistrial, prosecutors filed a reduced misdemeanor assault charge. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced Sept. 1 to time served and one year of supervised release. Michael Rabbitt was among six co-defendants accused of felony conspiracy to impede a government vehicle from accessing an ICE facility near Chicago last September. The vehicle slowly advanced despite being surrounded by protesters, leading some to put their hands on it, Rabbitt said. After the government dismissed charges against two of the defendants, defense attorneys requested transcripts of the grand jury proceedings that led to the conspiracy indictment. The government eventually dropped the conspiracy charge and proceeded on misdemeanor counts of impeding a federal officer. The judge later reviewed the unredacted transcripts and admonished prosecutors for improper behavior before the grand jury.

The charges were dismissed days before trial. Rabbitt said he was proud they fought the charges. “This case was bigger than us,” he said. “I’m proud that we won this case, not just for us, but for protesters across the country.”

Misdemeanors instead Though many federal criminal cases end in plea deals, some legal experts say it’s rare for felony assault to be pleaded down and may signal overcharging — filing a more severe initial charge so defendants will be more willing to plead guilty to one with a lighter sentence. “I think when prosecutors bring charges ethically, they should be prepared to prove them beyond a reasonable doubt,” said Laurie Levenson, a former federal prosecutor who is a professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. The U.S. Attorney’s office overseeing Los Angeles said it brought the prosecutions in response to a “wave of violence against law enforcement officers who were doing their jobs.” It voluntarily dismissed charges against some defendants after further investigation, it said. L.A. prosecutors have arrested three additional people for felony assault at immigration-related protests this year. One pleaded guilty to a felony and two to misdemeanors. In Chicago, all but one of 19 felony assault cases were dismissed. The U.S. Attorney’s offices in the Northern District of Illinois, District of Columbia and Oregon did not respond to requests for comment.

Bruce Fuhrmann holds a numbered marsh periwinkle snail that was previously collected and released back into the wild for a study on how black mangroves affect snails.

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Graduate student Ahmani Browne looks for snails in between blades of cordgrass during a field research trip at Grand Isle State Park on Sunday.

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Continued from page 1A a boot getting stuck here and there. They stopped to wriggle their foot out of the mire and then crouched again to resume the arduous task of inspecting the plants and mud. “The marsh is like quicksand,” Browne warned the group as they ventured out. The increasing number of black mangroves, triggered by warmer winters, does not necessarily spell doom for the ecosystem, Browne said. But it does affect one of the lowest animals in its food chain — the marsh periwinkle snail — which can have a domino effect on other organisms, he explained.

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Continued from page 1A number of planning and zoning commissioners as council members, said City Council member Richie Edmonds, who sponsored the new ordinance. Along with the uniformity, Edmonds said the commission is busy, and this change will help alleviate some of the workload and also streamline developers’ requests. “We want to be proactive in development and growth,” he said. “St. George is open for business and ready to go.” The Planning and Zoning Commission hears requests

“They deposit a lot of microbiomes, which can help with the growth of the plants themselves,” he said. “They’re also food for the blue crabs and what eats the blue crabs.” By the end of the day, the group managed to retrieve 20 snails out of 200 that had been placed in the marsh with identifying numbers on their shells. The process involved separating blades of grass in each plot around Grand Isle State Park, scanning the clinging snails for man-made markings and continuing to the next patch of plants without forgetting which areas were already checked. Browne said the day provided valuable experience for the undergraduates to see up close the trial and error of conducting an experi-

ment in a natural setting rather than a lab. “You got a good introduction to fieldwork,” he said as they headed to their next location. After the field day, the students will preliminarily analyze the snails, with the experiment possibly requiring more data in the future, Browne said. They will make note of qualities like the shape of the snails’ radula, a tonguelike structure in the mouth that is covered with tiny teeth. The teeth will indicate larger trends within the environment. The marsh periwinkle snails live on cordgrass in the marsh, chewing grooves in the plants and depositing their waste in the spaces. The waste grows fungus, which the periwinkles return to graze

for conditional use permits, planned overlays, rezoning, site plans and subdivisions. The commission has worked on large development projects like the Harveston residential area, Long Farm Village and new Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic. The city also approved a complete overhaul of its zoning structure this year, and this fall will ﬁnalize a master plan to guide development. “We’re super busy,” Edmonds said. “We really want to be there for the community … and even the workload and not delay things.” Edmonds said St. George is “pro-development” and “pro-smart growth,” and the commission works with addressing the needs of both

residents and developers. The board currently meets the first Monday of each month, but Edmonds said discussions are being held about having biweekly meetings in order to move along projects. “We don’t like delays; we want to try to streamline as best as we can,” he said. Right now, the council does not have a timeline for when the two new commissioners will be appointed. Council members first will have to meet with potential commissioners, but Edmonds expects appointments to be made in the next few months. Email Claire Grunewald at claire.grunewald@ theadvocate.com.

on. The practice is known as fungal farming. But if the snails are feeding on sediment instead of grass because of the mangrove-dominated habitat, their teeth will be duller, Browne said. “Mangroves are much tougher and more chemically defended from insects,” Browne said. “They resort to eating algae or the sediment.” About 45 minutes into their expedition, the students struck gold: the ﬁrst snail of the day.

Marsh periwinkle snails rest on cordgrass at Grand Isle State Park. “I found one!” “Oh my god!” The timidity they brought to the adventure, as they introduced themselves and clambered out of an LSUbranded van, was gone. It was all celebration and relief upon seeing the little snail with a white dot and a printed number 80 on

its shell. The students glowed with excitement and clapped for their classmate. Straightening their gloves and parting the grass, they returned to the hunt. Email Haley Miller at haley.miller@theadvocate. com.

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Ferry capsizes in Indonesia’s Java Sea; at least 129 missing 6 bodies recovered as rescue operation expanded

The bottom of passenger ferry Virgo Transport 8 is seen above the water after it overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday.

BY IMAN SATRIA and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia — The search is continuing for at least 129 people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in Indonesia’ s Java Sea on Sunday. At least 108 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search operation expanded around the vessel’s last known position. The ferry, with more than 240 people on board, was traveling from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan province, on Borneo Island, ofﬁcials said. The captain had reported rough seas with waves up to 10 feet be-

ASSoCIATEd PRESS PHoTo By BASARnAS fore issuing a distress call, saying the ship was listing, said I Putu Sudayana, who heads the Banjarmasin Search and Rescue Ofﬁce. Authorities later received information indicating the vessel had overturned. The rescue agency in Banjarmasin said it received a report two hours after contact was lost with the Virgo Transport 8 at about 2 a.m. Sunday.

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Continued from page 1A gerrymandered along racial lines. Many Republicans cheered that decision. “You cannot say that we’re all created equal and that states must treat everyone equal under the law then allow the law to sort people based upon race,” Gov. Jeff Landry told CBS shortly after the decision was rendered. But others argued the ruling overturned decades of civil rights prog- Landry ress. They point out that Black residents compose roughly a third of the Louisiana’s population but, if the November election turns out as anticipated, only one of the state’s six U.S. Representatives will be Black. Legislatures in states like Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee — at the request of President Donald Trump — rushed to redraw election maps to more heavily favor the GOP. In Tennessee, for instance, lawmakers redrew the districts that represent Memphis, which is twothirds Black, to remove the state’s single Democratic representative and spread the urban population among conservative rural voters. Many Republicans, including the majority on the Supreme Court, have argued it is no longer necessary to draw majority-Black districts to protect the civil rights of Black voters. They argue it violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution to speciﬁcally favor any race in drawing electoral maps. Fields disagrees. “You can’t expect a majority White legislature in a Southern state to create lines without some federal legislation saying ‘be fair,’” Fields said. “I mean, it’s just unreasonable to expect them to do it because it’s just not going to happen.”

A rescue ship was headed to the vessel’s last known position, the agency said, and by Sunday afternoon authorities were deploying teams supported by a dozen vessels, including four navy ships, and two helicopters. Initial information indicated the vessel’s last known position was in the Java Sea, about 92 miles from Banjarmasin. The ship’s manifest said it was carrying 243 people —

Congress. The 119th Congress has 61 African American House members, 57 of whom are Democrats, and six senators. In 1965, after the Voting Rights Act was passed, the House had six Black members, none in the Senate. In the mid-1980s, 21 House members were Black — and there were still no African Americans in the Senate.

All 435 members of the U.S. House are on the ballot Nov. 3. Early voting in Louisiana begins in five weeks, starting Oct. 20 and ending Oct. 27. Republicans hold a 218 to 214 majority in the House, with one independent and two vacancies — meaning that, depending on who shows up, House Speaker Mike Johnson can’t lose the support of more than two Republicans to pass legislation. Most House incumbents will have an easy path to victory, but a handful of seats are in play and will decide if Republicans continue to hold the majority as they have since 2022. Johnson, R-Benton, has repeatedly predicted, as recently as Thursday night, that Republicans are going to easily maintain the majority after the votes are counted. But Democrats say they are confident they can win a majority. And U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, a New Orleans Democrat who is running to lead the influential Congressional Black Caucus, doesn’t concede the premise that Black representation in Congress will decline. “While redistricting may cost Black representation in some districts, we have also seen African American candidates win open seats and build multiracial coalitions in districts once represented by White members,” Carter said. “Whatever the final number, let me be abundantly clear: The Congressional Black Caucus will remain strong, united, and relentless in fighting for policies that uplift our communities and protect every Americans’ voice to participate equitably in our democracy.” Both Carter and Fields say they’re recommending voters base their decisions on party and candidate rather than race — even if it means fewer African Americans in

Will turnout go up? While the Callais decision may have changed the maps, it has also inspired turnout, some Democrats argue. “Our African-American voters, without question, are clearly more motivated,” said Randal Gaines, a LaPlace attorney and chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party. “They see the decision in the Callais case as a direct, frontal attack on African American voting rights — constitutionally protected rights for all citizens that were won with great suffering and sacriﬁces by many of ancestors and foreparents. They take it very seriously.” Coming out of the Civil War, Whites in the South threw up legal hurdles, such as poll taxes and registration tests, to keep Black voters from participating in elections. For a century, until the Voting Rights Act was passed, African Americans were effectively disenfranchised, Gaines said. “If you look at those conditions for Black Americans during that time, it’s clearly the fact that, because of the pervasive discrimination they had in this country. You did not have White leaders representing the interests of Black Americans,” he said. The Democratic Party is holding town halls and grassroots events educating voters on Callais and what it means. So is the Power Coalition, a progressive grassroots organization based in New Orleans. “We’ve done 23 road shows,” said Ashley Shelton, who heads the Power Coalition. “We’re talking to folks

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ﬂoating in choppy waters during a helicopter search operation. Separate footage captured exhausted survivors disembarking from a rescue ship at a port in Banjarmasin, while injured victims were carried on stretchers before being taken by ambulances to nearby hospitals. Hundreds of relatives gathered at a command center in Banjarmasin’s Trisakti port, awaiting word on family members believed to be aboard the ferry. Many anxiously checked passenger manifests and rescue lists as authorities continued searching for survivors. “I was shocked when I saw my uncle’s name on the passenger list,” said a woman who goes by a single name, Bunga. “But I felt relieved after ofﬁcials told me he had been rescued.” Indonesia is an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands where ferries are a common method of travel. Disasters occur regularly, with weak safety enforcement often blamed.

state’s 926,806 Black voters participated, compared with 17.4% of the state’s 1.8 million qualiﬁed White voters. So an increased showing of African American voters likely will boost overall numbers, but it likely won’t be enough to change the outcomes in a state as red as Louisiana — regardless of how motivated Democrats are compared to Republicans, said Pearson Cross, director of the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, where he teaches Louisiana and American politics. At a national level, however, some Democrats see reason for optimism. For example, a record number of Black major party candidates are running for governor. Only three African Americans have been elected to run a state and only one, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, now holds the powerful chief executive position that shapes policy and daily practice

for education, healthcare, economic development and other services. Twenty-seven Black women serve as representatives in 119th Congress — but 44 African American women are on the ballots in November, Donna Brazile pointed out in an op-ed for The Hill, a political trade publication that focuses on Congress. “It’s a sign our country is overcoming centuries of racism and sexism to take advantage of everyone’s talents,” wrote Brazile, a New Orleans native who once chaired the national Democratic Party. The Black women “who get elected will make America even greater than it already is because our nation’s diversity enables all types of people to combine their differing knowledge, experiences and perspectives to work together to build a better future,” Brazile wrote. Email Mark Ballard at mballard@theadvocate.com.

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Bill past due for jailed teen 16-year-old accused of role in parade gunfire

BY JAMES MINTON Contributing writer

STAFF PHoToS By MICHAEL JoHnSon

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Car lovers headed for the car show at the Oldies But Goodies Fest on Sunday at the West Baton Rouge Tourist Information and Conference Center in Port Allen. TOP: Foster dog Orion poses for a photo with West Baton Rouge Animal Control and Shelter volunteer Anna Allsop in front of a 1968 Chevy Camaro. ABOVE: Ray Parrish’s 1928 Ford Model A sits on display LEFT: A man checks out a 1962 Chevrolet Impala on display.

EAST BATON ROUGE-AREA PERMITS Here is a list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish government from Sept. 8-11.

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2451 N. SHERWOOD FOREST DRIVE: tire business; applicant, Khaled Algamal. 10755 FLORIDA BLVD.: tire business; applicant, Khaled Algamal. 10589 AIRLINE HIGHWAY.: tire business; applicant, Aliabdo Hagag. 1550 EXCELLENCE WAY: Development of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.2 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 1620 EXCELLENCE WAY: Development of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.2 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 5551 SCHOLARS AVE.: Development of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.5 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 5541 SCHOLARS AVE.: Development of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.3 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 5531 SCHOLARS AVE.: Devel-

opment of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.4 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 5521 SCHOLARS AVE.: Development of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.3 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 5501 SCHOLARS AVE.: Development of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.2 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 1650 EXCELLENCE WAY: Development of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.5 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 5651 SCHOLARS AVE.: Development of 134-unit apartment complex, $1.5 million; applicant, Clark Gernon; owner, Janelle Brown; contractor, Womack-Legette. 4866 GOVERNMENT ST.: change in classiﬁcation to a 1,200-square-foot bar; applicant, Aaron Saulnier. 5000 HENNESSY BLVD.: renovation of the second ﬂoor of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center for new patient rooms and support spaces in the bone marrow transplant unit, $4.5 million; applicant, Ritter Maher; contractor, La Specialty

Services. 12387 PLANK ROAD: interior remodel to 3,576-square-foot McDonald’s, including kitchen equipment upgrades, $80,000; applicant, Jasmine Rios; owner, Jorge Martinez; contractor, Douglas Cook Enterprises. 10527 KENTSHIRE COURT: interior renovation of existing 4,010-square-foot commercial space for physical therapy and wellness clinic, $117,000; applicant and owner, Lauren Luke; contractor, Reform Construction & Restoration. 9611 AIRLINE HIGHWAY.: wall sign, $5,670; applicant, Destiny Sam; contractor, AAA Signs. 11921 RICHCROFT AVE.: car wrap and tinting service; applicant and owner, Ryan Ucles. 9970 AIRLINE HIGHWAY.: hotel; applicant, Rami Maree; owner, Mahmoud Ziadeh. 7648 PICARDY AVE.: physical therapy clinic; applicant, Bryce Gilbert; owner, Karl Kleinpeter. 9255 FLORIDA BLVD.: changing church to a salon; applicant and owner, Whitley Sanders. 11832 NEWCASTLE AVE.: life coaching business; applicant, Janae Snowden; owner, Neal Patel.

6810 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.: repairs to multifamily buildings to fix damage caused by termites and fire, $408,500; applicant, FMM Permitting; owner, Brian Shingler; contractor, Facilities Maintenance Management. 12545 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.: wall sign, $3,000; applicant, Sean Clasen; owner, Brandon Cobleigh. 4353 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD.: restaurant; applicant, Batool Wahib. 760 O’NEAL LANE: business selling luxury pet attire and accessories; applicant, Tiera Butler. 3 SMART WAY: 224-unit apartment complex, $44.7 million; applicant, Kathryn Schuette; owner, Michael Lang; contractor, Block Builders. 10202 PATRIOT DRIVE: change in occupancy from warehouse to automotive repairs for classic and vintage cars; applicant, Victor Fisher; owner, Todd Normand. 1443 DELPLAZA DRIVE: office; applicant, Hazel Lizondro. 7949 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY.: nail salon; applicant and owner, Tung Nguyen. 8889 AIRLINE HIGHWAY.: installing security cameras

and license plate readers at 11 locations in Broadmoor subdivision, $55,000; applicant, Robert Seidenglanz; owner, Broadmoor Crime and Improvement District. 975 GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD: self-serve car wash, $150,000; applicant and owner, Leonard Smith.

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650 TURNSTONE AVE.: $200,000, 2,072 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harelson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 1727 SEAWOLF DRIVE: $200,000, 2,149 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harelson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 1721 SEAWOLF DRIVE: $200,000, 2,149 square feet; applicant, Jacob Harelson; owner, Carlos Alvarez; contractor, Alvarez Construction Co. 23170 PLANK ROAD, ZACHARY: $700,000, 5,894 square feet; applicant Rodney Vincent; contractor, Jace Curtis Quality Builders. 10101 PELICAN POINTE LANE: $200,226, 2,567 square feet; applicant, Kristal Jarreau; owner and contractor, Level Construction & Development.

A shootout during the annual Clinton Mardi Gras parade, in addition to leaving a woman paralyzed and a young child mentally and physically scarred by a bullet wound, has cost East Feliciana Parish tens of thousands of dollars to house a juvenile suspect. The parish Police Jury voted Tuesday to pay outstanding invoices from the Jackson Parish Sheriff’s Office for holding a 16-year-old suspect in the shooting until he turned 17. East Feliciana Parish Prison Warden Kenny Sanders told jurors the parish lacks the proper facilities and programs to house minors. Although the suspect is to be prosecuted as an adult, he had to be held in a proper juvenile facility, Sanders said. The Jackson Parish facility charges $185 per day for holding juveniles awaiting court proceedings. Jurors did not give a total that the parish owes or why the bills had not been paid, but information given to the members suggest the running total, through July, was at least $30,728. A recap of the fees indicates a $5,954 payment was made for an April 6 invoice. The total also appears to include a charge for holding a suspect for 16 days in July in an aggravated burglary and aggravated assault case. The boy turned 15 in July, and Sanders said he is still housed in Jackson Parish. The parade suspect is being held in the Clinton jail, separated from other prisoners, Sanders said. He said East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Jeff Travis worked out a deal with sheriffs in four surrounding parishes to hold four more parade shooting suspects without additional costs. Because they are suspected gang members, they are being held in separate facilities, Sanders said. Five people were wounded by gunfire at the parade Jan. 31, and four more were injured in the ensuing scramble to get away from the shooters. Six people, including the 16-year-old, were arrested: three from East Baton Rouge Parish and three from East Feliciana. District Attorney Sam D’Aquilla said five people are facing charges in the case. In other action, the director of the Amite River Basin Commission briefed jurors on plans to address flooding concerns in the upper Amite basin. Paul Sawyer said the commission has purchased one depleted sand and gravel pit in St. Helena Parish and is looking for willing sellers of other sites that can be used in flood control efforts. The commission has no plans to ever build a dam and reservoir in the upper basin, he said. Jurors also reappointed Matthew Peterson to the Planning and Zoning Commission and appointed Ryan McCutcheon and Pete Firmin to fill vacancies on the panel.

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Romania sets record with miles-long table

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BUCHAREST, Romania — Tens of thousands of people gathered in Romania‘s capital Saturday to sit down at a miles-long table to break a Guinness record and raise money for what organizers said will be the country’s first pediatric psychiatry hospital. The 3.1-mile-long “Uniting Table” was sprawled along Unirii Boulevard to Constitution Square in front of Bucharest’s massive communistera Palace of Parliament. The Romania-based organizers Bloom The World Association were awarded a certificate by Guinness World Records for the “longest table made from recycled materials.” The event brought together a reported 20,000 people at the many tables, many of which were decorated with flowers and snacks. Joanne Brent, a senior adjudicator and official onscreen judge for Guinness World Records, who joined the Bucharest event, said on stage that it proved that the recordbreaking achievement had been put to good use. “Everyone, 20,000 people I am told are here today, have come around one table and a common cause,” she said. “I get to see this often, people coming together, record-breaking achievements with real-world impact.” Money raised from the event will go toward a 42,000-square-foot children’s psychiatric facility within the Obregia Hospital complex in Bucharest. It is being funded by private donations and sponsorships and will cost an estimated 16.5 million euros, according to the Metropolis Foundation, which is behind the construction project. “It is a project that started from a real need,” the foundation states on its website. “The current section

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A dog stands next to people at a 3.1-mile-long ‘Uniting Table,’ made from recycled materials, during a Guinness World Record event to raise money for a children’s psychiatric facility Saturday in Bucharest, Romania. at Obregia Hospital operates in an old, overcrowded space, which no longer meets the medical and emotional needs of children. … It means the chance to bring closer to reality a hospital that will beneﬁt over 5,700 children facing severe mental illnesses annually.” The foundation says the number of children diagnosed with serious mental disorders, such as depression, behavioral disorders, substance use, autism and ADHD, has “increased alarmingly” in Romania, from 3,839 in 2018 to more than 5,600 in 2024. The hospital’s current pediatric psychiatry clinic has 62 beds, but wards with many beds that lack

their own bathrooms, according to the foundation. It also states that the old facility’s lack of space can make private discussions with patients and their families challenging. The new five-level building will host medical offices, occupational therapy and virtual reality rooms, sensory and educational spaces, dedicated relaxation spaces, as well as a section dedicated to treating addiction among adolescents. “We clearly want as many people as possible to donate (toward) the first psychiatric hospital for children,” said Alexa Vilcan of Bloom the World. The previous Guinness record

for the longest table made from recycled materials was also held by Bloom the World, measuring 2,782 meters in Romania’s central town of Alba Iulia, and was recorded on the same date last year. In 2023, Romania had one of the lowest healthcare budgets in the European Union relative to GDP at 5.7%, compared to a bloc average of about 10%, according to the EU’s statistics ofﬁce, Eurostat. Romania’s Minister of Health Alexandru Rogobete has pledged to support the initiative by supplying the “equipment and furniture necessary” to equip the medical facility, construction for which is scheduled to be completed by 2027.

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Celine Dion thrills fans with comeback concert BY THOMAS ADAMSON

enough to break bones, triggered by loud noise, by touch, by emotional stress. An arena holding 30,000 people is all three at once. Singing with it, Dion told NBC in 2024, felt like being strangled. “Touring can be very difficult even when you’re 100%,” she said in a statement in 2023, canceling the last of her dates.

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NANTERRE, France — She hit the high F, held it, then blew out a breath and turned to look back at the band — a quick, disbelieving glance toward her musical director. Some 30,000 people read it before they had finished screaming: Celine Dion did it. It was “All By Myself,” the song the Quebec superstar’s voice has been measured against since 1996, saved for the encore of her first full concert in more than six years — her first since stiff person syndrome, a rare, progressive neurological disease, attacked her muscles, including those of the throat. Few doubted she could still sing. What nobody knew was whether she could get through a whole show, and then get up and do it again a few nights later. Dion gave the crowd three words: “Je vais bien.” (“I’m doing fine.”) “When she hit that note, I grabbed my friend’s arm. I’d been holding my breath without realizing. Then I started crying. ‘She’s back. She’s really back,‘” said Élodie Marchand, 42, a primary schoolteacher from Nantes.

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Singer Celine dion performs during the opening concert of her ‘Celine dion Paris 2026’ residency at the Plenitude Arena in nanterre, France, outside Paris, on Saturday.

at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, was the ﬁrst night of the engagement meant to prove she can work again. The sold-out run is punishing: 16 shows in five weeks, 10 more booked for May 2027, 26 nights in all before tens of thousands of people each time. The last time France saw her sing, it lasted four minutes. At the Olympic opening ceremony in July 2024, A disease that goes for the throat Dion sang from the Eiffel Tower — Dion, 58, had not played a full one song, one night — and the world concert since March 8, 2020. She called it a resurrection. Saturday was diagnosed in 2022 with stiff she had to do it 25 times, then get person syndrome. She canceled a up and do it again Wednesday. Stiff person syndrome affects one world tour, then what was left of it, and went quiet. On Saturday night, or two people in a million. It stiffens 25 songs in 2 hours and 15 minutes muscles and sets off spasms violent

She cried before she ﬁnished the first song. In a Dior gown and a Boucheron necklace, she pressed her hands together in prayer, then missed her cue in “On ne change pas,” on the line about the skinny little girl from Charlemagne, Quebec. “I promised myself I wouldn’t cry,” she said. The crowd answered by chanting the riff from “Seven Nation Army.” She said she had learned to live with the fragility and made it her reason to keep going. Then she sang for another two hours. The voice has lost some of its top; it is not the instrument that sold 250 million albums. Every big note is now a decision she makes in front of 30,000 people. She took most of them. She sang “My Heart Will Go On” and “The Power of Love,” then Catalani’s “Ebben? Ne andrò lontana” — Maria Callas’ signature aria — in pink feathers while fake snow fell. Her disease attacks the larynx. She went for it anyway. Willo Perron’s set put her among

SpaceX sues Texas AG, county over public records requests BY ALEXA SHRAKE

dallas Morning news (TnS) DALLAS — Space Exploration Technologies has filed suit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Grimes County over a public records request. The suit filed Tuesday before Travis County Judge Aurora Martinez Jones focuses on four Texas Public Information Act requests. SpaceX claims one request was withdrawn before a ruling was issued, and another request did not include any documents regarding the company. SpaceX is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The requests allegedly implicating SpaceX’s confidential information were submitted by two requesters, Vanessa Burzynski and Marie Egyed, on behalf of Grimes County Citizens for Responsible Development. The company plans to deploy AI data centers in space. The plan has led SpaceX to expand into advanced semiconductor and AI-hardware manufacturing. In connection with the expansion, SpaceX, in collaboration with Tesla, has proposed its Terafab semiconductor and AI-hardware manufacturing facility at a site in Grimes County.

In May, the company submitted an application for a tax abatement for the facility. SpaceX submitted the application and exchanged confidential term proposals and negotiating correspondence with the county and its counsel and consultants, portions of which were marked confidential, in the course of confidential economic development negotiations. The company’s expectation is that the county would protect information designated as confidential, assert applicable exceptions to its release, and notify SpaceX of any public-information request so that SpaceX could assert its own exceptions. Days after the application was submitted with the county, Burzynski submitted a public records request for the application. A month later, Egyed requested any application submitted by SpaceX, records concerning the proposed reinvestment zone, and communications among the county, its counsel and consultants, and SpaceX. The county didn’t notify SpaceX of the requests until July. The company submitted written objections to the attorney general about releasing its confidential information. The Attorney General issued a ruling that concluded the county must release a public meeting agenda.

gray megaliths, a pop Stonehenge. An 18-voice gospel choir came on in robes. Michelle Obama watched from the seats. Outside, fans wore sashes reading “Celine Dion 2026,” like beauty pageant winners, and Tshirts from the LVMH house that shares her ﬁrst name. “My daughter kept saying, ‘Mum, we can’t go all the way to Paris for Celine,’” said Isabelle Gagnon, 52, a teacher from Montreal. “Tonight my daughter was singing beside me, and I thought: you see? This is why we came.” “In Montreal, you grow up knowing those songs whether you mean to or not,” said Antoine Beaulieu, 31, a graphic designer. “I used to pretend I was too cool for Celine. Tonight I knew every word, so clearly that was a lie.”

More performances to come Camille Morel, 38, a pharmacist from Lyon, put her phone away. “I wanted to actually be there,” she said. “My voice is completely gone. I’m supposed to be working tomorrow — good luck to them.” Then the encore, and the note: the last “anymore” a cappella, the note bent upward, the orchestra surging in beneath her. She fanned herself, laughing at her own relief. She closed with two Jean-Jacques Goldman standards and a last line to the room: I love you, my loves. Take care of yourselves. It had taken her 2,379 days to get back. She has 25 more nights to go.

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Until voters look past divisions, La. will continue to pay the price In response to Mark Goldstein’s letter, I am baffled by those who remain shocked by the actions of our Republican leadership (“Letters: Voters trusted our elected officials. Then they signed NDA deals behind our backs,” Sept. 7). The real disappointment is how many Louisiana voters continue to cast ballots against their own economic self-interest. As one of the poorest and leasteducated states in the nation, Louisiana relies on $24 billion in federal assistance, which funds 44.3% of our state budget. We are one of the most federally dependent states in the country. Yet, we consistently elect politicians who seek to cut the very benefits our citizens desperately need. The current platform consistently prioritizes big business over average citizens. While everyday people struggle with rising unemployment, soaring grocery prices and high gas costs, wealthy elites thrive. Donald Trump and his family have made millions through questionable foreign deals, while billionaires like Elon Musk cut thousands of jobs yet reap billions from government contracts. Closer to home, our governor championed a controversial, racially fraught redistricting plan. Sadly, a majority of Louisiana citizens will likely continue to vote the same way. I do not believe they are blind to the empty promises. Instead, their motivation is best captured by President Lyndon B. Johnson’s famous 1960 observation: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pockets. Hell, give him something to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” Until we look past these calculated divisions and vote based on our actual needs, Louisiana will continue to pay the price.

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There are oceans yet to be renamed While he’s at it, why doesn’t he just rename the Atlantic as Trump Ocean East, and the Paciﬁc as Trump Ocean West?

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Although both pieces are probably meant to be sympathetic, I was struck by the juxtaposition of two articles in my morning perusal of the newspaper’s website Sept. 8. First was the description of Gayle Benson’s purchase of her 10th downtown property, probably valued at more than $40 million. Directly under that was a story of many moms who are waiting for childcare assistance, for which they are eligible. One mom who was featured has to borrow to make ends meet, with a $720-per-month childcare bill, even though she is on the honor roll in medical assistant training. This is a painful reminder of income inequality in this country. I realize that curtailing millionaires’ private spending on properties would not ameliorate lagging federal and state childcare assistance programs. However, considering the dire straits in which many of our residents live, it would be more uplifting to develop more public and private efforts to alleviate suffering in our wealthy country.

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Remembering the message of unity 25 years after 9/11

Twenty-five years ago, I was living in Germany. The day after 9/11, a German newspaper ran an article with the headline: “Great God, stand by us — thousands dead in America.” But it was a line within the article that touched me then as much as it still does today. It said, simply: “We are all Americans.” The German nation — indeed, the world — was grieving with us. At the time, I was a flight attendant for American Airlines. It’s been 25 years, all told. And in those years, I flew with so many incredible pilots, mostly former military, all of them steady and strong. But one I never forgot. He talked about the love for his family and country that motivated him as he fought for

both in Vietnam. And when he came home, he ran a farm here — and taught Cambodian immigrants how to grow crops. His name was John Ogonowski. He was the Captain of Flight 11, the ﬁrst plane to hit the World Trade Center. I don’t believe that he went down without a ﬁght. I believe that brave warrior did again what he’d long ago taken an oath to do: He defended his country as best he could against those seeking to do her harm. We still remember those who perished that day, though our current world seems to have a short memory. But 25 years later, we will never forget. We are still all Americans.

MARION FREISTADT new orleans

now that big business is welcome in La., let the good times roll

CHRISTY HAIK flight attendant, American Airlines, 1989-2014 Baton Rouge

Happy to see FBI Director Kash Patel come to Louisiana to take advantage of Sportsman’s Paradise (“Kash Patel attends Jeff Landry’s gator hunt, meets with local cops on multiday Louisiana tour”). Elon Musk, Hyundai and others making their way down here is all good news and should be celebrated now that we have a political climate in Louisiana that welcomes business and politics. Let the good times roll.

dad who bikes, drives wants safety When I’m out in New Orleans at any given time of the day or day of the week, I am a walking on sidewalks or streets, driving a car, taking the bus, streetcar, ferry or riding a bike. Within that, I ride different bikes for different reasons, needs and preferences: a hybrid bike to get around smoother streets and for long rides out on the lakefront or along the levee, a mountain bike for scenic and challenging trail rides or an e-bike to get where I’m going a little more efﬁciently, to reduce using my car for short trips and often to minimize sweaty clothing. As the owner of a Class 2 e-bike, I know the temptation to “lean on” the throttle, which takes me to speeds higher than I’m accustomed to on my other bikes, and which creeps closer to speeds driven by motorists. Similarly, living on the edge of Lakeview

and City Park, I constantly see teens and possibly pre-teens racing up and down Navarre Avenue and Marconi Drive — sometimes in the bike lanes, sometimes not, sometimes going the opposite direction — on e-bikes and e-motos, often without a helmet. As a rider and the parent of a teen who loves to ride his mountain bike, I worry for the safety of the children, of pedestrians, of other bicyclists and even motorists who can often feel blindsided by this activity. Bike Easy, a bicycling education and advocacy nonproﬁt, will host a smart e-biking workshop in New Orleans Sept. 26. I hope my neighbors take advantage of the opportunity and support the city’s efforts to make our streets safer for all users.

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Longtime restaurant closes amid challenges Prominently featured in critically acclaimed series such as Showtime’s “Your Honor” (2020-2023), the New Orleans restaurant Stanley has held the corner of Chartres and St. Ann streets in Jackson Square for decades. Chef Scott Boswell and “hostess with the mostest” Tanya Boswell are a husband-andwife dynamic duo renowned in the French Quarter for offering their gracious hospitality along with generously portioned, homey favorites like grits, old-timey malts, classic poboys and refreshing walking cocktails to friends, neighbors, artists, musicians and tourists alike. No matter who you were when you walked into Stanley, you always walked out feeling like family. They survived Katrina. They survived Rita. But the Boswells could not ride out the storm of changes in the last six years, like the restrictive no-Airbnb policies (2019), new gun laws enacted in 2024 and the terrorist attack in 2025. And they are not alone. Another local fa-

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vorite, Justine, shut down in 2025. The Boswells lived down the street from me. They gave everything they had. After 20 years of success in one of the best locations in the French Quarter, it still wasn’t enough. Stanley closing its doors on Labor Day marks the end of an era. The French Quarter will never be the same. And neither will those of us who came to know, love and appreciate Tanya, Scott, their hardworking staff and the warmth and charm their beloved restaurant, Stanley, brought to the French Quarter. The city needs to start paying attention when a place like Stanley closes. It’s a major loss for the community; the Boswells employed locals. New Orleans artists and musicians thrived when parked near Stanley. With the recent study calling for immediate evacuation, businesses are struggling. So are the residents who own them.

State’s payment to Saudi golf investors was misguided Re: Faimon Roberts’ column, “LIV Golf’s bankruptcy is a $1.2 million triple bogey for Louisiana,” Sept. 10. Did Jeff Landry really give a group backed by the Saudi Public Investment Fund $1.2 million? The Saudis are responsible for 9/11. What is wrong with him? As suggested by New Orleans resident Bette Perez at a recent community budget meeting, why not “take back all the properties the state owns in the city?” The $1.2 million will never be refunded.

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COMMENTARY Jobs grow for Trump voters A new analysis in The Wall Street Journal offers striking evidence that, for all his problems, President Donald Trump has delivered economic beneﬁts to the voters whose support was the foundation of his victory in 2024. The Wall Street Journal’s headline and story synopsis read: “Americans Without College Degrees Are Having One of the Best Job Markets in Years; Unemployment among younger workers who didn’t go to college has rarely been lower in recent decades. It is the opposite story for college grads.” Byron The article was based York on work done by a think tank called the Burning Glass Institute. Analysts found that “the unemployment rate for workers ages 22 to 34 who never graduated from college” is at one of its lowest points in the last 20 years. Meanwhile, workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher are experiencing greater and greater difﬁculty getting a good job. In the past, analysts noted, the trends for the two groups, degreed and non-degreed, tended to move in the same direction at the same time. Now, they have diverged, with the non-degreed improving and the degreed encountering problems. It’s not that those with college degrees are suddenly at a huge disadvantage compared to those without. A degree still means something. The Wall Street Journal notes that for those workers between ages 25 and 54 who have a college degree, the unemployment rate averaged 2.7% in the last year. For those with some college but no degree, it was 3.6%, and for those with no college at all, it was 4.7%. Now the politics. A key part of Trump’s rise and hold on power has been the support of voters who do not have a college degree. Trump’s success has prompted hundreds of stories on the “educational divide” in politics — how educational status increasingly determines one’s politics. The bottom line of all those stories is that voters without degrees support Trump, and voters with degrees support Trump’s opponents. With Trump, it was a phenomenon that was apparent from the very start of his political career, beginning with

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President donald Trump speaks at the Republican convention on Sept. 9 in dallas. the Iowa caucuses in January 2016. “Trump overwhelmingly leads rivals in support from less educated Americans,” a headline from PBS reads. Now, years later, in a second presidential term, the essential storyline is this: Candidate appeals to a group. Candidate wins with that group’s support. In ofﬁce, candidate looks after that group. The cornpone version of it is the phrase, “You got to dance with them what brung you.” In this case, Trump got elected on the strength of people without college degrees, and people without college degrees are doing better under his administration. Of course, it’s not that simple. Behind the numbers, there is profound economic and social dislocation. Among the biggest problems is the state of the nation’s colleges and universities, many of which offer a product so insanely expensive that it has set off widespread debate on whether a college education is worth it. Still, the belief in college is so ingrained in the American psyche that schools are turning out more graduates than ever, even as AI replaces some of the work they do. On the other side, people without

college degrees, with lower wages, are struggling to pay the same high prices for groceries, gas and other necessities as those with degrees. That has led to Trump’s approval rating falling into negative territory with the noncollege voters who elected him. Looking at the details inside a Fox News poll from the summer, the president was underwater with voters who might be expected to be with him. With White voters who do not have a college degree, Trump was at 43% approval, 57% disapproval. That is essentially the opposite result of the 2024 exit polls. It will also probably mean defeat for Republicans trying to keep control of the House in November’s midterm elections. Nevertheless, on one of the most basic measures of economic health — having a job — the prospects of those without a college degree are improving under the president they supported. And that has likely created a stable core of support for Trump in what could be a very bumpy second half of his term. Byron York is on X, @Bryon York.

Democrats try to brush aside ‘Woke 1’ “’Woke 1’ was crazy.” So said Rep. Al- ing police were immediately followed by a sharp spike upward in violent exandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, on ABC News’ “This Week” last month. crime. Liberals have characterized that spike as a response to COVID-19, but She said she was quoting New York charts compiled by writer Steve Sailer City Councilman Chi Osse, whom The make it clear that the spike began not New York Times characterizes as “far with the lockdowns but with the riots left.” This was where Ocasio-Cortez seemed to be located on the ideological and Woke 1 depolicing. At the same time, the lockspectrum after her surprise defeat of House Democratic downs, enforced with Woke leadership member Joseph 1 censoriousness, were causCrowley in the 2018 Democrating not just economic damage but also long-lasting harm to ic primary. children who were kept out of At that time, she was a teacher union-run schools long 28-year-old former waitress Michael after it was clear children were and organizer for Sen. Bernie Barone not vectors of the virus. Sanders’, I-Vt., 2016 presidenNow there are numerous signs tial campaign. Today, a decade that the nation is putting Woke 1 so far later, she’s a nationally known ﬁgure in the rearview mirror as to be invisoften mentioned as a presidential candidate. In polls for the 2028 nomination, ible and has little appetite for Woke 2. she ranks fourth in the RealClearPoliItems include: n The lack of visible vehement tics average, behind 2024 nominee and former Vice President Kamala Harprotests at the elimination of DEI proris, Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., and grams, racial quotas and preferences, former Transportation Secretary Pete in federal regulations, in many state Buttigieg, and Polymarket places her and local governments, and even in odds of winning as better than any of their strongholds in the universities. theirs. You hear grumbling about the Supreme As a possible national candidate, Court’s 2023 ruling in Students for Fair Ocasio-Cortez obviously has a motive Admissions v. Harvard, but nothing to brush aside, as she did with a charm- like the politically charged attacks on ingly self-deprecatory laugh, the exotic its 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. positions she and other Democrats took There’s covert opposition and attempts to retain DEI under different labels, on issues, particularly after the death but you don’t hear Democratic candiof George Floyd in May 2020 and the ensuing multicity violent rioting. dates talking about the issue. n Similarly, there’s a dog-who-didn’tThey included demands to “defund the police” or even abolish police debark response to the Trump adminispartments, to step up the already intration’s effective shutdown of illegal stitutionalized demands for “diversity, immigration on the southern border. Missing from the political dialogue equity and inclusion” hiring, and prohave been media stories about the motions in bureaucracies, public and asylum-seekers who are obliged now private, for racial reparations. These weren’t just words: Cities such as New to pursue their claims not from someYork, San Francisco, Chicago and Min- where in the continental United States but from a not particularly helpful or neapolis did hustle to partially defund sympathetic Mexico or somewhere their police departments. even more distant. The Floyd riots and calls for defund-

n Violent crime rates seem sharply down. After the Floyd riots, homicides rose even more in 2021 and seemed on a trajectory to reverse all the enormous progress in crime reduction accomplished since the reforms pioneered by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani in New York in the 1990s. Homicides declined in 2025 to below the lowest numbers of the post-Giuliani years, and the FBI reported that violent crime dropped 9.3%, the biggest drop since 1936. n For 2026, statistics aren’t fully available, but there are starkly lower rates of violent crime in New York, and Baltimore has seen a huge drop in homicides in the 2020s. Why the huge drop in violent crime? No one is sure, but it comes as Democratic politicians are hastening to assure us that they never actually really wanted to abolish the police and the prisons when they were saying so back in Woke 1. Against this evidence of the discrediting of Woke 1 come recent victories and near victories of members of or sympathizers with the Democratic Socialists of America, whose platform calls for the abolition of police and prisons. Those candidates have been emphasizing economic issues, however, which pass muster in Democratic primaries but may not in general electorates in states such as Michigan. What is not apparent in the political landscape is nostalgia for Woke 1 police defundingor for a revival of the Biden administration’s open-borders immigration policy. Democrats may be able to capitalize on the current Trump slump this year. But for 2028, they may not be able to dismiss questions about Woke 1, and Woke 2, as ﬂippantly as Ocasio-Cortez tried to do last month.

Michael Barone is on X, @MichaelBarone.

What if factories had gotten the data center treatment?

When American manufacturing was truly coming into its own in the early 20th century, workers sometimes labored 12-hour days seven days a week and risked life and limb working near dangerous machinery, while factories blackened the skies of American cities. Yet some of the same people who insist that we need to reindustrialize to return to a version of those halcyon days can’t bear the thought of the construction of industrial-scale computing facilities. They complain that data centers are unsightly and use lots of energy and water. But what do they Rich think major factories are like? Lowry If today’s standards applied, we almost certainly never would have built manufacturing facilities at scale. Industrial buildings look pretty in Edward Hopper cityscapes and, say, the Ford Motor Company’s River Rouge complex had a certain majesty. Otherwise, factories were generally closer to William Blake’s dark satanic mills than anything the average local zoning commission would want in the neighborhood. No one ever said, “God, that smokestack looks gorgeous — I wish I lived closer to it!” Data centers have caused outrage because they look like big warehouses, but imagine the reaction if they spewed soot over streets and houses, created slag heaps, divided neighborhoods with rail lines and other supporting infrastructure, and packed workers into nearby subpar housing. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez thought she had a trump card in the anti-data center case when she brandished two jars of dirty water from a house near a data center (the house’s well was perhaps disturbed during construction). That’s nothing compared to the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland repeatedly catching ﬁre from 1868 to 1969. These sorts of phenomena were alleviated in the postwar years. Still, even then, factories inevitably were ugly, resource-intensive and hazardous compared to other worksites. If we can’t tolerate operations using prodigious amounts of water and energy — key inputs of the Industrial Revolution — we never could have had, for instance, integrated steel mills, sucking up an unbelievable amount of water and accounting for something like 5% of the entire country’s energy usage. Paper mills would have been a non-starter. Aluminum smelters, the largest of which used as much electricity as a city? Forget about it. Chemical plants? Oil reﬁneries? No way. We hear much about the arrogance of the titans of Big Tech and how it explains opposition to data centers. How does their high-handedness compare to that of the industrial titans of yore? Well, we haven’t witnessed any tech companies locking out the workers building their data centers, then sending in Pinkerton guards for a gunbattle with the electricians and plumbers. That would be what Carnegie Steel did during the 1892 Homestead Strike near Pittsburgh. Now data centers don’t provide the regular employment of old-school factories. The bluecollar workforce needed to build and maintain them is substantial, though, and driving up wages in exactly the fashion everyone has long said they wanted. It is a symptom of the perversity of the current moment that we’ve imposed huge tariffs on the rest of the world in order to — at the margins and perhaps only in theory — create more blue-collar jobs at the same time we are preparing to turn our backs on private-industry-driven investments to make such jobs more lucrative and plentiful. If the tariffs are tinged by nostalgia, the data centers are meant to power the next wave of innovation. One of the advantages of the mass manufacturing revolution was that it occurred at the technological and economic frontier, where large-scale productivity gains and national power are forged. The AI revolution is at the frontier now, and it should be considered a minor miracle that a phenomenon all about computing power is driving a blue-collar construction boom. What’s not to like? We never would have become the country we are today if the response to the physical assets necessary for economic growth and good bluecollar work had been “Not in my backyard — or anywhere else.” Rich Lowry is on X, @RichLowry.

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Saints nearly pull off an improbable comeback in overtime loss to Lions BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

DETROIT — If Chase Young was aghast over the controversial explanation that overturned what would have been a sack-fumble touchdown into an incomplete pass — and to be clear, he was in disbelief — then the New Orleans Saints pass rusher had a completely different reaction later when watching Tyler Shough. By now, even so early in the quarterback’s career, Shough responded in a way that Young and the rest of his teammates had come to expect. It was normal, apparently, to see Shough erase a three-score deﬁcit after the worst start to any game of his career. It was normal, apparently, to watch Shough rip throw after throw with the game on the line, ﬁnding his desired target. It was normal, apparently, to watch a quarterback with

only 10 starts drag his team to overtime and set new career highs in the process. “I love it,” Young said. With all due respect to Young and the rest of the Saints who have expressed so much confidence in Shough, that’s still difficult to fully comprehend. What the 26-year-old did in Sunday’s 31-30 overtime loss to the Detroit Lions was even more absurd than the officials’ controversial call that took a touchdown away. How else do you describe a performance that started with Shough mustering just 85 yards passing at halftime — only to rack up 325 yards in the second half and overtime? Shough finished with a career-high 410 yards for three touchdowns and two interceptions, with his rally coming up just

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BERLIN — Breanna Stewart had an American flag draped around her body as she soaked in the moment. The U.S. captain delivered again and the Americans continued their domination of international play, winning a fifth straight women’s FIBA World Cup title with a 97-79 victory over France on Sunday. The Americans have won 36 straight World Cup games, dating to the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup, where they lost to Russia. “We are the standard,” said Stewart, who scored 22 points in the victory and earned MVP honors of the tournament for the second time. “USA Basketball has continued to show up and go for gold and to have done that however many times consecutively is an insane stat. We want to make sure that we continue to build on that standard and everybody else knows it.” Despite the final score, this game wasn’t easy; the Americans faced their biggest deficit in the tournament since that loss to Russia when they were down 14 points in the first half to France. They calmly rallied behind Stewart and Jackie Young to get within two at halftime, with Caitlin Clark hitting a 3-pointer just before the buzzer. “I think we felt really good about where we were at,” said Clark, who finished with 12 points. “I think France was 8 for 14 (from 3-point range). We dug ourself a hole, but we climbed out of it, and I felt like we were never rattled by anything.” The U.S. dominated in the second half, starting the third quarter with an 11-2 run to go up 54-47. Stewart, who has now four World Cup titles to her name, had four points during the game-changing burst. France was able to get within 5551, but the Americans used a 16-3 spurt that included two unsportsmanlike fouls against France on the same play. The Americans were up 73-57 heading into the fourth quarter, and France never

DEN BOSCH, Netherlands — The Solheim Cup is back in the hands of the Europeans after they won seven of the 12 singles matches Sunday at Bernardus for a 15-13 victory over the United States. The blue wave came early and never really went away, with Lottie Woad holing a putt from 2 feet on No. 17 to guarantee Europe reaching the 14½ points needed to beat the United States. Moments later, Carlota Ciganda closed out her match over Jennifer Kupcho for the ﬁnal point. The Europeans have now won three of the last ﬁve editions, the only loss in that stretch coming in Virginia two years ago. The teams were tied at 8-8 after two days and set out Sunday in heavy rain for the singles, with Europe going out fast and putting blue all over the scoreboard. Early wins for Charley Hull and Linn Grant set the tone.

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Breanna Stewart gets a rebound for the U.S. during the Women’s World Cup final game between the U.S. and France in Berlin on Sunday. was able to close the gap. “I’m really happy with the way that we let the rest of the world know that our goal is always gold,” Stewart said. “Just really proud.” The U.S. improved to 9-0 in goldmedal games since ﬁnishing second in 1983 to the Soviet Union. This was the second-youngest team the Americans have sent to a World Cup. There were many newcomers on the roster including Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers, who were playing for the national team for the first time. But it was the veterans who carried the team to the victory. The Americans had looked more vulnerable in this tournament than at any time during their remarkable run. A three-point win

over Italy in pool play was the closest a team has come to the U.S. in group stage in 50 years. The 10-point victory over Spain was the closest semifinal contest during the streak. The Americans had been winning by an average of 26 points over the past four medal-round games. None of that mattered in the end as the Americans finished the same way they had the previous four World Cup tournaments — as champions. The loss nevertheless gave France its best finish ever in the event. The French were hoping for the top prize after they came close against the U.S. in the 2024 Paris Olympic gold-medal game two years ago. That one-point loss still stung two years later.

Dominique Malonga scored 21 points and Gabby Williams added 20 for France. “Of course we’re disappointed right now, but I think we’re showing little by little, France is a basketball country,” Williams said. “That was my goal, when I joined this team, was to change the culture. Obviously we have higher expectations, but we’ll get there.” France got off to a strong start. The U.S. trailed 20-17 after the first quarter and the French scored the ﬁrst 11 points of the second, capped by Williams’ 3-pointer, to take a 31-17 lead. But the Americans rallied and trailed 45-43 at the half on Clark’s 3 just before the buzzer. Spain topped host Germany to win the bronze medal.

Zverev beats Shelton for U.S. Open title BY BRIAN MAHONEY AP sportswriter

NEW YORK — Alexander Zverev’s best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam title by an American man since 2003, beating Ben Shelton 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2 on Sunday in the U.S. Open final. Zverev finally broke through in the majors by winning this year’s French Open and followed up by adding the title in New York that he so painfully let slip away in 2020. The No. 1 seed in a Grand Slam for the first time, he capitalized on Shelton’s shaky start in his first major final, played a nearly flawless tiebreaker on serve and then turned back Shelton’s comeback attempt in front of a crowd that desperately cheered him on. “I know today 99.9% of the people wanted Ben to win, so I’m very sorry first of all,” Zverev said during the trophy presentation. “But second, it was an incredible atmosphere to play in. Even though I know that the crowd was against me, the crowd was always incredibly fair.” Shelton was trying to win the first title by an American man since Andy Roddick won in Flushing Meadows in 2003, as well as become the first Black player to win the men’s crown since Arthur Ashe in 1968. But Zverev was too good in majors this year and apparently didn’t even know how good he was. He finished the match on his serve but didn’t seem to realize it, dropping back behind the baseline as if set to return. Only a few moments later did he figure out he had won, raising his arms in celebration.

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Alexander Zverev, of Germany, returns the ball to Ben Shelton, of the U.S., during the men’s singles final of the U.S. open on Sunday in new york. “You’re one of the very best players in the world, maybe the best player in the world this year,” Shelton told Zverev. Zverev improved to 25-2 in major matches this year and won $5.5 million, matching the prize earned by women’s champion Elena Rybakina on Saturday as the largest in Grand Slam history. He thought this title would come in 2020 and still acknowledges it should have. He won the first two sets against Dominic Thiem and got within two points of victory before becoming the first man to blow a two-set lead and lose in the final since 1949. Whatever ghosts were left from then are long gone now. Zverev also reached the final at Wimbledon, falling to Jannik Sinner, and became the No. 1

seed in New York when the topranked Sinner had to withdraw with a knee injury. “I think God has seen how hard we worked, how much we suffered, how much pain we went through and I think 2026 is the outcome of all the years that happened before,” Zverev said, addressing his team. Shelton had already eliminated the defending champion when he beat Carlos Alcaraz in a fiveset quarterfinal that ended at 3:33 a.m., the latest finish in U.S. Open history. But he fell short on Sunday in his attempt to become the first man to beat the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds en route to the U.S. Open title since 1975. The No. 8 seed fell to 0-6 against Zverev, winning a set Sunday for only the second time.

The 23-year-old Shelton ﬁgures to get more chances, but Americans who have grown tired of waiting to celebrate a men’s title wanted it now. Fans stood and screamed when Shelton emerged from the tunnel before the match, but he didn’t give them any reason to keep the cheers going once play began. Serving ﬁrst, he lost the opening two points and then eventually handed the game to Zverev with a double-fault. Zverev maintained that lead the rest of the set, which ended on another double-fault by Shelton. Zverev’s deliberate playing style helped limit the crowd’s effectiveness. Fans are expected to quiet down as a player is preparing to serve and stay quiet until the ensuing point has completed. Zverev bounces the ball a number of times — sometimes around 10, maybe a dozen, others nearly 20, insisting there is no set pattern or plan — before he begins his toss, so it guarantees lengthy stretches of silence. Fans tried to get around that by occasionally cheering when he missed a first serve — another tennis no-no that the chair umpire scolded them for — but Zverev, who said before the match he enjoyed hostile crowds, did not seem affected. Zverev then turned back Shelton’s chance to even the match in the tiebreaker. Shelton returned Zverev’s opening serve long, was beaten by a superb passing shot and then came up on the wrong end of a 16-shot rally as Zverev went up 3-0. Zverev then hit serves of 147 mph and 124 mph that Shelton couldn’t get back in play. Shelton cut it to 5-2 and then got a return in play for the only time, but Zverev won the point and then hit another serve at 139 mph to close it out.

MADISON, Ill. — Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak Sunday, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman in overtime of a crash-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway that shook up the playoff standings. Larson, the defending series champion, took his No. 5 Chevrolet to Victory Lane for the first time since May 2025 at Kansas Speedway after defending the lead on three restarts in in the final two laps of regulation and seven laps of overtime. The second race in NASCAR’s new postseason Chase format gave significant boosts to the championship hopes for Larson and Joey Logano, a three-time Cup Series champion who finished third and added 19 stage points.

Giants star Devers’ season is over, might have surgery

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco first baseman/designated hitter Rafael Devers’ season is over and he may have surgery for a core muscle injury. The Giants placed him on the 60-day injured list Sunday, ending his season. Devers, who leads the team with 37 homers and 98 RBIs, is to meet Monday in Philadelphia with Dr. William Meyers. If a procedure is recommended, Devers would have the operation on Tuesday. Devers had played in 309 consecutive games before sitting out against St. Louis on Wednesday. In the third season of a $313.5 million, 10-year contract, Devers was acquired from Boston in June 2025.

Verlander makes progress toward one more start

DETROIT — Justin Verlander is making progress toward potentially pitching one more time in the last year of his playing career. The Tigers have planned a twoday celebration of the three-time Cy Young Award winner’s career when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates in two weeks during the last series of the regular season — and they hope he can pitch. The two-time World Series champion and 2011 AL MVP shared his plans to retire in July. Verlander threw on Saturday with hitters standing in the batter’s box but not swinging to give him feedback on his pitches. At 43,Verlander is the oldest player in Major League Baseball.

Antonelli wins first F1 race held in Madrid in 45 years

MADRID — This time, Kimi Antonelli didn’t have to work too hard for his Formula 1 victory. A week after having to come from the back of the grid for an epic win in Monza, Antonelli was virtually given the victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday. The young Italian took advantage of an unlucky break for Lando Norris to win in F1’s return to Madrid and increase his lead in the drivers’ standings. Antonelli was second early on at the new Madring track in the Spanish capital, but pole-sitter Norris relinquished his lead after he wasn’t able to pit when a virtual safety car was deployed. Antonelli had come from 19th place to win at the Italian GP last weekend. Norris ended third, behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in “one that just got away from us.”

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Ready or not, Ole Miss week has arrived on LSU’s schedule. While a pair of wins over Clemson and Louisiana Tech can’t be considered a statistically trustworthy sample, there are signs Lane Kifﬁn has assembled a team capable of walking into his former stomping grounds and achieving a signature win. There have also been moments, particularly in an uneven performance against Louisiana Tech, where No. 7 LSU’s ﬂaws were on display for new Rebels head coach Pete Golding and his compatriots to potentially exploit. Where does LSU stand ahead of an SEC opener of top-10 teams? Here’s a look at the Tigers’ apparent strengths, weaknesses and question marks before they hit the road for Oxford, Mississippi.

Front 4 harasses QBs It’s doubtful Clemson and Louisiana Tech will rank as the best offensive lines LSU squared off against this season. It’s possible they could be near the bottom of the list. But even if the turnstiles in front of edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen turn into gator-filled moats, he appears to have the athleticism to ﬁnd a way around. Umanmielen’s closing speed was uncommon in a three-sack performance against Louisiana Tech, bringing his season sack total to ﬁve. That’s more takedowns than LSU’s top producer last season, Harold Perkins, who had four sacks in 12 contests. Jordan Ross has more tackles for loss (four) in two games at LSU than he had in 11 games at Tennessee last season. He has tied last season’s total in sacks with 1.5. As a team, 10 of the Tigers’ 12 sacks are from defensive

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LSU tight end Trey’dez Green, right, tries to grab a high pass against Louisiana Tech in the fourth quarter on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. linemen, including the ﬁrst two of freshman defensive tackle Deuce Geralds’ career on Saturday. That’s just over 83 percent of LSU’s sacks emanating from the front four. Last year, 16 of the Tigers’ 27 sacks — or just over 59 percent — were by the DLine. Blake Baker had to blitz to generate pressure, which isn’t ideal against Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, who either gets the ball out quick or extends plays with his legs. The more bodies LSU can drop into passing lanes, the better. LSU’s 23 TFLs are also forcing offenses into obvious passing downs, which should allow Umanmielen, the Ole Miss transfer, to pin his ears back in his return to Oxford.

Green’s breakout season When LSU tight end Trey’Dez Green was voted a preseason All-American and handed the program’s No. 7 jersey, it was based more on potential than production. Green had his moments as a sophomore, but his 433 yards and seven touchdowns in 11 games weren’t particularly dominant.

Through two contests, the 6-foot-7, 237-pound junior has more than doubled his yards per game, from 39.4 last year to 81 this year. In his six-catch, 104-yard performance against Louisiana Tech, Green was not only productive but clutch. During one second-quarter drive, Green had a 15yard catch on a third-and-13, a 24-yard reception on firstand-20 and a 15-yard snag on third-and-17 that set up a manageable fourth-down conversion. Later in the game, he hauled in a 23-yarder on second-and-18 and a touchdown grab on third-and-goal. Kiffin even lined Green up in the backfield, letting him take direct snaps to drive and stretch for first downs on a pair of third-and-1s. It’s just two games, but everything Green has shown to this point affirms why he is wearing LSU’s No. 7 jersey. He’s a playmaker.

Run game not a sure thing Leavitt, Dilin Jones and the rest ran all over Clemson for 309 rushing yards, which was extremely notable following a season where LSU ranked last in the SEC with just 104 rush-

ing yards per contest. LSU’s 147 ground yards versus Louisiana Tech, however, was a reversion to the mean. Especially the 44 yards LSU produced on 23 ﬁrst-half carries. Kiffin is committed to running the ball, but the Tigers’ offensive line was overwhelmed by Louisiana Tech’s run blitzes. Negative runs are inevitable when a defense overloads a gap as the Bulldogs did, but nearly a quarter of the Tigers’ rushes, 10, were stopped for no gain or a loss Saturday. That’s a few too many. For certain, Golding will be on the attack. LSU can’t ﬁnd itself behind the chains as often as it was this past Saturday and easily keep pace in Oxford.

Leavitt’s decision-making The only risky decisions Sam Leavitt made in the Clemson opener were ballsto-the-wall scrambles where he could have preserved his body better for a long season. The second game tossed in some head-scratching throws, which could shorten the length of said season if they aren’t rooted out quickly. The worst was a thirdand-8 where Leavitt tried to force it to Winston Watkins in the end zone, but a safety was sitting in his throwing window, tipped it up, and it was picked. Leavitt also completely overthrew Green on his ﬁrst interception, and there was a disconnect with Jackson Harris on a slant at the goal line that led to his third, which was more about the route’s depth and timing than Leavitt’s choice of target. He ﬁnished with 344 passing yards and two TDs, but it’s unlikely Leavitt can throw three picks and beat Ole Miss. He has to consistently make sound decisions if LSU is going to improve to 3-0.

Why Ohio State is No. 2 despite loss to Texas The Texas-Ohio State showdown delivered while Oregon fell ﬂat in Stillwater. Michigan bounced back against Oklahoma, Alabama earned a nice win over Kentucky and Mississippi Koki State made a Riley statement at Minnesota. Here is my latest AP Top 25 poll after a wild Week 2 in college football.

My poll after Week 2 1. Texas, 2. Ohio State, 3. Indiana, 4. Notre Dame, 5. Miami, 6. LSU, 7. Georgia, 8. Southern Cal, 9. Alabama, 10. Ole Miss, 11. BYU, 12. Texas A&M, 13. Tennessee, 14. Florida, 15. Louisville, 16. Penn State, 17. Texas Tech, 18. Houston, 19. Oklahoma, 20. Boise State, 21. Virginia, 22. Arizona, 23. Mississippi State, 24. SMU, 25. Michigan Just missed: Virginia Tech, Missouri, Utah, Iowa Newcomers: Mississippi State, Michigan Dropped from last week: Oregon, Minnesota

give anyone the warm fuzzies. But, once you stop and think about it, outplaying Texas on the road for three quarters should mean something, right? And besides Texas, who has shown that they’re a better team than Ohio State? We don’t know much about Indiana, which hasn’t faced a Power Four conference team. LSU turned the ball over four times in four straight possessions against Louisiana Tech on Saturday. Notre Dame let Wisconsin hang around last week, and the toughest team Miami has faced is Stanford. Sure, Ohio State lost. But does one bad quarter against a great team prove that they’re not still at or near the pinnacle of the sport?

Oregon red alert

The performance needed to be one heck of a stinker for me to drop a top-5 team out of my poll after one week, but that’s what happened to Oregon. The Ducks, after laying an egg last Saturday against Boise State, lost to an Oklahoma State team that started the season with a defeat to Tulsa. And this result Let’s talk Texas-Ohio State wasn’t a ﬂuke, either. The Cowboys outgained Oregon Through two weeks, 554 to 281, and if it weren’t Texas has earned the best for two interceptions from win in the country while quarterback Drew Messporting arguably the best roster in the land. It’s true temaker that practically that the Longhorns trailed handed the Ducks 14 points, the Buckeyes 23-3 at the the score would’ve been start of the fourth quarter, more lopsided. but give credit where credit Combine this week’s is due. What a comeback, no-show with their perforand what a turnaround for mance in the opener, and the quarterback Arch Manning Ducks simply haven’t played and the Texas offense. like a team that deserves to As for Ohio State, I conbe near the poll, especially after what Mississippi State sidered moving it down and Michigan did. from No. 2 — where it If I had to bet, Oregon was heading into the week will be back in the rankings — after this loss. Quartersooner rather than later. back Julian Sayin looked There’s too much talent shaky against an elite dehere to think that coach Dan fense again, and blowing Lanning’s team won’t turn a 20-point lead shouldn’t

it around (the Ducks were my No. 1 team in the preseason). But if the poll each week is a snapshot of what we’ve seen so far, it’s become pretty hard to justify placing Oregon in the top 25.

away from a frisky Wildcats team on the road. The Crimson Tide looked more convincing than Texas A&M, which won a lopsided contest over Arizona State almost solely because the Sun Devils couldn’t stop shooting Michigan bounces back themselves in the foot. BYU earned a really nice Welcome back to the top win over Arizona, turning 25, Michigan! After I left a crucial fourth-down stop the Wolverines out last in the fourth quarter into week following a horrific seven points at the other performance/miracle win end in a 28-17 win. Since the against Western Michigan, Wildcats were just a fourthcoach Kyle Whittingham’s down conversion and a few team is back in the poll after taking down Oklahoma. plays away from possibly beating a top-15 team on The Wolverines’ defense the road, it was hard for came to play — even if me to justify taking them Oklahoma’s offense was out of my rankings. They very poor — and quarterlooked and played like a top back Bryce Underwood 25 team despite the final was better against a tough defense. The Western Mich- result. igan game still keeps Michigan at the bottom of the rankings, especially since we’re not sure how rough this Sooners offense may ultimately be, but Whittingham and Co. will take it after last week’s debacle. I toyed with dropping Oklahoma further than 19 in my poll but couldn’t pull the trigger because the game was in Ann Arbor, and Michigan, despite its flaws, is a top 15 team on paper. If the Sooners offense looks like this in SEC play, it may be hard to keep them ranked for long.

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this putrid result occurred midgame as Faulk wanted to ensure as many of his rotation players left unscathed as starters stayed longer on the sidelines. “I took my guys out,” the rookie coach said. “I wanted to make sure that we were healthy. You know, we got SWAC play coming up in two weeks. And as much as winning this game, you know, seemed important as it started, but with the start that we had, I just needed to ensure that we got out of this game as healthy as possible.” The ulterior motive of preserving starters and role players is to allow depth players who don’t ordinarily play some beneficial experience. “We played a bunch of our young players,” Faulk said. “You guys saw the second half. We played a bunch of our guys, and we needed to see (them) on the field. And you know we found out a lot about guys.” Even still, the taste of beatdown on the gridiron is hard to look past even with development being prioritized. “In today’s landscape, we don’t have the budget to compete against them. We just don’t,” the Pro Football Hall of Fame running back said. Part of the emphasis on keeping players healthy came when the coaches agreed to shorten the final period to eight minutes. An NCAA rule allows quarters to be shortened if agreed by the coaches and the referee. “You gotta know when to say uncle,” Faulk said. “Enough was enough.” Southern’s coach said he “set my pride aside” and no longer worried about the game that was being played as his team faced an insurmountable deficit. “I got to make sure I get these kids out of this game with their health,” Faulk said. “Obviously, their feelings are hurt, they’re down. We felt like we were better than this.” When Southern returns home and rests, it will rewatch the film to see what went wrong execution-wise. After that, the Jaguars must not let this contest consume them mentally going forward as they look ahead to facing Louisiana Christian University, an NAIA program, at 6 p.m. Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium. “We just have to take this game for what it is, learn from it,” Faulk said. “Now as a coaching staff, we got to figure out how we convince them to continue moving towards our goals. You know, a game like this can really set you back.”

HOUSTON — Marshall Faulk sat down, placed his glasses on the table and didn’t sugarcoat what he saw. “That was awful,” Southern’s coach said. “That wasn’t really a game. That was a kind of a preseason crash dummy test for Houston to work on all their good plays. And yeah, we didn’t show up.” Those were the first words Faulk shared after his team lost 77-6 to No.22 Houston at TDECU Stadium on Saturday. While Faulk was unhappy with the performance, he said the effort level showed “for the most part.” “Our guys that’s going to play, I feel like they gave the effort,” Faulk said. “But let’s just be real, OK? Like they’re better than us. All right, they’re better than us. They’re ranked what, 22nd? We’re FCS. Everybody knows what this is. Let it be what it is. We’re going to get better. We’re gonna lick our wounds and get ready to play some football.” Southern was paid $450,000 by Houston, according to the game contract obtained by The Advocate. The Jaguars hoped to find the end zone more than once in the contest. The game was off the rails from the first quarter as they trailed 28-0. When there was a glimmer of hope in manageable third downs, the Jaguars were bullied at the line of scrimmage or lost possession. The first of three turnovers was a strip sack of starting quarterback Christian Johnson with 7:36 left in the first quarter. The 6-foot, 206-pound junior was replaced by Ashton Strother at the 10:50 mark of the second period. Johnson, who had a couple of solid deliveries dropped, completed 5 of 12 passes for 29 yards. “To the naked eye, it wasn’t how I wanted him to play,” Faulk said. “But a lot of times we judge quarterbacks, and I got to see what the receiver did. I got to make sure that the right line call was made. So you got to be careful, like on the sideline critiquing your quarterback before you watch the plays. Because I don’t want to take anything away from him. This is just a really good, well-coached team.” Strother was 3 of 5 for 13 yards with an interception, and third-stringer Wyatt McCauley was 2 of 3 for 85 yards. The sophomore, who entered with 9:38 left in the third period, threw a lovely deep ball to Wydell Clark for 79 yards and a touchdown. The team finished Email Toyloy Brown with 127 passing yards. III at toyloy.brown@ The first part of flushing theadvocate.com.

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New Orleans 0 0 14 10 6 — 30 Detroit 7 0 14 3 7 — 31 First Quarter Det—Gibbs 1 run (Bates kick), 3:37. Drive: 13 plays, 89 yards, 6:25. Key Plays: Goff 8 pass to LaPorta on 3rd-and-5; Goff 11 pass to Gibbs; Goff 19 pass to LaPorta; Gibbs 21 run; Gibbs 11 run; Goff 10 pass to J.Williams on 3rd-and-8. Detroit 7, New Orleans 0. Third Quarter Det—Gibbs 1 run (Bates kick), 11:14. Drive: 7 plays, 41 yards, 3:37. Key Plays: Barnes 3 interception return to New Orleans 41; Goff 11 pass to Vaki; Gibbs 18 run; Gibbs 2 run on 3rd-and-1. Detroit 14, New Orleans 0. Det—St. Brown 19 pass from Goff (Bates kick), 8:54. Drive: 3 plays, 25 yards, 00:51. Detroit 21, New Orleans 0. NO—K.Miller 8 run (Carlson kick), 4:27. Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards, 4:27. Key Plays: B.Brown kick return to New Orleans 21; Shough 47 pass to Olave; Shough 3 run on 3rd-and-1; Shough 6 pass to Etienne on 3rd-and-3. Detroit 21, New Orleans 7. NO—Vele 1 pass from Shough (Carlson kick), :28. Drive: 7 plays, 54 yards, 2:52. Key Plays: Shough 11 pass to Olave; Shough 16 pass to Etienne. Detroit 21, New Orleans 14. Fourth Quarter NO—FG Carlson 28, 7:41. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 5:22. Key Plays: Etienne 14 run; Donaldson 1 run on 3rd-and-1; Shough 31 pass to Vele on 3rd-and-5; Shough 1 pass to Etienne on 3rd-and-4. Detroit 21, New Orleans 17. Det—FG Bates 23, 2:32. Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards, 5:09. Key Plays: Kennedy kick return to Detroit 50; Gibbs 15 run; Goff 4 pass to St. Brown on 3rd-and-9. Detroit 24, New Orleans 17. NO—Johnson 9 pass from Shough (Carlson kick), 1:07. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 1:25. Key Plays: B.Brown kick return to New Orleans 25; Shough 15 pass to Lance on 4th-and-12; Shough 11 pass to Vele; Shough 42 pass to Olave. New Orleans 24, Detroit 24. First Overtime Det—St. Brown 4 pass from Goff (Bates kick), 5:04. Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 4:56. Key Plays: Saylors kick return to Detroit 30; Gibbs 11 run; Gibbs 10 run; Goff 22 pass to J.Williams. Detroit 31, New Orleans 24. NO—Fant 8 pass from Shough (pass failed), 1:34. Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 3:30. Key Plays: B.Brown kick return to New Orleans 20; Shough 20 pass to Olave on 4th-and-3; Shough 10 pass to Fant; Shough 27 pass to Johnson. Detroit 31, New Orleans 30.

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NO Det FIRST DOWNS 29 26 Rushing 7 14 Passing 19 10 Penalty 3 2 THIRD DOWN EFF 8-17 5-13 FOURTH DOWN EFF 2-2 0-0 TOTAL NET YARDS 469 369 Total Plays 86 73 Avg Gain 5.5 5.1 NET YARDS RUSHING 91 165 Rushes 25 33 Avg per rush 3.64 5.0 NET YARDS PASSING 378 204 Sacked-Yds lost 5-32 1-2 Gross-Yds passing 410 206 Completed-Att. 35-56 26-39 Had Intercepted 2 0 Yards-Pass Play 6.197 5.1 KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 6-2-2 6-2-1 PUNTS-Avg. 5-47.6 7-48.0 Punts blocked 0 0 FGs-PATs blocked 0-0 0-0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 95 123 Punt Returns 4-21 3-35 Kickoff Returns 4-74 4-84 Interceptions 0-0 2-4 PENALTIES-Yds 6-53 8-61 FUMBLES-Lost 2-1 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 31:35 36:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—New Orleans, Etienne 9-46, K.Miller 9-30, Shough 4-8, Donaldson 2-4, Brown 1-3. Detroit, Gibbs 29-156, Vaki 2-7, Goff 2-2. PASSING—New Orleans, Shough 35-56-2-410. Detroit, Goff 26-39-0-206. RECEIVING—New Orleans, Olave 10-182, Vele 7-69, Etienne 7-32, Fant 4-33, Johnson 3-54, Lance 3-42, Donaldson 1-(minus 2). Detroit, St. Brown 10-67, LaPorta 5-48, Gibbs 5-30, J.Williams 4-45, Vaki 1-11, Wright 1-5. PUNT RETURNS—New Orleans, Brown 4-21. Detroit, Kennedy 3-35. KICKOFF RETURNS—New Orleans, Brown 3-55, K.Miller 1-19. Detroit, Kennedy 2-59, Saylors 2-25. TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—New Orleans, Sanker 7-3-0, J.Reid 5-3-0, McKinstry 4-3-0, Elliss 3-6-0, Werner 3-4-0, Stutsman 3-3-0, Blackmon 2-4-0, Godchaux 2-2-0, Riley 2-1-0, Granderson 2-0-1, Broughton 1-2-0, Shepherd 1-2-0, Emerson 1-1-0, Wooden 1-1-0, T.Wilson 0-1-0. Detroit, Reed 7-3-0, Ya-Sin 7-0-0, Campbell 5-2-0, Maddox 4-3-0, Hutchinson 4-1-2, McCreary 4-0-1, Barnes 3-2-1, Harper 3-0-0, Rodriguez 2-2-0, C.Clark 2-1-0, Abney 2-0-0, Gill-Howard 1-2-0, White 1-2-0, T.Williams 1-20, Wonnum 1-2-0, McNeill 1-0-1, Lacy 0-1-0, O’Neill 0-1-0. INTERCEPTIONS—New Orleans, None. Detroit, Barnes 1-3, C.Clark 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS—New Orleans, Carlson 62. OFFICIALS—Referee Alan Eck, Ump Paul King, HL David Oliver, LJ Greg Bradley, FJ Fred Dimpfel, SJ Dale Shaw, BJ Grantis Bell, Replay Joe Wollan.

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detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff is hit by Saints defensive end Chase young in the first half on Sunday in detroit.

NFL explains controversial call officials negate Saints’ scoop-andscore in first half BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

DETROIT — Chase Young didn’t have anything to add when asked about his controversial non-sack in the first half of the Saints’ eventual overtime loss to the Detroit Lions, but what he left unsaid was enough. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Young said. “That’s all I’ll tell you.” With the Saints offense mired in a rut, Young looked to instantly reverse the Saints’ fortunes when he beat All-Pro tackle Penei Sewell and crushed Lions quarterback Jared Goff from his blindside, separating him from the football. Saints defensive back Jonas Sanker scooped it up and scored what appeared to be a game-tying touchdown. But after replay review, ofﬁcials determined it an incomplete pass, striking the sack and subsequent touchdown from the game record, because they determined Goff’s arm had started the throwing motion. That apparently nulliﬁed the fact that

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Continued from page 1B short on a failed two-point attempt in overtime. The NFL is fueled by the notion that teams can only go as far as their quarterback. Shough reinforced that idea to the furthest extreme Sunday — and set the stage for what could be a wild season. “That’s a good football team,” Shough said of the Lions. “We’re in their environment, and we were able to continue to operate there. We had it really close. And it’s Week 1. (Now) how do we kind of sustain growth throughout the entire season, and we’ll be in a good spot.” Sunday’s game, in some ways, could be boiled down to “intent.” That was the keyword that referee Alan Eck used in the second quarter when explaining how Lions quarterback Jared Goff did not, in fact, fumble on a play that Young clearly seemed to force. Eck said Goff had begun his throwing motion and had “intent” to throw it forward, which superseded the fact that the ball went backward for safety Jonas Sanker to scoop up and run it to the end zone. As tough as the outcome of the play was to digest, Shough’s intent mattered much over the course of the afternoon. The Saints needed to see how he would overcome one of the worst possible outcomes to

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Saints tight end noah Fant pulls in a touchdown reception against the detroit Lions during overtime on Sunday in detroit.

begin his second season. New Orleans had fallen into a 21-0 hole in large part because of him. They needed to see whether Shough could push a seeming contender like the Lions. Sunday’s game wasn’t supposed to start like this. In a perfect world, the Saints would have come out blazing after spending the offseason making moves aimed at bolstering the offense. In free agency, the Saints not only signed running back Travis Etienne to a four-year, $48 million contract, but they also gave guard

joint practice against the Dallas Cowboys, he was not active for game day. New Orleans also placed running back Audric Estime (thigh) on injured reserve before game day, meaning Estime will miss at least four weeks with the injury. It’s not clear when Estime suffered the injury, but he hadn’t practiced since the team closed training camp. That meant the Saints called up undrafted rookie CJ Donaldson from the practice squad to serve as the No. 3 running back behind Travis Etienne and Kendre Miller. Donaldson got two carries in third-and-short situations, converting both.

the ball traveled backwards after it left Goff’s hand, which in all other instances is considered a fumble and not an incomplete pass. In a pool report interview with a Pro Football Writers Association member after the game, NFL vice president of instant replay Mark Butterworth offered the following explanation: “If the defender contacts the passer prior to the passer starting his throwing motion, then it can be ruled as a backward pass. Because Goff already started his throwing motion and then the defender contacted him, it is therefore a forward pass.” Butterworth went on to say, “the defender’s contact made the pass go backwards” in a subsequent answer. Coach Kellen Moore did not push against the decision after the game, saying the rule was explained to him on the ﬁeld. But the play ended up looming large in a game that was tied at the end of regulation. “I’m sure that’s how the rule is in the rule book,” said linebacker Kaden Elliss. “It is what it is; it’s all right. To me, it looked a whole lot like a sack fumble.”

the game and made a huge play on the opening defensive series, cutting between blockers to knock down running back Jahmyr Gibbs on a third-and-short run stuff. When the Saints defense returned to the ﬁeld, New Orleans had supplanted Werner with second-year linebacker Danny Stutsman. New Orleans rotated a couple of defensive starters off the ﬁeld throughout the game Sunday in Detroit. Werner and Stutsman spent much of the game alternating series, while backup corner Martin Emerson Jr. also played several series in place of usual starter Quincy Riley. Werner and Stutsman also traded off some last season, but the Emerson rotation was new. The veteran corner joined the Saints as a free agent this offseason. “It was just a little bit of a rotation there; I feel really good about all those corners,” Moore said.

The Saints opened the season with four running backs on their initial 53-man roster, but only two of those players were able to take the ﬁeld Sunday against the Lions. Though veteran Alvin Kamara returned to practice Wednesday Defensive rotation after missing three weeks with a Linebacker Pete Werner started knee injury he suffered during a

Tyler Shough threw for a careerhigh 410 yards — and added to an odd statistical ledger for the Saints, who have now seen a quarterback throw for 400 yards in a season opener four times and have lost every one of those games … Linebacker Isaiah Stalbird left the game with an injury in the ﬁrst quarter after making a stop in punt coverage, but returned to action after being evaluated in the medical tent … Rapper Eminem was in attendance at Ford Field to watch his hometown team play the Saints.

David Edwards a four-year, $61 million deal to boost their rushing attack. A month later, the Saints drafted three wide receivers — including Jordyn Tyson with the eighth overall pick. New Orleans even locked up its star wide receiver, Chris Olave, to a four-year, $133 million contract, days into training camp. The moves were supposed to put Shough, a finalist last season for Offensive Rookie of the Year, in a position to take off in Year 2. But they didn’t pay off right away. Far from it. As hopeful as New Orleans entered the year, familiar problems remained for coach Kellen Moore’s offense. The unit was, again, pitiful in the first quarter. The Saints failed to put up points for the 12th time in 18 first quarters under Moore. And though each game is different, many of the same underlying themes emerged. An off pass here. A run that goes nowhere there. The Saints were consistently put in third-and-long in Detroit, which effectively killed drives. Shough was at the center of what went wrong. The second-year quarterback didn’t seem to be on the same page with his receivers, specifically with tight end Noah Fant. Shough’s two interceptions were both mistimed throws to Fant, a new piece to the offense who signed a two-year contract in free agency. On Shough’s first interception, the quarterback threw directly behind Fant while the tight end

was cutting outside. Then to open the second half, Shough committed a pair of backto-back turnovers. He was picked off on the first play of the third quarter by Derrick Barnes, followed by a fumble on New Orleans’ next series. “I was too fast in the beginning,” Shough said. “I was trying to distribute it too fast.” But Shough would eventually slow down — perhaps in part because the Saints’ defense started to slow down Detroit. New Orleans trailed only 7-0 at halftime, and despite giving up back-to-back touchdowns in the third, the defense made a series of stands that paved the way for Shough and the offense to heat up. At first, Shough appeared to find comfort by relying on the old instead of the new. He honed in on Olave and Devaughn Vele, key targets from last season, to march New Orleans down the field for 17 unanswered points. Then, after the defense held the Lions to a field goal, Shough made numerous clutch throws to tie the game. There was a 15-yard conversion on fourth-and-12 to Bryce Lance. There was a 42-yard bomb to Olave. And there was the 9-yard touchdown strike to Juwan Johnson to tie the game at 24. Shough even got New Orleans in position to try and steal the game late with a 62-yard field goal, only for kicker Daniel Carlson to miss as time expired.

“It doesn’t surprise because we know who he is,” Johnson said. “He’s worked hard for it. He’s done it already.” But overtime arguably showed Shough’s real ceiling. Though the Saints did not win, and the defense let up a 10-play, 70-yard drive to begin the extra period, Shough carried the offense on another drive and tapped into the playmakers around him. Notably, Shough’s final touchdown was to Fant — the tight end he struggled to connect with earlier. With only 1:38 left, Moore had the Saints attempt the 2-point conversion that would give them a win. Shough went through his progression — ﬁrst Olave near the pylon, then Vele on the spot route and Lance on the corner route — only for his options to be covered, leaving the quarterback to force a pass to the rookie that was broken up. In the locker room afterward, Lance appeared disappointed he couldn’t haul in the pass. The fourth-round rookie said he “should have come down with it,” adding that Shough gave him a chance. Lance may be one of the few on the Saints who isn’t quite used to Shough just yet. Yes, the two had spent training camp together. But the 24-year-old wasn’t with the Saints last year. He didn’t see the ﬂashes and plays up close that made the Saints splurge in the offseason. He knows now. “Unreal,” Lance said.

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SHOUGH’S THE GUY Tyler Shough couldn’t have gotten off to a worse start. All the momentum he built in those nine starts of his rookie season went missing in the first half. Shough completed just 10 of 22 passes for 85 yards with two picks and a fumble. But boy did he get going, showing the resilience that helped him win over the fanbase last year. He rallied the Saints and finished the day completing 35 of 56 passes for a career-high 410 yards and three touchdowns. It’s fair to question whether Kellen Moore’s decision to not play his starters in the preseason caused the slow start for Shough and the offense. But Shough is no doubt the future. And the present.

DEFENSE SOLID Brandon Staley’s defense looks like it could be just as solid as it was in 2025. This was an explosive detroit team with some big-time playmakers in running back Jahmyr Gibbs and receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams. While Gibbs torched the Saints for 156 yards (5.4 yards per carry), the defense did enough to keep new orleans in it. The Saints defense held the Lions to a field goal late in regulation, which allowed Shough and company to march down and tie it. The defense also appeared to score a defensive touchdown in the first half, but Jonas Sanker’s scoop-and-score after what appeared to be a Chase young sack fumble was reviewed and overturned. The defense did run out of gas on the drive, though.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN? In the grand scheme, this was just the first game of a 17-game marathon. When the nFL released the schedule in May, most people had the Saints penciled in as starting 0-2. you knew road trips to detroit and Baltimore to start the season were not going to be easy. It would have been nice if the Saints could have somehow stolen the opener. And props to Moore for going for two at the end to try to do just that. The Saints could have easily quit after falling into a 21-0 hole. But the grit they showed in the second half once Shough finally got going was promising. The Saints’ offense will have to avoid slow starts going forward. There are no moral victories in the nFL, but this sure felt like it. Going on the road and taking a likely playoff team to overtime is a sign the Saints are heading in the right direction.

Function over form

Wearing Guardian Cap, Saints WR olave proves looks don’t matter BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

DETROIT — A lot of things have changed for Chris Olave, including the things he cares about most, which is why he might have looked a little different on the field during Sunday’s 31-30 loss to the Detroit Lions. Not as a player, mind you. Olave looks primed for an even bigger season than he did a year ago after hauling in 10 passes for a career-best 182 yards in the loss. New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough persistently looked his way while guiding the Saints out of a 21-0 hole, and Olave almost always delivered. No, what changed was literally his look. The somewhat funky-looking Guardian Cap he was wearing over his helmet — the one, in years past, that he alluded to not wearing because of the way it looked. There are more important things to Olave than looks right now. “Y’all know all the head injuries I’ve had in my career,” Olave said. “... I’ve got kids now. I want to be able to live the long game. It’s not all about football; I want to live a regular life after I’m done with football. I love my kids to death, so I don’t really care how it looks no more. I just gotta throw it on, and it did me good today.” Neither Olave’s talent nor his concussion history is new. He has been a steady, excellent presence whenever he’s been on the field as an NFL player, with three 1,000-yard seasons in his first four as a professional. The one outlier happened in 2024, when he missed more than half the season with multiple concussions — enough that had him considering an early retirement. The two things have been hard to disentangle. Even this offseason, when Olave signed a massive extension with the Saints, there was language written into the contract protecting the Saints’ investment in the event of a serious head injury.

the regular headgear. It makes the helmet look especially large on a player, and while players have had them available to them for years, Olave had never worn one in a game before Sunday. But this summer, he started wearing them for training camp practices. And there was a recent moment in practice when Olave went up for a deep ball and came down hard, hitting his head in the process. He immediately felt the difference. “From that point forward, I said I was gonna wear the Guardian Cap in the game,” Olave said. Sunday against the Lions, Olave was one of the main engines driving the Saints’ comeback. He entered halftime with three receptions on six targets for 40 yards, lamenting the missed one-on-one opportunity he had on a deep shot downfield where he waited for the ball to get to him rather than going up and getting it. A switch flipped in the third quarter when, scrambling to avoid the rush, Shough saw Olave snap his route off upfield. Olave hauled in the pass for a 47-yard gain to set up the Saints’ first score of the day. That was the start of a huge second half and overtime for Olave, who snared each of his seven targets in the game’s closing chapter — including a brilliant leaping 42-yarder over a defender down the middle of the field that caused him to stay down on the ground for a moment and get evaluated in the medical tent. Olave’s back was acting up and his calves were cramping — so badly, in fact, that he decided to play most of the fourth quarter and overtime without socks, knowing he is going to get a fine from the NFL’s uniform police. “He was grinding the whole game,” Shough said. “I was really proud of his performance, just who he is.” A big, bulging helmet and no socks ASSoCIATEd PRESS PHoTo By REy dEL RIo didn’t throw Olave off. His new contract will help pay for the fine, but new orleans Saints wide receiver Chris olave pulls in a pass over detroit Lions the rest of the new look may keep cornerback d.J. Reed during a game on Sunday in detroit. him on the field making plays — and healthier, happier for everything And then there was his family to The Guardian Cap is a padded soft that comes after that. consider, and the long view. So Olave shell that attaches to the outside of made the decision to favor function the helmet — essentially adding a Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@ over form. second, exterior shock absorber to theadvocate.com.

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Continued from page 1B mustering 93 yards and seven first downs. On their final six drives, they scored 30 points and gained 390 yards and 22 first downs. “I think we’re a resilient football team, and certainly Tyler showcased that,” Saints head coach Kellen Moore said. “That’s about as challenging of a circumstance as you can have, so I credit our guys for hanging in there and giving ourselves a heck of a chance to go win it on the last play.” Motown, one of the world’s great music cities, is an unusual place to lose your rhythm. But that’s what happened to Shough throughout the first two and a half quarters of action. He looked hurried and haggard as the Lions confused him and disrupted the timing of the passing attack with some defensive wrinkles the Saints didn’t see on film during their pregame preparation. Some Slim Shady-like officiating from the referees didn’t help matters. A controversial call by the officials overturned Chase Young’s strip-sack that led to Jonas Sanker’s scoop-andscore and robbed the Saints of what little early momentum they had. Shough never panicked, though. Even after he opened the second half with an interception and fumble to grease the skids for a 21-0 deficit, he

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Saints quarterback Tyler Shough looks to throw a pass under pressure from detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson in the first half on Sunday in detroit. kept a level head and positive mindset. “You can’t fake that,” Shough said. “I was just trying to be neutral, and there’s nothing to be positive about. All that sucked. It was a bad situation, but at the same time, how do we be

neutral and be like, man, that was under our control. It was all about staying neutral and mission-focused.” During the furious rally, Shough converted four of seven third downs and both of his fourth-down tries, including a got-to-have-it fourth-and-12

on the Saints’ game-tying drive in regulation. “That’s what we expect,” said receiver Chris Olave, who finished with a career-high 182 yards and 10 receptions. “He’s a winner. He’s a competitor. That’s what we wanted in our quarterback.” Going forward, Shough will need to play better from the start to improve his team’s chances of winning. He and the Saints can’t continue to dig themselves a hole and play catch-up the rest of the way if they hope to fulfill their expectations and win the NFC South this season. As we learned against the Lions, as he goes, so go the Saints. “It wasn’t good enough in the end,” Shough said. “I was proud of how we fought as a team and how, regardless of the adversity and circumstances, we kept going. And I just got to play better and get a rhythm going in the first half.” The loss dropped Shough’s career record to 5-5 as a starter. Still, all things considered — the opponent, the venue, the early adversity — it was arguably the most impressive performance of his nascent tenure as the Saints’ starter. “I already believed in him,” Elliss said. “I believe in him more now.” Elliss was speaking for himself, but he might as well have been speaking for the entire Saints organization and fan base. The Saints lost the game. But they have clearly found their quarterback.

dec. 13 at Panthers TBd

dec. 20 at Buccaneers 7:15 p.m.

dec. 27 Arizona noon

Jan. 3 Falcons TBd

TBd Buccaneers TBd

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NFL ROUNDUP

Cousins throws 3 TDs as Raiders beat Dolphins

By The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS — Kirk Cousins became the 15th quarterback to throw at least 300 touchdown passes in his career after tossing three on Sunday to lead the Las Vegas Raiders to a 27-13 season-opening victory over the Miami Dolphins. Two of his TD passes went to running back Ashton Jeanty, who also rushed for 102 yards and caught six passes for 45 more. This was the third career 100-yard game for Jeanty, the No. 6 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft who showed no ill effects of an ankle injury he suffered on Aug. 23. Cousins, making his first start for the Raiders after being acquired in the offseason from Atlanta, completed 21 of 30 passes for 160 yards, though he was intercepted twice. He has 301 touchdown passes for his career, moving into 14th and one TD ahead of John Elway. Cousins is the first Raiders quarterback to throw at least three TDs in the opener since Kerry Collins in 2005 against New England. The Raiders totaled 290 yards in their first game under coach Klint Kubiak, the offensive coordinator on Seattle’s Super Bowl-championship team last season. It was a noticeable improvement for an offense that last season was last in the league in yardage (245.2 per game) and scoring (14.2 points). But Las Vegas is about to embark on a six-game gauntlet against teams such as Kansas City, Buffalo and the Los Angeles Rams that will test how much the offense truly has improved. JAGUARS 34, BROWNS 10: In Jacksonville, Florida, Trevor Lawrence threw for 245 yards and four touchdowns, opening the season much like he closed last year, and Jacksonville dominated rebuilding Cleveland to spoil the debut of new Browns coach Todd Monken. The Jaguars scored on six of their first seven possessions, with Lawrence connecting with Parker Washington, rookie Josh Cameron, Brenton Strange and Jakobi Mey-

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Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins throws a pass during the first half of a game against the Miami dolphins on Sunday in Las Vegas. ers for touchdowns. Three of four targets were wide open. RAVENS 41, COLTS 23: In Indianapolis, Derrick Henry ran for three touchdowns to move into third on the NFL’s career list, Lamar Jackson threw for 324 yards and a TD and rushed for a score, and Baltimore beat Indianapolis. The Ravens improved to 13-6 in openers since 2008 and have topped the 20-point mark in their last 10, the league’s longest active streak. Henry had 24 carries for 144 yards, his 56th 100-yard game and his eighth with three or more TD runs. Henry has 125 career rushing TDs, two more than Hall of Famer Marcus Allen. JETS 23, TITANS 10: In Nashville, Tennessee, Breece Hall ran for 102 yards and a touchdown, Geno Smith threw for 215 yards in his Jets return and New York defeated Tennessee in the season opener to spoil Titans coach Robert Saleh’s debut against his former team.

The Jets never trailed, led 10-3 at halftime and held the ball for just over 38 minutes. Smith, drafted by New York in 2013 and acquired from Las Vegas in March, finished 19 of 24 while efficiently moving new coordinator Frank Reich’s offense. The game matched franchises that went 3-14 last season and prompted the Titans to hire Saleh — who coached the Jets from 2021 before being fired after five games in 2024 — in January hoping to end four straight losing seasons. The Jets, meanwhile, are trying to snap a skid of 10 consecutive seasons under .500 with Aaron Glenn starting his second season in New York. BENGALS 33, BUCCANEERS 27: In Cincinnati, the Bengals’ new-look defense forced four turnovers — including its first fumble recovery for a TD since 2022 — former LSU standout Joe Burrow passed for 254 yards and a touchdown and Cincinnati defeated Tampa Bay. Evan McPherson had four field goals, including from 55 yards and

58 yards, as the Bengals won their opener for the second straight year. Linebacker Boye Mafe and safety Bryan Cook, both signed in free agency, had big games. Both had forced fumbles and recoveries while Mafe also one of Cincinnati’s four sacks. STEELERS 20, FALCONS 13: In Pittsburgh, T.J. Watt jumped in front of a pass from Cooper Rush and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown to break open a tight game as Pittsburgh began the Mike McCarthy era with a win over Atlanta. Pittsburgh was hardly dominant in McCarthy’s debut as the coach of his hometown team, in his reunion with Aaron Rodgers. The star quarterback and his offense sputtered for long stretches thanks to a steady stream of dropped passes, penalties and missed opportunities that allowed the Falcons to hang around. In the end, it didn’t matter. Atlanta, with Rush filling in for injured Tua Tagovailoa and Michael Penix Jr., could muster little beyond what running back Bijan Robinson could provide to spoil the debut of coach Kevin Stefanski. BILLS 36, TEXANS 31: In Houston, Josh Allen threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to Joshua Palmer with 1:36 remaining to lift Buffalo to a win over Houston in a back-andforth season opener. Allen had 334 yards passing with two touchdowns and ran for two more scores to get his first win in Houston after losing his previous four games at Reliant Stadium. The Texans led 31-30 when Allen split two defenders to find Palmer. The 2-point conversion failed. One play earlier, Houston’s Kamari Lassiter got his hands on a pass from Allen in the end zone but couldn’t grab the interception. BEARS 59, PANTHERS 37: In Charlotte, North Carolina, Caleb Williams threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 65 yards and two more scores as Chicago defeated Carolina in the highest-scoring season opener in NFL history.

Chicago and Carolina scored eight more points than the previous record of 88 set in Tampa Bay’s 48-40 win over New Orleans in 2018. Coach Ben Johnson’s prolific Bears also broke a franchise record for points in an opener, a mark that had stood since 1948, when Chicago hung 45 points on Green Bay at Wrigley Field. The 59 points were the most allowed by the Panthers in team history. CARDINALS 26, CHARGERS 14: In Inglewood, California, Jacoby Brissett threw for 277 yards and a touchdown and Arizona defeated Los Angeles, giving Mike LaFleur a victory in his head coaching debut over Jim Harbaugh. The Chargers were 91/2-point favorites — biggest in the NFL in Week 1 — but they played from behind the entire game. VIKINGS 39, PACKERS 22: In Minneapolis, Carson Wentz came in after Kyler Murray’s ﬁrst-quarter concussion in his Minnesota debut and led a spirited comeback against the rival Green Bay as the Vikings scored 29 straight points to close a victory to open the season. Wentz had two touchdown passes to Justin Jefferson, matching the two-time All-Pro’s 2025 season total, and the pair connected on a 2-point converstion when the Vikings took their ﬁrst lead at 25-22 with 6:37 remaining. Green Bay extended the drive three times with crushing defensive penalties. EAGLES 24, COMMANDERS 22: In Philadelphia, Jalen Hurts threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns, and the Eagles’ Moro Ojomo stuffed the Commanders’ attempt at a tying 2-point conversion with 1:01 remaining as Philadelphia squeaked past Washington. Former LSU star Jayden Daniels threw a 1-yard TD pass on thirdand-goal to Antonio Williams with 1:01 left for the Commanders’ second touchdown of the fourth quarter. On the 2-point try, Washington called a shovel pass to tight end John Bates, who was wrapped up instantly by Ojomo.

SCOREBOARD Sports Betting Line NFL Monday

FAVORITE at K.C.

OPEN 2½

Chicago

West

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ (43½) Denver

College Football Thursday

FAVORITE at PITTS

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 10½ (53½) Syracuse

FAVORITE OPEN Miami (FL) 19½ at TEX TECH 14½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 22½ (55½) at W.F. 9½ (52½) Houston

MLB

Monday

American League FAVORITE LINE at CLEVELAND -147 at TORONTO -133 N.Y Yankees -141 Seattle -118 National League FAVORITE LINE LA Dodgers -216 at CHI CUBS -134 at ST. LOUIS OFF San Diego -180 at ARIZONA -137 Interleague FAVORITE LINE at N.Y METS -124

UNDERDOG LINE Chi White Sox +123 Detroit +111 at MINNESOTA +118 at LA ANGELS +100 UNDERDOG at CINCINNATI Atlanta San Francisco at COLORADO Miami

LINE +178 +113 OFF +149 +114

UNDERDOG Baltimore

LINE +104

Pro basketball FIBA Women’s World Cup Glance At Berlin

Semiﬁnals

Saturday’s games

France 86, Germany 64 United States 76, Spain 66

Sunday’s games

Third Place Spain 81, Germany 58 Final United States 97, France 79

Pro football NFL Glance AMERICAN CONFERENCE East N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami New England

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T Pct PF 0 1.000 23 0 1.000 36 0 .000 0 0 .000 10

PA 10 31 0 13

Jacksonville Tennessee Houston Indianapolis

W 1 0 0 0

L 0 1 1 1

T Pct PF 0 1.000 34 0 .000 10 0 .000 31 0 .000 23

PA 10 23 36 41

L T Pct PF 0 0 1.000 41 0 0 1.000 33 0 0 1.000 20 1 0 .000 10

PA 23 27 13 34

W 0 0 0 0

PA 0 0 0 0

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North

Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

West

W 1 1 1 0

L.A. Chargers Las Vegas Kansas City Denver

L 0 0 0 0

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF .000 0 .000 0 .000 0 .000 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Dallas N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Washington

W 0 0 0 0

L T Pct PF 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0

PA 0 0 0 0

Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay

W 0 0 0 0

L 0 0 1 1

T 0 0 0 0

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PA 0 0 20 33

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Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

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Wednesday’s Games

OPEN 10½

Friday

PF 0 0 0

Seattle 13, New England 10 Thursday’s Games San Francisco 27, L.A. Rams 7,Baltimore 41, Indianapolis 23 Buffalo 36, Houston 31 Cincinnati 33, Tampa Bay 27 Jacksonville 34, Cleveland 10 N.Y. Jets 23, Tennessee 10 Pittsburgh 20, Atlanta 13 Chicago 59, Carolina 37 Detroit 31, New Orleans 30, OT Arizona 26, L.A. Chargers 14 Las Vegas 27, Miami 13 Minnesota 39, Green Bay 22 Philadelphia 24, Washington 22 Dallas at N.Y. Giants, n

Monday’s Games

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

College football AP Top 25 Poll Rec. Pts. Prv. 1. Texas (56) 2-0 1678 4 2. Georgia (3) 2-0 1551 2 3. Notre Dame (1) 2-0 1531 3 4. Indiana (3) 2-0 1466 5 5. Miami (FL) (4) 2-0 1452 7 6. Ohio State 1-1 1407 1 7. LSU (1) 2-0 1334 8 8. Ole Miss 2-0 1216 9 9. Texas A&M 2-0 1165 10 10. Alabama 2-0 1068 12 11. BYU 2-0 966 15 12. USC 3-0 944 14 13. Texas Tech 2-0 910 13 14. Penn State 2-0 692 16 15. Tennessee 2-0 676 18 16. SMU 2-0 636 17 17. Utah 2-0 558 20 18. Iowa 2-0 391 21 19. Michigan 2-0 382 NR 20. Missouri 2-0 344 23 21. Oregon 1-1 324 6 22. Houston 2-0 292 22 23. Louisville 1-1 244 24 24. Oklahoma 1-1 222 11 25. Virginia 2-0 182 25 Others receiving votes: Washington 172, Florida 83, Boise State 57, Oklahoma State 36, Western Michigan 35, Tulsa 18, Mississippi State 17, South Carolina 15, Virginia Tech 11, UCLA 9, James Madison 6, Arizona 5, North Dakota State 3, Pittsburgh 1, Kansas State 1.

State schedule Saturday’s games

UAB 26, UL-Monroe 20 Tarleton St. at McNeese St. , n Tulane 28, South Alabama 24 Nicholls 31, UT Rio Grande Valley 28 Southeastern 30, at North Alabama 25 East Texas A&M 38, Northwestern St. 14 Southern 77, Houston 6 LSU 45, Louisiana Tech 14 TCU 63, Grambling 7 USC 49, UL 30

Major scores Friday’s games EAST

Boston College 28, Rutgers 21

SOUTH

Louisville 59, Villanova 13 NC State 73, Richmond 0 Virginia 59, Norfolk St. 3

MIDWEST

Missouri 38, Kansas 21

Saturday’s games EAST

Albany (NY) 35, LIU Brooklyn 13 California 21, Syracuse 18 Delaware St. 21, Bowie St. 6 Lafayette 13, Marist 9 Lehigh 44, William & Mary 20 Marshall 28, Middle Tennessee 26 Maryland 38, UConn 14 Merrimack 23, Maine 14 Morgan St. 55, Va. Lynchburg 0 New Hampshire 42, Stonehill 35 Penn St. 27, Temple 9

Pittsburgh 12, UCF 7 Rhode Island 31, Elon 10 South Florida 28, Army 24 UMass 37, Sacred Heart 10 West Virginia 52, UT Martin 7

SOUTH

Alabama 45, Kentucky 17 Alabama A&M 30, Tennessee St. 3 Appalachian St. 27, East Carolina 24 Austin Peay 63, Morehead St. 7 Bethune-Cookman 43, Stetson 18 Bryant 31, Hampton 3 Bucknell 14, VMI 3 Charleston Southern 26, The Citadel 20 Coastal Carolina 45, Fordham 7 Davidson 28, Dickinson 14 E. Kentucky 22, Chattanooga 17 FAU 38, Navy 30 FIU 33, Buffalo 20 Florida 52, Campbell 3 Furman 20, Mercer 13 Georgia 70, W. Kentucky 20 Georgia St. 31, Kennesaw St. 17 James Madison 87, Wagner 3 LSU 45, Louisiana Tech 14 Liberty 24, Gardner-Webb 23 MVSU 31, Lincoln (Pa.) 20 Mississippi 41, Charlotte 9 Murray St. 27, Valparaiso 18 NC Central 30, NC A&T 22 Nicholls 31, UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 28 North Carolina 35, ETSU 3 SC State 66, Virginia St. 0 SE Louisiana 30, North Alabama 25 South Carolina 45, Towson 9 Tennessee 45, Georgia Tech 24 Tennessee Tech 45, Samford 19 Troy 34, Alabama St. 17 Tulane 28, South Alabama 24 UAB 26, Louisiana-Monroe 20 Vanderbilt 35, Delaware 26 Virginia Tech 44, Old Dominion 21

MIDWEST

Akron 45, Robert Morris 10 Ball St. 41, Stony Brook 17 Butler 52, Franklin 0 Cent. Michigan 13, Colgate 10 Cincinnati 62, W. Carolina 10 Dayton 30, Thomas More 7 Duke 31, Illinois 27 Illinois St. 28, N. Illinois 24 Indiana 55, Howard 0 Indiana St. 42, E. Illinois 35 Iowa 16, Iowa St. 13 Kansas St. 34, Washington St. 7 Kent St. 36, Wofford 15 Miami (Ohio) 45, Holy Cross 7 Michigan 17, Oklahoma 10 Michigan St. 35, E. Michigan 7 Mississippi St. 38, Minnesota 13 Missouri St. 48, Lindenwood (Mo.) 14 N. Iowa 56, Drake 14 Nebraska 56, Bowling Green 7 Notre Dame 52, Rice 0 Ohio 29, Jacksonville St. 27 S. Dakota St. 57, New Haven 14 S. Illinois 34, SE Missouri 20 South Dakota 41, E. Washington 23 St. Thomas (Minn.) 56, N. Michigan 14 Toledo 63, CCSU 10 W. Michigan 49, Monmouth (NJ) 14 Wake Forest 38, Purdue 36 Wisconsin 36, W. Illinois 9 Youngstown St. 70, Duquesne 13

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas St. 52, West Georgia 7 Cent. Arkansas 59, Cent. Oklahoma 20 East Texas A&M 38, Northwestern St. 14 Houston 77, Southern U. 6 Houston Christian 88, Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes 0 North Texas 44, UNLV 6 Oklahoma St. 39, Oregon 31 SMU 56, UC Davis 10 Stephen F. Austin 26, Abilene Christian 7 TCU 63, Grambling St. 7 Texas 24, Ohio St. 23 Texas A&M 48, Arizona St. 20 Tulsa 23, Sam Houston St. 17 UTSA 31, Texas State 26

FAR WEST

BYU 28, Arizona 17 Boise St. 38, Memphis 20 Chicago State 78, Kentucky Christian 7 Colorado 52, Weber St. 21 Colorado St. 58, S. Utah 24 Idaho St. 59, San Diego 17 Lamar 23, Idaho 17 Montana 35, Utah Tech 14

N. Arizona 38, Incarnate Word 28 New Mexico 70, Mercyhurst 7 Texas Tech 35, Oregon St. 24 UCLA 28, San Diego St. 10 Washington 16, Utah St. 14 Wyoming 21, N. Colorado 13

Chicago White Sox 6, St. Louis 5 Texas 6, Arizona 2

Sunday’s Games

Major League Baseball American League East Division z-Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

W 90 86 81 75 72

L 59 63 68 75 78

Pct .604 .577 .544 .500 .480

GB — 4 9 15½ 18½

Chicago Cleveland Detroit Minnesota Kansas City

W 76 76 70 70 66

L 73 74 79 79 83

Pct .510 .507 .470 .470 .443

GB — ½ 6 6 10

W L Houston 75 75 Texas 73 76 Seattle 70 79 Athletics 60 89 Los Angeles 56 93 z-clinched playoff berth

Pct .500 .490 .470 .403 .376

GB — 1½ 4½ 14½ 18½

Central Division

West Division

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 2 Detroit 11, Colorado 7 Toronto 7, Baltimore 3 Boston 5, Kansas City 1 Minnesota 4, Cleveland 3 Washington 6, L.A. Angels 5, 10 innings Tampa Bay 3, Houston 2 Chicago White Sox 6, St. Louis 5 Texas 6, Arizona 2 Seattle 19, Athletics 1

W 86 81 76 75 73 72

W 83 83 80 79

L 63 68 74 75 76 78

Pct .577 .544 .507 .500 .490 .480

WCGB +10½ +5½ — 1 2½ 4

L 67 67 68 70

Pct .553 .553 .541 .530

WCGB +2 +2 — 1½

Sunday

National League Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 88 83 74 70 69

L 62 67 76 81 80

Pct .587 .553 .493 .464 .463

GB — 5 14 18½ 18½

z-Milwaukee Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati

W 93 83 75 74 70

L 57 67 75 76 79

Pct .620 .553 .500 .493 .470

GB — 10 18 19 22½

L 59 68 70 87 94

Pct .604 .541 .530 .416 .369

GB — 9½ 11 28 35

Saturday’s Games

New York Boston Cleveland Toronto Texas Baltimore

US Open Results

Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-7) at Cleveland (Williams 13-7), 5:40 p.m. Detroit (Melton 8-4) at Toronto (Soriano 12-7), 6:07 p.m. Baltimore (Young 9-4) at N.Y. Mets (Tong 2-1), 6:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Warren 10-6) at Minnesota (Ober 7-5), 6:40 p.m. Seattle (Anderson 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Detmers 5-8), 8:38 p.m.

W Los Angeles 90 San Diego 80 Arizona 79 San Francisco 62 Colorado 55 z-clinched playoff berth

Wild Card Glance American League

Tennis

Monday’s Games

West Division

L.A. Dodgers (Skubal 9-7) at Cincinnati (Lodolo 3-4), 5:40 p.m. Baltimore (Young 9-4) at N.Y. Mets (Tong 2-1), 6:10 p.m. Atlanta (Smith-Shawver 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Peterson 7-8), 6:40 p.m. San Francisco (Roupp 9-13) at St. Louis (Mathews 1-3), 6:45 p.m. San Diego (Mize 5-9) at Colorado (Sugano 12-9), 7:40 p.m. Miami (Alcantara 13-10) at Arizona (Burnes 0-0), 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Philadelphia San Diego Arizona

Detroit 8, Colorado 1 N.Y. Yankees 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Washington 6, L.A. Angels 5 Tampa Bay 14, Houston 4 Toronto 8, Baltimore 1 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Cleveland 9, Minnesota 2 Boston 4, Kansas City 1 Texas 7, Arizona 6 Athletics 8, Seattle 7

Central Division

Monday’s Games

National League

Sunday’s Games

East Division

Detroit 8, Colorado 1 N.Y. Yankees 2, N.Y. Mets 0 Washington 6, L.A. Angels 5 Philadelphia 9, Atlanta 4 Miami 6, L.A. Dodgers 4 St. Louis 3, Chicago White Sox 1 Cincinnati 4, Milwaukee 3 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 3 Texas 7, Arizona 6 San Diego 6, San Francisco 4

N.Y. Mets 12, N.Y. Yankees 2 Detroit 11, Colorado 7 Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 3 San Diego 7, San Francisco 6 Miami 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 Washington 6, L.A. Angels 5, 10 innings Atlanta 12, Philadelphia 2 Milwaukee 13, Cincinnati 9

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

Men’s Singles

Championship Alexander Zverev (1), Germany, def. Ben Shelton (8), United States, 6-3, 7-6 (2), 5-7, 6-2.

Transactions Major League Baseball American League ATHLETICS — Recalled LHP Drew Rom from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned RHP Joey Estes to Las Vegas. BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Recalled RHP Yaramil Hiraldo from Norfolk (IL). Placed RHP Kyle Bradish on the 15-day IL. Sent CF Christian Franklin on a rehab assignment to Norfolk. BOSTON RED SOX — Reinstated 1B Willson Contreras from the 10-day IL. Placed 2B Anthony Seigler on the 10-day IL. CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Recalled RHP David Sandlin from Charlotte (IL). Optioned LHP Tyler Schweitzer to Charlotte. CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Selected the contract of RHP Connor Brogdon from Columbus (IL). Optioned RHP Franco Aleman to Columbus. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent RHP Manuel Rodríguez on a rehab assignment to Durham (IL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Recalled DH Jose Fernandez from Reno (PCL). Designated LF Lourdes Gurriel Jr. for assignment. COLORADO ROCKIES — Sent LHP Jose Quintana on a rehab assignment to Albuquerque (PCL). MIAMI MARLINS — Reinstated 2B Xavier Edwards from the 10-day IL. Placed RF Owen Caissie on the 10-day IL. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Reinstated LHP Tanner Banks from the 60-day IL. Optioned RHP Grant Holman to Lehigh Valley (IL). Designated SS Christian Cairo for assignment.

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Across the U.S., high school sports provide a sense of community — and, for some, a way out

The flag of Acadiana was designed in 1965 by Thomas J. Arceneaux, of the then-University of Southwestern Louisiana, and officially adopted on July 5, 1974.

AP national writer

STAFF FILE PHOTO BY LESLIE WESTBROOK

ORIGIN STORY

BY WILL GRAVES ALQUIPPA, Pa. — The phone calls started coming long before the lights at “The Pit” flickered on for the first time this fall. “When will the senior citizen passes be available?” Aliquippa High athletic director Jennifer Damico’s office heard more than once as the latest season of Quips football inched forward. At the school about 30 minutes northwest of downtown Pittsburgh, the passes have been a longstanding tradition — a way for the community’s past to connect with its present. A lot has changed in the century-plus since Aliquippa first opened its doors. The Aliquippa Works steel mill, which employed over 10,000 workers at its height before the industry collapsed, is long gone. Many storefronts in the heart of the borough’s business district sit empty. One of the few constants through the years has been those precious hours every week during the fall when the Quips storm out of the locker room. “We might be going to different churches on Sunday at 11,” says coach Mike Warfield, an Alquippa alum and retired state trooper who believes the program saved his life twice. “But on Fridays at 7, we’re together.” Amid an ever-changing landscape, when a constant distraction sits in the palm of your hand, and the culture wars seem specifically designed to divide, those Friday nights and everything they represent endure.

A newspaper story, an invoice typo and a House resolution: How Acadiana’s name came to be AP PHoTo By GEnE J. PUSKAR

BY IZZY WOLLFARTH

Aliquippa High School football fans celebrate after their school scores during a football game between Aliquippa and Mars high schools at Heinz Field in Aliquippa, Pa., on Sept. 4.

Staff writer

Today, “Acadiana” is a place where someone comes from. It’s a place that ties directly to someone’s ancestral roots. For more than half a century, Acadiana has been a name of a particular region in Louisiana. The word is also thought to be a combination of two regional names of early settlers — the ﬁrst being Acadie, an area largely in eastern Canada where settlers were expelled in the late 1700s and Louisiana, where those same settlers made their generational homes. The Crowley Daily Signal has the earliest documented use of the term “Acadiana” dating to Oct. 15, 1946. Back then, the newspaper used the word when discussing local achievements and social happenings in Acadia Parish and surrounding areas. The paper praised what they called, “Acadiana, the folklore that is South Louisiana” and its recognition by the International Rice Festival, a festival still held today celebrating farmers and the rice industry. The editorial also explained what and who Acadiana is.

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Signs with common Cajun family names wait to be used during Acadiana Culture day at Vermilionville on Aug. 9 in Lafayette. “When the word ‘Acadiana’ is used, it is mentioned not in the sense of those residents of Acadia Parish alone, but to all those French people who are descendants of the people who migrated here around 1755 when distributed by their British overlords for protection purposes,” the paper read. In the years following, the paper would continue to capitalize on the newly identiﬁed Acadian area. On June 7, 1950, writers Max and Freda Thomas started a new column entitled, “Acadiana.”

Their ﬁrst entry discussed how they happened upon the column name. “Early one morning the idea struck, why not ACADIANA (all caps in original).” They continued, “And too from the phonetics and spelling, Acadiana harmonized perfectly with Louisiana, and the last four letters in each word are the same. So, Acadiana was selected without further question.” A similar idea struck the KATCTV3 ofﬁce about a decade later,

issued Tuesday, with shipping from Jan. 12 through the traditional cookie sales season. Patch Pals, a blueberry muffinIn early 2027, the Girl Scouts of the USA will begin selling their inspired flavor for pooches, will first-ever cookie creation for be made for the Scouts by the dogs, along with a new flavor for Bark company, a Kansas-based dog-food and toy specialist. allergy-sensitive humans. Bark’s dog food is “formulated Both will be available online only — no booth sales — accord- to meet the nutritional levels esing to the GSUSA announcement tablished by the Association of

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For example, the “suggested daily serving” for dogs 5 to 10 pounds is just one-half of one Patch Pal. Dogs in the 25-pound range may have one Patch Pal and 50-pounders may have two, according to the guidelines. The other new cookie, Sparkables, was designed to “give

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American Feed Control Ofﬁcials for all life stages,” according to the Scouts. As such, the boxes will provide guidelines for how many of these snacks (made with wheat flour, blueberries, canola oil, honey, brewer’s yeast, among other ingredients) are appropriate for dogs of various sizes that are over 6 months of age.

A tradition that is thriving A century-plus ago, organized sports at the local level were a mishmash. There were no real age limits or parameters. Around the dawn of the 20th century, state athletic associations began to pop up in the Midwest, hoping to establish a little order amid the chaos. The model they created provided the framework for what has become an intrinsic part of the high school experience. Today, even with competition from youth travel leagues, prep sports are thriving. The NFHS’s annual survey for the 2025-26 academic year estimated there were over 8.4 million participants in high school sports, a 25% jump since the 20th century became the 21st. The expansion of opportunities — particularly on the girls’ side with ﬂag football and wrestling — has helped. It also looks good on a college resume. Yet the roots, particularly for the 1.1 million high school football players and what they have

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“It may be overstated, but I think it’s kind of an American institution,” says Bruce Howard, director of publications and communications at the National Federation of State High School Associations director of publications and communications. “If you played on a sports team in school, you’re still talking about it. You still remember it.” In a country in which nearly a third of the population tunes in to the Super Bowl, the conﬂuence between sports and community may be felt most acutely in far smaller venues.

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Unexplained weight loss may be symptom of disease Dear Doctors: You always hear how unintended weight loss is a symptom of different diseases. How does that happen? Does the disease actually make you lose weight, or is it just that you’ve lost your appetite because you don’t feel well and are eating less? Dear Reader: It’s true that when you’re not feeling well, it’s easy to lose your appetite. This leads to eating less and, eventually, losing weight. But what you are asking about is more accurately described as unexplained weight loss. This is a decrease in body weight that isn’t readily explained by changes to diet or activity level. It is sometimes quantiﬁed as a loss of 5% or more of total body weight that takes place over the course of six to 12 months.

Dr. Elizabeth Ko Dr. Eve Glazier ASK THE doCToRS

For most of us, weight ﬂuctuates from week to week and even from day to day. But sustained and unexplained weight loss is a symptom of several serious illnesses. These include gastrointestinal diseases, hormonal disorders, infections, autoimmune diseases and cancers. Unexplained weight loss can also be a side effect of some medications and an indicator of mental health or

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Continued from page 1C when William “Bill” Patton, the station manager at the time, and the station owner were searching for a way to define the region and unify the station’s coverage. A year after their launch by Acadian Television Corp in 1962, KATC-TV3 received an invoice from the FCC mistakenly addressed to “Acadiana Television Corp,” adding an extra “a” to the company name. “They had been looking for something to refer to the area, and it just kind of landed in their lap through a typo,” says Sean Trcalek, the general manager at KATC. The station never officially coined the term, hoping it would catch on with the public. “It caught on really, really quickly, but it was never trademarked,” Trcalek said. “Now, it’s just ubiquitous. It belongs to everybody.” The name “Acadiana” would eventually gain traction in the chambers of the Louisiana Legislature. In 1971, then-Gov. Edwin Edwards would sign House Concurrent Resolution No. 496 and officially designate 22 parishes ranging from Acadia to West Baton Rouge and Calcasieu, as “The Heart of Acadiana.” As written in the resolution, the legislation aimed to strengthen the image of

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The bonds can be timeless Rich Boronyak grew up in Crafton, Pennsylvania, 60 years ago. A three-sport star at long-since-closed Crafton High, he remembers the parade the town threw after a football championship. The faces that lined those streets are still so fresh in his mind. “Everybody knew everybody,” he said from the stands at “The Pit” while waiting for his grandson, who plays football for Mars Area High, to take on the Quips. It remains that way in countless places across the nation, though perhaps few where the pressure and the privilege of playing are more intertwined than Aliquippa. It’s not just the record 21 regional championships, the ﬁve state titles, and the notable alumni like Pro Football Hall of Famers Mike Ditka, Ty Law and Darrelle Revis. It’s all of it. Senior running back Akiva Woods says “there’s a huge standard to stay up to.” Reminders dot the stands at home games, where the alums reminisce and keep

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Acadiana for Louisianans and attract tourists to the region. “It would be to the best interest of Acadiana and would serve greatly to enhance the tourist attraction and image of Louisiana to further develop and identify this unique cultural aspect of Louisiana thereby publicizing on a national and international level the beauty of Acadiana and the attraction of our state and this area in our state,” the resolution reads. Patton and the station opposed the legislation saying the region cannot be deﬁned in geographic terms and instead was more broadly a way of life. Michael S. Martin, department head for History, Geography and Philosophy at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, says the designation continues to misrepresent the community. “One thing it clearly does, is show this place where the people who were known as the Acadians ended up after

tabs on the latest members of what all involved universally describe as a family. Things have changed since Paul Royba graduated in 1984. Back then, there was no pregame hype video. No cameras capturing every moment. Gone are the miserable grass field and the locker room where hot water was more myth than fact. And still, part of the appeal remains eternal. “The mentality and the spirit has stayed the same,” says Royba, now 60 and recently retired after 34 years in the corporate world. That spirit is described on Quips T-shirts: “Aliquippa against the world.” The school of around 320 students does its best to silence the outside noise that their hometown is poor, small and dangerous. “Athletics is what I believe has kept this place going,” Damico says. “There’s been good economic times and bad, but the athletics is always the constant, always the positive story that is coming out of here.” Things are hardly perfect, but they’re hardly perfect anywhere. America’s harsh realities in 2026 have a way of showing up. About an hour east of the Quips and the Mars Planets game, longtime rivals Gateway and Penn Hills played in front of a mostly

substance use disorders. How much you eat and how active you are each affect body weight. So does overall health. Part of the general health equation is how well the body takes in and uses the nutrients in the foods we eat. Cancer, particularly when it occurs in the digestive system, can interfere with nutrient absorption. So can gastrointestinal illnesses such as celiac disease and inﬂammatory bowel disease. Unexplained weight loss can also be caused by chronic infection. This can occur due to the ongoing immune response, which revs up energy demands. In ﬁghting infection, the immune system also releases specialized molecules that can alter metabolism and lead to the breakdown of muscle and fat.

their arrival in Louisiana,” he says. “But over time, it became such a dominant label — and I think this is rightly so — that people who were not of Acadian descent came to criticize it.” A 1971 letter sent to the The Daily Iberian, in New Iberia, showcases some local dissent with the region begin so strictly defined. “I am not of Acadian ancestry, rather I am a mixture of Irish, English, Scotch, German, and a little French,” wrote Barbara A. Burke, a then-New Iberia resident. In her letter, Burke said America is a “melting pot,” where numerous nationalities came together and settled. “But it seems a little discriminating to take any one section of this country and officially declare it a region named for whatever nationality happened to settle it hundreds of years ago,” she wrote. Still, the official name “Acadiana” was believed to be a step toward regional pride, a renewal of native languages and a moment for the region to make a name for itself. Have a question about something in Louisiana that’s got you curious? Email your question to curiouslouisiana@ theadvocate.com. Include your name, phone number and the city where you live.

empty stadium after school ofﬁcials learned of a “potential threat.”

The American dream For Woods, his goals lie beyond Aliquippa. He’s already received scholarship offers from nearby Division II schools, and he’s hoping a standout senior year turns even more heads. It’s working out that way for Lester Longmire. A year ago, he was a senior linebacker and one of the leaders of the defense. Now he’s a special teamer and freshman sports management major at Slippery Rock University, about an hour north. Standing on the sideline as the Quips struggled in the ﬁrst half against Mars, Longmire talks about the urge to get away, even though it means leaving his support system and everyone he cares about. “I do miss football. I miss the community and all that,” he says. “But I want to start a new life, so I plan on staying out of here.” Just not quite yet. Eager to encourage his former teammates, Longmire wades into the sea of red-and-black jerseys. As he walks away, the safety and the promise of the Friday night lights and all they have meant and all they will mean cradle him once more.

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Hormonal disorders can cause weight loss through several mechanisms. Hyperthyroidism, which is when the thyroid gland becomes overactive, accelerates metabolism. This increases the body’s energy needs and can lead to a calorie deﬁcit. Diabetes, by contrast, makes it more difﬁcult for the body to access the energy sources that are already present. When the body isn’t making enough insulin or can’t use it effectively, it’s harder for glucose to move from the blood and into the cells. This can cause glucose to be lost in the urine. With glucose now less available, the body begins to break down fat and muscle to use for energy. If anyone experiences unexplained weight loss, check in with your healthcare provider to try to pinpoint a cause. They will review

your medical history, including whether you are up to date on recommended cancer screenings. These can include prostate and colorectal cancer screening, and mammograms. If a metabolic issue is suspected, blood tests may be recommended. These can include testing for thyroid function, and blood glucose or A1C for diabetes. Unexplained weight loss doesn’t automatically mean something is seriously wrong. But ﬁnding the cause can offer answers and also peace of mind. Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet.ucla. edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

Make healthy choices for meals Dear Heloise: I buy raw, Sound off on plastic unﬁltered honey. Every morning, I pour a little Dear Heloise: Health food on plain, thick Greek yostores carry tooth powder, which is easier than tablets. gurt, along with a dash of We need to support prodcinnamon. I really enjoy the taste, and I believe ucts that come in glass, that this is a very healthy metal or paper, as these choice for breakfast. My items can be recycled. Plashusband says that tic remains plastic the honey is unforever, and it’s a petroleum product. healthy and Greek — Ann, via email yogurt is junk food. Ann, you seem to What do you think? have forgotten that — Ashley F., in Honolulu, plastic can and does Hawaii Hints from get recycled. It’s not Ashley, ﬁrst, just Heloise so much the plastic a disclaimer to my as it is the way that readers that raw plastic is discarded. No one honey is only for adults. should be tossing plastic Never give any honey to anywhere except for a an infant or a child betrash can or recycle bin. low the age of 1. As for The real problem is us. whether it’s unhealthy, Humans have trashed it contains enzymes and beautiful shorelines, antioxidants, and it also oceans, parks and mouncontributes to gut health. As for Greek yogurt, it’s tains with plastic, among high in protein and probiother items. If there wasn’t any plastic, these same otics, which contribute to people would’ve had a glass a healthy gut. So, go and enjoy your healthy break- jar, a wooden box, or any other type of container and fast! — Heloise

still cluttered up a beautiful area of nature. The earth is our home. Let’s all take care of it. — Heloise

Disposing of grease Dear Heloise: I’ve always had empty cans from soup, veggies or enchilada sauce under my sink to pour hot grease into. When it’s full and hard, it simply goes into the trash. — Karen H., in West Covina, California Karen, thanks for writing in! Of course, we all know that you should never pour grease down your sink drain — not even with hot water running along with it. I know that many people save reusable containers for the purpose of having a place to get rid of grease, but an even better idea would be to use a container that’s supposed to go directly into the trash, not the recycling bin (like a tin can would). — Heloise Email heloise@heloise.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Monday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2026. There are 108 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inﬂicted by an assassin eight days earlier; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, becoming the youngest-ever U.S. president at age 42. Also on this date: In 1861, the ﬁrst naval engagement since the start of the Civil War took place as the USS Colorado attacked and sank the Confederate private schooner Judah off the coast of Pensacola, Florida. In 1927, modern dance pioneer Isadora Duncan died in Nice, France, when her scarf became entangled in a wheel of the sports car in which she was riding. In 1982, Princess Grace

of Monaco, formerly film star Grace Kelly, died at age 52 of injuries from a car crash the day before. In 2001, Americans packed churches and public squares on a day of remembrance for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. President George W. Bush prayed with his Cabinet and attended services at Washington National Cathedral, then flew to New York, where he waded into the ruins of the World Trade Center and addressed rescue workers in a show of resolve. In 2012, fury over an anti-Muslim film ridiculing the Prophet Muhammad sparked violent clashes across the Muslim world. In 2018, Hurricane Florence made landfall on the U.S. Southeast coast in the Carolinas, swamping entire communities, trapping hundreds in rising floodwaters and leaving at least 43 people dead.

In 2024, the ﬁrst submarine especially designed to accommodate men and women sailors was commissioned by the U.S. Navy. The USS New Jersey, a fast-attack submarine, was put into service with separate sleeping and bathing quarters for the coed crew. Today’s birthdays: Actor Walter Koenig (“Star Trek”) is 90. Architect Renzo Piano is 89. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown is 86. Pope Leo XIV is 71. Country singer John Berry is 67. Actor Melissa Leo is 66. Actor Faith Ford is 62. Film director Bong JoonHo is 57. Supreme Court justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is 56. Actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley is 55. Actor Andrew Lincoln is 53. Rapper Nas is 53. Olympic gold medal middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj is 52. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is 48. Chef/TV personality Katie Lee is 45.

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worked for you, and discard what hasn't. Recognizing your strengths and applying more time and energy to something that encourages greater stability will lead to benefits. ARIEs (March 21-April 19) Choose creativity over deception. How you use your gifts will make a difference today. Focus on opportunity. Abide by the rules, and keep everyone's best interest in mind. tAuRus (April 20-May 20) Refuse to let stubbornness put you in a defensive position when what's necessary is living up to your expectations and pleasing yourself, not trying to impress others. Choose peace over chaos. GEMInI (May 21-June 20) Welcome change with open arms. Reflect on what no longer serves a purpose, and replace it with something meaningful. Take responsibility for your life and how you choose to live. cAncER (June 21-July 22) Invest more time and money in your surroundings. Put comfort and convenience at the top of your list, and build an environment that offers peace and tranquility. LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Push back if someone tries to manipulate you. Do what's best for you and don't look back. Living in the past or letting someone decide your fate will lower your self-esteem. The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2026 by NEA, Inc., dist. By Andrews McMeel Syndication

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PUBLIC NOTICE .- - ORDINANCE 2026-28 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF OR‐ DINANCES OF THE CITY OF BAKER BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE TO CHAP‐ TER 27, ZONING, TO ES‐ TABLISH THE BAKER COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONING DIS‐ TRICT (CCO); PROVIDING FOR PURPOSE, APPLICA‐ BILITY, BOUNDARIES, DE‐ VELOPMENT PLAN RE‐ VIEW, PROHIBITED USES, LOT AND BULK STAN‐ DARDS, DESIGN STAN‐ DARDS, LANDSCAPE AND BUFFER REQUIREMENTS, ADDITIONAL DESIGN RE‐ VIEW STANDARDS, AD‐ MINISTRATION, SEVER‐ ABILITY, AND AN EFFEC‐ TIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Baker desires to encour‐ age redevelopment, adaptive reuse, and pri‐ vate investment along Main Street, Plank Road, and other designated commercial corridors; and WHEREAS, the City ﬁnds that corridor-based over‐ lay standards can reduce blight and vacancy, pre‐ serve the economic func‐ tion of the corridor, and promote orderly growth while maintaining con‐ sistency with the under‐ lying zoning district reg‐ ulations; and WHEREAS, the proposed overlay district is in‐ tended to be userfriendly for the public, administratively work‐ able for City staff, and adaptable for future use in other commercial cor‐ ridors within the City; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT

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ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Baker, Louisiana, that the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as fol‐ lows: Section 1. Chapter 27, Zoning, is hereby amended by adding a new Article _, to be enti‐ tled “Baker Commercial Corridor Overlay Zoning District,” to read as fol‐ lows: ARTICLE _. BAKER COM‐ MERCIAL CORRIDOR OVERLAY ZONING DIS‐ TRICT (CCO) Sec. 27-.01. Purpose and intent. The Baker Commercial Corridor Overlay Zoning District (CCO) is hereby established to support redevelopment and adaptive reuse of exist‐ ing buildings, reduce blight and vacancy, and promote new private in‐ vestment while preserv‐ ing the economic func‐ tion of the corridor as a regional commercial des‐ tination. The CCO is designed to be integrated into the framework of the exist‐ ing zoning ordinance and other current Baker de‐ velopment rules, regula‐ tions, and ordinances. Unless modified by this Article, the standards of the underlying base zon‐ ing district shall apply. Sec. 27-.02. Applicability. (a) The regulations of this Article shall be in ad‐ dition to, and shall over‐ lay, all other zoning dis‐ tricts and other ordi‐ nance requirements reg‐ ulating the development of land within the area of applicability of the over‐ lay district. (b) A parcel of land lying within the overlay dis‐ trict shall be subject to the following: (1) Unless modified by the overlay district regu‐ lations, the standards of the underlying base zon‐ ing district shall apply. (2) In the case of con‐ flicting standards be‐ tween this Article and any other ordinance, the overlay requirements shall apply. (3) The entirety of any lot located within the area of applicability of the overlay zoning district. (4) The entirety of any lot occupied by an off-site accessory use, including but not limited to offstreet parking, which is incidental and subordi‐ nate to a principal use lo‐ cated on a lot within the area of applicability of the overlay zoning dis‐ trict. (5) The entirety of any lot on which any portion of a principal or accessory building is constructed, where some portion of the use occupying such building is located on a lot within the area of ap‐ plicability of the overlay zoning district. (c) Normal maintenance and repair may be per‐ formed without compli‐ ance with the overlay regulations. (d) Any redevelopment, renovation, expansion, or change in use that does not meet the noncon‐ forming use, lot, and structure standards of this Code shall comply with this Article. Sec. 27-.03. Boundaries. The boundaries of the CCO shall consist of the following area: Beginning at the inter‐ section of Lavey Lane/South Magnolia Drive and Highway 19 (Main Street), then trav‐ eling north, including Lot CVS, Resub. of Lots 8-10, 11A, 11B, and a portion of Lots 1-7, Square 17, Baker Townsite Resub. 2012; continuing along all of Main Street to its inter‐ section with the north‐ ernmost corporate line of Baker; encompassing all commercial properties located on Highway 19 (Main Street) and ex‐ tending to C-4-B-1, Resub. of Tract C-4 of the Winder K. Dunbar Prop‐ erty, Resub. 1989, com‐ monly referred to as Baker Regional Shopping Center (Subway), as more particularly shown on the official zoning map of the City of Baker. The official zoning map shall control in the event of any discrepancy be‐ tween the map and the written description. Sec. 27-.04. Development plan review. All development within the CCO shall be required to undergo development plan review in accor‐ dance with the applica‐ ble procedures of the City of Baker to promote orderly development and to ensure that develop‐ ment occurs in a manner consistent with this Arti‐ cle and with the health, safety, and general wel‐ fare of the City. Sec. 27-.05. Prohibited uses. The following uses are prohibited within the CCO: (1) Motor vehicle service and repair, minor or j

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p major. (2) Mini-warehouse (selfstorage). Sec. 27-.06. Lot and bulk standards. (a) Lot area. The mini‐ mum lot area within the CCO shall be the same as the minimum lot area re‐ quired by the underlying zoning district. (b) Lot width and depth. The minimum lot width and depth within the CCO shall be the same as the minimum lot width and depth required by the underlying zoning district. Sec. 27-.07. General de‐ sign standards. Any new structure, major renovation, or expansion within the CCO shall be subject to the following general design stan‐ dards: (1) Design shall be com‐ patible in scale, materi‐ als, street-level uses, and spatial relationships with existing development. (2) The architectural de‐ sign should be consis‐ tent with the context, character, scale, and ma‐ terials of structures in adjacent areas. (3) Development should enhance the corridor, in‐ cluding creation of green space, open space, and passive recreation through amenities and stormwater manage‐ ment. (4) Secondary access points are encouraged from side and/or rear parking lots. Facades abutting parking areas and containing a public entrance shall include pedestrian walkways. (5) The site shall be de‐ signed to ensure safe pedestrian access to the building from the street and from any parking areas. Safe pedestrian access to and from adja‐ cent buildings is also re‐ quired. Sidewalks shall extend to the lot line and connect to existing side‐ walks on abutting prop‐ erties. (6) Where possible, load‐ ing and service areas shall be internal to the development block and accessed through ser‐ vice corridors and not through pedestrian-ori‐ ented streets. Sec. 27-.08. Structure and building design stan‐ d d

g g dards. (1) Buildings shall be de‐ signed with galleries, awnings, canopies, and other weather protection from the elements, and shall include pedestrianfocused features. (2) Design shall preserve the character of the street, doorways, and windows, including minor variations to add interest. (3) Outlot buildings shall be designed with win‐ dows and entrances ori‐ ented to the street. (4) Plain mansard roofs are prohibited. Decora‐ tive mansard roofs are permitted on buildings with a minimum wall height of two (2) stories. (5) Any structure de‐ signed for ground-floor nonresidential use shall be designed with a mini‐ mum ceiling height of twelve (12) feet, except for parking areas. (6) Street facades shall be articulated with no blank walls along the street. (7) All sides and areas of structures visible from a public right-of-way or public area shall be treated with materials, finishes, and architec‐ tural details appropriate to primary street-facing facades. (8) The following building materials are prohibited on exterior elevations visible from the public right-of-way, except that such materials may be used as decorative or de‐ tail elements, or as part of exterior construction not used as a surface fin‐ ish material: a. Prefabricated metal wall panels. b. Corrugated metal. c. Staccato board. d. Vinyl siding. (9) Neon signage is pro‐ hibited on the interior or exterior of windows, other than an “open” sign. Sec. 27-.09. Landscape and buffers. (a) Within any develop‐ ment and the public right-of-way adjacent to the development, special finishes shall be included as part of a cohesive streetscape design. These may include coor‐ dinated paving, design treatments for the

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pedestrian level, street lighting, and street furni‐ ture. The streetscape de‐ sign shall be coordinated with the building design. (b) Highway 19 frontage shall consist of a mini‐ mum of ten (10) feet of landscaped area exclu‐ sive of right-of-way. The landscaped area shall contain natural and/or combined natural and man-made features such as berms, brick walls, and dense plantings such that vehicular use areas are screened up to at least eighteen (18) inches along the adja‐ cent street. Sec. 27-.10. Additional de‐ sign review approval standards. In addition to the devel‐ opment plan and design review standards of Sec‐ tion [insert cross-refer‐ ence], the following addi‐ tional standards shall be considered: (1) Development shall promote safe, conve‐ nient, and attractive pedestrian and bicycle access. (2) Commercial centers shall be created at major intersections to the ex‐ tent possible in order to support access to neigh‐ borhoods, local access, and transit. (3) Development at major intersections should in‐ clude a well-designed and functional public realm that provides pub‐ licly accessible ameni‐ ties. (4) Parking should not be the dominant visual ele‐ ment of the site along the primary frontage. Parking should be de‐ signed as smaller multi‐ ple parking lots sepa‐ rated by landscape and buildings, or placed be‐ hind buildings. Sec. 27-.11. Administra‐ tion. The Planning and Zoning Administrator, Code En‐ forcement Ofﬁcer, and other designated City of‐ ﬁcials shall administer this Article in conjunc‐ tion with the City’s exist‐ ing zoning, subdivision, and development regula‐ tions. Sec. 27-.12. Severability. If any section, subsec‐ tion, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this Ordinance is for any rea‐ h ld i lid

200502-SEP 14-1T $163.78 PUBLIC NOTICE --Minutes of Regular Meet‐ ing of the Mayor and Council Members of the City of St. George, State of Louisiana, held on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 5:00 pm at the St. George City Hall, 11207 Proverbs Ave, St. George, LA 70817 I. Preliminary Business: 1. Call to Order: Mayor Dustin Yates called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Invocation 4. Roll Call: Present: Council Member Cook, Council Member Himmel Council Member Edmonds, Council Mem‐ ber Talbot, Council Mem‐ ber Monachello, Council Member Murrell Absent: Council Member Dellucci 5. Approval of Minutes: Motion by Council Mem‐ ber Himmel , seconded by Council Member Monachello to approve the minutes of the Au‐ gust 11, 2026 council meeting. AYES: Cook, Himmel, Ed‐ monds, Monachello, Tal‐ bot, Murrell NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐

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y son held invalid or un‐ constitutional, such deci‐ sion shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions. Sec. 27-.13. Effective date. This Ordinance shall be‐ come effective upon adoption and publication as required by law. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conﬂict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conﬂict. Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or por‐ tion of this Ordinance is held invalid, such invalid‐ ity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions. Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective as provided by law.

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4. Motion by Council Member Monachello, seconded by Council Member Himmel to ap‐ prove Zoning Matter No. T-26-0006 – Amend Title 7, Uniﬁed Development Code, to update regula‐ tions for outdoor storage and display and to pro‐ vide for related matters. Public comment was opened with no speak‐ ers. YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Monachello, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐ lucci

II. New Business (Items for Public Hearing and Action) 1. Motion by Council Member Edmonds, sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Himmel to approve Ordinance to amend Chapter 21 of Title 9 rela‐ tive to the levy, collec‐ tion, administration and enforcement of an insur‐ ance premium tax, as de‐ ﬁned in R.S. 33:3077 on risk located within the corporate limits of the city of St. George and to provide for related mat‐ ters. Public comment was opened with no speak‐ ers. YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Monachello, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐ lucci 2. Motion by Council Member Murrell, sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Monachello to ap‐ prove Ordinance to amend Title 12, Chapter 9, relative to keeping and letting a disorderly place and to provide for re‐ lated matters. Public comment was opened with the follow‐ ing speakers: Michael McDowell YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Monachello, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐ lucci 3. Motion by Council Member Murrell, sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Edmonds to approve Zoning Matter No. PO-260004 – Approve Revision 7 to the concept plan for the Long Farm planned unit development, in‐ cluding moving and in‐ creasing the potential civic area, reducing low/medium-density res‐ idential and to provide for related matters Public comment was opened with no speak‐ ers. YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Monachello, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐

5. Motion by Council Member Murrell, sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Himmel to amend or‐ dinance to include sign size language. Public comment was opened with no speak‐ ers. Motion by Council Mem‐ ber Cook, seconded by Council Member Murrell to approve Ordinance for Zoning Matter No. T-260007 – Amend Title 7, Uni‐ ﬁed Development Code, to consolidate and up‐ date allowances for vari‐ ances, and to provide for related matters as amended. YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Monachello, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐ lucci 6. Motion by Council Member Edmonds, sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Murrell to approve Resolution to adopt the National Incident Man‐ agement System (NIMS) as the standard for inci‐ dent management and emergency prepared‐ ness. YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Monachello, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐ lucci 7. Motion by Council Member Murrell, sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Himmel to amend paragraph 12 and remov‐ ing home rule charter language and adding in “but no spending shall occur until there is a law‐ ful appropriation and a i d d

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Motion by Council Mem‐ ber Murrell, seconded by Council Member Talbot to approve Resolution authorizing the Mayor of the City of St. George to negotiate, ﬁnalize, and execute a multi-party agreement with Tripp Consulting and/or Uber Technologies, Inc. for the creation and implemen‐ tation of an Uber Pilot Program to provide sub‐ transportation sidized exclusively services the municipal within boundaries of the City of St. George; and providing for other matters in con‐ therewith as nection amended. Public comment opened with the following speak‐ ers: Kathleen Mason, Jason Ainsworth, Terry Zaben, Michael McDow‐ ell, Rebecca Strickland, Michael McCastle YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Monachello,

8. Motion by Council Talbot, sec‐ Member onded by Council Mem‐ ber Himmel to approve a Resolution to amend Res‐ olution No. 2025-015 rela‐ tive to employee and of‐ ficial health and insur‐ ance benefits; to provide flexibility in the estab‐ lishment and administra‐ tion of such benefits; to authorize the mayor to approve health insurance insurance al‐ plans, lowances, health reim‐ arrange‐ bursement ments, and other benefit options; to include the city staff as an eligible to authorize, official; approved, em‐ when ployee-selection of cov‐ erage and city reim‐ bursement; and to pro‐ vide for related matters. Public comment opened with no speakers. YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Monachello, Himmel, Murrell, Talbot

NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐ lucci Motion by Council Mem‐ ber Murrell seconded by Council Member Talbot to enter Executive Ses‐ sion at 6:03pm. YAYS: Cook, Edmonds, Monachello, Himmel, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐ lucci Motion by Council Mem‐ ber Murrell seconded by Member Ed‐ Council monds to end Executive Session at 6:44pm. Meeting adjourned at 6:44 pm. Meeting minutes ap‐ proved on September 8, 2026. Dustin Yates, Mayor Attest: Lorraine Beaman, City Clerk 200506-SEP 14-1T $100

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The winning bidder must immediately provide the full amount of the purchase price paid in cash, money order or cashier’s check. The winning bidder must also provide their name, address and telephone number. The Parish Administrator for the Iberville Parish Adjudicated Property Program shall pass an Act of Sale to the purchaser within ten (10) days of the auction. Please direct any questions regarding this notice to Nedi A. Morgan at (225) 385-4391. In the event that the highest bidder fails to remit payment, the property may be re-offered for sale at 1:00 pm on this day. It is the responsibility of any interested bidders to inquire about the status of the payment and possible re-offering of the property. Inquiries can be made at the office of Nedi A. Morgan at 225-385-4391 or at the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office 225-687-5132. 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TAX DEBTOR: BENNETT, EST MELISSA BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT SY’VILLE 2ND, 3RD, GAY & BARROW STS BEING LOT 17 75’X85’ Ill CB 38 E 281 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0200323900 MINIMUM BID: $6,173.93 4. TAX DEBTOR: DEROSE, JOSEPH III & ALEXIS BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 3 FR JETSON AVE. WEST TERRACE SUB. SECS 18 & 19 T9SR12E ///CB 237 E 136 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58518 JETSON AVE PARCEL ID: 0200345900 MINIMUM BID: $3,362.75 5. TAX DEBTOR: DOUGLAS, HARRISON & ANNA P BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT ON E SIDE RED LANE 46’X50’ /// CB 79 E 163 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 24817 JOHNSON STREET PARCEL ID: 0200349700 MINIMUM BID: $8,844.42 6. TAX DEBTOR: JONES, LENTON BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT SY’VILLE, BEING W PART LOT 108,(LOT 107) FR GAY ST. (BEING LOT B) ///CB 331 E 160 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58205 GAY ST PARCEL ID: 0200381700 MINIMUM BID: $14,124.69 7. TAX DEBTOR: BELONEY, JANICE MARIE BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS A & B RESUB LOT 18 PLAN FORTVILLE, FR 14’ RD. LOT ‘B’ RESUB OF LOT 18 OF DESOBRYS PLAN FORTVILLE, FR 14’ RD., N LOT ‘A’, W TAYLOR, S LOT ‘C’. SEC. 15, T9SR12E. ///CB 314 E 69 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0210162200 MINIMUM BID: $7,868.00 8. TAX DEBTOR: CALLOWAY, IDA E. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR NEWCHURCH LANE, N BOLDEN, S CARTER, E FREEMAN /// CB 80 E 179 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0210175500 MINIMUM BID: $1,496.13 9. TAX DEBTOR: CALLOWAY, IDA E. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT IN FORT, N TEMPLET, S MARTINEZ, SEC 15, T9SRl2E /// CB 80 E 179 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 24310 SEMINARY ST PARCEL ID: 0210175600 MINIMUM BID: $6,114.68 10. TAX DEBTOR: COLLINS, MARY BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PART LOT 16 & W/2 LOT 14 PLAN GOURRIER, SEC. 15, T9SRl2E. ///CB 481 E 74 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0210182050 MINIMUM BID: $2,453.84 11. TAX DEBTOR: GEORGETOWN, ISAAC & EVERLINA BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT I SQ. 5 IRION PLTN. FR. ALLEN ST. SEC.15,T9SR12E ///CB 259 E 34 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58607 ALLEN ST PARCEL ID: 0210205100 MINIMUM BID: $2,231.98 12. TAX DEBTOR: HAYES, CASSANDRA ANN BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: W 23’ LOT 1 SEC D CARDINAL SUB, FRT OR N ANNEX AVE, S BY LOT 1 SEC. E, EAST REM LOT 1 SEC D, W LOT 2 SEC. D 23’ X 107’ SEC. 15,T9SR12E ///CB 517 E 72 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58723 ANNEX ST PARCEL ID: 0210218690 MINIMUM BID: $7,390.61 13. TAX DEBTOR: BOSLEY, LAWRENCE L. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 9 SEC B CARDINAL SUB DUPONTS ANNEX FR E HARMASON ST N LOT 8 W LOT 6.SEC. 15,T9SR12E///CB 332 E 195 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 23966 HARMASON ST PARCEL ID: 0210235700 MINIMUM BID: $6,383.20 14. TAX DEBTOR: DRW, INC. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PART LOT 17 FORTVILLE DESIGNATED AS LOT 1, FR OR S DESOBRY ST., W DAVIS, E COOPER, REAR JOHNSON, SEC. 15, T9SR12E. 21’3’X102’///CB 562 E 102

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PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF FILING OF WASHINGTON-ST. TAM‐ MANY ELECTRIC COOPER‐ ATIVE, INC. (WST) FOR CERTIFICATION OF AD‐ VANCED METERING SYS‐ TEM AND APPROVAL OF TARIFF REVISIONS NOTICE is hereby given that WST, an electric co‐ operative providing retail electric service to its members in Washington, St. Tammany, and Tangi‐ pahoa Parishes, filed an with the Application Louisiana Public Service (“LPSC”) Commission seeking certification and approval to deploy an Advanced Metering Sys‐ tem and approval of re‐ lated tariff revisions ap‐ plicable to members who elect to opt out of ad‐ vanced metering service. This matter is not yet docketed. Any comments or questions concerning hi fili b di

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q g this ﬁling may be di‐ rected to the Louisiana Public Service Commis‐ sion at (225) 342-4999. 200544-SEP 14-1T $124.95 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE the Louisiana De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy, Ofﬁce of Permitting and Compli‐ ance (OPC) has received the following applica‐ tion(s) for a Coastal Use Permit (CUP) in accor‐ dance with La. R.S. 49:214.21 et seq., and the rules of the Coastal Man‐ agement Program. Appli‐ cations for coastal use permits may be in‐ spected at 617 North 3rd Street, Room 1078, Baton Rouge, LA or on the OPC at: https:// webpage www.dce.louisiana.gov/ page/coastalmanagement-publicnotices. Copies are avail‐ able, costs apply. Written comments are solicited

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from the public and must be received within 25 days of the date of this notice. Comments must be uploaded directly to our electronic record through the OPC web‐ page or mailed to: OPC Kyle Administrator, Balkum, and P.O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487. All comments must contain the appro‐ priate CUP number and commenter's full the name and contact infor‐ mation. Below are the applica‐ referenced tion(s): *************** CUP NUMBER: P20260189 Name: Delta Land Ser‐ vices LLC c/o Delta Land Services, LLC P.O. BOX 1020 PORT ALLEN, LA 70767 Attn: Hunter Shows Tangipahoa Location: Parish, LA; Lat. 30-24Long -90-1728.04N, 11.62W; Section 22 and 7 T7 S R9 E; Traino Landing Road Ponchatoula, 70454 Establish‐ Description: ment of Amendment Two the Cow Branch to Coastal Mitigation Bank d

g as a OPC and ACOE ap‐ proved mitigation bank through restoration and protection of bottomland hardwood and swamp wetlands. Activities in‐ clude mechanized clear‐ ing of existing pine tree cover and reforestation with planting of native hardwood bottomland and swamp species. No excavation or ﬁll re‐ quired. ************ CUP P20260425 NUMBER: Name: Cloud Connector, LLC c/o Burns & McDon‐ nell 161 WASHINGTON ST. 350 CON‐ STE. SHOHOCKEN, PA 19428 Attn: Erica Bowyer-Gra‐ son Location: Assump‐ tion, Iberville, Jefferson, Lafourche, Plaquemines, Terrebonne Parishes, LA; POB Lat. 30-42-20.85N, Long 91-44-44.16W; POE Lat. 29-35-48.46N, Long 89-53-58.31W; See plats for additional informa‐ tion. Description: Pro‐ posed pipeline installa‐ tion to deliver feed gas the existing from pipeline grid in Louisiana h l b l

pp g to the Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC and the Terminal, Plaquemines Expansion, LLC. The pipeline con‐ sists of 165.1 miles of 48inch diameter natural gas pipeline. From ap‐ prox. MP 139.7 to MP 147.5, the mainline will consist of dual 48-inchdiameter pipelines. The Project also includes as‐ aboveground sociated facilities, including two compressor stations, one interconnect station, two trap sites, one loop ter‐ site, seven mination mainline valves (MLVs), permanent and tempo‐ rary access roads, and barge access routes. Of the aboveground facili‐ ties listed above, only one compressor station, two trap sites, and four MLVs are located within the Louisiana Coastal Zone. The entire Project approx. 100 includes miles within the desig‐ d i i l

g nated Louisiana Coastal Zone. 100 miles within the designated Louisiana Coastal Zone.

IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: DESOBRY ST PARCEL ID: 0210236000 MINIMUM BID: $2,674.16 15. TAX DEBTOR: MAYBUSE, SARAH C. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 21 SQ. 7 DUPONT ANNEX. SEC. l5,T9SRl2E ///CB 401 E 144 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58795 ALLEN ST PARCEL ID: 0210249050 MINIMUM BID: $ 4,471.11 16. TAX DEBTOR: PLAQUEMINE MANOR NURSING HOME BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 1 SQ. 12 DESOBRY SUB. (57.6’X150’) LOT 20 SQ. 12 DESOBRY SUB.(57.6’X150’) LOTS 21 & 22 SQ. 12 DESOBRY SUB. FRT. FERDINAND ST. SEC.15, T9SR12E. LOT 19 EXCEPT N 2’ & W 25’ LOTS 21 & 22 SQ. 9 FR N SIDE ROBERTSON ST. 75’X 113.2’ ///CB 416 E 143 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 24320 FERDINAND ST PARCEL ID: 0210269380 MINIMUM BID: $24,915.30 17. TAX DEBTOR: SMITH, MELVIN E. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 3 SEC. A CARDINAL SUB. FR HARMASON ST., R BONURA, N GUY, S LOT 4. 40’X 119’ ///CB 556 E 6 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 23929 HARMASON ST PARCEL ID: 0210284106 MINIMUM BID: $6,350.98 18. TAX DEBTOR: WILSON, ROBERT EST BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT IN FORT S JOHNSON W HART SEC. 15,T9SR12E ///CB 527 E 90 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0210306720 MINIMUM BID: $ 2,072.21 19. TAX DEBTOR: BROWN, ETHELYN BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT IN HIRAIRT QUARTER FR HIRAIRT ST, W A LANE, E HARRIS ET AL S MICHEL, ET AL. SEC 14 T9SR12E 34’X63’ ///CB 514 E 18 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58425 HIRIART ST PARCEL ID: 0300469730 MINIMUM BID: $7,595.55 20. TAX DEBTOR: CILANO, JOSEPH BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR UNION ST, N STADAKER FRM, S WILBERT 39’ X 60.3’ BEING PART OF LOT 45 SQ. 7 PLAN JEFFERSON SEC 14 T9SR12E /// CB 114 E 66 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNION STREET PARCEL ID: 0300474600 MINIMUM BID: $1,548.92 21. TAX DEBTOR: CILANO, MARY BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR CLYDE SR, SEC 14 T9SR12E, 34’ X 64’ /// CB 114 E 66 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: BOURGOYNE STREET PARCEL ID: 0300474700 MINIMUM BID: $1,548.92 22. TAX DEBTOR: HANKSTON, JOSEPH JR. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR ALLEY, E EMDE, R POSNER, W HIRSCH. 25’X84’6” SEC 14 T9SR12E ///CB 534 E 46 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 23651 DUPONT ST PARCEL ID: 0300491651 MINIMUM BID: $ 3,019.45 23. TAX DEBTOR: DEROSSIC, ALLEN BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 35 PLAN GILLS MAP FR HAASE ST, E ROTH E ST. VOIGHT, SEC 14 T9SR12E /// CB 329 E 27 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 57730 HAASE STREET PARCEL ID: 0300496700 MINIMUM BID: $5,748.91 24. TAX DEBTOR: KELLY, LIONEL & OTHERS BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR COURT ST, E HIRSCH, W MCCLOY, S EST NEUBIG, SEC 14 T9SR12E, 22 X 95 ///CB 538 E 181 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58125 COURT STREET PARCEL ID: 0300497653 MINIMUM BID: $2,416.62 25. TAX DEBTOR: WEBER, GEORGE & MARY P. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR PLAQ. ST, W HAMILTON, E GUILLOT, N ALLEN, SEC 14 T9SR12E ///CB 83 E 342 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58460 PLAQUEMINE ST PARCEL ID: 0300525200 MINIMUM BID: $ 4,289.82 26. TAX DEBTOR: DIXON, STELLA BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR N ISLAND CUT OFF RD E LODGE S RHODES W 6’ ALLEY RD& WILLIAMS.90’X 185’(LESS PT SOLD) ///CB 454 E 93 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNINCIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0510641375 MINIMUM BID: $5,305.21 27. TAX DEBTOR: NASH, TOYA HASTEN ET. AL BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PARCEL 2-2 RESUB FROM LOT CUTOFF RD, 114’ X 141’ FR OR W MICHEL, E OR R JACKSON, S HOLLAND, N VALENTINE ///CB 549 E 49 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0510645860A MINIMUM BID: $1,618.33 28. TAX DEBTOR: LORAINE, CECILE ELLIS BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: 2 LOT N CUTOFF W ELLIS(l05X185) LOT S SIDE CUTOFF RD E & S RHODES SEC. 104, T9SR1E ///CB 81 E 82 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: HWY 75 PARCEL ID: 0510651500 MINIMUM BID: $4,507.23 29. TAX DEBTOR: POCHE, ALEX JR. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: AOT FR FREETOWN LANE, R HALL, N POCHE, S VENDOR. 52’ X 185’ SEC.83,T9SR1E LOT FREETOWN FRT OR E FREETOWN LANE, W HALL N JOHNSON, S POCHE 52 ½ X 185 ///CB 93 E 330 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 5930 MORRIS STREET PARCEL ID: 0510654300 MINIMUM BID: $14,484.71 30. TAX DEBTOR: REDDITT, EDNA C. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT PETER DAYVILLE, FR OR E YORK, N MARKS, S JACKSON, W ROBERTSON. 37 1/2’ X 90’ ///CB 523 E 39 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0510654900 MINIMUM BID: $3,360.45 31. TAX DEBTOR: WILSON, BEATRICE JOHNSON

200547-SEP 14-1T $38.63 PUBLIC NOTICE --Public Notice Substantial Amendment to the FY 2026 Action Plan In accordance with 24 CFR 91.505 and the State of Louisiana Citizen Par‐ ticipation Plan, the Ofﬁce of Community Develop‐ ment (OCD) proposes the substantial following amendment to the FY 2026 Annual Action Plan to include the allocation of CDBG-DR Program In‐ come Funds. Summary The proposed amend‐ ment proposes to trans‐ fer $4,636,341 in CDBG-DR Program Income Funds h l

BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT SEC. 83, T9SR1E (13) FRT MORRIS LANE REAR FRANCOIS, S WILLIAMS, N DORSETT. 59’ X 54.8’ X 67.9’ X 67.3 /// CB 478 E 102 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: MORRIS STREET PARCEL ID: 0510664750 MINIMUM BID: $3,654.14 32. TAX DEBTOR: LEJEUNE INVESTMENT PROPERTIES, LLC BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PART LOT 11 HOMESTEAD SUB IN SEC. 11, T9SR12E, FR NICHOLAS ST. (LESS PART SOLD) 14’ X I 00’ X 34.65’ (50’X 100’ LESS SOLD) ///CB 553 E 214 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKOWN PARCEL ID: 0600752492 MINIMUM BID: $3,001.93 33. TAX DEBTOR: SCOTT, ESTER VAN BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 13 SQ. A BRUCEVILLE, SEC 90TSR12E ///CB 205 E 195 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 0801010900 MINIMUM BID: $1,435.89 34. TAX DEBTOR: SMITH RAYMOND L. JR. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 126 SQ 13 PLAN HAASEVILLE, N DICKERSON W HARRIS, E GRACE SEC 14 T9SR12E (30’X137 1/2’) ///CB 426 E 8 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58660 WW HARLEAUX PARCEL ID: 0810923475 MINIMUM BID: $2,900.21 35. TAX DEBTOR: ADAMS ANNETTE BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR SONIAT LANE, R MORALES, SEC. 18, TI0SR13E. 45” X 136” ///CB 378 E 87 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8101344729 MINIMUM BID: $3,532.02 36. TAX DEBTOR: WALKER, SARAH & THERESA BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR OR N ST. W. MARTINEZ, S&E WILBERT/// CB 560 E 323 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: DUSTY LN PARCEL ID: 8201352215 MINIMUM BID: $6,810.31 37. TAX DEBTOR: CLEMENT, WILLIAM BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS 2 & 3 SQ 12, N OSAGE ST, & GRAVEYARD. CHURCH ///CB E IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8211348500 MINIMUM BID: $11,838.98 38. TAX DEBTOR: JOSEPH EARL BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: PART LOT 17 PLAN FORTVILLE. /// CB 444 E 115 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8211349493 MINIMUM BID: $4,815.83 39. TAX DEBTOR: JOHNSON, KENNETH SR. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOTS D & E RESUB. LOT 18 DESOBRY PLAN FORTVILLE, FR 14’ RD, N LOT C, W TAYLOR, S PROVOST. SEC. l5,T9SR12E ///CB 520 E 71 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 4260 BOURGEOIS ST PARCEL ID: 8211349508 MINIMUM BID: $16,085.17 40. TAX DEBTOR: HARRIS, ZELIA P. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 18 SQ 4 DUPONT’S ANNEX. SEC. 15,T9SR12E ///CB 545 E 298 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58668 CAPT TT HARRIS PARCEL ID: 8211349560 MINIMUM BID: $3,508.05 41. TAX DEBTOR: ADAIR ASSET BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 5 SQ 7 DUPONT ANNEX FR ALLEN AVE., SEC. 15, T9SR12E. ///CB 553 E 242 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 58725 ALLEN ST PARCEL ID: 8211349583 MINIMUM BID: $22,566.54 42. TAX DEBTOR: REED, REV. E.D.B. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR OR N NAT’S ALLEY, S HJRSCH, E BREAUX, W WILBUR, SEC. 14, T9SR12E. 28’ FR ///CB 553 E 289 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8301358010 MINIMUM BID: $3,906.46 43. TAX DEBTOR: ANTHONY, JENNIFER BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR MAIN ST, BO S BY BARKER’S ALLEY, N BY LOT I, EBY VARIOUS COMM PROP. & W BY GULOTTA ET AL. 54’ X 54.75’ (NOW BEING LOT 2) ///CB 560 E 346 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: 8022 BARKERS ALLEY PARCEL ID: 8301358013 MINIMUM BID: $19,951.37 44. TAX DEBTOR: OSBORNE, MILTON JR. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT FR MANCHAC RD,ABV. ROBERTSON, BEL GILBERT. SEC.17 & 34 T8SR1E ///CB 444 E 127 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8401362391 MINIMUM BID: $6,343.35 45. TAX DEBTOR: OSBORNE, MILTON JR. BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT 6 SQ. A BRUCEVILLE, FR KEARNEY ST., SEC 90 T9SR12E ///CB 461 E 194 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8801375998 MINIMUM BID: $10,544.08 46. TAX DEBTOR: MCABEE, EVELYN BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT A SEC36T9SR2E FR MARILYN ST. 92.5’Xl05’ ///CB 453 E 7 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8501365557 MINIMUM BID: $33,752.18 47. TAX DEBTOR: LAURA M. WILLIAMS & OTHERS BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: ACRES – 1.00 LOT ABV LEFORE, BEL NEUBIG. ///CB 461 E 184 TOTAL AC I IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8601367581 MINIMUM BID: $6,855.12 48. TAX DEBTOR: REESE, ISSAC BRIEF LEGAL DESCRIPTION: LOT W SIDE T& P.R.R., EAST 19’ LANE, S 12’ LANE, N TAYLOR & GOTTEN. 35’ X 100’ /// CB 163 E 235 IMPROVEMENTS THEREON BEAR MUNICIPAL NO.: UNKNOWN PARCEL ID: 8911378620 MINIMUM BID: $3,821.08

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g to the annual FY 2026 State of Louisiana Com‐ Development munity Block Grant Public Facili‐ program. These ties funds will be used to award additional public projects infrastructure throughout the state in the Public Facilities Pro‐ gram.

y ined from 8:30 a.m. to p.m., Monday 4:00 through Friday. Written on the comments amendments may be beginning submitted September 14, 2026, and must be received no later than October 14, 2026. may be Comments mailed to the Ofﬁce of Develop‐ Community ment, Post Ofﬁce Box 94095, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9095, sent via fac‐ simile to 225-342-1947, or to OCDLGA. emailed Admin@LA.GOV.

p y through Friday in the area encompassing East Parish, Feliciana Louisiana. Transit ser‐ vices are provided with‐ out regard to race, color, and national origin in ac‐ cordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. Written comments on the proposed services may be sent within 15 days to P. O. Box 427, Clinton Louisiana 70722 and to the Program Manager, Louisiana Department of Transportation and De‐ P.O. Box velopment, 94245, Baton Rouge, LA 70804 9245.

A combined final Public Facilities ranking list has been produced including all Public Facilities appli‐ cations that are consid‐ ered for the FY 2026 pro‐ gram year ranked from highest to lowest accord‐ ing to the total number of points received by each application. OCD will award funding based on this final Public Facili‐ ties ranking list as funds are available. The public notice per‐ taining to that proposed amendment will appear in the September 14, 2026, issue of The Advo‐ cate. The amendment will be available for re‐ view beginning Septem‐ ber 14, 2026, at https:// locd.la.gov/action-plans/ local-governmentassistance-cdbg-andcdbg-cv-programs and at the Office of Community Development located at 1201 N. 3rd Street, Ste. 3150, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, and may be exam‐ i d f

200460-sept 14-1t $51.63 PUBLIC NOTICE --September 14, 2026 Notice is hereby given that East Feliciana Parish Police Jury intends to apply for a federal grant for operating assistance and/or capital assistance to provide Rural Public Transportation of a nonemergency, ambulatory nature for the FY 20272028 program year. The application for assis‐ tance is pursuant to the Non-Urbanized Area For‐ mula Program of 49 CFR 5311. Services will gener‐ ally be between 7:30am and 3:30pm, Monday h h id i h

Comments must be re‐ ceived by September 29, 2026. 200541-SEP 14-1T $41.90 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Louisiana Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy, Ofﬁce of Per‐ mits and Compliance (OPC) is currently re‐ viewing the following project for Consistency with the State and Local Coastal Resources Man‐ agement Act of 1978, as (La. R.S. amended 49:214.21-214.41), and the of the regulations Louisiana Coastal Re‐

MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA COUNCIL CHAMBERS 3325 GROOM ROAD, BAKER, LOUISIANA 70714 www.youtube. com/@bakerforward September 8, 2026 - 6:00 p.m. The City Council of the City of Baker, Louisiana, met in regular session on September 8, 2026, with the following members in attendance at the meeting: MAYOR Darnell Waites COUNCIL MEMBERS Desiree Collins Rochelle Dunn Cedric Murphy ABSENT Dr. Charles Vincent Robert Young CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Waites presided. The invocation was given by Council Member Murphy. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member Dunn.

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sources Program (LCRP). Pursuant to Section 306 (d)(14) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of as amended 1972, (CZMA), the public may submit comments on projects to proposed Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy, Ofﬁce of Permits and P.O. Box Compliance, 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487. Applications may be inspected during OPC business hours at 617 N. 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, LA. Comments must be received within 15 days of this notice to be considered. For more contact information, Mark Hogan at (225) 2199530 or (800) 267-4019.

and Local Coastal Re‐ sources Management Act of 1978, as amended (La. R.S. 49: 214.21-214.41), and the regulations of the Louisiana Coastal Re‐ sources Program (LCRP). The CZMA requires pub‐ lic opportunity for com‐ ment on projects under review. Commenters may review information made available by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Man‐ agement (BOEM) and Bu‐ reau of Safety and Envi‐ ronmental Enforcement (BSEE) on speciﬁc OCS Plans at https://www.data.bsee. gov/Plans/Plans/Default. aspx and for pipeline applica‐ tions at https://www.data.bsee. gov/Pipeline/PipelinePer mits/Default.aspx The Louisiana Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy (OPC) re‐ views Exploration Plans and Development Opera‐ tion and Coordination Documents submitted to the BOEM, and Pipeline Rights of Way submitted to the BSEE, for projects in OCS waters offshore of Louisiana. Comments on these plans are solicited any interested from party. Plans may be in‐ spected during business hours at 617 N. 3rd St., Baton Rouge, LA. Send comments to, Ofﬁce of

Permits and Compliance, Attn. M. Hogan, P. O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA, or to Mark. 70804, Com‐ Hogan@la.gov. ments must be received within 15 days of the date OPC received the application from BOEM. For more information contact Mark Hogan at (225) 219-9530 or (800) 267-4019.

Federal License or Per‐ mit: C20260154 (P20260751) LDWF Repairs to the Freshwater Introduction South of Highway 82 (ME0016), Cameron and Ver‐ milion Parishes Special Public Notice Section 307 (c)(3)(B) of the Coastal Zone Man‐ agement Act of 1972, as amended (CZMA), re‐ quires that oil and gas exploration and develop‐ ment in federal waters of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) be conducted in a manner consistent with Louisiana’s State

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PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE OPPORTUNITY FOR REQUESTING A PUBLIC HEARING All interested persons are hereby advised that the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury has applied to the Louisiana Depart‐ ment of Transportation and Development for project funding under Federal Transit Adminis‐ tration (Section 5311) for the following: PROJECT: East Feliciana

Member Dunn to adopt Ordinance 2026-28. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 3-0. ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS ANNOUNCEMENTS/COMMENTS 1. District 3 announcements (Collins) Council Member Collins announced that Saturday, September 12, 2026, is Grandparents Day. Council Member Collins announced that the Rotary Club of Baker and Interact Greater Baton Rouge in partnership with the City of Baker will begin its free ACT prep on Monday, September 14, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. with a family and student informational session in the Civic Room in the Municipal Auditorium. This resource is available for 9th – 12th graders. Council Member Collins announced the Rotary Club of Baker hosted Rotary’s District 6200 Governor Margaretta Mayes. Ms. Mayes provided an overall scope of the expectations for the district and checked in on the Baker club as well.

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

Council Member Collins invited everyone to join them for dinner under the big tent on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. at 4331 Jefferson Street. The topic for Wednesday’s dinner – No judgement, just grace: understanding addiction and supporting recovery.

DISPOSITION OF THE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The motion was made by Council Member Dunn, seconded by Council Member Murphy to approve the minutes of the meeting held on August 25, 2026.

Council Member Collins announced a Meet the Candidates forum will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the Baker Municipal Center. The event is being hosted by Representative Barbar Carpenter and moderated by Senator Regina Barrow.

The mayor called for public comments or questions.

Council Member Collins announced the 13th Annual Rebirth Magazine Legend Awards will be held Saturday, October 31, 2026.

Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 3-0.

Council Member Collins reminded everyone of the Chick-fil-A Community Scholarship program. Applications are now being accepted. Council Member Collins announced basketball signup will be held in two weeks.

The motion was made by Council Member Dunn, seconded by Council Member Murphy to add C. Denise Marcelle to the agenda under Recognitions.

Council Member Collins reminded everyone interested in being a vendor at the Buffalo Festival or participating in the Buffalo Festival parade to signup as soon as possible.

The mayor called for public comments or questions.

2. District 2 announcements (Dunn) Council Member Dunn congratulated the Baker Jr. Buffs for their wins on Saturday. She encouraged everyone to come out and support the youth of our community.

Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 3-0. RECOGNITIONS 1. C. Denise Marcelle C. Denise Marcelle, candidate for Justice of the Peace District 4, introduced herself and provided an overview of her qualifications and platform. PLANNING AND ZONING MATTERS RESOLUTIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS 1. Proclamation declaring September 2026 Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Baker (Vincent) The proclamation was read by Aneatra Boykin. The motion was made by Council Member Dunn, seconded by Council Member Collins to accept the proclamation. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 3-0. 2. Proclamation declaring September 2026 Prostate Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Baker (Vincent) The proclamation was read by Aneatra Boykin. The motion was made by Council Member Murphy, seconded by Council Member Collins to accept the proclamation. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 3-0. 3. Proclamation declaring September 2026 Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month in the City of Baker (Vincent) The proclamation was read by Aneatra Boykin. The motion was made by Council Member Collins, seconded by Council Member Dunn to accept the proclamation. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 3-0. NEW BUSINESS PUBLIC MEETING 1. Adopt Ordinance 2026-28, an ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baker by adding a new article to Chapter 27, Zoning, to establish the Baker Commercial Corridor Overlay Zoning District (CCO); providing for purpose, applicability, boundaries, development plan review, prohibited uses, lot and bulk standards, design standards, landscape and buffer requirements, additional design review standards, administration, severability, and an effective date (Mayor) (Introduced 8/25/2026) Public meeting was held. Anetra Boykin read the title of the ordinance. The mayor called for public comments or questions. The motion was made by Council Member Murphy, seconded by Council

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CONDEMNATIONS REPORTS ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 1. Planning and Zoning Commission 2. Annexation Review Committee 3. Economic Development Team 4. Heritage Museum/Related Committees 5. ABC Board 6. Other Special Committees a. Buffalo Festival b. Prayer Breakfast c. Strategic Planning Committee d. Citizens Advisory Board to Law Enforcement e. Main Street District Committee ADJOURN The motion was made by Council Member Collins, seconded by Council Member Murphy to adjourn. The mayor called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed with a vote of 3-0. CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA I, Angela Canady Wall, certify that I am Clerk of the Council for the City of Baker, Louisiana, and that the above and foregoing is a copy of the minutes of a regular meeting of the Council for the City of Baker, Louisiana held on September 8, 2026. ____________________________________ Angela Canady Wall, LCMC Clerk of Council MINUTES BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS NORMAN E. “PETE” HEINE MEMORIAL GARDENS CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA 3325 GROOM ROAD BAKER, LA 70714 September 8, 2026 The City Council of the City of Baker, Louisiana, sitting as the Board of Commissioners for Norman E. “Pete” Heine Memorial Gardens, met in regular session on September 8, 2026, with the following members in attendance at the meeting: COMMISSIONERS Desiree Collins Rochelle Dunn Cedric Murphy Darnell Waites ABSENT Dr. Charles Vincent Robert Young

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Parish Police Jury is preparing to replace ex‐ isting equipment to con‐ tinue transportation ser‐ vices to in East Feliciana Parish. Further details relative to the project are available from East Feli‐ ciana Council on Aging, 11102 Bank Street, Clin‐ ton, La 70722, Cynthia McManus 225-683-9862. Interested persons are advised that they may request that a public hearing be conducted to provide a means for the public to express their views relative to the pro‐ posed project on the social, eco‐ probable nomic and environmen‐ tal effects involved. In lieu of requesting a pub‐ lic hearing, interested may submit persons their comments in writ‐ ing. Written requests for a public hearing and/or submittal of comments must be postmarked on or before September 29, 2026 and should be ad‐ dressed to: East Feliciana Council on Aging / Public Transit, P.O. Box 986, Clinton, La 70722, Cynthia McManus, 225683-9862. Should a public hearing b i d bli

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to approve the minutes of the July 28, 2026 coun‐ cil meeting. AYES: Cook, Edmonds, Monachello, Himmel, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Dellucci

PUBLIC NOTICE --Revised Minutes of Regu‐ lar Meeting of the Mayor and Council Members of the City of St. George, State of Louisiana, held on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 5:00 pm at the St. George City Hall, 11207 Proverbs Ave, St. George, LA 70816 I. Preliminary Business: 1. Call to Order: Mayor Dustin Yates called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m. 2. Pledge of Allegiance 3. Invocation 4. Roll Call: Present: Council Member Cook, Council Member Himmel Council Member Edmonds, Council Mem‐ ber Talbot, Council Mem‐ ber Monachello, Council Member Murrell Absent: Council Member Dellucci

6. Presentation by Scot Byrd on Monthly Activity Report. II. New Business (Items for Public Hearing and Action) 1. Motion by Council Member Edmonds, sec‐ onded by Council Mem‐ ber Himmel to approve ordinance to establish a fee schedule for the Con‐ struction Board of Ap‐ peals and to provide for related matters (Himmel) comment was Public opened with no speak‐ ers. AYES: Cook, Edmonds, Monachello, Himmel, Murrell, Talbot NAYS: None ABSENT: Del‐ lucci Meeting adjourned at 5:16 pm. Revised Meeting minutes approved on September 8, 2026.

5. Approval of Minutes: Motion by Council Mem‐ ber Himmel, seconded by Council Member Murrell

Commissioner Waites called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Waites NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed by a vote of 4-0. PUBLIC NOTICE NEW BUSINESS OTHER NECESSARY BUSINESS 1. Monthly Business Report 2. Other Reports 3. Items Requiring Action ADJOURN There was no other business to come before the commission. The motion was made by Commissioner Waites, seconded by Commissioner Dunn to adjourn. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Waites NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed by a vote of 4-0. CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA I, Angela Canady Wall, certify that I am Clerk of the Council for the City of Baker, Louisiana, and that the above and foregoing is a copy of the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners for the Norman E. “Pete” Heine Memorial Gardens held on September 8, 2026. _________________________________ Angela Canady Wall, LCMC Clerk of Council MINUTES BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS BAKER CONSOLIDATED UTILITIES SYSTEM CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA 3325 GROOM ROAD BAKER, LA 70714 September 8, 2026 The City Council of the City of Baker, Louisiana, sitting as the Board of Commissioners for the Baker Consolidated Utilities System, met in regular session on September 8, 2026, with the following members attending: COMMISSIONERS Desiree Collins Rochelle Dunn Cedric Murphy Darnell Waites ABSENT Dr. Charles Vincent Robert Young CALL TO ORDER – Commissioner Waites presided. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The meeting was called to order and the motion was made by Commissioner Waites, seconded by Commissioner Murphy to approve the minutes of the meeting held on August 25, 2026. Commissioner Waites called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Waites NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed by a vote of 4-0. PUBLIC NOTICE NEW BUSINESS OTHER NECESSARY BUSINESS 1. Monthly Business Report 2. Other Reports 3. Items Requiring Action ADJOURN There was no other business to come before the commission. The motion was made by Commissioner Waites, seconded by Commissioner Dunn to adjourn. Commissioner Waites called for public comments or questions. Vote was called for. YEAS: Collins, Dunn, Murphy, Waites NAYS: None ABSENT: Vincent, Young ABSTAIN: None The motion passed by a vote of 4-0. CITY OF BAKER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE STATE OF LOUISIANA I, Angela Canady Wall, certify that I am Clerk of the Council for the City of Baker, Louisiana, and that the above and foregoing is a copy of the minutes of a regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Baker Consolidated Utility System held on September 8, 2026. _________________________________ Angela Canady Wall, LCMC Clerk of Council

CALL TO ORDER – Commissioner Waites presided. DISPOSITION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING The meeting was called to order and the motion was made by Commissioner Waites, seconded by Commissioner Collins to approve the minutes of the meeting held on August 25, 2026.

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Dustin Yates, Mayor Attest: Lorraine Beaman, City Clerk

My Address is: 2427 E Mason Ave Baton Rouge, LA 70805

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Public Notices Sex Offenders I, BARY Joseph DAVIS AKA BIG BEAR, have been convicted of 14:42.1 - Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 09/28/1995. 14:89.1 Aggravated Crime Against Nature. Date Convicted: 09/28/1995.

My Address is: 4057 SARASOTA DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70814 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/15/1964 Height: 5'8" Weight: 215 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

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I, Bryan Keith Chaisson AKA Bryan K Chassion AKA Bryan K Chiasson AKA Curley Chiasson AKA Bryan K Chiesson AKA Bryan K Chisson, have been convicted of 14:42.1 - Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 06/11/1985.

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I, DONALD RAY MORRIS AKA DONALD RAY DAVIS, have been convicted of 14:81.2 Molestation of Juvenile. Date Convicted: 05/05/2005.

I, CURTIS Ray TURNER AKA CURTIS R FREEMAN, have been convicted of 14:81.2 Molestation of Juvenile. Date Convicted: 03/10/2010. 14:81 - Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 03/10/2010.

I, CALVIN JEROME JACKSON, have been convicted of 14:80 Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 06/23/2003. 15:542 - Failure to Register/Notify as a

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I, FRED ALTON DORIETY JR, have been convicted of 13A-6-66 Sexual Abuse in the First Degree. ALABAMA. Date Convicted: 04/13/2026. State Equivalent: 14:81.2 - Molestation of Juvenile.

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I, RICKY Lane SINCLAIR, have been convicted of 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 03/12/2001.

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I, RORY Godwin FAUST, have been convicted of 14:81.1 - Pornography Involving Juveniles. Date Convicted: 01/25/2017. My Address is: 17532 KAITLYN DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70817

I, Milton Rogers Sr. aka Hog, have been convicted of 14:42.1 Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 11/15/1982. My Address is: 3642 Topeka St Baton ROUGE, LA 70805

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I, Michael Patrick Esposito, have been convicted of 18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(5)(B) Possession of Child Pornography. Date Convicted: 01/24/2020. State Equivalent: 14:81.1 - Pornography Involving Juveniles.

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I, JOSEPH PATRICK CARRON, have been convicted of 14:80 Carnal knowledge of a juvenile Date Convicted: 11/13/2001 . My Address is: 8383 Airline Hwy Apt-X Baton Rouge, LA 70815

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 10/08/1958 Height: 6' Weight: 250 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN

I, MICHAEL PAUL GUIDRY JR, have been convicted of 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 01/29/2009.

My Address is: 4133 Greenwell St Baton Rouge, LA 70805

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I, MELVIN LASALLE AUGUST AKA MELIN AUGUST AKA MELVIN AUGUSTA AKA MELVIN AUGUSTA JR, have been convicted of 14:42.1 - Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 04/17/1995.

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Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 3/20/1989 Height: 5'5" Weight: 165 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/21/1973 Height: 5'7" Weight: 200 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

My Address is: 4983 Mohican ST Baton Rouge, LA 70805

I, DOCK Lamorris SMITH AKA LAMAR D SMITH, have been convicted of 14:81.2 Molestation of Juvenile. Date Convicted: 08/05/1993. 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 08/29/1980.

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My Address is: 2206 Adella St Rm# 2 Baton Rouge, LA 70802

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I, Jose Armando FunezSanchez, have been convicted of 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 07/07/2026.

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I, LIONEL Dewayne MOORE AKA DEWAYNE, have been convicted of 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 08/01/2005.

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Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 3/25/1972 Height: 6' Weight: 252 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

My Address is: 8842 SHARLANE DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70809

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been convicted of 14:43.5 - INTENTIONAL EXPOSURE TO AIDS. Date Convicted: 03/12/2012. 14:80 Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 03/12/2012.

My Address is: 6944 PERIMETER DR BATON ROUGE, LA 70812

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I, ANTWYLA TRENELLA Polk AKA ANTWLYA JACKSON AKA ANTWYLA T THOMAS AKA TWAKEY AKA TWYLA, have been convicted of 14:43.1 Sexual Battery. Date Convicted: 04/25/1995.

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I, Warren Scott III, have been convicted of 14:43.1 - Sexual Battery Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 02/12/2003. My Address is: 309 Ingleside Dr Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 6/5/1975 Height: 6'1" Weight: 190

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