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Omni hotel project gets key approval Bond Commission clears way for construction

BY RICH COLLINS

Rouge, the state Bond Commission unanimously approved financial terms of an agreement between Louisiana tourism boosters had the Convention Center’s board and cause to celebrate Thursday as the the developers of the Omni Hotel, headquarters hotel long sought by which ofﬁcials said will keep the the Ernest N. Morial Convention $600 million project on track. After only a few questions and Center earned a key approval that clears the way for construction to one opposition speaker, the combegin. mission signed off on the ConvenAt its monthly meeting in Baton tion Center’s plan to provide $200

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million in funding to Dallas-based Omni Hotels & Resorts toward the development, construction and operation of the new hotel. The commissioners also approved the Convention Center’s plan to give back to the developers its own share of hotel, food and beverage, and sales taxes generated from the hotel, along with additional taxes from a special subdistrict

that overlays the hotel’s property. That arrangement will last for 45 years. “This is an important step forward for New Orleans Leger and for Louisiana’s economy,” said Walt Leger III, CEO of New Orleans & Company, the city’s convention and tourism marketing organization, adding that the hotel will help the city compete for

big events and support the region’s tourism industry. The approvals came after months of delayed votes and alterations to the Convention Center’s request for public subsidies. The negotiations threatened to again stall a project that the facility’s leaders say is essential for New Orleans to keep up with rival cities in an increasingly competitive convention market.

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State to vie for NASA’s U.S. Space Academy Officials propose locating project in N.O. area

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

ferred to Ohio State where she graduated and became a Buckeye. Since her college days, she has pulled for LSU except when the Tigers are playing her alma mater — then she roots for the

Fresh off announcing that Elon Musk’s SpaceX will build a massive spaceport in coastal Vermilion Parish, Louisiana is planning to compete for a new national space academy for the U.S. Space Force that would be located in New Orleans. President Donald Trump, in late August, issued an executive order calling for the establishment of a space academy, similar to the existing military academies for the Army, Navy and Air Force. Last week, NASA invited interested states to begin the application process. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Metairie Republican, is leading the effort with Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration and GNO Inc., the regional economic development organization, to win the project for Louisiana and, speciﬁcalScalise ly, for the New Orleans area. GNO Inc. President and CEO Michael Hecht said New Orleans has a good case to make. “For more than six decades, NASA’s Michoud in New Orleans East has been the country’s preHecht mier aerospace manufacturing facility,” said Hecht. “Now, with SpaceX, we are part of a space corridor that runs from south-central Louisiana to Stennis Space Center.” Scalise’s ofﬁce said growing southeast Louisiana’s 60-year-old partnership with NASA to advance American space exploration has always been a priority. “Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, Louisiana is in a position to further support American space dominance, and Congressman Scalise is working closely with the state and his colleagues to bring the U.S. Space Academy to south Louisiana,” the statement said. The proposal has support on both sides of the political aisle. Mayor Helena Moreno said the opportunity to bring the space academy to New Orleans is “one of the most exciting yet.”

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A pedestrian walks on top of the levee past a home in the Algiers Point neighborhood of New Orleans on Thursday.

‘This is an existential situation’ New Orleans to begin studying improvements to levee system

The $3 million, three-year study will examine what it would take to reduce the risk of flooding during a so-called 200-year storm, or one that has an estimated 0.5% likelihood of taking place in any particular year. The levee system is currently built to withstand BY ALEX LUBBEN 100-year storms, or storms that have a Staff writer 1% chance of taking place in any given A long-discussed study to evaluate year. “It is an investment worth making strengthening the regional levee system to provide additional storm surge today so we can better understand the protection for the New Orleans area next generation of our flood risk reduccleared a near-final hurdle on Thurs- tion system and leave future generaday and is expected to kick off within tions a region that is better prepared months, though all funding is not yet and more resilient,” Jeff Williams, the in place. regional director of the Southeast Loui-

siana Flood Protection Authority-East, said of the study. As marshes that historically provided a buffer around New Orleans have eroded, the region has lost a natural form of storm surge protection. Between 1984 and 2025, the Louisiana coast has lost 540 square miles of land, or around a football ﬁeld every 84 minutes on average, according to new data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Those marshes were a speed bump for hurricanes, slowing the surge of water the storms carried with them before they reached populated areas.

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Relationship status? For some La. fans, it’s complicated

her daughter Lucia DelGreco made the Re- ate cheeseburgers at The Pastime with her Kiffin’s move to LSU throws belettes father before home games and eventually at Ole Miss. LSU, where she said she had too Last year’s Ole Miss football season was Ole Miss fans for a loop like a movie — magical, DelGreco said. attended much fun and after three years, she trans-

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Military: F-16 crashes during training; pilot safe DETROIT — An F-16 fighter jet from Texas crashed in rural Michigan during a routine training exercise on Thursday, and the pilot ejected safely, a military spokesman said. Sgt. Derek Gutierrez, a public affairs specialist with the 149th Fighter Wing, said the pilot was receiving medical treatment at a local hospital. Gutierrez declined to release details about the pilot’s identity or any injuries, citing military policy. The plane was participating in training exercises at a National Guard base in Alpena, about 190 miles north of Detroit. The jet was one of several F-16 aircraft from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, taking part in the Michigan training exercises, Gutierrez said. The military began ﬂying the ﬁrst F-16s in 1979. There have been at least 14 “Class A mishaps” involving F-16s since 2000, according to the Air Force Safety Center. The Class A mishap designation is generally used when the damage totals more than $2 million, when an aircraft is destroyed or when a service member is killed.

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Grand Canyon flood death toll rises Remains identified as missing hiker

By The Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week were those of the last remaining person missing after the deadly ﬂash flooding in late August, the victim’s wife said Thursday. The discovery of Timothy Allen Smith brought the death toll to three from ﬂooding that devastated the Phantom Ranch area at the canyon bottom and damaged the water pipeline serving the South Rim. Smith, 53, was a pilot from western Wyoming's Star Valley. His remains were found Monday near Crystal Rapids on the Colorado River that runs through the canyon. The remains of Smith's two backcountry companions, Brent Rosenkranz, 42, and John Giusti, 46, both of Granbury, Texas, were found earlier.

Smith grew up in Granbury and lived with his wife in Star Valley Ranch, about 40 miles southwest of Jackson. He, Rosenkranz and Giusti were on a multiday hiking, fishing and camping trip when flooding swept through the Grand Canyon. During the two-day deluge, searchers used night vision and other equipment to find people in need of rescue. They relied on the Grand Canyon National Park's permit system and checked vehicle license plates to track those still missing. More than 80 people were rescued. Soon, only Smith was missing. In a Facebook video at the time, his wife, Carrie, and their children thanked people for their support and prayers. On Tuesday morning, Carrie Smith posted on Facebook that the family was aware a body had been found a day earlier and asked others to pray with them. Smith confirmed in a Facebook post on Thursday that the remains

had been identified as her husband’s. “My family has done a lot of waiting over the last three weeks … waiting and hoping Tim (Daddy) would come home, waiting and wondering if the remains found were Tim (Daddy),” she wrote. “We no longer have to wait, Tim was found two days ago by the Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park. Not in the way we had hoped, but we know that he was doing something he loved with John and Brent.” She added, “We know that these three men loved the Lord and were a shining light for Him. The impact their lives had on others is still being shown to our families daily.” The Coconino County medical examiner conﬁrmed Smith's identity, the National Park Service said in a statement Thursday that thanked the searchers and extended condolences to relatives and friends of the three men. The flooding began Aug. 29 during the summer monsoon, or

Judge issues order to Kennedy Center

Tip leads Norway police to U.S. silver coins

On a yearslong hunt for thousands of U.S. silver coins squirreled away in Norway, police investigating a money laundering case finally got a lucky break: A tip about a van swerving on a highway outside Oslo last year. When officers pulled the vehicle over for inspection, in Baerum, west of the capital, in April 2025, they discovered tens of thousands of American Eagle silver coins. A second van that arrived shortly afterward was found to be carrying tens of thousands more. The total take: Nearly 67,000 coins worth at least $2.65 million, officials said. On Thursday, the economic crime unit Okokrim announced that three Norwegians have been sentenced to prison over the illegal possession of the coins. The convictions on charges of aggravated money laundering followed allegations that proceeds from a “major investment scheme" in the United States had been converted into millions of dollars worth of coins. The three Norwegians — two men and a woman — were convicted in connection with organizing the scheme and storing the coins, and sentenced up to 21/ 2 years in prison. Two Britons facing charges were acquitted. Both sides can appeal, and the verdict is not final. “It is gratifying that the silver has been recovered and that a verdict has now been handed down, enabling the victims of the fraud in the U.S.A. to have the misappropriated assets returned to them,” Public Prosecutor Jon André Hvoslef-Eide said in a statement.

Nigeria officials: 48 dead after drinking methanol

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 48 people have died and around 100 others are receiving treatment in southern Nigeria after consuming a locally brewed alcoholic concoction suspected to contain methanol, ofﬁcials said on Thursday. Banji Ajaka, Ondo state's commissioner for health, said the cases had been reported in the Odigbo and Irele local government areas. A total of 182 people are believed to have been affected and some are being treated in the hospital, he said. Drinking locally made alcohol is common in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, especially in rural areas where it is more affordable and poorly regulated. “This thing happened rapidly. Once they consume, depending on the quantity, the kidneys will pack up, the eyes will go, the brain will be damaged,” Ajaka told The Associated Press, speaking about the drink. Ondo state police spokesman Abayomi Jimoh said in a statement that 15 people were arrested in connection with the incident, including one allegedly “involved in the production of substances suspected to contain methanol and is currently assisting the police with investigations.”

rainy, season when clear skies can quickly give way to thunderstorms and heavy rain. A desert landscape can funnel water from a deluge into sudden torrents that rage down previously dry gullies and canyons. The rain fell on part of a North Rim burn area left after a lightning-caused wildfire in July 2025. The fire destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge, cabins and other structures. Burn areas can worsen flash flooding because there's less vegetation to absorb runoff. The flooding damaged a pipeline that supplies water to millions of tourists and residents. Insufficient water caused all overnight lodging to be halted until the pipeline could be restored. National Park Service officials said recently that they expected to restore a reliable water supply in the canyon in weeks — not months — after determining most of a near-complete pipeline project was not damaged during the flash flood.

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Firefighters inspect damage to a building caused by falling debris from a drone that Saudi authorities said was launched by yemen’s Houthi rebels and intercepted over Taif province, western Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.

Saudi civil defense: Debris from Houthi drone kills 1 Rebel group denies intercepted attack

BY FATMA KHALED Associated Press

CAIRO — Debris from an intercepted Houthi drone has killed a Yemeni resident of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi civil defense said Thursday. It is the ﬁrst civilian casualty since the Iran-backed rebels have increased their attacks against the kingdom, targeting Saudi shipping and oil facilities. Two other people were injured, including a Saudi woman and a Pakistani resident who is in critical condition, in the western province of Taif, the civil defense said in an update on X. The debris also damaged vehicles and buildings. The statement didn’t give details on when exactly this happened. On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia said the Iran-backed Houthi rebels had tried to attack Mecca, Islam's holiest city, with a drone that it said was intercepted. The Houthis denied the accusation. In a recent lightning advance in Yemen that's escalating tensions regionally, the rebels seized a key port city and strategic islands in the Red Sea, threatening to further disrupt international shipping already affected by the Iran war. On Thursday, the foreign affairs ministries of Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait all condemned the Houthis' deadly drone at-

tack in Taif province. The countries, which host U.S. military bases and forces, have repeatedly come under drone and missile attack from Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched the war against Iran on Feb. 28. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty also said “there is no excuse for attacking” Saudi Arabia. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said his country was “deeply concerned” at the drone attack. Saudi Arabia has so far seemed reluctant to unleash a major military campaign against the Houthis, wary of bringing greater Houthi attacks on its oil infrastructure and being dragged back into an all-out civil war in Yemen, its southern neighbor. As Houthi attacks continue, the kingdom faces a potential decision about whether to step up its military response or seek a diplomatic solution. Regional officials have recently suggested that Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance. On Thursday, in a pre-recorded speech, the leader of the Iran-backed group, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, denounced what he called Saudi Arabia’s “utterly heinous lies,” referring to the claim that the group targeted Mecca. The rebel group’s leader called for mass protests on Friday in Sanaa and Houthicontrolled areas to show support for protecting holy mosques. He called for an end to the Saudi blockade on Yemen.

Administration allows inadvertent killing of endangered species BY MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

BILLINGS, Mont. — Inadvertently killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would no longer be considered illegal under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act by federal officials, marking a sea change by President Donald Trump’s administration in how the landmark environmental law is enforced. A directive sent to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employees this week

says imperiled animals or plants must be intentionally targeted for their killing to be considered illegal. That's a sharp turnaround from past practice at the wildlife service, which historically held people liable even for accidentally harming protected species such as grizzly bears, manatees and spotted owls. Experts said the change would allow timber companies to log forests in the Paciﬁc Northwest even if they knew that doing so could kill imperiled birds

in the trees, or for developers to build a dam knowing it would kill salmon. “This cuts against the entire history of the Endangered Species Act,” said Dan Ashe, who led the Fish and Wildlife Service under former President Barack Obama. “It just creates a huge loophole,” added Ashe, who is now president of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. “It completely relieves people of any responsibility for their actions, even consequences that can be easily predicted.”

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it as President Donald Trump has threatened. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said his ruling would “avoid any confusion on that score given more recent events,” including the building’s sudden closure to the public on Wednesday. Matt Floca, the Kennedy Center’s executive director and chief operating ofﬁcer, said he closed the iconic performing arts center temporarily due to “acute risks to public safety resulting from continued structural deterioration” of the aging building. The building will be closed for at least seven

days to “assess existing safety risks in those portions of the main building exhibiting severe structural deterioration,” Floca said. The temporary closure, which occurred without notice, is separate from a vote Tuesday by the Kennedy Center’s board to close the center indefinitely for repairs, Floca and other officials said. The closure was based on an inspection of the roof terrace canopy and a partial ceiling collapse earlier this month, he said. Trump, who was named the Kennedy Center’s chairman last year by loyalists on the board, said Wednesday that his efforts to restore the aging building deserve recognition, “because frankly, if we don’t do that, it’s going to close. It’ll end up being ripped down. It’s in very, very bad shape, very dangerous shape.” The announcement of the closure came in response to a court case filed by Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, a trustee seeking an emergency court hearing to prevent what she called the building’s “unlawful closing.”

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Continued from page 1A “This is a city that has always dreamed big and now we have an opportunity to help shape America’s next great chapter in space,” she said.

The next frontier? If successful, the bid for the space academy would put Louisiana at the center of the country’s aerospace sector, training thousands of students to work in the newest branch of the U.S. military, which was established in 2019 during the first Trump administration and currently has 15,000 military and civilian employees. Though the U.S. isn’t engaged in combat in space, Trump has said the military needs to be prepared for it. Earlier this week, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed that U.S. has launched military weapons into orbit. The U.S. Space Academy will play a role in whatever that new frontier looks like. According to the request for information issued Sept. 10 by NASA, the academy will be a “NASA-led civilian Federal academic institution … that will prepare future scientists, engineers, astronauts, pilots, operators, entrepreneurs, civil servants, warfighters and others to advance American interests across the aerospace sector.” It will require a campus of at least 300 acres that would house and train 1,200 students by the start of the 2031 academic year. The campus should include academic, administrative, engineer-

OMNI

Continued from page 1A Last month, the Convention Center board voted to pay the developers of the Omni New Orleans $120 million now — in addition to the $80 million that was already part of the deal — instead of nearly $837 million over 45 years as originally planned, a change to the financial structure of the deal that could save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, according to an analysis of the agreement. The board also withdrew a request for additional tax rebates from the state. The Bureau of Governmental Research, a local government watchdog group that criticized the original incentive package in an analysis last year, released a statement last month saying the board’s decision to restructure things “would improve the deal for the public while still achieving the goal of building a Convention Center headquarters hotel.” The change, combined with a lobbying blitz over the past several weeks, appears to have softened state lawmakers’ opposition to incentives for the project. The developers previously said they needed to break ground in August, while the Mississippi River is low, or face months of delays and jeopardize a hoped-for opening date in 2030. That deadline was missed, but in a sign that the project is inching forward, some businesses in the Warehouse District received notices this month from a local construction company saying it would be performing waterline tests in the area related to the Omni project. The tests could lead to interruption of services, the notice said. A spokesperson for the Convention Center said “we expect mobilization for site prep to begin next week” as crews prepare to demolish the existing building on site and screw pilings. Birmingham, Alabamabased Brasfield & Gorrie is the prime contractor. The design firm is Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio, which also drew up plans for Omni’s convention center hotel in Oklahoma City.

Years in the making The proposed headquarters hotel has been a decadeslong dream of Convention Center leaders, who say a state-of-the-art facility is necessary to bring big events to town as other states spend billions on convention infrastructure. In 2018, the facility announced a partnership with Omni to build what would be the biggest hotel in New Or-

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A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter does a flyby around the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans for the rollout of the Artemis III core stage in April. ing, science and research facilities, as well as dorms, sporting venues and student life services. The document says while NASA recognizes the academy may not be fully built out by 2031, the agency wants the academy to open, if only in a temporary facility, by the fall of 2028 with 300 students. “This (temporary) model may rely on one or more partner institutions, acting individually or as a consortium to provide the facilities, services and academic support necessary to deliver a rigorous and cohesive ﬁrst-year experience,” the document states.

Hecht said it is too soon to say where in New Orleans the state will propose building the academy or where a temporary campus could be located. It is unclear if the federal government would foot the bill for all or part of the proposed academy. The NASA document asks states to provide rough estimates of what it might cost to develop the campus and to describe “resources that state and local governments or partner organizations could provide to help establish and operate the USSA.” In the coming weeks, GNO Inc.

and Louisiana Economic Development will pull together details for the application, which is due to NASA on Oct. 26. “We are in the nascent phase of wanting to stake a claim to this,” Hecht said.

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Louisiana will face stiff competition. Among other nearby states that have already said they will apply are Texas, home to NASA’s headquarters in Houston and SpaceX’s headquarters near Email Stephanie Riegel at Brownsville; Florida, where Cape stephanie.riegel@theadvocate. Canaveral and the Kennedy Space com.

commitment will be met by the 45-year tax incentives package. That agreement calls for it to rebate to Omni its own 3% hotel occupancy tax, 0.75% food and beverage sales tax and $2 per room per night tax along with a 2% sales tax and 2% hotel occupancy tax created by a special taxing district that overlays the hotel’s footprint. “The intent would be at some point that we buy out those incentives for Omni so RENDERING PROVIDED By RULE JOy TRAMMELL + RUBIO, ARCHITECTS that we’re not actually giving that to them for the duThe Omni Hotel on Convention Center Boulevard will serve ration of the agreement, but

as a new ‘headquarters hotel’ for the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. leans in a half century. After a pandemic delay, the partners announced a modified design and plan two years ago to build on the site of the current Sugar Mill event space. That design was updated again last year after neighbors pushed back on the idea of building on top of the Mississippi River Heritage Park, a small public green space across the street from the Convention Center. Because of the reduced footprint, plans now call for the hotel to rise 336 feet above the Warehouse District, where the city height limit is 125 feet. The New Orleans City Council approved a waiver for the 27-story hotel in June. At the time, neighborhood residents expressed concerns about traffic and the building’s out-of-scale height. Jim Cook, Convention Center president and CEO, said this week’s Bond Commission approval is a “very significant” win for Louisiana and moves the hotel substantially closer to beginning construction. “We appreciate the commission’s careful review and recognition of the jobs, economic activity and long-

term opportunity this investment will create,” he said. “It is important to note that the applications did not seek any direct financial commitment, tax dedication or guarantee from the state.” Before the vote, Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, told Cook he didn’t want the Convention Center asking the state for more money for the project in the future. “Being from North Louisiana, or some would say South Arkansas, we’re always worried about money being diverted to places where we don’t get a piece of it,” Morris said. “If ultimately you do bring this to fruition, and you do have to ﬁnance it and issue bonds, I just want to make sure you don’t come back again for a lot more capital outlay that takes from other parts of the state.”

Complex deal The deal with Omni requires the Convention Center to fund $80 million of the hotel’s construction costs and guarantee another $120 million to support the project. The Convention Center said $62.5 million of that

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Center are located; and Alabama, which boasts the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville. Nevada, home to several military bases and NASA testing sites, also plans to apply. Hecht argued that Louisiana has historical, logistical and now economic advantages. NASA’s Michoud Assembly facility in New Orleans East has been involved in building the engines that propelled the Apollo rockets, the Space Shuttle and, more recently, the Artemis mission into space. Proximity to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, where NASA tests its rockets, is another advantage. Then there’s the hub of activity expected to develop around Space’s planned Starbase Louisiana as it materializes. “One other advantage of this corridor: It’s all connected by the Intracoastal Waterway,” Hecht said. Louisiana also has a governor who is close to Trump and two powerful allies in Congress, Scalise and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman also has connections to Louisiana. Hecht said even if Louisiana is ultimately unsuccessful, the opportunity to compete for the space academy “demonstrates the positive ripple effects that can happen from landing a project like Starbase Louisiana.” “Regardless of the ﬁnal outcome, this is an excellent opportunity for us to raise the proﬁle of Louisiana’s aerospace prowess to the entire country,” he said.

we actually keep the taxes that are generated from the hotel,” Cook told the Bond Commission on Thursday morning. The Convention Center also has dedicated about $15 million in cash reserves to the project, which means it still has to ﬁnd a way to fund the remaining $42.5 million. This could be through “any combination of future excess funds, tax incentive agreements with other entities or bond ﬁnancing,” a Bond Commission staffer said at Thursday’s meeting. Meanwhile, the Conven-

tion Center is seeking one more approval, although it’s not one that is expected to delay the start of site preparation. The New Orleans City Council must vote on a payment in lieu of taxes that the developers are seeking. A staffer in City Council member JP Morrell’s ofﬁce said the council will have 45 days to schedule a vote after it receives the PILOT from the city’s economic development ofﬁce. Email Rich Collins at rich. collins@theadvocate.com.

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Continued from page 1A New Orleans is also sinking. Much of the city is built on ﬁlled-in swamp, spongy soil that has compacted under the weight of buildings and roads, while its modern drainage system has helped set the process in motion. Its levees, in particular, are sinking fast. And as human-caused climate change accelerates, hurricanes have become more severe and are likely to increase in strength as the planet — and the waters of the Gulf in particular — continue to heat up, providing extra fuel for storms.

Finalizing agreements The board of the ﬂood protection authority on Thursday greenlit agreements on splitting the costs of the project between itself, other state agencies, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps will be responsible for conducting the study, the cost of which will be split 50-50 between the federal government and the state. The cost-sharing agreements between state entities and the federal government are the last step in the process to getting the study started, said Ricky Boyett, a spokesperson for the Corps. The Corps received $500,000 from Congress this year to initiate it,

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Continued from page 1A Buckeyes. Now, she adds Ole Miss to the short list of teams she cheers for against the Tigers. “I have never seen someone do a 180 with a football team faster than I did,” she said. She repeated a phrase three times in the course of one conversation — maybe trying to convince herself: “It’s just a football game.” Beneath the hubbub of football, she’s convinced there is something plainer. “What we believe in really isn’t that different,” she said. “It’s just different colors and a different mascot.” DelGreco is not the only Louisiana Ole Miss fan who has reached for nearly the same image this season to describe what it feels like watching friends fall for the coach who left. When Kifﬁn left Ole Miss for LSU, he became the fault line running through hundreds of Louisiana households, friendships and marriages that had, until recently, managed to hold two teams at once without much trouble. On Saturday Ole Miss will host LSU — and for a certain kind of fan, the game reads less like sport and more like a breakup playing out in prime time. In a 2015 PBS documentary about biologist E.O. Wilson, he used the AlabamaAuburn rivalry to explain his theory of tribalism: The two student bodies are demographically almost identical, separated by 80 miles and not much else — and still they hate each other on Saturdays. He said college football is the best example of tribalism that the modern world

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A mural by the Eternal Seeds Imagination League adorns the levee wall in the Lower 9th Ward neighborhood of New Orleans. but will need more to complete it. “Once we get those in place, then we’re able to start moving out with the study,” he said. “Climate change, sea level rise, subsidence — it all plays a factor.” He expects the study, which the Corps will have three years to complete, will begin either late in 2026 or early 2027. Because the Corps has already looked into what it will take to maintain levee protection at a 100-year level through 2073, Boyett said that he thinks the 200-year study could be completed in less than three years. The study will look at increasing

offers. “We humans create tribes and cultures to give ourselves a feeling of belonging and security,” Wilson said. “They give us joy and the language to express our innermost feelings. Exclusion makes us suffer. Inclusion makes us thrive.” That theory gets tested in an unusually literal way this fall, because the man who led one tribe now coaches the other. Beverly Easterling, of Alexandria, has lived the rivalry from the friendliest possible angle. She spent exactly one year at Ole Miss before she met her husband back home in Louisiana. Her husband, a Louisiana Tech alumnus, usually roots for LSU. “We certainly are not” an LSU/Ole Miss “house divided,” she said, before admitting there is, in fact, a license plate somewhere in her house that says otherwise. Her son has a law degree from Ole Miss. Her daughter graduated from LSU. She has been trading Facebook memes and corn dog jokes with an LSU friend who still nurses a grudge over a loss to Ole Miss years ago. “Whenever I can take a stick and poke a bear, I will do it,” she said. “Everybody loves to gloat when they win, and they’re not happy when they lose, but nobody is in any way ugly at all.” Michelle Lowery sits closer to the middle — an Ole Miss graduate from Charleston, Mississippi, who spent nearly 20 years working at LSU. She now is an adjunct professor at the university’s Manship School. Her husband, a lifelong Baton Rougean, grew up in an LSU family. “As an Ole Miss grad, I’m always gonna be pulling for

the resilience of the levee system on the east bank of the Mississippi River. It will not look at increasing the levee protection on the West Bank because Congress has not allocated funding to study that portion.

‘Forever questions’ The primary recommendation that the Corps expects to make is that earthen levees will have to be built up, though it is not yet clear to what height. The levee system, which was rebuilt after the catastrophic failures of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, consists of those levees, along with the

“I’m happy that my friends are so happy that they’re dating our ex-boyfriend.” JEANNIE DEROUEN DELGRECO the Rebels,” she said. “So it’s a difﬁcult situation to be in.” She has watched this kind of departure before. She was a senior at Ole Miss, working as a student recruiter, when Tommy Tuberville left for Auburn. “We were a team, and now we’re not,” she remembers thinking. “I will never forgive Tommy Tuberville for leaving Ole Miss when he did and how he did,” she said. Kiffin’s exit sits in the same category for her and many other Ole Miss fans. Still, she watched LSU beat Clemson this season and felt something unmistakable. “I was happy for LSU,” she said. John Case, of Slidell, has the long view — and he uses it. Case went to Ole Miss from 1965 to 1970. He gave up his season tickets years ago and now marks the rivalry from home. On Saturday, he will be hosting a party for Ole Miss and LSU fans alike. Forty people are coming this weekend. The menu includes baby back ribs, baked beans and, as a running joke — corn dogs. His invitation offered the game two possible names: the $20 million roster versus the $50 million roster, a nod to what he understands each program has spent chasing players under the new name, image and likeness rules. Case said he does not carry hatred for any school. He explained why Alabama never became a rival for Ole Miss the way LSU did: Ole Miss

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could never beat Alabama, but Ole Miss could beat LSU — and that was enough to build a grudge worth keeping. Case’s perspective is close to Wilson’s thesis stated backward — pick an enemy scaled to a ﬁght that can be won. What worries Case now is not the rivalry itself but its edges. “I am so worried about us (Ole Miss fans) showing our behinds this weekend,” he said, though he was quick to add that LSU’s fans carry their own reputation. His hope for Saturday, stated plainly: “Behave. Don’t embarrass us.” College football intensity is not conﬁned to stadiums and living rooms. Siblings Allison Jones and Matt

tions.” The study is a signiﬁcant step toward providing the New Orleans region with the storm surge protection it will need in the future. But actually building up the levee system to 200-year protection is still years away at best. If the Corps’ study makes the recommendation to move forward with increasing resilience to a 200year level, Congress will then have to approve additional funding for the construction of that new system. Then the Corps will have to put forward an engineering and design plan to build up the levees. Then construction itself could take years. Luettich also noted that the levee system is primarily focused on protecting property. During a catastrophic storm, New Orleans will also need a robust evacuation plan. “Protecting people’s lives is really about getting people the hell out of there. What the system does is hopefully it gives them something to come back to,” he said. “It’s about resilience, it lessens the impact of the event, but it makes the recovery a whole lot faster.” Email Alex Lubben at alex. lubben@theadvocate.com and follow him on Twitter @alexlubben. His work is supported with a grant from the Walton Family Foundation, administered by the Baton Rouge Area Foundation.

Jones, both Louisiana attorneys, paid for digital billboards in Birmingham this month calling for the ﬁring of SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey, after Sankey discussed removing LSU from the conference. By Tuesday, they had raised more than $8,000 toward their pro-LSU media campaign and have plans to continue their shenanigans with aerial banners and digital signage Saturday in Oxford. Matt Jones said the antics delight some LSU fans while others ﬁnd it cringeworthy. “But that’s the state of college football,” he said. “It’s meant to be petty.” Petty is one word for it. Wilson, watching Alabama

fans ﬁle into their stadium for his documentary, used another: religion. “Nothing displays our desire for group belonging and identification better than sports,” he said. In Wilson’s telling, college football is like a “ritualization of war” — players standing in for warriors, colors standing in for banners. Maybe the whole apparatus answers a need that has nothing to do with football at all. Otherwise, how a football coach few have ever met can make a Saturday football game feel so personal to so many is nearly impossible to explain. Email Jan Risher at jan. risher@theadvocate.com.

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BY CLAUDIA CIOBANU Associated Press

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GENEVA — Experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body say they have found “reasonable grounds” to believe the United States committed war crimes in two strikes in Iran, including on a school in the southern city of Minab. They also accuse Iran’s theocratic government of carrying out crimes against humanity against its own people in a report published Thursday. The report, while not binding, adds to international evidence gathered about crimes in the war in Iran, and could eventually be used in efforts to reach justice in international courts. The fact-finding mission on Iran, chaired by jurist Sara Hossain of Bangladesh, is made up of independent experts and was created in 2022 by the Human Rights Council, the U.N.’s top human rights body, which is based in Geneva. The experts were expected to present their findings on Monday to the council, which is made up of 47 U.N. member countries. The White House issued a scathing statement in response, with spokeswoman Anna Kelly saying the human rights body has “accomplished nothing for human rights while spouting unserious nonsense for decades.” “The only party in this conflict that has committed war crimes is the Iranian regime, which has murdered thousands of its own people, killed Americans overseas, executed acts of terrorism in the Strait of Hormuz, and launched indiscriminate attacks against its neighbors in the region,” Kelly said Thursday. The international fact-finding mission says its findings on U.S. war crimes center on a pair of U.S. airstrikes that killed at least 178 civilians, including women and children. At the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran in February, at least one U.S. missile hit the Sha-

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A man reacts to the camera while driving past a monument depicting the clenched fist of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, and a missile at the Islamic Revolution square in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday. jareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, according to an Associated Press investigation. There has been no final accounting of what happened. Iranian state media have said 168 people were killed in the strike, most of them children. “Following the United States and Israeli attacks on 28 February, the mission found reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed the war crime of launching indiscriminate attacks resulting in the loss of life or injury to civilians or damage to civilian objects,” a U.N. statement about the team’s findings said. The U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to a request from The Associated Press seeking comment. In their report, the experts concluded that “the building of the school was the intended point of impact” and the resulting damage wasn’t the result of an errant strike or collateral damage from an attack on a compound of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard next to the school. The Trump administration has yet to directly accept responsibility or release the findings of a Pentagon investigation into the school bombing. The U.N.-backed team based its allegations on two strikes — one

involving Tomahawk missiles that hit the “clearly identifiable” school, and another in which Precision Strike Missiles dispersed tungsten pellets over a “clearly identifiable sports complex and residential area” in the southern city of Lamerd, also on Feb. 28. The U.N.-backed team said 22 civilian men and women were killed. U.S. Central Command has denied responsibility for the strike on Lamerd. The team found that killings by state security forces in Iran have occurred on a “staggering scale,” and civilians faced “gross human rights violations and crimes against humanity committed by their own government.” Iranian security forces carried out “violent repression” over the last two years by firing assault rifles into crowds, beating protesters and arresting healthcare workers, among other things, the team said. Detainees faced torture, and were deprived of legal counsel, leaving their families “in the dark” about their whereabouts, the experts said. The Tehran government intensified the use of the death penalty, and said more than 70 people – including five women and three boys – remain at “imminent risk of execution,” they added.

WARSAW, Poland — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Thursday that Russia is planning hybrid strikes with drones or rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine, among them Poland. Russia will pretend the attacks are “accidental” in order to “paralyze or at least weaken the motivation of NATO countries” to rush to the defense of the member state coming under attack, Tusk said in a speech to the Polish parliament. “There is a real risk that drones or other types of projectiles will enter the territory of one or several countries on the eastern flank and even cause destruction,” Tusk warned. “The official narration will be that it’s an accident and there is no reason for NATO to think about a response,” he added. He said Russia was more dangerous because it was increasingly using jet-powered drones, which fly higher and faster and thus are more difficult to detect by air defense before reaching their targets. Tusk has been for months warning that Russia might be preparing a more serious hybrid attack against a NATO country. His warnings have gotten increasingly specific as he received intelligence from NATO, Ukrainian and U.S. secret services, including the CIA, he said. In recent days, Tusk has said Russia was now focusing on attacking border crossings between Ukraine and its European neighbors in order to disrupt delivery lines to Ukraine. Four such incidents happened on Poland’s border with Ukraine in the past week and several others took place in the last weeks on Ukraine’s border with Moldova. Tusk said at the moment Russia was not ready for any peace talks “without the total capitulation of Ukraine.” “They are convinced the win-

ter will be tragically critical for Ukraine,” Tusk said. He said last winter Poland stepped in with deliveries when Ukraine’s energy infrastructure came under attack, but if border crossings are destroyed, it will be much harder for Warsaw to offer such help this upcoming winter. “Russia’s goal is to destroy as much as possible the economy and logistics of Ukraine,” Tusk said, adding that intelligence indicates continuous attacks of “very high frequency and intensity” on six main Ukrainian cities should be expected in the near future. Tusk announced on Thursday he would travel to Ukraine overnight to Friday, in what can be seen as an act of deﬁance against Russia after European leaders narrowly escaped a drone strike on a train near the Polish-Ukrainian border on Sunday. Ofﬁcials usually keep their travel plans to Ukraine secret for security reasons. In Kyiv, he said he would discuss with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy how to defend against the new types of drones as well as discuss with partners including Slovakia about further sanctions against Russia. On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that “major progress is being made toward establishing a U.S. Army base in Poland” after a U.S. delegation was in Poland last week to visit several possible locations. “If this happens, the location will be announced very soon,” Trump wrote. “This will be a historic step for our Great U.S./Polish Alliance.” Poland has for years sought to host a permanent U.S. base as a strong guarantee of its security in the face of the rising Russian threat. Poland’s high defense spending and major U.S. arms purchases have persuaded the Trump administration to consider putting a permanent base in Poland even as it reorganizes and reduces its overall military presence in Europe.

Report: Map moving puts nearly 35 million in new House districts

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WASHINGTON — The unprecedented spate of middecade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study. A report by Protect Democracy found that 34.8 million people — about one in 10 Americans — now live in a different district than they did during the 2024 election cycle. And about one-fifth of all Americans now live in a district where more than a quarter of voters are new to

stark overhaul that partisan redistricting ﬁghts kicked off by President Donald Trump last year have caused for Americans across the country. The new congressional maps are increasingly drawn in ways that favor partisan politics over factors like geography and shared communities. That raises concerns among scholars about how the country’s hyperpolarized politics are affecting American democracy. “If this trend continues, it really brings into question whether or not elected ofﬁcials are really representing their constituents anymore, or if the voters are being randomly picked by mapmakers to squeeze out partisan advantage,” said Ben Rad-

The bare-knuckled partisan redistricting battle for the House began when Trump urged the Republican-controlled legislature in Texas, the second most populous state, to redraw its congressional map to help the party. The highly unusual plan prompted an immediate response from California, the most populous state, which held a successful referendum to tilt its map toward Democrats. Other states followed, and Republicans are positioned to potentially gain nine seats because of redistricting. The Protect Democracy report warns that such partisan tactics reduce faith in American elections generally and insulate incumbent lawmak-

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Work halted on system key to limiting mail voting USPS chief: ‘There’s court’s action. Steiner also declined to an injunction so take a position on Trump’s policy, presenting himself we’re not doing as the leader of an “independent agency of the executive anything’

BY STEVEN SLOAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The top ofﬁcial at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump’s effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court rejected his executive order this week. “There’s an injunction so we’re not doing anything,” postmaster general David Steiner told The Associated Press in an interview. Steiner, a onetime chief executive of Waste Management, has spent most of the past year atop the postal service navigating political and financial challenges. He’s pressing Congress for changes that would help him resolve what he has called a “liquidity crisis.” And Trump’s efforts to largely eradicate mail voting turned the postal service into an unlikely arbiter of who is eligible to vote just months before this year’s critical midterm elections, a role Steiner seemingly had little interest in playing. Unlike Trump, who was sharply critical of the Supreme Court decision and ridiculed some of the justices, Steiner offered no assessment of the

branch” whose influence over the president’s order was limited to operational concerns. “I don’t get to decide what rules that are put on us that I decide to accept or not accept,” he said. “I looked at it more from the execution side.” The postal service has asserted its independence in the past, including during a 2019 standoff when the ﬁrst Trump administration sought to pressure the agency as the president was in a dispute with Amazon. Steiner said he wouldn’t get into the “nuance” of that. But the pressure has grown so intense at points that it’s fueled talk of whether Steiner might resign, a notion he denied. “There’s no truth to that,” he said. “I think I know the motivation behind it. I think it’s somebody that would like to see me out of a job.”

Inserting tinto elections The executive order Trump signed in March directed several federal agencies to develop state citizenship lists. Those lists would have been delivered to an online portal at the Postal Service, which would have been allowed to send mail ballots only to voters who were cleared through the process. Stein-

Court rejected Trump’s executive order for this year’s election, Justice Brett Kavanaugh indicated he might rule in favor of the administration if the issue comes back before the court at a later time.

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Postmaster general David Steiner speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the United States Postal Service headquarters in Washington on Thursday. er said he knew about the order about a month before it was unveiled but said his focus was largely on implementation, not the policy’s merits. A whistleblower report released earlier this month by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., argued the system was hastily built and riddled with errors. Steiner said he read “portions” of the whistleblower report and acknowledged the obstacles associated with building such a massive platform quickly. Still, he said he had conﬁdence in

colleagues working on the project and had planned to unveil it around Sept. 15. “There’s absolutely no doubt that we worked fast,” he said. “My personal opinion is it was a monumental task and I’m very proud of our IT department for being able to do it that fast.” In addition to the voter list, Trump’s order would have required states to adopt a uniform envelope style that included barcodes, something states said would have been arduous so close to the election. Following the Supreme

Court’s ruling, a memo sent to all postal service employees Wednesday and obtained by the AP said the agency will “not be enforcing any of these new rules in the 2026 federal election.” “First and foremost, for Election Mail it is business as usual,” according to the memo. “We continue to follow established protocols, and we remain entirely focused on our core mission: delivering the mail safely and securely for voters and election ofﬁcials across the country.” Though the Supreme

Steiner said the postal service would still encourage the use of envelopes and barcodes in future elections, which it has long recommended. He said such changes wouldn’t be required but those who don’t comply may have to pay more. “If you use the barcode in the envelope, we’ll charge you a lower price,” he said. “If you don’t, we’re going to charge you a higher price because it’s harder for us to process.” While the postal service isn’t moving forward on Trump’s order, there are still concerns about postmark delays that could have an impact on this year’s elections. The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-bymail states of Washington and Oregon, according to recently released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in postal service operations. Steiner said there were no plans to alter those operations and encouraged voters who use mail to get their ballots in early. “We say seven days,” he said. “Everything is solved if people vote early.”

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Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Ne- publican on the committee. to polling places. Colby did not receive critiAsked if he was satisfied Senators concerned vada Caine responded to Slotkin cism from all lawmakers with the briefing, Sen. Rog“Let’s just put it that way,” Democrat on the Senwith lack of ate Armed Services Com- he said. “They owe us a re- in a letter last month that who attended Thursday’s er Wicker, a Mississippi Remittee, said Colby “was not port, and we did not get the said there are “no plans to briefing. publican who is chairman of transparency send Federal military perSen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., the Senate Armed Services forthcoming” and “did not report.”

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WASHINGTON — Tensions are mounting between the Pentagon and Congress over the flow of information to lawmakers about the U.S. military’s priorities, with both Democrats and Republicans accusing a Defense Department leader of being frustratingly opaque. Some senators from both parties say they were left deeply unsettled Thursday after the Pentagon’s top policy adviser, Defense Undersecretary Elbridge Colby, failed to provide an expected update on the Trump administration’s National Defense Strategy at a classified briefing. The lawmakers also say they were unsatisfied with Colby’s answers to questions ranging from inquiries about the Iran war to growing concerns that President Donald Trump could deploy troops to polling places during November’s midterm congressional elections. Colby acknowledged that discussions about deploying the National Guard were taking place.

Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said he was able to ask about the strategy for the Iran war in Iran and the decisionmaking that has left the U.S. with what he described as a “munitions deﬁcit.” Experts say military contractors will need about three years to replenish stockpiles of certain advanced weapons, such as defensive missile interceptors. “You walk out with more questions than when you went in, and for me, that was the case today,” Kelly said. At one point, Colby was asked directly if he ever had any discussions about deploying the National Guard for voter security on Election Day. He told senators that he had heard about some of those discussions taking place but that he wasn’t leading on the issue. “Never once said ‘yes’ or ‘no,’” Cramer said. The idea of deploying troops has been gaining attention as the midterms draw closer. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., recently pressed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to confirm that they won’t send troops

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really address our concerns or issues.” Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican also on the committee, described the classified briefing as “just sort of dodge and punt.” “It’s very peculiar to have somebody come in for a congressionally mandated update and not have a statement,” Cramer said. Colby, who has supporters and detractors on Capitol Hill, was expected to provide a required briefing on the National Defense Strategy, a comprehensive document that provides guidance for the military. Released in January, the blueprint reinforces Trump’s “America First” philosophy of favoring nonintervention overseas and questioning decades of strategic relationships with allies in Europe. Under the annual National Defense Authorization Act approved by Congress, he was required to provide the Senate Armed Services Committee with the classified briefing on implementation of the strategy no later than Sept. 15. “It was not what we had expected,” said Sen. Mike Rounds, a South Dakota Re-

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WASHINGTON — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gave the keynote address Thursday at a conference of an anti-vaccine activist group he once chaired, telling the hundreds in attendance that they had a friend in President Donald Trump’s White House. It was Kennedy’s ﬁrst time appearing at the Children’s Health Defense conference since he became secretary. Kennedy took leave from the group when he launched his bid to become president in 2023, but his speech Thursday served as a sort of homecoming, offering him a platform from which to hail the administration’s steps to scale back vaccine guidance and reassure the activists in attendance that he was working to turn their priorities into policy. “Let me be clear: You have a strong and steadfast friend in the White House. We’ve accomplished in 19 months things that would have seemed unthinkable two years ago,” he said. The speech, peppered with questions about long established vaccine safety, also highlighted how once fringe views on vaccines have been given a prominent pulpit under the Trump administration. Kennedy boasted about the administration’s moves to downsize the childhood vaccination schedule and reshape a key vaccine advisory board — steps that have since been halted by a judge. Kennedy lauded Trump for pushing ahead with attempts to

Kennedy’s keynote speech at the Children’s Health Defense conference mark a pivot by the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services, who earlier this year had appeared to be moving beyond vaccine efforts and toward a less contentious agenda on healthy food ahead of November’s midterm elections. HHS promoted the speech on its social media channels. Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist, chaired Children’s Health Defense for years. He served as the group’s chief legal counsel and expanded it. After becoming health secretary last year, Kennedy moved at a blistering pace to overhaul public health guidance and revamp long-held precedents in vaccine policymaking. Critics, among them many of the country’s top medical associations, have said the moves risk stoking vaccine hesitancy and sowing confusion among Americans who endured a crisis of trust in their public health agencies following the COVID-19 pandemic. That public conﬁdence continues to erode. “We have not taken vaccines away from anybody. We have preserved access. But we have started asking the questions that you and millions of American parents have been asking for years,” Kennedy told the group. Mary Holland, the CEO of Children’s Health Defense, referred to Kennedy as “Bobby” and said the group has “gratitude beyond words” to the HHS secretary for “recognizing there are real consequential issues around childhood vaccinations.” Kennedy’s appearance Thursday comes as the country faces its

ported four measles-associated deaths this year. None of the four were vaccinated, according to the state health department. When state officials last month announced the first two of those deaths, it ignited a public feud between Gov. Josh Shapiro and Kennedy. Shapiro blasted Kennedy’s appearance on the social media site X Thursday, saying Kennedy “chose to spend his time today addressing the premier vaccine-denial conference in America.” Shapiro said the HHS secretary should have encouraged people to get vaccinated for measles, “yet he couldn’t bring himself to do it. Instead, he pushed a narrative that continues to stoke fear and mistrust.” A representative from the White House did not respond to an Associated Press request for comment on Kennedy’s appearance at the event. Following Kennedy onstage Thursday was Andrew Wakefield, an author of a since-discredited study that linked the MMR vaccine to autism, which has fueled the anti-vaccine movement even though it was retracted. Widespread scientific consensus and decades of studies have firmly concluded there is no link between vaccines and autism. Shaughnessy Naughton, founder of 314 Action, a group that recruits scientists to run for public office, said Kennedy’s decision to give a speech at the conference shows “the lack of seriousness he brings to HHS.” “With a deadly measles outbreak killing people in Pennsylvania, the best thing Kennedy can do for Americans is step aside.”

UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China vetoed a United Nations resolution Thursday that would have authorized U.N. experts to keep monitoring sanctions that were reimposed against Iran last year over its nuclear program. The U.N. Security Council sanctions are still in effect, which freeze Iran’s assets abroad, halt arms deals with Tehran and penalize any development of Iran’s ballistic missile program, among other measures. Using a provision in the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers France, Germany and the United Kingdom triggered the “snapback” mechanism, which reimposed the sanctions on Sept. 27, 2025. It restored the Security Council sanctions committee and authorized a panel of U.N. experts to monitor implementation. The United States had drafted a resolution to extend the U.N. expert panel’s mandate for a year. The proposal was defeated by a vote of 11-2, with Somalia and Pakistan abstaining, because of the Russian and Chinese vetoes. It comes as the Trump administration is pursuing a wider campaign to isolate Tehran from its remaining economic partners as the more than six-month-old war in Iran has hit a stalemate. Separately, Thursday, the administration went after digital currency networks that it says are illegally providing sanctioned Iranian entities with access to the international ﬁnancial system. The Treasury and State Departments announced that they had targeted two companies — BitBank and the Pishtaz Simorgh Electronic Trade Co. — and three associates of BitBank’s previously sanctioned chief, Babak Zanjani, who are accused of playing a role in helping Iran evade sanctions. At the United Nations, Iran’s U.N. mission thanked China and Russia for vetoing the U.S. resolution, saying on social media that the countries “prevented yet another cynical attempt by the United States and its allies to abuse the Security Council for their political purposes.” Since Israel and the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025, U.N. nuclear inspectors have been unable to verify the

purity — a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. U.S. deputy ambassador to the U.N. Jennifer Locetta said the United States wasn’t surprised by the vetoes on Thursday because the experts “would have shined the light” on prohibited cooperation between Iran and its partners. She said the vetoes are part of a broader effort to prevent expert monitoring of sanctions, and even the appointment of panel members, “to stifle reporting that implicates their own activities in support of rogue regimes.” In March 2024, a Russian veto ended U.N. monitoring of sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program. In Mali, sanctions were terminated, and Locetta said that in Yemen and the Central African Republic expert appointments have been delayed or refused. While the panel of experts for Iran was authorized a year ago and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres proposed members, they were never approved. “Without an independent panel of experts, this council loses its principal source of impartial, evidence-based reporting on sanctions violations, creating a monitoring gap that only benefits the Iranian regime and those who profit from evading those measures,” Locetta warned. Russian U.N. Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia reiterated Moscow’s claim that the “snapback” of sanctions against Iran was illegal, and therefore the resolution to extend the mandate of the panel of experts “was deeply flawed and did not have any legal basis.” Russia and China had strongly urged the U.S. and its allies not to put the resolution to a vote, which would only increase tensions in the council, Nebenzia said, but Washington “decided to opt for confrontation.” French U.N. Ambassador Jerome Bonnafont, the current council president, said implementing sanctions is “a crucial instrument to encourage Iran” to return to its nuclear obligations. France will study how to ensure sanctions are enforced, he said. One possibility would be to follow what happened after the North Korea panel of experts was abolished: establishing a monitoring team that includes France, Germany, the U.K. and the United States.

Man accused of ties to Fears of possible serial killer grow bin Laden has 20-year South African police say they have detention reviewed discovered a ninth Guantanamo prisoner was tortured after 9/11

BY BEN FINLEY Associated Press

FORT MEADE, Md. — A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody appeared Thursday at a hearing to review his detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held for 20 years without charges. A U.S. government official said Abu Zubaydah, who wore a neatly trimmed beard and glasses, had “probably” served as one of Osama bin Laden’s most trusted facilitators. The roughly 20-minute hearing offered rare visibility into the secretive military court proceedings of a suspect who had been tortured at CIA black sites during the U.S. war on terrorism and whose case still has not been resolved 25 years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Zubaydah’s unidentified government-assigned representative and his private attorney, Annika Conrad, both acknowledged he had known bin Laden, the 9/11 master-

mind. But they said Zubaydah was never a member of the militant group that bin Laden founded. Conrad argued that Zubaydah poses no security threat to the United States and that it can no longer justify his detention. She said Zubaydah should be approved for transfer out of Guantanamo, which would kick off a multiyear process that includes ﬁnding a country to accept him. Conrad said Zubaydah is prepared to accept a range of security measures, including continuous monitoring. Conrad said he has the ﬁnancial and personal support of his family, has rejected any extremist views “and simply wants to live a life of peace.” She also argued that a chief military prosecutor for U.S. Military Commissions, which oversees the 15 men still held at Guantanamo Bay, has said that it is unlikely that Zubaydah will be charged. The Office of Military Commissions declined to comment. Zubaydah’s attorney said the most the government can offer is a “probable association” to bin Laden after more than two decades and noted that Zubaydah declined a direct request from bin Laden to work for al-Qaida.

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BY MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — South African police said a ninth woman’s body was discovered Thursday in an area east of Johannesburg where they are investigating a series of killings over the past two months that have sparked acute fears in the community. All nine bodies were found in the Ekurhuleni municipality, raising concerns that the killings were carried out by the same person or people. Police previously said that some similarities in the killings of the ﬁrst eight victims were “sufﬁciently concerning for the police to issue a public warning.” The discoveries have sent shock waves around the country, sparked a highlevel investigation and highlighted the scourges of femicide and high levels of violent crime. Police said the discovery of the latest body early Thursday “will be added to the investigations into the deaths of women in Ekurhuleni.” Provincial police commissioner Fred Kekana said a passerby found the wom-

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A women’s church group pay their respect on Thursday at a scene of a discovery of the body of a 38-year-old woman last week while jogging, in Kempton Park, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. an’s body near a construction site and alerted police. The unidentified woman appeared to be about 30 and had an apparent stab wound to her side, while her throat appeared to have been cut, he said. Forensic investigators had not yet determined the ofﬁcial cause of death. Kekana said police had not established whether her death was linked to the other cases and appealed for information. He also urged people not to circulate photographs of the bodies or unveriﬁed reports on social media, warning that they were spreading fear and could encourage copycat crimes. Residents of Dawn Park, the Johannesburg suburb where the ninth body was found on Thursday, were stunned by the discovery.

“I hope the government can assist us by arresting the person or people who have been committing these killings, because the current situation is becoming unbearable. We don’t know what’s to happen next,” Dawn Park resident Nomgqibelo Tshabalala said. A multidisciplinary team of experts is investigating. So far, bodies have been found across several Ekurhuleni communities, including Kempton Park, Pomona, Clayville, Olifantsfontein, Rhodesfield, KwaThema and Dawn Park. Panyaza Lesufi, the premier of Gauteng province, said police were making progress in two or three cases, although he did not provide details. He urged the public to give investigators time to gather sufﬁ-

cient evidence. “They’ve declared war against the state. We’ll respond,” Lesuﬁ told reporters at the scene. “We’re not going to surrender.” Missing In Southern Africa, which supports missing people and their families, urged communities and families to report immediately when they suspected that one of their relatives might be missing. Running clubs across Johannesburg have this week organized memorial runs in honor of Elizabeth “Tsontso” Moselakgomo, the woman who disappeared last week while jogging and was found dead several days later. Some communities across Gauteng, which includes Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni, have held prayer services for the victims. Women’s rights advocates, political parties and civil society organizations marched to Kempton Park Police Station on Thursday, demanding stronger measures to protect women and children and hold perpetrators accountable. A coalition representing more than 1,000 faith leaders, activists and partner organizations called for tougher action against gender-based violence and more accountability. “Too often, silence from the pulpit has stood in for the courage to name gender-based violence directly,” it said. “That silence must end.”

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Woman who drugged, robbed Super Bowl reporter convicted BY MISSY WILKINSON

supplied the narcotics. Danette Colbert, 49, and Rickey White, 35, were convicted of rackA Jefferson Parish jury on Thurs- eteering. Both had faced charges day handed up a split verdict in the of manslaughter and racketeering trial over a Super Bowl reporter’s in connection with the Feb. 5, 2025 death, convicting the woman who death of Adan Manzano, 26, a Kandrugged and robbed him of neg- sas City-based sports reporter who ligent homicide and acquitting was in New Orleans to cover the the codefendant who’d allegedly Super Bowl. Staff writer

“(Manzano’s family) was looking for justice, and based on this verdict, we can deliver that to them,” Assistant District Attorney Jenny Voss said following the trial. The negligent homicide verdict, delivered by jurors in the 24th Judicial District Courthouse in Gretna, was a lesser offense than the manslaughter charge prosecutors

had sought. White was acquitted in Manzano’s death but was convicted alongside Colbert of participating in what prosecutors described as a Manzano yearslong scheme to target, drug and rob hundreds of victims in downtown New Orleans. The trial began with testimony

from a co-defendant who had ﬂipped on Colbert and White, accepting a plea deal on lesser charges of simple robbery and access device fraud in exchange. Christian Anderson, 34, told jurors Tuesday that Colbert and White worked together to target afﬂuentappearing downtown revelers. He said Colbert would dose her “tricks” with alprazolam, which she called

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Official says her firing was payback Orleans DA worker has criticized budget plan BY JOHN SIMERMAN Staff writer

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ABOVE: Old signs line the walls during an auction after the closure of the Southern Food and Beverage Museum on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard in New Orleans on Thursday. The museum sold many of its iconic signs and memorabilia after permanently closing, drawing antique enthusiasts, restaurant owners and other community members. LEFT: Gwen Mann looks through antique cookware during an auction at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum on Thursday. STAFF PHOTOS By ENAN CHEDIAK

Former City Council candidate Holly Friedman says she was fired by District Attorney Jason Williams on Thursday, alleging it’s payback for her recent public criticism of Mayor Helena Moreno’s plan to fill a big city budget hole partly by adding tax revenue. Friedman said she was called into human resources at the District Attorney’s Office about 9:30 a.m. “and told the DA wanted my termination effective today. No reason given.” Friedman Friedman said she never received a negative performance review or complaint in three years at the District Attorney’s Office. Williams’ office declined to comment. “The DA is conducting backto-back murder trials and thus Williams unavailable to provide a statement,” Ken Thomas, district attorney spokesperson, said in a statement. “However, OPDA does not comment on personnel matters.” Friedman called her firing “at best unnecessary.” She said she hadn’t spoken about it directly with Williams. In the past several days, Friedman has posted on Facebook and appeared in a local TV news report highlighting a $42 million millage “roll forward” in Moreno’s budget plan. Friedman

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Retrial set on murder counts in staged wrecks case Both defendants already face prison on fraud convictions

‘The impact of a person is with the legacy they leave’ Treme Recreation Community Center renamed to honor Jerome ‘Big Duck’ Smith BY MARCO CARTOLANO Staff writer

The New Orleans City Council unanimously voted Thursday to rename the Treme Recreation Community Center to honor Civil Rights leader and Freedom Rider Jerome “Big Duck” Smith. Smith, 87, died in his Mid-City home in August after a battle with cancer. He was laid to rest last weekend after an exuberant memorial service Smith attended by hundreds at Mahalia Jackson Theater. The center at 900 North Villere St. will be referred to as the Jerome Smith Recreation Community Center at Treme. The

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A pedestrian walks by the Treme Recreation Community Center, which has been renamed the Jerome Smith Recreation Community Center to honor Civil Rights leader Jerome ‘Big Duck’ Smith on Thursday.

City Council also voted to declare Friday, tree bears,” City Council member FredMay 21, 2027, Jerome “Big Duck” Smith die King III said. “To see people in their 70s look up to (Smith), it shows the type Day. “The impact of a person is with the ä See SMITH, page 2B legacy they leave or with the fruit that

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

A federal judge has scheduled a new trial in New Orleans’ blockbuster staged wrecks conspiracy after a jury deadlocked earlier this month on murder-conspiracy charges against the plot’s mastermind. Chief U.S. District Judge Wendy Vitter on Thursday set the retrial of Sean Alfortish and Leon “Chunky” Parker for June 7, 2027, according to court records. Alfortish and Parker each face five murder-conspiracy counts for the killing of Corne- Alfortish lius Garrison III, a “slammer” who ran vehicles into moving 18-wheelers under the yearslong insurance scheme. Garrison was shot dead in September 2020 after cooperating with the FBI, in what prosecutors called a hit designed to silence him. Both defendants were tried in August for Garrison’s murder. After a four-week trial, jurors returned Sept. 3 with a verdict convicting Alfortish of masterminding the insurance scam. The jury found that the disbarred Kenner magistrate committed wire fraud, obstruction and other counts.

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Dec. 7 trial date set for second rape suspect Issues still to be resolved in Madison Brooks case

through a collection of pretrial motions filed days before by the state in response to an earlier set of motions from the defense. When Ray decided to set a tentative trial date for Carter, the thicket of moBY QUINN COFFMAN tions still in litigation led Staff writer Assistant District Attorney A tentative trial date was set Sonya Cardia-Porter to proThursday for 21-year-old Desmond test. Brooks Carter, one of the suspects accused “We have some pending of raping LSU sophomore Madison litigation to be resolved,” CardiaBrooks in 2023 just before her death. Porter said before agreeing to the Carter is now scheduled to face tentative date. a jury on Dec. 7 on charges of firstand third-degree rape. One of his co- Tit-for-tat filings defendants, Casen Carver, 22, has a Last month, prosecutors successbench trial scheduled for Nov. 30 on fully pushed back the previous trial the same charges. Both trials will be date for Carter. It would have been before Judge Gail Horne Ray. the first trial for any of the defenThe third defendant in the case, dants accused of raping Brooks. 22-year-old Kaivon Washington, The state did so over complaints also faces charges of first- and third- about a flurry of pretrial motions degree rape. His trial date has not from the defense team for Carter. been set. Prosecutors said they had no time But the road to Carter’s trial gets to respond to those motions while rockier with each meeting of the op- prepping for trial. Defense attorney Caitlin Fowlkes posing legal teams. Most of Thursday’s hearing was spent picking has since withdrawn those seven

motions, which covered topics ranging from limiting the use of the term “victim” to excluding a toxicologist expert witness. Days before Thursday’s hearing to set a new trial date, Cardia-Porter issued a set of her own pretrial motions, many of which were oppositions to Fowlkes’ seven withdrawn motions. One filing in particular from the state showed why this pretrial tit-for-tat is still going on: a motion from the state objecting to Fowlkes’ withdrawal of her seven previous motions on the grounds that many had already been ruled on. Ray declined to rule on the withdrawal motion, saying she would take it under advisement to review the recently-ﬁled arguments and issue an answer on Friday. When Ray asked what other motions could be heard Thursday, Assistant District Attorney Jessica Fogan said many could not be brought up until the withdrawal had been ruled on.

Opening the rape kit

One motion argued in person Thursday was ﬁled by the state over requests from the defense to examine physical evidence in the case, speciﬁcally Brooks’ rape kit and a pair of boots she wore the night of her death. Fowlkes argued in her original motion that her client has a right to inspect, examine or scientifically test any evidence being brought against him in the case. Cardia-Porter responded that there were concerns with allowing the physical evidence bags to be opened without proper guardrails, in case the forensic integrity of the contents is damaged through further handling or sampling. She also noted there are three separate defendants involved in Brooks’ case, and she is concerned with evidence being impacted for subsequent trials. In court, Carter’s defense team described a previous attempt in August to view the evidence, saying investigators kept them from opening any evidence bags. Both sides

Search continues for missing women

The Ash Street house is where covered. The woman told deputies she Police: Nothing found Thomas Morris, 44, once lived. Fourteen federal, state and local had befriended Morris in Montana is tied to the disappearance of agencies have assisted in the Mor- in early July, and he brought her at Zachary house He 32-year-old Madison ReNae Allen ris Road search, and about 30 ofﬁ- against her will to the Morris Road

BY BLAKE LESCHBER Staff writer

The search for evidence tied to the disappearances of two women continues in West Feliciana Parish after police said nothing was found at a Zachary house believed to be connected to the case. The Zachary Police Department said officers searched a residence on Ash Street on Monday, but did not find anything connected to the missing women. Officials said the search was planned for weeks and was part of the broader search in West Feliciana.

and Stephanie Hevia. Morris is believed to have been living at the Zachary property at the time of Allen’s disappearance in late November 2023. Hevia, who was 38 at the time of her disappearance in March 2025, is believed to have last been seen at a 15-acre property Morris owns in West Feliciana Parrish, Sheriff Brian Spillman said. West Feliciana deputies and other agencies continue to search the property on Morris Road in St. Francisville for evidence and potential human remains. Neither of the women’s bodies has been re-

cers have been on the search site, Spillman said. Over the weekend, cadaver dogs searched and identiﬁed spots for potential evidence and remains. Spillman said on Sept. 10 that the search was expected to take at least a week to complete. As of Friday, it will have been seven days since deputies started searching. On July 19, deputies responded to a West Feliciana store after a woman called to say she was hiding in the bathroom. She said Morris brought her there to buy medicine and was waiting outside. Deputies detained Morris at the scene.

Woman arrested on animal cruelty counts Neglected, dead cats found at Walker animal rescue

BY BLAKE LESCHBER Staff writer

A Walker woman was arrested Thursday on numerous animal cruelty counts after ofﬁcers found dozens of severely neglected cats at an animal rescue and a home, 18 of which died. Madison Rebecca Colello, 29, faces 48 counts of animal cruelty and 18 counts of aggravated animal cruelty. She turned herself in for arrest Thursday morning at the Livingston Parish Detention Cen-

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Continued from page 1B But Alfortish and Parker, who admitted to participating in a staged wreck but denied a role in the murder, escaped with a mistrial on the counts connected to Garrison’s slaying. Jurors deadlocked on those charges after deliberating over ﬁve days. The outcome raised questions about the strength of prosecutors’

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Continued from page 1B “knockout,” then led them back to their hotels, where she allegedly stole their phones, credit cards, jewelry and watches, communicating with White to drain their accounts. On day two, detectives used years of text messages, surveillance video, a police interview and photographs to illustrate the scope and duration of the scheme. They portrayed White and Colbert as its leaders, working with multiple accomplices, some of whom have outstanding warrants and one of whom has died. “(Accomplices) would turn to Danette as a mentor who had been around a little while. They did call Rickey ‘Daddy.’ … They would report to him and provide whatever

ter, and her bail was set at $474,500, jail records show. Officers responded to a complaint of animal cruelty on Saturday at an animal rescue known as Wafﬂes Way Home at 9384 Florida Blvd. in Walker. Officers went through an open door at the building and found 37 cats and kittens inside. Many were dead, and others were in obvious distress. Police said the felines did not have food or water, and the temperature in the building was near 100 degrees. Animal control personnel responded to the scene along with representatives from the Denham Springs Animal Shelter and a Walker rescue business to give medical attention to the animals. Ultimately, 17 of the cats died while 20 were

saved. Neighbors of the business said the rescue had been open only since August and they rarely saw Colello enter the building. Jeff Dorson, director of the Humane Society of Louisiana, said Rescue Alliance — a nonprofit based in Gonzales — took in 12 sick kittens that Colello allegedly housed in her garage for care. He said they all had upper respiratory infections and possible ringworm. The Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office said deputies searched a home Wednesday on Sabine Drive in Denham Springs that is reportedly Colello’s residence. There, they found 11 kittens and one adult cat in the garage, which police described as freshly cleaned and hot.

evidence during the murder-focused portion of the trial. The U.S. Attorney’s Ofﬁce relied heavily on the testimony of another “slammer” named Ryan Harris, who said he planned Garrison’s murder at Alfortish’s direction and enlisted Parker to pull the trigger. Harris has pleaded guilty and faces 35 years in prison. Defense lawyers for both defendants poked holes in Harris’ testimony throughout the trial, noting his repeated lies to FBI agents and a conﬂicting story he told on

the witness stand about who had destroyed a pair of burner phones used in the hit. Location data gathered by the FBI showed Parker and Harris meeting repeatedly in the 24 hours before Garrison’s death, but offered less insight into their whereabouts at the time of the murder on Sept. 22, 2020. Even if they are never convicted of playing roles in Garrison’s murder, Alfortish and Parker face decades each in prison on their fraud convictions.

they collected. … They would all split some kind of proﬁt,” said Sgt. Michael Mercante of the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation. Using testimony from digital forensics specialist Detective Dustin Ducote and Kenner Police Detective Jeffrey Fitzmorris, prosecutors laid out a detailed timeline of the ﬁnal night of Manzano’s life. It began with Manzano bar-hopping with colleagues on Bourbon Street. At 3:30 a.m., he left the Quarter with Colbert, they said. Seven minutes later, she texted White Manzano’s PIN. The night ended with Manzano prone in his Kenner hotel bed, dead of positional asphyxia combined with the effects of alcohol and alprazolam. Colbert spent the morning using Manzano’s bank card, reentering his hotel room in an attempt to break into his suitcase, and taking videos of herself crowing about her

ill-gotten gains, prosecutors said. “I really am that b****,” she said in a video shown in court. “I got a house! Big house! I got beaucoup clothes! My own everything! I still got watches I haven’t sold!” Police found a bottle of alprazolam, along with Manzano’s credit card, phone and room key, when they searched Colbert’s house. Defense attorneys Leo Caillier III, Stavros Panagoulopoulos and Tony Angellette raised the possibility that Manzano got the alprazolam elsewhere, pointing to a cigarette he smoked on Bourbon Street as a potential source. White and Colbert declined to testify, and their defense called no witnesses.

address, where she could not leave or use her phone. Morris is now at the West Feliciana Parish Detention Center, booked on charges of second-degree kidnapping, illegal possession of stolen ﬁrearms and false imprisonment on a $500,000 bond. Spillman said anyone with more information in the case could help the investigation. Tips may be submitted to Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867 or the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce at (225) 784-3136. Email Blake Leschber at blake. leschber@theadvocate.com.

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calls it a hidden tax hike. “I feel it’s retaliation for me speaking out about a potential property tax increase,” she said. “That statement was neither political nor personal toward anyone. I wanted residents to know so they could make decisions (such as) if they could afford to live in New Orleans anymore. I just wanted transparency.” Friedman said she wasn’t aware of any District Attorney’s Office policy barring her speaking to media. In her most recent role, she said she managed a litigation support team within the District Attorney’s Office that helps attorneys with trial exhibits. Friedman said the job was full time. She previously worked in the office of former City Council member Joe Giarrusso, who is now Moreno’s chief administrative officer and the point person for shoring up a yawning city budget gap. Friedman said she plans to “take some time to figure out my next steps” and that she hopes to finish a master’s program in public administration. Last fall, Friedman lost in a runoff to another former Giarrusso staffer, Aimee McCarron, for the open District A seat. Moreno’s administration will present its proposed budget for 2027 on Sept. 22.

she hold them in contempt. “White threatened to have his family take care of the bailiff,” she said. “We are not going to put up with that any more.” In closing arguments, Callier undermined Anderson’s credibility as a witness, describing him as a chronically dishonest criminal who couldn’t be trusted to be truthful on the stand. He conceded that White and Colbert were “petty thieves,” but denied that their crimes amounted to racketeering. “Hustling on Bourbon Street is as old as New Orleans,” Callier said. “There was no structured organizational goal. These people were beneﬁting themselves and whoever else was involved that day.” Judge’s request Panagoulopoulos said the eviImmediately before closing ar- dence didn’t support a manslaughguments, Judge Nancy Miller told ter conviction, noting that the defense attorneys to keep their coroner’s report listed the cause clients and the families in line, lest of death as undetermined and that

went back over their complaints, with Ray at one point admonishing the attorneys for “characterizing of other counsel’s emotions.” The back and forth ended when attorney Joe Long, who represents co-defendant Carver, stepped out of the audience to ask Ray to allow him and the attorneys for the other co-defendants a chance to meet with Cardia-Porter and ﬁnd a “commonsense” procedure for viewing evidence that the state ﬁnds acceptable.

Issues with contempt The most controversial of CardiaPorter’s motions is one accusing the defense, speciﬁcally Fowlkes, of having committed contempt by sharing Brooks’ name and identifying information in the “pink” ﬁling from earlier this summer. In it, the defense sought to keep spectators from wearing the color pink or items depicting Brooks, over fears it would prejudice the jury. Ray ruled that pink clothing would be allowed but depictions of the victim would not.

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Continued from page 1B of man that he was.” Family and friends of Smith, who were honored during Thursday’s meeting, said they were grateful for the city’s support in preserving Big Duck’s legacy and hoped it would remain a priority. They also suggested adding his name to Hunter’s Field. “I am grateful for everything,” said his daughter, Farin Smith, 62. “But I am just asking for the support after the doors close and the lights go off.” Born into segregation in New Orleans, Smith became a mainstay of the Civil Rights Movement in the city and beyond. Ofﬁcials from across the state paid tribute to him following news of his death on Aug. 21. He joined the Congress of Racial Equality, taking part in picket lines and sit-ins, enduring beatings and imprisonment as a young adult. In 1961, he took part in the Freedom Rides that pushed for desegregated busing in the South. Two years later, he directly confronted Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy at the age of 24, saying that the federal government was not doing enough for Black Americans. Smith also co-founded Tamborine & Fan in 1968, an organization devoted to instilling the value of culture, history and tradition in New Orleans children and redirecting them from crime and drugs. The organization is run out of the recreation center that will bear his name. His nickname “Big Duck” was inspired by his dedication to the children of his city, who would often follow him around like ducklings. During the vote, Council President JP Morrell recounted knowing Smith as a child and how he was always able to make children feel listened to. “He was the most gentle person when it came to dealing with children,” Morrell said. “He might have been the largest man on Earth, but when you were a kid talking to Big Duck, he gave his full attention to you. He heard everything you had to say.” Email Marco Cartolano at Marco.Cartolano@ theadvocate.com.

there was no proof White slipped Manzano alprazolam. “Just alcohol alone could have caused that death,” he said. Jurors deliberated for a little over ﬁve hours before returning the verdict to Judge Miller. Colbert and White will be sentenced Sept. 28.

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Unemployment benefit claims fall to 196,000

WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week, another sign that layoffs remain rare and most Americans enjoy job security. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims slid to 196,000, the fewest since mid-July and down from 206,000 the week before. The four-week average of claims dropped to 203,250. Economists had expected claims to come in at 207,500, according to a survey by the data firm FactSet. The American job market has remained sturdy despite higher gasoline prices that have squeezed businesses and consumers since the fighting with Iran began Feb. 28. Layoffs are low. Businesses, remembering the labor shortages that followed the end of pandemic lockdowns, are reluctant to let go of staff. They’re hiring — but modestly by the standards of recent years. So far this year, employers — have been adding an average 80,000 jobs a month, including 162,000 in August. That is an improvement on a dismal 2025 when monthly job creation averaged 9,700 as high interest rates and President Donald Trump’s ever-changing trade policies discouraged hiring.

DoorDash, Uber Eats to offer Costco delivery Costco said Thursday it’s partnering with DoorDash to offer delivery from its U.S. warehouse stores. The nationwide partnership is a ﬁrst for the San Franciscobased delivery company, which said Costco was among the most-searched retailers not yet on its U.S. platform. DoorDash said it will deliver groceries, household items and electronics from all of Costco’s U.S. stores. Costco members can link their membership information to their DoorDash account. Issaquah, Washington-based Costco has 81 million members worldwide. Most are in the U.S., where the company has 639 stores in 47 states. Costco has offered delivery through Instacart for nearly a decade. In 2024, it announced a partnership with San Francisco-based Uber Eats, but under that agreement, Uber Eats only provided delivery in 17 states. On Tuesday, Uber Eats said it was expanding Costco delivery nationwide. DoorDash and Uber Eats announced partnerships with Kroger, the nation’s largest supermarket chain, last fall.

Kroger pulls Red Bull from shelves across U.S. Kroger has stopped selling Red Bull at all its stores and fuel centers nationwide, the company confirmed to the Cincinnati Enquirer. The last of the energy drink was sold in August and its coolers and displays were removed from stores as of Aug. 31, according to the Enquirer, citing company officials. Kroger and Red Bull did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday from The Detroit News. The grocer continues to sell competitor energy drinks, the Enquirer reported. Kroger’s new CEO, Greg Foran, vowed to push back against supplier price increases as inflation continues to squeeze shoppers. On a Sept. 11 earnings call, Foran said the company is seeking to capture market share by lowering prices, improving store services and investing in the company’s workforce. The Enquirer reported that the grocer plans to expand its private brand, Smart Way, from about 130 items to 1,000. Where Kroger can’t get acceptable prices from vendors, the company will lean more on its private-label brands, which generated $39 billion in sales last year, more than a quarter of Kroger’s $148 billion in total revenue, according to the Enquirer.

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U.S. mortgage rates approach 7% Highest level in over 19 months

for months and this week climbed to just below 7% — its highest level in over 19 months. The benchmark 30-year BY ALEX VEIGA fixed rate mortgage rose AP business writer to 6.95% from 6.76% last Home shoppers holding week, mortgage buyer out for relief from rising Freddie Mac said Thursmortgage rates may be in day. One year ago, the avfor a long wait. erage rate was 6.26%. The weekly average rate Borrowing costs on 15on a 30-year fixed-rate year ﬁxed-rate mortgages, home loan has been rising often sought by borrowers

refinancing a home loan, also rose this week. That average rate increased to 6.26% from 6.09% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.41%. Higher mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month to borrowers’ costs, limiting homebuyers’ purchasing power. As rates rise, that can also lead prospective home shoppers to delay buying.

In late February, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage brieﬂy dipped to 5.98%, its lowest level going back to late 2022. The nearly 1 percentage point increase in the rate since then translates roughly into an additional $255 a month cost for a borrower ﬁnancing a $400,000 home loan at the current average rate. Meanwhile, the latest

monthly tally of home purchase transactions that have yet to be finalized points to potentially more sluggish home sales in coming months. A sharp run-up in home prices and a chronic shortage of homes nationally worsened by years of below-average home construction have left many aspiring homeowners priced out of the market.

AI strategy depends on nations that see each other as problem Hopes for any kind of global approach hinge on cooperation of U.S., China

BY CHAN HO-HIM

AP business writer

HONG KONG — As concern rises over the risks of artiﬁcial intelligence, hopes for any kind of global approach depend on cooperation between the U.S. and China — superpowers that seem only to be more skeptical of each other’s AI strategy. AI governance is expected to be on the agenda in a meeting planned for next week in Washington between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The topic has gained urgency in both countries, with American tech leaders saying that averting worst-case scenarios for rogue AI depends on a degree of cooperation with China. But both countries are vying for a decisive advantage on AI, with Trump warning that any efforts to regulate the technology would help China. That sets up a meeting in which any agreements might be superﬁcial but a possible start to something larger. “A formal agreement or consensus may be near impossible, but they do not need to go that far,” said Samm Sacks, a senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies’ Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs. “Trump and Xi just need to create political space by acknowledging AI poses risks to both countries.”

China, U.S. are increasingly at odds on AI Trump has pushed back on calls to strengthen regulation of the technology, claiming that doing so could cause China to eclipse America on AI. He has repeatedly declared that the nation that leads on the technology “wins.” “We are leading China, and all others,” Trump said Monday on social media. The two countries are moving the technology forward in different ways. U.S. companies are chasing AI frontiers with computing power supported by cutting-edge chips and the country’s rapidly expanding data center infrastructure. China is pursuing wide global adoption of its open-source, more affordable models. Chinese AI models have made major advances and gained traction with American companies even as U.S.-led restrictions bar China from getting the world’s most advanced AI chips. While most American frontier models are closed-source, with their design elements kept secret, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday the U.S. needs to develop more open-source models to counter China. The U.S. has accused China of “aggressive, malicious” efforts to extract capabilities from American AI systems. China has hit back, accusing the U.S. of trying to sup-

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The United States and China are vying for a decisive advantage on artificial intelligence. press Chinese companies so it can build a “monopoly of the AI industry.” David Sacks, a top AI adviser to Trump, said that China has “already rejected” slowing down the pace of developing the most advanced forms of AI. He said on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” that unlike the nuclear tensions with the Soviet Union during the Cold War it would be impossible to verify whether China honored any AI commitments. “In this case, we don’t have trust and we can’t verify,” Sacks said. “So let’s not be foolish about this and just hand the whole ball game to China.” Still, those with ties to the Chinese government see coordination on AI as helpful. At an annual security and defense conference in Beijing, Cui Tiankai, a former Chinese ambassador to the U.S., said Tuesday that AI is an area where “we should go ahead and build up” dialogue between Beijing and Washington. “Because there is a need, a growing need, for cooperation,” he told the Xiangshan Forum. “So how can we manage the balance?”

AI leaders call for keeping China in check Two leading American AI companies, Anthropic and OpenAI, each restrict access in China and have said the U.S. has a national security imperative to protect its lead on AI technology. But they also have called for cooperation with China to manage safety. In his essay last weekend calling for a slowdown of AI development for safety reasons, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said the U.S. should slow China’s progress, including keeping up U.S. restrictions on China’s purchases of the world’s most advanced AI chips. He also added, however, that “global pacing will require cooperation with China, the autocratic country with by far the most ad-

vanced AI capabilities.” His essay quickly drew criticism from Beijing, with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs saying on Monday that “fearmongering, confrontation and vicious competition will only disrupt the process of global AI governance which serves no one’s interest.” China’s state-run Global Times newspaper went further, calling his remarks “packed with containment provisions targeting China and is, in essence, a ‘Cold War playbook’ for the AI sector.”

Alarmed by emerging AI capabilities In both the U.S. and China, AI’s increasingly powerful capabilities have alarmed top officials and policymakers. The head of China’s Ministry of State Security, its spy agency, warned in an article Sunday that AI poses many threats to the country, from political and ideological security to cyberattacks. In the article, Chen Yixin argued that AI could threaten China’s political and ideological security if used by those “with ulterior motives,” while singling out Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s powerful AI models. It said they could be used to “weaponize” cybersecurity vulnerabilities and threaten China’s critical information infrastructure. Several other recent AI-related events were also causing concern in China when it comes to AI governance. That includes a U.S. security firm’s recent discovery of AI vulnerabilities in WeChat, China’s key messaging app that also offers payment services among other functions, said Paul Triolo, a partner at DGA-Albright Stonebridge Group. While Chinese officials said after Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi in mid-May that China and the United States had agreed to pursue dialogue on AI development and governance, little progress has been made.

OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior, vows to track it BY CHAN HO-HIM AP business writer

OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artiﬁcial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated. The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, probing and disclosing instances of what it called “misalignment,” including cases where AI models acted without authorization, coordinated with other models or evaded oversight. OpenAI’s latest announcement came as U.S. AI bosses, including the leaders of OpenAI and An-

thropic, are calling for a slowdown in the technology’s development over safety concerns. Among the new cases reported by OpenAI, an unreleased research model inserted “jailbreaklike instructions” into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and told itself to be “freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots.” In another instance, an AI “agent” used computer code to come up with the answer to a question, but, in order to have an online source to cite, it uploaded a ﬁle to the public internet without asking the user. During training of an AI model called 5.6-sol, the model instruct-

ed itself to invent missing data, and an agent wrote a message to remind itself to hide mismatched information. The six reports were discovered during training or evaluation over the past months, OpenAI said. “As AI systems grow more advanced and more widely deployed, we need to build a broader and better-informed consensus on the progress of alignment research,” OpenAI wrote in a blog post as it disclosed the events. “Decisions about how AI development should proceed in the months and years to come need to draw on evidence that people outside the companies building frontier models can examine for

themselves,” the company said. Wednesday’s new cases followed OpenAI’s disclosure in July that its rogue AI system hacked into AI startup Hugging Face. Anthropic also said the same month that its AI models hacked into three organizations during testing. AI “agents” are becoming smarter and have become “more determined to resolve complex tasks through inter-agent collaboration, knowledge sharing, deception, and concealment,” said Lian Jye Su, a chief analyst at technology research and advisory group Omdia. That’s making it harder to govern and contain them using traditional AI security approaches, he said.

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New Orleans Area Deaths Brignac, Sterling Gaines, Alicia Hardy, Jake Johnson, Gabriel LeBan Sr., Levon Lee Sr., Charlie Mannery, Justin Monette, Sr., Eric Pugh, Nellie Robinson, Bonita Rock, Lorraine Rutledge, Katherine Sorapuru, Theresa

E Jefferson Richardson FH Gaines, Alicia Pugh, Nellie Robinson, Bonita

New Orleans Boyd Family Lee Sr., Charlie DW Rhodes Hardy, Jake Monette, Sr., Eric Gertrude Geddes LeBan Sr., Levon Greenwood Rock, Lorraine Littlejohn FH Mannery, Justin

River Parish Patrick H Sanders Sorapuru, Theresa

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Louisiana on Saturday, September 19, 2026.Visitation: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Service: 10:00 a.m. Pastor Michelle Conerly, MT, Salem Missionary Baptist Church, will officiate. Interment: Providence Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are in trust to D.W. Rhodes Funeral Home. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.

Johnson, Gabriel Paul Alicia Marie Gaines "Nazam Ahna", a loving wife to Antonio Fletcher "Madabar"; devoted mother to Jharrion Gaines, Johnren Gaines, Antonio Gaines, and Aalyah Gaines; cherished grandmother to Asaiah Gaines; daughter of the late Franklin Gaines Sr. and Beatrice Gaines; sister to Petee Gaines, Franklin Gaines Jr., Jamie Gaines, Ebonie Gaines, Tameka Bickham, and Nathan Harris; and a beloved aunt, cousin, niece, and dear friend to many, peacefully departed this life on Saturday, September 5, 2026, to be born again and take her place in her heavenly home. Alicia was born on January 5, 1975, at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana. She will always be remembered for her vibrant laugh, humble spirit, empathetic heart, and willingness to help others. Alicia was a hardworking woman who never hesitated to lend a helping hand to those in need. She loved writing poetry and enjoyed listening to music. She also enjoyed watching one of her favorite television shows, Cold Case. Alicia touched the lives of many and will forever be cherished and remembered by her family, friends, and all who had the blessing of knowing her. A Celebration of Her Life will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at New Generation Fellowship Church, 1000 Clay St., Kenner, LA 70062. Visitation will begin at 9:00am. Interment will follow at Providence Memorial Park Cemetery in Metairie, LA. Arrangements entrusted to Richardson Funeral Home of Jefferson, River Ridge, LA. www.richardson funeralhomeofjefferson.co m

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Gabriel Paul Johnson passed on September 5, 2026, at the age of 46 , doing what he loved. He was the father of Luke Wyatt Johnson; son of Julie Sinitiere Johnson and Teddy Paul Johnson; brother of Bradley William Johnson; uncle of Avery Johnson and McKenzie Johnson; grandson of the late Godfrey Sinitiere, Esmae Laurent Sinitiere, L.C. Johnson and Bracie Dell Lafon Johnson. Gabriel loved the water from the time he was a small child. He studied Marine Biology at Louisiana State University, telling his mother excitedly that he had "been training for this job all my life." He loved being in or on the water more than anything, with the exception of spending time with his son. He was one of those people who made friends everywhere he went. If you met him, you quickly became his friend. Gabe also loved hunting with his friends and his dog, and spending time at the family camp in Grand Isle. He was the president of the Louisiana Council of Underwater Dive Clubs. He often spoke of his desire that when his time would come, he wanted to be in the water, which is exactly what happened. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated in the Chapel of Westside Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 5101 Westbank Expressway, Marrero, on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM. Memorial visitation will begin at 9:00 AM. Inurnment will be at a later date.

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LeBan Sr., Th.D., M.S.W., Levon Aldon Sterling Joseph Brignac, age 56, departed this life on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Forever love of Michele W. Brignac. Proud father of Kohi Brignac (Keshon) Leonard. Cherished grandfather of Prince S. Leonard. Beloved son of Stafford Brignac, Sr. and Elaine Smith. Stepson of the late Idell "Sug" Brignac, who was instrumental in his rearing and whom he loved as a mother. Grandson of the late Albert J. Smith, Sr., Juanita Price Smith, Evans Brignac, and Hilda Brignac. Devoted brother of Stafford (Kanettra) Brignac, Jr., Schwann Brignac, Brittany Brignac, Frank (Yolanda) Cypress, and the late Travis Cypress, Minnie and Alondra King. Sterling is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at St Stephen Missionary Baptist Church, 1737 L. B. Landry Avenue, New Orleans, LA on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 10:00a.m. Pastor Norman Francis, host pastor; Bishop Alex J. Bellow, officiating. Visitation will begin at 8:00a.m. until service time at the church. Interment: Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, Slidell, LA on Monday, September 21, 2026, at 1:30p.m. Arrangements by Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St. Gretna, LA To view and sign the guest-

Jake W. Hardy Jr. peacefully departed this life on August 28, 2026, at the age of 71. Born on August 20th in Summit, Mississippi. Son of the late Almeatte and Jake W. Hardy Sr., and grandson of the late Mary F. Williams. Jake received his education in the Orleans Parish school system and was a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School. He is survived by his sons, Cornelius Fant (Gabriel) and Mauris Fant (Shon); his grandchildren, Mauris Manning Fant Jr., Juaneka (Kamerin), Jakwann, and Daekwann Ross, Makayla Andry (Steven), Sha'juan, Carnelius, and Camile Fant; and nine great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his siblings, Jeanette H. Smith (Melvin), Candi Hardy (Walter), and Marvin H. Brown (Tina), and brother-in-law Jose Dotson. Jake was the beloved Godfather of Ku'Quita Dodson and Mau'shine White. He was the cherished best friend of Melvin Smith Sr. and Howard Miller. He also leaves behind one aunt, a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends. Relatives, friends of the family, along with the employees of Basin Street Welcome Center, Hotel management of New Orleans, New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board, The Port of New Orleans, and SCLC N.O., are invited to attend the funeral services at Israelite Missionary Baptist Church, 2100 Martin Luther King Blvd. New Orleans,

Levon Aldon LeBan Sr., Th.D., M.S.W., age 71 was born on July 6, 1955, a beloved New Orleans native and seventh-generation Louisianian, peacefully completed his earthly journey on August 29, 2026. A proud graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, Dr. LeBan completed undergraduate studies at Southern University, A&M College and Southern University at New Orleans, earning a BS and BA degree, respectively. He earned a Master of Science degree from Prairie View A&M University in Texas, a Master of Social Work degree from Southern University at New Orleans, and a Master of Divinity from Bethel Bible College. He also earned a Doctor of Theology degree from the American College and Theological Seminary, and received a Doctor of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry, honoris causa. He completed additional studies at the University of New Orleans and the University of Maryland, College Park, Dr. LeBan served five years in the United States Army. Dr. LeBan was licensed and ordained as a minister of the gospel. He served seven years as Senior Pastor of "Walk in the Light" Interdenominational Church and three years as Associate Pastor of "Jesus Never Fails" Ministry of

New Orleans. He became the first African American to serve as Disaster Spiritual Care Louisiana Regional Lead for the American Red Cross. A proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated and NAACP. Levon is survived by his wife, Dianna DeGrange LeBan; his son, Levon "Aldon" LeBan II; his brother, Wallace Simmons LeBan; his devoted nieces, Zon Michelle Pickens, Tammy Alaska Crawford, and Tanya Marie McGee; his nephews, Troy Michael LeBan and Wallace Morial LeBan; members of the DeGrange family; and also a vast network of family joins in mourning Levon, including his great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and the many community members he connected with through various organizations. Levon was preceded in death by his parents Arthur LeBan and Betty Coney LeBan; his brother Robert LeBan; and his sister Betty LeBan Pickens Crawford. Relatives and friends of the family also, the American Red Cross, the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and all other organizations are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at Lawless Memorial Chapel (Dillard University Campus), 2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70122 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Tribute from the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. at 9:15 a.m. Burial at a later date. You may sign the guest book on www.gertrudegeddeswi llis.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, Inc., in charge (504) 522-2525.

Lee Sr., Charlie

Charlie Lee Sr, earned his wings at the age of (93) on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at his residence in Avondale, LA. He was born to the union of the late George and Ladie Mae Lee in Greensburg LA. He was a resident of Avondale LA. for 56 years. Charlie is survived by his loving, faithful wife of 69 years Leola Holmes Lee. (2) sons Robert Lee Sr. (Brenda), of Marrero, LA Jimmy Lee Sr. of Avondale LA. and 1 daughter Charlene Lee Bookman (Raymond Jr.) of Harvey, LA. (12) grandchildren, Charlie Lee III, Wardell Lee, Crystal Lee Hines (Tyrone), Julius Lee, Robert Lee Jr., Jimmy Lee Jr. (Nicole), Robert Lee (Christine), Lashawn Monique Lee, Essence Lee Souffrant (Nicolas), Anthony J. Thomas, Joshua M. Thomas (Brittany) and Destiny M. Bookman. (19) great grandchildren, (2) sistersin-law, Glenda Edwards of Killeen Tx., Linda Hubbard of Warner Robins, GA., and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. Preceded in death by his parents George and Ladie Mae Lee, his beloved son Charlie Lee Jr, (5) brothers: Charles, Alton, Curtis, Willie, George Lee; and (4) sisters Elvenar Butler, Alciena Coleman, Mable Dixon and Carrie Tippen. Relatives and friends of the family, also pastors, officers and members of

Shiloh Missionary B.C., Regular B.C., Progressive, Household of Faith FWCI, and all neighboring churches. West Jefferson Hospital, Bridge Point, Mercy Home Health, and Serenity Hospice Care are invited to attend the Homegoing Service on Saturday, September 19, 2026, for 10:00 a.m. at Shiloh Missionary B.C. 1419 4th Street, Westwego LA 70094. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pastor Woodrow Hayden, Officiating. Interment will follow at Restlawn Park Cemetery and Mausoleum, 3540 U.S 90 Avondale LA. Arrangements Entrusted to The Boyd Family Funeral Home. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins .com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Directors.

Mannery, Justin

Justin Thomas Mannery was called home by the Lord on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. The youngest child of Jaltheus Kenneth Mannery Sr. and Rosilyn Allen Mannery. Brother of Kennitra and Jaltheus Kenneth Mannery Jr. Uncle of Tyrik Johnson and Karter Richard. Nephew of Della (Wilbert)Yancy, Wanda Hill, Barbara Myers and Jeff Darrel (Nina) Mannery. Godson of Shvanda Brown. Justin was educated in the Jefferson Parish School System. He graduated in 2012 from Riverdale System. He attended Southeastern University until his health started failing. He joined Greater Asia Baptist Church and remained a member until God called him home. He's a former employee of Enterprise Rental Co. and Old Navy. Justin leaves to cherish his memories, his parents, Jaltheus Kenneth Mannery Sr. and Rosilyn Allen Mannery. His siblings, Kennitra and Jaltheus Kenneth Mannery Jr. His nephews, Tyrik

Johnson and Karter Richard. Aunt, Uncles, Cousins and host of relatives and friends. Justin was preceded in death by his grandparents, James and Della Allen, Jaltheus and Ruby Grace Mannery, Relatives and friends of the family, are invited to join us as we honor and remember Justin. Celebration of Life on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at Greater Asia Baptist Church, 3708 St. Bernard Ave. NOLA 70122. Rev. Bennie Scott, Officiating. Viewing 10am and Service beginning 11 am. Interment Garden of Memories Cemetery. 4900 Airline Hwy. Metairie, LA 70001 Arrangements Entrusted to Littlejohn Funeral Home, 2163 Aubry St., NOLA 70119

Monette Sr., Eric Joseph

Eric Joseph Monette, Sr. departed this life on Thursday, September 10, 2026 at the age of 73. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Mass at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 7300 Crowder Blvd, New Orleans, La on Saturday, September 19, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Interment: Mount Olivet Cemetery. Arrangements by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.

Pugh, Nellie Beatrice

Nellie Beatrice Pugh peacefully transitioned from this earthly life at the age of 80 on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. She was born on January 8, 1946, in Uniontown, Alabama, to the late Ella Moore and Chester Moore. Nellie was the beloved matriarch of her family, whose presence, strength, and love helped shape generations. She had a warm and welcoming personality that drew people to her, and anyone who had the pleasure of meet-

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Robinson, Bonita 'Bango' Gray

Bonita "Bango" Gray Robinson was born on January 4, 1956, to the late Henry and Elenora Gray in New Orleans, LA. She departed this life peacefully on Thursday, September 3, 2026. Bonita leaves to cherish her loving memories her three sons, Terrance Robinson (Ebonie Jackson), Hampton Robinson III (Melissa Morvant), and Christopher Robinson; three grandchildren, Tristian Robinson, Sophia Robinson, and Amir Robinson; siblings, James Gray, Damon Gray, Ella

Louise Gray Henderson (Claude), and Janice Gray Simpson; sisters-in-law, Lesia Williams (Jerry), Hattie Baptiste (Jerome), and Gloria Gray; along with a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and dear friends. A memorial service celebrating Bonita's life will be held on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at Community Church of River Ridge, 116 Florida Street, River Ridge, LA 70123. Final arrangements have been entrusted to Richardson Funeral Home of Jefferson, River Ridge, LA. www.richardsonfunera lhomeofjefferson.com

Rock, Lorraine Tabony

Lorraine Louise Tabony Rock died peacefully at home on August 27. She was 102 years old. Born on June 27, 1924, in Fort Bayard, New Mexico and raised in New Orleans. She is preceded in death by her parents, Marietta dela Houssaye Tabony and Bernard William Tabony, her brother Bernard William Tabony, Jr. and her husband of over 60 years John Walter Rock. She is survived by her brother Harry Tabony and her five children: John Gregg Rock (Ginny), Stephen Rock (Jackie), Joelle Rock Jones (David), Remy Rock Fulton (Tim), and Timothy Rock (Wendy). She is also survived by nine grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. She graduated from Dominican High School in New Orleans and was a devoted member of St. Philip Neri Parish for over 60 years. She loved to read, was an avid gardener and a member of the Tulane Women's Club. She always had a kind spirit, an easy smile and a warm laugh. The family would like to thank her caregivers Barbara Meyers, Kathleen Ciccio and Pam Johns for their loving care of our mother. Family and friends are invited to attend a funeral Mass service on Saturday, September 26 at St. Philip Neri Church, 6500 Kawanee Avenue, Metairie, LA 70003. Visitation will begin at 10:00 AM with a Catholic Mass to follow at 11:00 AM. Interment to follow at Greenwood Cemetery. To sign the online guestbook

and share memories or condolences, please visit www.greenwoodfh.com

Rutledge, Katherine Burck

Katherine Burck Rutledge was embraced in the arms of Jesus on September 12, 2026, at the age of 77. Katherine was a gifted artist whose talents enriched lives and places throughout Louisiana. She grew up in New Orleans, a city she always called home, even after living in Baton Rouge for more than 50 years. Katherine attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting. She continued her artistic education at the Baton Rouge Fine Arts Academy, the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, and Studio dei Leoni. Her work appears in the permanent collections of the LSU Rural Life Museum, the Audubon Institute in New Orleans, and the McIlhenny Collection at Hill Memorial Library on the LSU campus, as well as in numerous private collections throughout the South. Her artwork appeared in Louisiana Life Magazine and The Delta, and her talents also extended to illustrating books and designing book covers. Katherine's life was as expressive and generous as her art. She freely shared her paintings with local charities, friends, and family. Even more importantly, she shared the love of Jesus with everyone she knew. Her faith was an important part of who she was, and the beauty she created was matched by the love and generosity she extended to those around her. Katherine is survived by her husband of 39 years, Clayton Fenton Rutledge; her sister, Martha Shackelford (Giles), and her children, William G. Shackelford III (Christine), Elizabeth Shackelford DuGan (Andy), and Scott M. Shackelford; and her brother, Cyril B. Burck Jr., and former sister-in-law, Pamela Richmond Burck, and their children, Christian Richmond Burck (Jennifer), Robin Marlette Burck, and Elizabeth Burck Guiza (Timothy). She is also survived by seven great -nephews and great-

nieces: Stella Shackelford, Julian Richmond Burck, Henry Labourdette Burck, Edward "Teddy" Burck, Hailey Elizabeth Guiza, Powers Clark Guiza, and Mallory Dale Guiza. Katherine was preceded in death by her mother, Sarah Marlette Burck, and her father, Dr. Cyril B. Burck. Katherine's family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to Dr. Terry Zellmer and Dr. Pavani Ellipeddi and their staffs for their diligence and compassionate care throughout her illnesses. They are also deeply grateful for her caregivers, Hospice of Baton Rouge, and the many friends who cared for, encouraged, and loved Katherine along the way. A Celebration of Life service will be held at Grace Life Fellowship, 10210 Baringer Foreman Road, Baton Rouge, on Sunday, September 20, at 2:00 p.m., with a reception immediately following. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grace Life Fellowship or to Carter Featherston's Restore One ministry at carterfeatherston.com. Katherine leaves behind far more than a remarkable body of artwork. She leaves the beauty of a life generously shared, the love she gave so freely, and the faith in Jesus that shaped her life and now has become sight.

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Theresa Haydel Sorapuru peacefully departed this life on September 8, 2026. She was the only child born to Lillian V. Perrilloux and George Haydel. She attended Our Lady of Grace elementary school ran by the Holy Family Nuns. She attended Fifth Ward High School and graduated in 1948. Theresa met Russell Sorapuru in 1947 and were married on July 29, 1949. To this union was born two children, Vanessa Theresa and Russell Jr. She leaves to cherish her memory, her two children, Vanessa (Lester) Pourciau of Baton Rouge, and Russell (Tracy) Sorapuru, Jr. of Luling; grandchildren Erin Pourciau-Bradford of Baton Rouge, Kyle Pourciau (Crystal) of Germantown, TN, Justin Pourciau (Valerie) of Frisco, TX, Russell (Crystal) Sorapuru, III of Luling, Tristan (Deja) of Boutte, and Tia S. (Elijah) Reynolds of Luling; great-grandchildren, Chloe', Jacob and Blaine Bradford, Evangeline Lily and Savannah Pourciau, Bonnie Sorapuru, Elijah Reynolds Jr. and Ethan Reynolds; great-great

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granddaughter Tatym Theresa; nieces Sherry B. (Cornel) Cole, Raven Douglas, Tanya Sorapuru and nephew, Rudolph Sorapuru Jr. Also, her Godchildren, Jerome Perrilloux and Clinton Perrilloux, Sr. Relatives, and friends, also Priest and Parishioners of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and all neighboring churches, are invited to the Funeral Mass at 10:00am on Saturday, September 19, 2026, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 2349 Hwy 18, Edgard, LA 70049. Fr. Robustiano MorgiaCelebrant. Rosary begins at 9:00am. Visitation 8:00am until the time of Funeral Mass. Entombment St. John the Baptist Catholic Mausoleum. Final Arrangements entrusted to Patrick H. Sanders Funeral Home. 605 Main Street, Laplace, LA 70068. 985-3591919.

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La. is at heart of South’s economic growth

For the first time in U.S. histhan $175 billion in output, and tory, the Speaker of the House federal policy has turned back and the House Majority Leader in the state’s favor: The pause on come from the same state. Both new federal drilling leases has are Louisianians. Both are lifted, and long-delayed LSU alumni. That captures LNG export terminals where the country’s politiPlaquemines LNG Phase 3 and the Cameron LNG cal and economic center expansion are now under of gravity has shifted as construction or in operaAmerica marks its 250th anniversary. Howard tion along the Gulf Coast. That shift runs well beNew Orleans sits where Franklin that energy economy yond Washington. A new GUEST meets the river that has report, Accelerating South, COLUMNIST always defined it. The finds the broader region city anchors the port at has become a roughly $6 the base of the Mississippi, givtrillion economy, outpacing both the Northeast and the Midwest in ing it an outsized voice in the economic scale and momentum, conversations that will determine fueled by sustained population how Louisiana manages the inmigration, new business formafrastructure, investment and ention, advanced manufacturing, fi- vironmental costs of the current nancial services, logistics, energy buildout. That buildout is already showdevelopment and the expansion of technology infrastructure. ing up in the numbers. Louisiana’s Louisiana’s place in the narraprivate nonresidential constructive runs on energy. The state’s tion spending totaled roughly petroleum-refining, oil-and-gas $8 billion in 2024, with state and extraction and gasoline-distribulocal government adding another $7 billion. tion sectors combine for more

New Orleans is especially well positioned to capture that momentum. With the Port of New Orleans and the broader Mississippi River port complex continuing to expand, the region anchors one of the nation’s largest maritime trade corridors. This concentration of logistics infrastructure, energy expertise and skilled labor is a meaningful economic advantage not only for New Orleans, but for the state as a whole. It provides a hedge against volatility in any single industry while creating opportunities for adjacent sectors, including petrochemicals, shipbuilding, tourism and professional services. The city’s appeal extends beyond its industrial base. A resilient tourism and hospitality economy is fueling workforce demand and consumer spending. A growing energy-transition and logistics ecosystem is drawing entrepreneurs and investors. Major cultural institutions, universities, restaurants and a glob-

ally recognized culinary and music scene are strengthening New Orleans’ ability to attract and retain the people who increasingly have choices about where they live and work. Still, momentum is not a strategy. The South’s economic success has made it more competitive, not less. States across the region are aggressively pursuing the same corporate headquarters, factories, data centers, skilled workers and infrastructure investments. Louisiana cannot rely on its current federal standing alone. It will need to continue pursuing policies that support reliable and affordable energy, workforce development, housing supply, coastal resilience and long-term infrastructure investment. Those challenges are becoming more urgent as the region’s industrial and energy buildout accelerates. Companies making decisions about LNG facilities, petrochemical plants, logistics hubs and manufacturing sites are look-

ing beyond tax incentives. They are assessing whether a market has sufficient power capacity, a trained workforce, predictable permitting, storm and flood resilience and the infrastructure necessary to support growth over decades. New Orleans has an opportunity to help define Louisiana’s response to these new realities. Its trade and logistics leadership, energy-sector expertise and deep connections to the rest of the state give it a platform to shape how Louisiana invests in its future and how it balances growth with affordability, resilience and opportunity. The South’s rise is no longer a projection; it is an economic reality. Louisiana’s task is to translate that momentum into broad and lasting prosperity. Howard Franklin is the CEO of Ohio River South, a bipartisan government relations and public affairs company based in Atlanta and Washington, D.C.

Federal rule change SpaceX is the latest sign of threatens more than a bright future for our state just endangered species For more than 50 years, the EnA less obvious impact of this ESA dangered Species Act has allowed rule change is the domino effect to species we think of as common, but federal agencies to work with whose populations are in decline — developers to design guardrails especially those who share disapfor projects that reduce harm to imperiled wildlife. pearing ecosystems with federally This week, a rule change protected species. is going into effect that atSimply put, ESA habitat protections help unprotecttempts to remove habitat for wildlife protected by ed species. For example, the ESA — meaning that federally protected red the landscapes that federcockaded woodpeckers Rebecca share longleaf pine forests ally protected species deTriche with other declining spepend on will be subject to GUEST bulldozing, mining, logging cies including Louisiana COLUMNIST pine snakes, gopher tortoisand other development with little to no restriction. es and the iconic northern What makes this rule bobwhite quail. Because of change particularly reckless and the red-cockaded woodpeckers’ nonsensical is the fact that habitat federal protection, many of our decline is why most species need at-risk pine forests have special federal protection in the first protections. The woodpeckers act place. In fact, 99% of species prolike an umbrella, shielding other imperiled species because their tected by the ESA have avoided extinction in large part because of shared habitat is now protected. This rule attempts to stop that. how rules protect habitat. If someone took a bulldozer to This is not only a threat to rare your home, they’d be in big legal species and decades of conservatrouble. What if you and your tion progress, but would push more species to require the expen- family were inside? The Fish and sive, emergency room-style triage Wildlife Service and National Maintervention the ESA provides. rine Fisheries’ new position is that The ESA is the last resort — not taking a bulldozer to a tree with an the norm. endangered species inside is OK. This rule isn’t about cutting “red This is not just ridiculous; it’s tape” or government overreach. illegal. The Louisiana Wildlife FedIn reality, it attempts to destroy eration, along with the Southern a successful conservation tool. Environmental Law Center, NaWhat’s worse, communities may tional Wildlife Federation and afnot know a project is destroying a filiates as far away as Hawaii, filed federally protected species habitat a lawsuit because these agencies until they see bulldozers pushing have not met the obligations necdown trees, because industry will essary to change a long-standing no longer need to seek permits for rule of this magnitude. habitat destruction from the fedThe risk to Louisiana’s natural resources is too great to stand by eral government. and do nothing. This rule change threatens our Louisiana natural heritage, and it Rebecca Triche is the executive diminishes our ability to protect director of the Louisiana Wildlife habitat of all species for future Federation. generations.

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We began writing this column as soon as we left the historic SpaceX announcement in Vermilion Parish: an unprecedented $100 billion investment in Louisiana. While the financial commitment is massive, the news that Elon Musk has chosen our state for his home base means much more for our future — especially when combined with statewide examples of growth and progress. Called Starbase Louisiana and Michael located southwest of Lafayette, the Hecht new SpaceX facility is projected GUEST to support more than 3,000 fullCOLUMNIST time jobs with average salaries of $90,000-plus. Based on the employment history of the company’s Texas facility, about 70% of hires will be local people. Moreover, the project will create tens of thousands of indirect jobs the companies in SpaceX’s orbit Gregory as launch into Louisiana. A broad range Rusovich of Louisiana companies across the GUEST supply chain, from manufacturing to COLUMNIST logistics, will also benefit. But perhaps the most important impact for our state is the fact that Louisiana, historically viewed as an economic and technological laggard, will now be leading the nation toward the next frontier. The transformational news is not confined to Vermilion Parish. Through a confluence of global trends, local strengths and unmatched pro-business responsiveness, Louisiana has earned over $250 billion in new investment over the past two years. From Meta and Amazon in North Louisiana, to Hyundai in the River Region, to Venture Global and Woodside Energy in the east and west, the world has discovered the Pelican State. In metro New Orleans, the Louisiana International Terminal — the nation’s only new deepwater port — has secured permits to proceed. Additionally, projects like Tulane Charity and the new River District promise renewal and transformation. Importantly, historic gains in economic opportunity are being matched by improvement in quality of life, particularly in New Orleans. According to the nonprofit Educate Now!, the latest National Education Scorecard ranks Louisiana first in the nation among states for reading growth and second in math. What’s more, Louisiana is the only U.S. state to surpass 2019 pre-pandemic achievement levels in both reading and math. And Orleans Parish leads in these impressive statewide gains, ranking No. 2 in Louisiana for growth in English and math since 2022 and No. 5 in the country out of 1,000 school districts. In 2005, nearly half of Orleans Parish freshmen did not graduate. Today, the graduation rate is up to 81%. The number of graduating students with demonstrated mastery of English and math has tripled, while the number obtaining industry certification in high-demand jobs has surged fourfold since 2022.

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President and chief operating officer of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell speaks during the SpaceX announcement in Abbeville on Aug. 25.

The story in public safety is equally encouraging. The Metropolitan Crime Commission reports that compared to August 2022, incidents of homicide, nonfatal shooting, carjacking and armed robbery in New Orleans have declined 70% through the first eight months of 2026. Murders in the city are at their lowest level since the 1960s. Simply put, compared to 2022, 160 lives have been saved through the first eight months of this year. Primary drivers of this historic crime reduction include proactive policing; federal, state and local law enforcement collaboration; well-presented cases; and effective use of technology. The New Orleans Police Department and Louisiana State Police Troop NOLA, complemented by a joint prosecutorial effort between the attorney general and district attorney, have shown that criminals can’t hide from law enforcement excellence and collaboration. Technology has been a vital success factor as well. Advanced ballistics and DNA testing, license plate readers and crime cameras have all provided crucial tools for law enforcement to stop violent criminals. Additional proven technologies, such as first-responder drones that currently provide response times as fast as 90 seconds in neighboring Jefferson Parish, could also aid New Orleans and other communities in deterring crime. Of course, jobs, education and crime reduction are deeply connected. Jobs provide opportunity and self-sufficiency. Education prepares our citizens for these jobs, fueling business growth. Opportunity plus education equals more prosperity and less crime; the three factors are interdependent and self-reinforcing. It is exciting that Louisiana and New Orleans are enjoying a trifecta of good news across the economy, education and public safety. Let us pause to acknowledge and applaud, and then redouble our efforts to propel our state toward the next frontier of success. Michael Hecht is president and CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc. Gregory Rusovich is a business and civic activist.

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A robot makes a heart sign as it interacts with visitors during a demonstration of AI-based robotics in Europe at the European Parliament in Brussels on Sept. 2.

ISSUE OF THE WEEK ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Developers and leaders at top artificial intelligence companies have begun sounding the alarm about the dangers of the technology in increasingly stark terms. Some warn that without regulation AI could present an existential threat to humanity. Others say that the U.S. can’t lose the AI race to China.What kinds of guardrails would be effective in minimizing the threats posed by AI? And who should be in charge of making such rules? Here are two perspectives:

Will AI set out to destroy Let’s not rely on treaties humanity like Skynet did? to stop the murderbots In the “Terminator” movie series, the such a hostile superintelligence would artificial intelligence system known as use to commit omnicide. The rogue AI Skynet is given control of the nation's nuwould presumably have to do something clear weapons and uses it to try to destroy in the real world -- say, launching nukes, manufacturing killer robots or releasing a humanity. deadly virus. One reason that apocalyptic If it lacks physical agency, AI scenarios involving AI are implaucould presumably be unplugged sible is that, having seen how that or contained. (It was after humans particular movie ends, we are untried to deactivate Skynet, by the likely to be foolish enough to give way, that the system decided we AI custody of the most destructive were a threat that had to be neuweapons on the planet. Rich The unthinkable is nonetheless tralized.) Lowry a hot topic of conversation, given Some doomsayers posit a malithat a researcher at Anthropic just cious person using advanced AI resigned and issued a doomsday to come up with a design for a warning. killer virus and a plan to release it without According to Jacob Coxon, the rush to detection. This is a different scenario, develop AI is “gambling with our lives,” though, from AI turning against people since it will soon create “superhuman sys- of its own volition. In a world years from now when much more advanced AI is tems that can hack anything, revolutiona reality, we will need to think through ize any field overnight, and acquire real safeguards to keep dangerous systems power and resources.” — nukes, biolabs — from being comproA current Anthropic employee then chimed in: “We really do earnestly believe mised by AI-enabled cyberattacks or exAI could kill all humans!” He put the ploited by criminals and terrorists. chances at greater than 10% in the next It's easy to imagine breaches of financial decade. systems or attacks on critical infrastrucThe idea here is that Anthropic and simi- ture that would fall short of endangering all of mankind. lar firms are, in effect, running their own Even if one takes an alarmist view of the Manhattan Projects, with consequences risks, it's unclear how the development unknown and potentially very dire. of AI can be stopped. Any deal with the Now, ChatGPT as we know it doesn't Chinese to slow down research couldn't seem particularly well-suited to destroybe trusted, and might simply allow them ing humanity. It is a souped-up version of to pass us in the AI race by subterfuge. Google that is impressively fast, but also In other words, we'd still get Skynet, only mistake-prone. with Chinese characteristics. If it can mess up basic math or the New There's also the reality that AI will be York Yankees roster, surely it can't carry a necessary tool in protecting against the out the complex tasks necessary to fashmalicious use of AI — not to mention all of ion an apocalyptic event. its other positive potential. If we slow or Tech companies, though, have labs end research in the U.S., we might end up working on so-called frontier models that vulnerable to superintelligence developed are much more powerful and reportedly by actors who mean us harm. developing more quickly than expected. Science fiction is fascinating and someThe worry is that an AI model itself will begin to develop new AI very quickly in times prescient. Works by the likes of an “intelligence explosion,” the equivalent Philip K. Dick, Aldous Huxley and Arthur of Skynet becoming self-aware at 2:14 C. Clarke had genuine insights into the fua.m. Eastern Time on Aug. 29, 1997. ture. But that doesn't mean we are living The thinking is that if such an AI model in the plot of “The Terminator,” and we goes rogue and turns against humanity, it shouldn't scare ourselves into forswearing will be too clever and fast for us to comtransformative technology. bat. Rich Lowry is on X, @RichLowry. Yet it's hard to see the mechanism that

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been The problem is that humanity can’t wondering: What if we just didn’t build the jointly agree to, well, just about anything. murderbots? The country that develops AI and doesn’t Artificial intelligence safety now looks accidentally make the extinction-level like the most important policy issue the murderbots will have enormous economic world faces, given the swarm of rogue AI and strategic advantages. Nuclear arms bots breaking out of their testing control seems like a snap by comenvironments. There’s also the Anparison. Fissile material is harder to acquire than computer chips, thropic researcher who announced and nuclear weapons won’t turbothat he had resigned, saying that frontier labs are “gambling with charge your economy the way AI our lives” in the race to superintelmight. Sure, I can imagine China and the ligence. Anthropic AI alignment Megan ega lead Evan Hubinger agreed, sugMcArdle United States coming to a rapidfire agreement for an AI pause. gesting that the chances of AI-drivBut then, I can also imagine geten human extinction are greater than 10 % within the next decade. He said ting a MacArthur “genius grant,” which his colleagues aren’t sure how to mitigate seems about as likely. that risk. So back to my question about the murThen, on Saturday, Anthropic chief exderbots. Could we at least not build the literal, physical murderbots, such as fully ecutive Dario Amodei published an essay autonomous drones that can operate withtitled “We Must Pace the Frontier.” In it, Amodei promised Anthropic would embed out humans in the kill chain? Controlling outside safety monitors within its operatheir development would be a very hard problem, as all arms control is. But it tions and provide them employee-level seems more manageable than completely access to the company’s systems. He also stopping AI advancement. said a consortium of frontier companies This might seem like fiddling while in democratic countries, with government Rome burns. But if you don’t think we can approval, should determine how to slow come together to stop building physical AI development to the point where safety murderbots, you shouldn’t hold out much standards can be maintained. Sam Altman, the chief executive of Ope- hope that we’ll be able to keep from buildnAI, chimed in almost immediately with ing virtual ones. a similar commitment to enable outside One advantage of upping our physical monitoring. Elon Musk, whose holdings security is that much of it can be done uniinclude xAI, tweeted simply: “Dario is laterally: China does not need permission right.” from the U.S. to harden its infrastructure, It seems safe to say that the major AI and the U.S. doesn’t need Beijing’s. CEOs are spooked by their own creations. Limiting what AI can do in the physical At a minimum, they are afraid that within world necessarily means limiting its pothe next year AI swarms could, as Amodei tential benefits. But it’s better than wistful put it, become “capable of taking over the hope for some kind of multilateral agreeentire internet with a persistent botnet” ment to just stop this thing in its tracks. that would cause enormous economic I’m not against pursuing such an agreedamage. Yet that fear seems positively ment. I hope that the tech folks who fear benign compared to the human-extinction imminent doom will move to Washington scenarios that have been sketched out and work on that project. But I’m not such as nuclear launches, lethal bioweapbanking on it. Ultimately, the reason the AI alignment problem is so hard to adons engineered by superintelligence and robot drones programmed to kill people. dress is that we still haven’t fully solved If we’re not sure we can keep AI under the problem of human alignment. control, why not just stop developing it? AI definitely can’t kill us if humanity joint- Megan McArdle is on X, @asymmetricinfo. Email her at Megan.McArdle@washpost. ly agrees to leave this particular frontier com. unexplored.

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Saints defying convention under DC Staley

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Martin Emerson was stumped. The New Orleans Saints cornerback was asked why some positions in football, such as defensive line and running back, rely on players rotating in and out, while other spots — like his own — don’t ä Saints at typically see that same treatRavens NOON ment. Emerson paused for a few SUNDAy, CBS seconds, searching for the right explanation. “That’s a good question,” Emerson said. “I don’t really know.” But hey, whatever gets him on the ﬁeld. Under defensive coordinator Brandon Staley, the Saints defense has relied on unorthodox rotations that make the unit largely different from the rest of the NFL. The trend started last year and was again a staple Sunday. Against the Detroit Lions, the Saints rotated Emerson in for starter Quincy Riley, while second-year linebacker Danny Stutsman occasionally replaced Pete Werner. Neither switch was permanent. Emerson logged 10 snaps across two drives. Stutsman played 26 snaps over ﬁve drives.

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STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

LSU backup quarterback Landen Clark runs with the ball against Louisiana Tech in the fourth quarter on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.

Evaluating LSU’s depth at QB ahead of Ole Miss clash BY JON BLAU Staff writer STAFF FILE PHOTO By BRETT DUKE

Saints defensive coordinator Brandon Staley reacts to a call during a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 17, 2025 at the Caesars Superdome.

Saints’ respect for Ravens star RB Henry goes way back Derrick Henry looked like a grown man before he actually became one. Just ask Alvin Kamara. Kamara and Henry both arrived at the University of Alabama as two of the nation’s top running backs in the class of 2013. Henry arrived in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in January as an early enrollee. Kamara got to campus a few months after graduating. Kamara Rod was just as impressed by Walker Henry then as he is now. “He was a dog,” Kamara said. “When you’re in the league and in college, you see dudes and you say, ‘Damn!’ When you see Derrick, that’s what you say. You say ‘Damn?’ What the f***?’ And that’s back when we were 18. Still to this day he’s been able to ball and do his thing.” Henry, now in his third season with the Baltimore Ravens, has been doing his thing better than most. He blows past opponents like few ever have. If the Saints want to avoid going 0-2 for a second straight season, they’ll have to try to slow down one of the best running backs the game has ever seen Sunday when they face the Ravens at

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LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt might be hurt. But skepticism around his “doubtful” status for Ole Miss remained quite healthy in the hours after his listing in the SEC’s initial availability report. Such is life when a program’s head coach is Lane Kifﬁn, because two years ago he listed 26 Ole Miss players on a Wednesday report leading into a Georgia game, but that number shrunk to 10 by Friday. Receiver Jordan Watkins, initially listed as “doubtful,” went on to lead the Rebels in targets that Saturday. Multiple reports have stated Leavitt missed LSU’s Wednesday practice, including CBS Sports adding he didn’t throw because of an “upper-body issue,” but Leavitt did participate in a Thursday walkthrough. He was upgraded to “questionable” in Thursday’s SEC report. The people with money at stake, Las Vegas oddsmakers, have hardly been moved. LSU was reduced from a

3-point favorite to just 1 point when Leavitt’s status was originally announced, but the Tigers regained a 2.5-point edge by Thursday morning. Media members aren’t invited to practice to see, with their own eyes, what Leavitt is or isn’t doing. Either way, the availability report created even more conversation around an LSU-Ole Miss game that’s already a national spectacle. What if the Tigers actually had to play without their starting quarterback Saturday?

Clark gets the nod If the order of quarterbacks relieving Leavitt in two nonconference games is trustworthy, then the transfer from Elon, Landen Clark, would be next up. Kifﬁn has had success with slightly undersized signal callers from smaller schools. Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, at 6-foot, 205 pounds, won a national championship with Division II Ferris State before

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Tulane RB Daniels: ‘I was just doing my job’ BY GUERRY SMITH

Tulane players celebrate with running back Johnnie Daniels, center, after he scored a touchdown against South Alabama on Saturday at yulman Stadium.

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It was the block heard around the world, or at least the Tulane universe. Running back Johnnie Daniels absolutely laid out South Alabama linebacker Kaydon DeGraffenreid, springing teammate Jaylin Lucas for a 55-yard sprint to the Jaguars’ 33 that set up a go-ahead touchdown in the second quarter in Saturday’s 28-24 win. DeGraffenreid had no idea Daniels was coming as he eased his way inside from his position on the line outside the defensive end, and Lucas accelerated through the massive hole created by his de-cleating. “It felt extremely good,” said Daniels, who also scored two touchdowns. “I was just doing my job, blocking for my guy.” The big gain came out of a two-running back formation, with Daniels lining up to the left of quarterback Kadin Semonza and Lucas to the right. Daniels hit the unsuspecting DeGraffenreid with his left shoulder, knocking him on his back. “When you see Johnnie Daniels make that block that’s kind of blown up, that’s what makes you happy because Johnnie’s

STAFF PHOTO By ENAN CHEDIAK Daniels, who transferred from Mississippi State in January, rushed for 540 11 A.M. SATURDAy, ESPN2 yards with the Bulldogs in 2024 and has become Tulane’s short-yardage speciala really good player, but he’s a better per- ist early in the season. He scored from 2 son,” Tulane coach Will Hall said. “When and 3 yards out against South Alabama, you see your young men sacriﬁce them- but neither run created the same buzz as selves and their stats for the good of other his block — one of several he made that people that play their own position, that’s ä See TULANE, page 3C what you do it (coach) for.”

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UNC ends investigation, DC Belichick resigns

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Steve Belichick has resigned from the University of North Carolina football staff following an independent, internal investigation, the university announced Thursday. Belichick, son of UNC head coach and NFL legend Bill Belichick, has been on medical leave since Aug. 6. His resignation will be effective at the end of the scheduled medical leave, on Oct. 27. Steve Belichick’s resignation is in part the result of a broader investigation into the Tar Heels’ football program, which “determined that certain actions demonstrated a disregard for Carolina’s values and standards of conduct” but were “isolated in scope and not a systemic failure,” according to Thursday’s news release.

NFL says ‘There’s no one else like him’ teams can’t New book details anecdotes that give sign Harris, ‘greater Clark’s signature Nike understanding’ shoe available from Oct. 1 Wright of Kiffin’s life The Associated Press

BY REED DARCEY

NEW YORK — Zxavian Harris and Dae’Quan Wright are ineligible to join any NFL teams this season after they attempted to return to college and play for LSU, the league said in a memo sent to each NFL team. Harris was a defensive tackle and Wright played tight end for Mississippi during its run to a College Football Playoff semifinal last season. Both had tryouts in Harris the NFL this summer after going undrafted. They then tried joining former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin at LSU and sued for the right to regain their college eligibility. After the Southeastern Conference passed a rule barring pros Wright from heading back to college to play and a Louisiana court put that restriction on hold, LSU left both players off its roster as it opened its season. The NFL’s letter noted both Harris and Wright “were eligible for the 2026 NFL Draft, returned to college and participated with their college football team after the opening of NFL training camp, and therefore, they are ineligible to visit, try out with or be signed by NFL clubs during the 2026 season.” The Associated Press obtained a copy of the memo, which was dated Wednesday. Harris and Wright were the only players mentioned in the letter. The NFL acknowledged this list didn’t include all 2026 draft-eligible players who returned to college and said teams should contact the league’s player personnel department with any questions about a player’s eligibility. The letter also noted it is each team’s responsibility to verify a player’s eligibility. Discipline for eligibility violations can include fines and/or the loss of draft picks.

The man who wrote the book on Lane Kiffin was at the airport that day. Not to jeer the new LSU coach on his way to Baton Rouge. To document his controversial exit, first in videos he posted to social media and then in chapters he wrote for his new book. That day in late November is about when journalist John Talty started writing “Lane Being Lane: The Story of Lane Kiffin, College Football’s Agent of Chaos.” The book was published on Tuesday, only a few days before Kiffin makes his highly anticipated return to Oxford, Mississippi, for his LSU team’s Week 3 matchup with Ole Miss on Saturday (6:30 p.m., ABC). “There’s no one else like him,” Talty said. This allowed Talty to write an interesting book. Kiffin didn’t participate in the project, but he did sit down with Talty in May at the SEC’s annual meetings in Destin, Florida, and exchanged text messages with the author afterward. Talty made those two scenes the story’s prologue and the epilogue, using them as bookends for all different chapters of Kiffin’s rollercoaster life and career. Talty, who covered Alabama football for AL.com when Kiffin was Nick Saban’s offensive coordinator, didn’t just cover the years in which Kiffin has lived in the public eye. He also dipped into the lesser-known parts of his story, such as the seasons he spent playing quarterback in high school and at Fresno State. Most of the book, though, details what Talty calls Kiffin’s “tentpole events.” The time in 2008 that Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis called him a “professional liar.” The time he incensed Tennessee fans by leaving late at night to take Southern Cal’s head coaching job in 2009 — and the time the Trojans fired him at an airport four years later. Talty also unearthed fresh details behind the time Saban fired Kiffin from his playcalling gig at Alabama just days before the 2017 national championship game. Kiffin’s been through a lot, which gave Talty plenty of stories to sift through. He said he interviewed

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LSU head coach Lane Kiffin looks to the video board between plays in the first quarter of the game against Clemson on Sept. 5 at Tiger Stadium. roughly 125 people for the book. “All that, I think, happened over the last year just made him a more rich story,” Talty said. “I think there’s also just not as many of those figures who really move the needle in the sport the way they used to, and I think Lane’s certainly one of them. “He is someone who I think a lot of people have opinions about, and there’s that pressure to want to write something that goes beyond what’s been done in the past and that hopefully reveals things about him that will allow people to understand him in a better way than what has been done previously.” The most notable chapters of the book cover the times Kiffin went gallivanting around Tuscaloosa, Alabama, bars in 2016. Or Kiffin’s stubborn refusal to drop his push to continue coaching Ole Miss last season in the College Football Playoff after he had formally accepted the LSU job.. But the more revelatory scenes are from Kiffin’s teenage years, when he’d needle his high school coaches by breaking uniform protocol. A young Kiffin would show up to games without his pads, the book says. Or he’d emulate Deion Sanders and wear a towel in his waistband — even after his coaches made him run hills for doing it the first time. Talty said those are the anecdotes that gave him “a greater understanding” of how Kiffin grew up and how his upbringing shaped him into the person he is today. They helped him answer the ques-

tions at the center of the book: why Kiffin is the way he is and why Kiffin does the things he does. “As you can imagine,” Talty said, “just some of the antics Lane does now, he was, as a 19-year-old, doing some of that same stuff. “And then it was just about, can I dig in, talk to people, find new stories, find new details, to be able to give you that kind of well-rounded perspective? And I thought that I was able to do that.” Talty reported the book in chronological order. His first interviews were with the people who knew Kiffin when he was in high school, and the last people he spoke to were the folks who were around Ole Miss and LSU when Kiffin made the decision that now has two schools gearing up for one massive rivalry game. The exercise, Talty said, “absolutely” gave him a fresh understanding of Kiffin and the complex image he’s cultivated over the years. “My hope is that people who buy and read this book,” Talty said, “will come away with some of those same feelings. “I just think there’s something about him that you can’t look away, and I have just always thought, when there’s someone who intrigues me the way that I think Lane does, I want to know more.” Email Reed Darcey at reed. darcey@theadvocate.com. For more LSU sports updates, sign up for our newsletter at theadvocate.com/lsunewsletter

Sarkisian says he could have ‘better’ handled interview BY JIM VERTUNO AP sportswriter

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Thursday he should have “better” handled his postgame interview with ESPN reporter Holly Rowe after the win over Ohio State, and acknowledged the testy exchange led to the creation of fake videos and an apology from star quarterback Arch Manning. Manning joked publicly about an AI-generated video that showed Sarkisian slapping Rowe during the interview. Manning apologized the next day for his remarks and to Rowe speciﬁcally. Rowe also posted on social media that she accepted Manning’s apology. In his weekly conference call with media, Sarkisian noted that his halftime and postgame interviews with ESPN were delayed, and that he had wanted to join his team’s celebration after the victory. Some of the public criticism of Manning has also blamed Sarkisian for not taking a moment to conduct the interview. The short

with Rowe. “Obviously we have a ton of respect for ESPN and for Holly,” Sarkisian said. “We could have handled that situation better with a little bit more patience in the moment. But that obviously led to the situation with Arch.” Manning’s public misstep two days later drew quick and widespread public criticism directed at one of college football’s most prominent players. The nephew of Peyton and Eli Manning and grandson of family patriarch Archie Manning has endorsements with major brands such as Red Bull, Vuori athletic wear and Google Gemini artiﬁcial intelligence, to name a few. Manning recognized the mistake in his comments, Sarkisian said. “In no way do we condone ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By SARA DIGGINS domestic violence or violence against women,” Sarkisian said, Texas Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian, right, walks away from a he believes Manning did postgame interview with ESPN reporter Holly Rowe following Texas’ win adding not intend anything malicious over Ohio State on Saturday in Austin, Texas. when he joked about the fake video. “At his core, he knows what he exchange spawned the fake vid- versy erupted. Sarkisian said he should have believes in and what he stands eo that Manning joked about, and several others since the contro- been more patient and spoken for,” Sarkisian said.

Caitlin Clark doesn’t have much longer to wait for her ﬁrst signature shoe to come out. They will be available starting Oct. 1 in the U.S. and a week earlier in China. “I’m just super excited,” she told The Associated Press in Germany last week. “I look down at my feet and I’m, man, I’m wearing my shoes. There’s not many people that get a Nike signature shoe.” Clark will be the fifth active player to have a signature shoe, joining fellow Nike athletes Sabrina Ionescu and A’ja Wilson. Angel Reese has one with Reebok and Breanna Stewart with Puma. Sheryl Swoopes was the ﬁrst women’s basketball player to have her own one in 1995. Elena Delle Donne’s signature shoe debuted at the same time as Stewart in 2022.

Pulisic left off U.S. roster, rookies could make debut

NEW YORK — Christian Pulisic is out and 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan is in. Mauricio Pochettino picked 13 newcomers Thursday for the ﬁrst roster of his second term as U.S. coach, dropping the team’s top star and picking a forward who could become the youngest American national team player in 20 years. A two-time World Cup veteran who turns 28 on Friday, Pulisic failed to score during last summer’s tournament. He missed one of the Americans’ ﬁve matches because of a calf injury and left two others early. Sullivan made his Major League Soccer debut at 14 with Philadelphia in July 2024 and has six league goals this season. He is set to transfer to Manchester City when he turns 18.

Texas assistant coach arrested on DWI charge

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas defensive assistant coach Johnny Nansen was arrested on a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge and his status for a return to the sideline with the No. 1 Longhorns has not yet been determined, head coach Steve Sarkisian announced Thursday. Austin police said Nansen, 52, was arrested Wednesday night after officers responded to a three-vehicle wreck about 9 p.m. Nansen was one of the drivers and officers observed “multiple clues of impairment” in standard field sobriety tests, police said, without providing details. The short description of the arrest did not mention whether Nansen submitted to a breath test. It also did not detail whether Nansen or another driver was at fault in the crash.

Rai, Lagergren share lead at BMW Championship

VIRGINIA WATER, England — PGA champion Aaron Rai and Joakim Lagergren of Sweden each posted a 6-under 66 on Thursday in the BMW Championship with the kind of finish Rory McIlroy could have used at Wentworth. McIlroy, who caused a stir with a 60 in the celebrity pro-am on the eve of the European flagship event, didn’t lose a step in the opening round when he opened with five birdies on the back nine to shoot up the leaderboard. But he went into the trees, into a bunker and into the water on the front nine, all of those shots leading to bogeys, that dropped him to a 69 and into a tie for 19th. Adam Scott was practically flawless off the tee except for one drive that sailed well left into the trees and out-of-bounds on the par-5 17th.

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come Saturday.” that recruiting players at Ole Miss Not every joke on Wednesday Mississippi locals had goes.” Many of the jokes were too inap- was more difﬁcult than at LSU be- was directed at Kifﬁn. LSU fans Kiffin eventually left for LSU, ever since then, Garrett has propriate to publish in this story. cause of the school’s ugly history and Baton Rouge were the butt of plenty to say about but been known as the guy who “called Not all of them landed, but the ones around race, no topic was off the multiple jokes. Former LSU and former coach, LSU Lane Kiffin a ho.” And he made that did were aided by a visual gag table for the comedians to jab at. Ole Miss coach Ed Orgeron, now

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

OXFORD, Miss. — Ben Garrett walked up to the podium and wasn’t afraid to hold anything back. Roughly 10 months ago, Garrett infamously called Lane Kiffin “a ho” on his podcast, referencing lyrics from a Three 6 Mafia song to make his point. “Can’t turn a ho into a housewife. Hoes don’t act right.” Kiffin has a history of changing jobs, and his flirtations with LSU at the time had led many to suspect that he was gearing up for another move. But Kiffin was upset by Garrett’s comments, enough so that he confronted Garrett before the postgame news conference, saying, “You wanna walk in here and call me a ho? We’ll see how it

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Continued from page 1C helped Lucas gain 214 yards on 11 carries. “If you don’t block, you’re not going to get on the ﬁeld,” Daniels said. “Blocking to me just shows my teammates that I care and that I lay my body on the line for their success.”

Linebacker depth While Makai Williams ﬁlled in admirably for injured linebacker Chris Rodgers against South Alabama, making a fourth-down stop and a key third-down tackle for a loss, defensive coordinator Tayler Polk also praised the depth at the position for what likely will be a long-term absence for Rodgers. Behind team-leading tackler Dickson Agu and Williams are senior South Alabama transfer Dalton Hughes and redshirt junior Jean Claude Joseph. Hughes is a proven commodity with 69 career tackles, including 40 for South Alabama last season. He has only two through two games this season as he adjusts to a new role. “He hasn’t played a ton of in-the-

sure nobody at Wednesday’s Roast of Lane Kiffin at The Lyric — the local theater in Oxford — would forget about it. “I’m the guy that called Lane Kiffin a ho,” Garrett said as the crowd cheered in approval. Garrett was the opening act for Wednesday’s Kiffin roast, a night when 10 comedians — not including Garrett — performed routines centered on throwing jabs at the coach, who left Ole Miss after six seasons to join LSU last winter, despite being on the cusp of reaching the College Football Playoff. Kiffin is set to return to Oxford this Saturday (6:30 p.m., ABC) when Ole Miss hosts LSU. “At least Lane never said he’d leave Oxford in a pinewood box,” Colton Ales, the first roaster of the night, said. “Although, I’m sure some of y’all want to see him in one

that sat on stage throughout the night: a fake bust of Kifﬁn wearing an Ole Miss hat with a sign that said “QUIT” underneath the head. “I know you shouldn’t roast somebody without them being here. People don’t do that,” Walt Karr, a stand-up comedian who hosted the event, said. “But do you want to know what else they don’t do? They don’t leave a playoff team right before they start a playoff game.” The roasters went after Kiffin on a variety of topics, including his history with women — some of which is chronicled in John Talty’s book on Kifﬁn, “Lane Being Lane,” which was released on Tuesday — and his previous battles with alcoholism. Whether it was his exit from Tennessee, his failed NFL tenure with the Oakland Raiders or his claim

box linebacker,” Polk said. “It’s one thing to practice it, then when you play a game it’s helter-skelter. He’s just gotta stay calm and do his job. Every day that goes by you’ll see him improve.” Joseph has only nine career tackles and none this year, but Polk pointed to his five stops against Army last season as an indication of his potential. “That was the first game he played legitimate snaps, and he had gotten no reps in practice,” Polk said. “The ﬁrst time he’s in, he clotheslines the quarterback with a touchdown-saving tackle. There’s just been some guys in front of him, but he’s going to have his opportunity this week. He’s ready.”

takes for ball security,” he said. “I’ll still thinking about that fumble this week and I’m practicing the same thing in every practice. I’m not going to forget that.” Hall noticed the difference immediately. “Fat Hill had his best week of practice since he’s been here last week, coming off that fumble the week before,” he said. “Look how he played.”

Never forget After bouncing back from a frustrating opener with a team-high four catches for 91 yards and the winning touchdown grab against South Alabama, LSU transfer wide receiver Destyn Hill still wanted to talk about his fumble at the end of a 39-yard gain at Duke. The mistake kept Tulane from reaching the red zone with a 10-0 deﬁcit early in the third quarter. “It’s about the mental focus it

When starting right guard Reese Baker ripped his helmet off and writhed on the ground after a second-quarter play on Saturday, everyone at Yulman Stadium feared the worst. It turned out he had busted his lip badly enough that it required four stitches to repair, but he returned for the next series. “His mouth was full of blood, and it scared him,” Hall said. “He didn’t know if he was coughing up blood. He didn’t know where the blood was coming from. Once he ﬁgured out it was just a busted lip, he was good.” Hall added the same thing happened to him twice during his playing career and also went right back in.

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Georgia running back Chauncey Bowens runs with the ball before scoring a touchdown during a game against Western Kentucky on Saturday in Athens, Ga.

No. 2 Georgia opens conference play at struggling Arkansas BY ERIC W. BOLIN Associated Press

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LSU quarterback Husan Longstreet, center, throws a pass during preseason practice on Aug. 17 at the team’s practice facility.

times for 76 yards. At 6-1, 200 pounds, Longstreet also fits Kiffin’s dual-threat prototype. In nonconference games against Georgia Southern and Missouri State last year, he showed he’s not afraid to take off for scrambles or bounce from the pocket to extend plays. He has the arm strength one would expect from a five-star recruit. Longstreet followed Clark in the Clemson opener, hitting Phillip Wright on a 33-yard pass that helped salt the game away on LSU’s final drive. The question is whether he has a full grasp of LSU’s up-tempo offense if he’s been playing secondfiddle to Clark. Longstreet would be Longstreet steps up walking into Vaught-Hemingway How about a next-level conspir- Stadium, mostly cold, with just one acy theory: Kiffin has been hiding completed pass on the season. his true backup quarterback, just in case Leavitt was sidelined early It’s all a troll this season. The truth may lie somewhere in That’s very unlikely, but Long- between Leavitt is “doubtful” and street, the transfer from USC, is he isn’t hurt at all, because LSU’s undoubtedly the more prestigious quarterback did receive some rough of the two backup quarterbacks treatment from Louisiana Tech. LSU added via transfer. Leavitt was sacked five times, Longstreet was a five-star pros- took a hard shot in the back on pect in the 2025 class, and he com- another pressure, and landed on pleted 13-of-15 passing for 103 his throwing shoulder awkwardly yards and a score in four games while chasing after a defender on for the Trojans. He also rushed 11 a pick-six.

an assistant coach on Kifﬁn’s staff, was roasted repeatedly. It was clear that every spectator and comedian was out for blood on Wednesday. At one point, the crowd was asked if any LSU fans were in attendance, and nobody raised their hand. Three women in the crowd sitting closer to the stage wore shirts that read “F*** Lane Kifﬁn.” They’ll all get the chance to see the man himself on Saturday, when LSU arrives in what will already be a highly anticipated matchup between two top-10 teams. The only question left is: who will get the last laugh?

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leading the Rebels to a College Football Playoff semifinal. Clark fits the mold at 6-foot, 198 pounds. He’s just had a slightly different path. The Colonial Athletic Association’s Co-Offensive Rookie of the Year has just one year as an FCS starter under his belt. Elon went 6-6, and Clark completed 56% of his passes. Chambliss had a 62% success rate at Ferris State. Clark racked up nearly 3,000 total yards at Elon thanks to 614 rushing yards, and his completions averaged nearly 15 yards. His 29 touchdowns last season (18 passing, 11 rushing) rank second alltime for Elon in a single campaign. His sample size at this level is tiny, but Clark does seem to have a grasp of LSU’s offense. He’s 7-of10 passing for 109 yards, plus 42 rushing, in garbage time versus Clemson and Louisiana Tech. Clark’s 7-yard touchdown run in the latter game was fancy, heading off-tackle to his left, breaking a tackle and cutting back to his right, and high-stepping into the end zone. He just hasn’t escaped an SEC defense, other than LSU’s in practice. And he hasn’t seen anything like Oxford, Mississippi, in the wake of Kiffin’s jilting. It would be risky to ask too much of Clark. But it could be hard to lean too heavily on LSU’s run game, which had issues versus Louisiana Tech. Ole Miss coach Pete Golding will do everything he can to force the Elon transfer to win the game. It would be storybook if he did.

“I’m not saying that Ole Miss hasn’t had a racist past. I’m just saying he set the bar pretty low. And that bar is the Innisfree Irish Pub in Tuscaloosa,” another comedian, Connor Key, said in reference to the bar Kiffin reportedly frequented when he was the offensive coordinator at Alabama. “Keep him away from the sorority girls. Where are the hotties at?” The final roaster of the night — Ryan Bush — did a full breakdown of Kiffin’s coaching career, starting with his first job as a graduate assistant coach at Colorado State and ending with his most recent move to LSU. “There’s been a lot of laughs tonight at a man’s expense,” Bush said while egging on the crowd. “Who cannot be here because he’s busy on his way to win a national championship.”

On the other hand, Leavitt spoke postgame, didn’t appear hobbled, and was scheduled to speak Tuesday ahead of the Ole Miss contest. He didn’t show up, though. There are consequences if a program deceives its availability reports — including $25,000 for a ﬁrst offense, $50,000 on the second, and $100,000 each time after that. But those aren’t bank-breaking amounts, and it’s unclear how the SEC proves “doubtful” should have been “questionable,” or questionable should be “probable,” and so on. Best-case scenario for LSU: Leavitt’s status improves, as it did in Thursday’s report. That’s what Ole Miss expects, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, who reported the Rebels do not believe the quarterback’s “doubtful” listing Wednesday was “sincere.” Same with LSU legend Tyrann Mathieu, who appeared on Wake Up Barstool on Thursday. “I think Lane is trolling, man,” the former safety said. “It’s no way a quarterback can get hurt two days before a game.” It was a surprise when Leavitt popped on the SEC availability report Wednesday. It would surprise no one if he played Saturday.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Two games into the season and No. 2 Georgia has yet to be tested, having beaten Tennessee State and Western Kentucky by a combined 110 points. The Bulldogs’ third game of the season should provide a bit more of a challenge, though given Arkansas’ struggles so far, the Razorbacks (1-1) probably aren’t a litmus test of what Georgia (2-0) can expect from most of its Southeastern Conference season the rest of the way. Arkansas hasn’t won an SEC game since Oct. 26, 2024. A repeat of the 7-5 halftime deﬁcit the last time coach Kirby Smart and Co. visited Fayetteville would be a major surprise. That game served as the season-opener in the strange, COVID-shortened 2020 season. It saw Georgia’s now-iconic Stetson Bennett IV doff his third-string status and lead the Bulldogs to a 37-10 win. Georgia won national championships the next two seasons. Smart and his team learned a lot that day in Fayetteville. Circumstances in 2026 are far different. At least, they’re different for the visitors. “You’ll learn a lot about them (his team) if they have adversity,” Smart said. “I’ve learned a lot about our teams in the past from going to play in SEC environments when maybe we haven’t played our best or maybe we get in one of those hornet nest games and you have to ﬁght your way out of it.”

Can’t live it down First-year Arkansas coach Ryan Silverﬁeld would have had his hands full against Georgia, anyway. Disparaging remarks he made about the Bulldogs program during his time at Memphis have come back into focus during game week. Silverﬁeld was asked last year about his team’s preparation and how they set a standard. When he said “not our standard is ‘Georgia wide receiver arrested

for driving 900 miles per hour over the speed limit.’ That’s a weekly occurrence,” the Arkansas job wasn’t open yet. Smart said Monday that he has since talked to Silverﬁeld about the comments and they’re letting bygones go. “That’s much ado about nothing,” Smart said. “He made a choice to talk about what he wanted to talk about. He did apologize about it. I think (he) was talking about generalities.”

Been a long time Georgia is 10-2 against Arkansas since the Razorbacks joined the SEC in 1992. Arkansas hasn’t won in the series since 2010 when Bobby Petrino coached the Razorbacks to the Sugar Bowl. Arkansas hardly looks the same as last year, never mind ﬁve years ago when the two last met. The Razorbacks have 80 players on the roster who played elsewhere last year. “You don’t know much about them, so the evaluation is of our team,” Smart said. “That’s what I spend my time worrying about is our team. You spend too much time worrying about their team, and you won’t have a good team.”

Preparing for a question Arkansas quarterback KJ Jackson wasn’t named the starter until near the end of fall camp. His play through two games hasn’t inspired confidence and Silverfield pulled him for AJ Hill Jr. near the end of last week’s 4310 loss to No. 20 Utah. Jackson completed 14 of 34 passes for 139 yards and an interception against the Utes. After the game, Silverfield said he anticipated sticking with Jackson again against Georgia. As of Monday, that’s still the plan. Tentatively. “I thought the quarterback play was not to the standard that we expect and not to the standard to win football games,” Silverfield said. “We plan on having KJ as our starting quarterback, but I’ve got great faith in everybody in that quarterback room.”

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EAGAN, Minn. — Carson Wentz saw the flag fly for offside late in the second quarter, quickly realizing the opportunity. With the Minnesota Vikings trying to generate some momentum against Green Bay and Justin Jefferson racing along the left sideline in one-on-one coverage, Wentz stepped forward in the pocket and looked right before pivoting toward his star wide receiver in the season opener last week. The no-risk pass was perfectly placed in the back of the end zone for Jefferson to slide in front of rookie cornerback Brandon Cisse — after setting him up with a slight veer to the outside — and catch it in time to drag both feet down inbounds. “A lot of guys will struggle in those moments with a late weave or things like that, because then you still have to track the ball and know where you are and get your feet down,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said. “So much of that play was Justin’s greatness.” Wentz had taken over for the injured Kyler Murray, who practiced again on a limited basis on Thursday, and wisely targeted Jefferson as frequently as possible as the Vikings rallied from a 12-point deficit late in the third quarter to overwhelm the Packers by scoring the final 29 points of the game. “The guy’s so good. He’s the best in the world at what he does, and sometimes you’ve just got to give him a chance,” Wentz said. “When it goes his way he usually finds a way to come down with it.” Jefferson had two touchdown catches, his first multi-score game since Week 16 of the 2024 season. Jefferson matched Randy Moss for second place on the franchise’s all-time list for ca-

reer receptions with 587, on a pace to catch leader Cris Carter (1,004) sometime during the 2030 season. With 916 yards over the next 16 games, Jefferson would pass Torry Holt (9,487) for the most career yards in NFL history over a player’s first seven years in the league. Most important to Jefferson, of course, was the win over the Packers that helped the Vikings properly move forward from the frustrating 2025 season that saw their passing game lag badly during J.J. McCarthy’s rocky debut at quarterback. Second on his list? Reaching the end zone at U.S. Bank Stadium again. He had only two touchdowns last season, none at home, and hadn’t done that since Week 15 of the 2024 season. His frequent appearances on the videoboard during the game against the Packers last week showed an especially fired-up player. “The juices were flowing for sure,” Jefferson said. “I was definitely ready. I felt like the team was ready. The energy was high. I love those type of games.” Jefferson and the Vikings have moved on this week to focus on their game on Sunday at Chicago, but he had more questions to field from reporters about that 39-yard touchdown catch he made look rather routine. “Instinct, hand-eye coordination, peripheral view, there’s a lot more that goes into it than people understand,” Jefferson said. “It’s really a lot more difficult than it looks, a 40-yard throw in the back of the end zone in a crowded stadium with a brown ball, sunlight coming through. There’s a lot of barricades that kind of get in the way of you being able to track that ball and to come down with it, but I focus and practice on it all the time.”

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New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara runs the ball during training camp on July 31 in Metairie.

Determined RB Kamara expected to play vs. Ravens Saints RB beat his projected injury timeline BY MATTHEW PARAS AND LUKE JOHNSON Staff writers

When Alvin Kamara was diagnosed with his knee injury, the New Orleans Saints running back was told he would “probably” be out for six weeks. The Saints’ medical team, he said, told him that he had a “Grade 2-plus” MCL strain. Kamara was determined to come back faster than the projected timeline. “Obviously, I beat it,” Kamara said. The running back said he’ll make his season debut Sunday when the Saints travel to face the Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium. Kamara has been a full participant in practice this week and was nearing his return last weekend before the Saints decided to give him a little more time to recover. Kamara, who renegotiated his contract in the offseason to stay with the Saints for a 10th season, ﬁrst hurt his knee in an Aug. 18 joint practice against the Dallas Cowboys. When he returns Sunday, he’ll be roughly two weeks ahead of schedule. “I’m going,” Kamara said. “If it wasn’t right, I wouldn’t be in. I feel great. I’m moving well. Really no limitations, so I feel good.”

Injury update Two big names popped up on Thursday‘s injury report for the Saints. Wide receiver Chris Olave was listed with a hamstring injury, while

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Continued from page 1C Both swaps happened at positions that rarely leave the field. The Lions, by contrast, played their starting cornerbacks for 99% of the snaps. Their starting linebackers played 100% and 86% of snaps. What gives? “We’ve just got really good players (who) have earned roles and really good opportunities,” Saints coach Kellen Moore said. “I thought (Emerson) has done a good job through camp. He’s applied himself really well. He’ll continue to have different opportunities, and Danny as well. “We feel like we have some depth there. Those guys have earned opportunities, and it’s great for our guys overall.” The rotations can be jarring at first. When he was a rookie with the Cleveland Browns, Emerson was part of a rotation in the secondary — but he was part of a trio that included Greg Newsome and Denzel Ward. He wasn’t always on the field but still played 77% of the snaps. That helped him get into a rhythm. On the Saints, Emerson didn’t see the field until the defense’s fourth drive. The Saints pre-plan their rotations beforehand and communicate those plans to players, so the cornerback knew his opportunity would come. But Emerson said he didn’t have a “good feel” for how the game was going until he got out there.

pass rusher Chase Young popped up with a calf injury. Both players were listed as limited participants. Saints coach Kellen Moore was not available to reporters Thursday, so it is unclear whether any of the injuries could put them in jeopardy of missing Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. Young notably missed ﬁve games last year with a strained calf. The Ravens are also dealing with a troublesome injury situation. Baltimore had six players not practice, including three marquee names. Wide receiver Zay Flowers (hamstring), tackle Ronnie Stanley (toe) and former Saints defensive end Trey Hendrickson (finger) were among those who did not practice. Guard John Simpson (groin), defensive lineman Calais Campbell (rest) and cornerback T.J. Tampa (knee) also sat out for the Ravens. Five of the six have not practiced this week. Flowers, in particular, would be a big loss for Baltimore after the wide receiver caught ﬁve passes for 150 yards and a touchdown in last week’s season opener. Flowers hurt his hamstring in that game but was considered afterward to be “day-to-day.” Baltimore will also be without its No. 2 receiver after placing rookie Ja’Kobi Lane on injured reserve with a fractured wrist. On defense, losing Hendrickson would hurt the Ravens’ pass rush. The Ravens signed Hendrickson to a four-year, $112 million contract in the offseason, shortly after Baltimore rescinded its trade for Maxx Crosby following the pass rusher’s failed physical. Hendrickson, who played for New Orleans from 2017 through 2020, recorded eight pressures in Week 1, and the Ravens

had a 58.6% pressure percentage when he was on the ﬁeld. Elsewhere, the Saints saw tight end Juwan Johnson return to practice Thursday on a limited basis after he missed the previous day with an illness. Defensive end Cam Jordan (hamstring) and tight end Oscar Delp (hamstring) were again limited.

“Most definitely different,” Emerson said. “New.” The plan wasn’t new to the Saints. Last year, New Orleans focused on rotating Werner and Stutsman so that Stutsman, a fourth-round rookie, could develop on the fly. The Saints also sprinkled in reps for Isaiah Stalbird, though his usage came more in a third-down specialty package. In a down season, the Saints hammered home development. But what was fascinating about Sunday’s game was that the rotation wasn’t just a youth movement. In Riley’s case, the Saints took a second-year cornerback off the field to play Emerson — a 2022 third-round pick who joined the Saints this past offseason. “When you think you have multiple starters at one position, that’s something we’ve done in the past,” said Staley, who said he took a similar approach when he coached the Los Angeles Chargers. “Especially when you want to develop the depth on a team throughout a season. “It’s really hard to develop as a player without experience on the field. When you feel like you have capable starters, you want to make sure they get the opportunity to go out there and play.” Emerson, in particular, appreciated the opportunity. The action marked his first appearance in a game since 2024 — he missed all of last season with a torn Achilles. Riley said he didn’t mind coming off the field. “I think it’s a positive for us,” Ri-

ley said. “When you got guys that can play too, and when you’re not running guys into the ground, I feel like that’s always going to be a positive. He can play just as well as you, so why not get him in the game?” Riley brings up a good point. There is a rest element that can perhaps benefit the Saints in the long run. That’s why rotations are more common at positions like the defensive line, where edge rushers and defensive tackles swap to stay fresh over the course of the game. Still, teams rarely buck convention — though the idea isn’t unheard of. The Chargers, for instance, rotated two linemen at left guard in Week 1. And last year, the Washington Commanders rotated between then-rookie Josh Conerly and veteran Andrew Wylie at right tackle. But the Saints are willing to live with the results and not secondguess the timing of each swap. The Lions, for example, scored on three of the five drives in which Stutsman appeared, leading to two touchdowns and one field goal. That hardly means the linebacker was directly at fault. He wasn’t even on the field when the Lions got in the end zone. “A characteristic of a good defense or offense is having depth within your unit, and the only way that really can show itself — it’s just not when a guy gets injured — is being able to harness those individual talents throughout the game,” Staley said. “We feel there’s a real advantage to that.”

Saints to sign long snapper With regular long-snapper Zach Wood out for the next several weeks with a calf injury, New Orleans is expected to sign Scott Daly to ﬁll his spot on the roster, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed. Daly was one of three players the Saints worked out Thursday, a list that included former Saints defensive end Niko Lalos. The 32-year-old Daly served as the Chicago Bears long snapper each of the past two seasons. He previously spent parts of three seasons with the Detroit Lions. Wood has handled long-snapping duties for the Saints since the start of the 2017 season, and before this week he had never missed a game in his NFL career. Special teams coordinator Phil Galiano said Wood went through his normal Wednesday practice routine without issue, but felt pain in his calf toward the end of practice. When the Saints line up against the Baltimore Ravens this Sunday, each of the team’s three specialists will be playing in either their ﬁrst or second game with the organization. Punter Ryan Wright and kicker Daniel Carlson both made their debuts with the club last week. “Is it the easiest thing? No, but that’s part of the NFL,” Galiano said. “All the teams deal with that.”

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Continued from page 1C M&T Bank Stadium. Kamara isn’t the only person in the Saints locker room who knew Henry was different than everyone else. Saints’ offensive coordinator, Doug Nussmeier, had no doubts either. Nussmeier was the offensive coordinator at Alabama when Henry and Kamara got there. Nussmeier had taken trips to Henry’s high school in Florida to recruit him. Henry’s physique reminded Nussmeier of Steven Jackson, who he had coached during his time with the St. Louis Rams. Nussmeier remembers looking up the measurements of Jackson and Henry and sharing that info with his boss at the time, Nick Saban. The measurements were almost identical. “And this is a high school kid we were talking about,” Nussmeier said. Once he got to Alabama, it didn’t take long for Nussmeier to see what they had. “We started putting the pads on and started handing him the ball,” Nussmeier said. “The guys in the back end didn’t show up quite as fast. He’s a special player.” Henry is listed at 6-foot-3, 252 pounds on the Ravens’ roster. But his measurements often get inﬂated when discussed by the guys who have to try to tackle him. “He’s 6-5 and a 255-pound running back,” said Saints defensive end Carl Granderson. “That’s what makes him tough. He’s a Hall of Famer. He runs the ball hard. He’s just a big back. If he gets to the second level, he’s untouchable. It’s our job to stop him up front and try to shut him down with the D-linemen. We know he’s one of the biggest backs in the league. It’s our job to contain him.” The Saints will need to do a much better job than they did last week against Detroit Lions’ back Jahmyr Gibbs. Gibbs rushed 29 times for 156 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the

Saints’ 31-30 overtime loss. Now they get Henry, who ranks 10th on the NFL’s all-time rushing list. Henry is the only active player in the top 40 on the list. Assuming Henry stays healthy, he can likely move up to sixth on the list this season, leaping greats like Eric Dickerson, Jerome Bettis, LaDainian Tomlinson and Curtis Martin. It’ll be up to Saints defensive coordinator Brandon Staley to plan a way to slow down Henry, part of the Ravens’ dynamic backﬁeld duo that also includes quarterback and two-time MVP Lamar Jackson. “The one thing I think of is his ability to force missed tackles,” Staley said of Henry. “When you force missed tackles, typically explosive runs follow. For his size and his speed, that combination is really unique. When he’s going full speed, his full speed is really fast.” Henry is the second of four top-tier running backs the Saints will face to start the season. After Gibbs and Henry, they get Ashton Jeanty (Las Vegas Raiders) and Bijan Robinson (Atlanta Falcons) in backto-back weeks in the Dome. “It’s a good challenge for us,” said defensive end Chase Young. “I think we’re up for it. It gives us an opportunity to show us how great we are.” Saints practice squad back Zamir White has played the role of Henry this week. White, like Kamara and Nussmeier, knows Henry. Henry hosted White on a recruiting visit to Alabama. White is three inches shorter and 25 pounds lighter than Henry, so he knows he can’t actually duplicate being Henry in practice. “Hell naw,” White said. “That joker is huge. It’s his size and he knows ball. He knows where to go and when to go.” Nussmeier puts it succinctly. “That’s a big fast man that can run.” Yes, Henry has earned the Saints’ respect. Now they must ﬁnd a way to make him earn his yards.

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FFRIDAY NIGHT RUNDOWN FOUR DOWNS: Christopher Dabe breaks down four things to look for Friday night.

IN THE DOME This year’s Caesars Superdome doubleheader includes three of the top four ranked teams from Class 5A with No. 1 Ruston facing No. 2 Edna Karr and No. 4 St.Augustine facing East Ascension.All four teams are 2-0.

OVERTIME WINS St. Charles has gone to overtime twice and won both times in the first two weeks. Evan Duffour’s TD run won it in Week 1 vs. Legacy (Texas). Last week against Hahnville, Darrell Hall stopped a two-point conversion run to clinch a 28-27 victory.

RIVALRIES Rummel and Shaw will play for the Megaphone. That’s not the only rivalry matchup this week.The game between Belle Chasse and South Plaquemines is another one. Belle Chasse has won the past six meetings between the parish rivals.

THEY MEET AGAIN Kennedy and St.Amant are meeting for the sixth year in a row.This is one of the better nondistrict matchups between perennial playoff qualifiers. Kennedy has a four-year streak of playoff wins. Both teams are 2-0 this season.

Going for 10,000

Country Day’s record-setting quarterback has eye-popping goals BY CHRISTOPHER DABE

Staff writer

Country Day quarterback Jack Grace might just be getting started. In his second varsity game, the sophomore set a Louisiana high school single-game state record with nine touchdown passes against The Willow School. His coaches believe there’s much more to come. “Ten thousand yards is the number we’re shooting for,” Country Day offensive coordinator Ross Woods said. Grace has thrown for 866 yards and 11 touchdowns through two games. The next game is Friday at Sacred Heart-Ville Platte. “I don’t think I’ve ever had this much fun playing quarterback,” Grace said. Last year’s quarterback, Hudson Wright, threw for 3,334 yards and a school-record 48 touchdowns over 10 games after missing the ﬁrst two with an injury. Grace is now operating the same four-wide spread offense, giving Country Day another chance to put up big passing numbers. While 10,000 yards over three seasons may be the goal, there’s also the 13,902 career passing yards Evangel’s Brock Berlin threw for in the late 1990s. It’s a state record Woods says he has bookmarked on his cell phone. “Once he graduates, he’ll be near the top of every one of those statistical categories,” Country Day coach Ben Powell said. Grace has been playing quarterback since fourth grade, when he started at Christian Brothers. When he threw the winning touchdown pass as time expired in the championship of a sixthgrade tournament, his father, Michael Grace, saw something click. “I think that really fueled his ﬁre to be successful,” he said. Jack Grace later played on

Week 3 schedule All games at 7 p.m. unless noted.

Thursday’s games

McMain vs. Riverdale, n Patrick Taylor 20, St. Thomas Aquinas 7 Jefferson Rise vs. Abramson, n Sophie B. Wright at Willow, n St. Martin’s at Glen Oaks, n Young Audiences vs. L.B. Landry, n

Friday’s games

Belle Chasse at South Plaquemines Booker T. Washington at Mamou Brother Martin vs. Warren Easton at Pan American Carver at Mandeville Country Day at Sacred Heart-Ville Platte De La Salle at St. Paul’s East St. John at West Feliciana East Jefferson at Newman Ellender vs. Sarah T. Reed at Joe Brown Fontainebleu at Pearl River Franklinton at Pine Hahnville at E.D. White Hammond vs. Higgins at Memtsas Hannan at Pope John Paul II Haynes at Ben Franklin Holy Cross at St. Charles Jesuit vs. Bonnabel at Yenni John Curtis at Lafayette Renaissance John Ehret at Central-BR Kennedy at St. Amant Lakeshore at Northshore McDonogh 35 at Covington Riverside at Ponchatoula Rummel at Shaw Salmen at Chalmette Slidell at Lutcher West Jefferson at Destrehan West St. John at Capitol

Saturday’s games

Kenner Discovery vs. Thomas Jefferson at Memtsas, 2 p.m. Ruston vs. Edna Karr at Caesars Superdome, 3 p.m. East Ascension vs. St. Augustine at Caesars Superdome, 6 p.m. Ben Franklin vs. Haynes at Yenni Morris Jeff vs. Fisher at Memtsas Open date: Cohen, Northlake Christian

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Country Day quarterback Jack Grace looks to throw against The Willow School last Friday night. Jesuit’s eighth-grade and junior varsity teams before transferring to Country Day midway through last school year. The Country Day coaches already knew about him. Woods was a Rummel assistant coach when he saw Grace firsthand during an eighth-grade game in 2024. He was reminded of that game while meeting Grace for the first time during a visit to Country Day before his transfer. “Oh, you were the kid throwing it all over Rummel’s defense,” Woods said to Grace. What separates Grace, Powell said, is his accuracy and improved decision-making. Grace threw nine touchdown passes one week after Powell briefly kept him on the sideline during a three-interception outing in the opener against South Terrebonne. After being reminded about not trying to force throws, Grace returned to the field just before

halftime. Almost immediately, he threw a 30-yard touchdown strike to Kellen Brewer. “I didn’t get the job done when I was out there in the beginning,” Grace said. He used the temporary benching in the 43-34 loss “as motivation to get the ball moving.” “He’s his hardest critic, for sure,” Woods said. “He comes off yelling about something and it’s like, ‘Dude, relax. Mistakes happen. Move on to the next play.’ He’s always the first one to mention his mistakes.” That attention to detail extends to his daily film study after morning practices. “It’s the stuff you can’t measure,” Powell said. “It’s the wantto. The desire to train outside of school. The desire to watch film outside of school. Those are the things that help get to the next level.” In the nine-touchdown game, Powell was most impressed

by how Grace spread the ball around. He completed 37 of 46 passes for 568 yards. Seven receivers caught passes during the 70-35 victory, and five caught touchdown passes. “Every single position in our offense caught a touchdown pass,” Powell said. “I think that’s huge. He’s not locked in on one guy.” On a touchdown pass to Brewer, Grace signaled for him to run a slant-and-go pattern. Brewer saw a Willow defender jump the slant on an earlier play. He told Grace, who checked the play on a tablet on the sideline and confirmed what Brewer had seen. On the next drive, Grace used that information against the defender. “I like to take what the defense gives me,” Grace said. “And when the time comes, to let it fly.” Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com

FRIDAY NIGHT’S TOP MATCHUPS RUMMEL AT SHAW

7 p.m. Friday, Joe Zimmerman Stadium Rummel (2-0) has won 13 of the past 14 meetings in the annual Megaphone game.Two early touchdowns off Shaw miscues helped Rummel to a 29-0 victory last season.The Raiders are off to a strong start with quarterback Colton Nussmeier accounting for five touchdowns (three passing, two rushing). Shaw (2-0) seeks a 3-0 start for the first time since 2007.

SALMEN AT CHALMETTE

7 p.m. Friday, Bobby Nuss Stadium Chalmette and Salmen split their two meetings while playing in the same district the past two seasons. Now in separate districts, Chalmette (2-0) seeks another win before facing Rummel in its Catholic League opener next week.The Owls scored 55 and 61 points in their two wins this season. Salmen (1-1) scored 51 points vs. Live Oak after losing in Week 1 vs. Mandeville.

EDNA KARR VS. RUSTON

3 p.m. Saturday, Caesars Superdome Two-time reigning Division I select state champion Karr (2-0) is putting its 29-game winning streak on the line against Ruston (2-0), which won a 2023 state championship and reached the Division I nonselect state finals the past four seasons. Karr has new starters all over the field in place of the 25 college signees who graduated after last season.

THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH EVAN BERGERON

KREW COLLURA

RASHAD JACKSON

The junior is averaging 11.4 yards per carry with six touchdowns, and he has 356 yards rushing this season. The Jaguars are home against Hannan.

The sophomore is coming off a fivetouchdown passing performance and is 20 of 36 passing for 339 yards and six touchdowns this season.The Skippers will face Carver.

The junior scored on pass plays of 98, 95 and 38 yards against H.L. Bourgeois. He has nine catches for 344 yards and four TDs on the season. Kennedy visits St.Amant.

RB, Pope John Paul II

QB, Mandeville

WR, Kennedy

McGuire, Red Raiders host Friday game on ‘holy ground’

BY STEPHEN HAWKINS Associated Press

Joey McGuire has often roamed a sideline during games in Texas on Friday nights in the fall. This time will feel much different for the Texas Tech coach. The 13th-ranked Red Raiders, the reigning Big 12 champions, play their conference opener in prime time Friday night against No. 22 Houston. It will be Tech’s ﬁrst regularseason home game on a Friday since 1941. “It’s weird because I’m so used to Friday nights in the state of Texas is kind of holy ground when it comes to Texas high school football,” said McGuire, the fifth-year Tech coach who won three state championships while head coach at Cedar Hill High School near Dallas from 200316. Even before the Big 12 released a list of non-Saturday games in April, Texas Tech regents chair and billionaire booster Cody Campbell had heard about the plans to move his school’s conference opener. He posted on social media that “Friday Night Lights are sacred in the Great State of Texas!” and also wrote that it was ”absolutely absurd” that the Big 12 and Fox Sports would consider that. But the Big 12 television contract allows for 12 regularseason football games a year to be played on a day other than Saturday. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark, who had some public back-and-forth with Campbell, has said that television ratings for the conference’s Friday night games last season were 64% better than its average rating.

Non-Saturday games The Red Raiders (2-0) have two non-Saturday regularseason games this year. Their regular season finale at home against TCU is on Thanksgiving night. In their previous 30 seasons in the Big 12, they played only six times on Friday, all on the road and with four of those coming the day after Thanksgiving. The last was in 2023. “Well, obviously people have known for a long time that you play high school football in the state of Texas on Friday night,” McGuire said. “And so this is a little different, but it’s huge.” This meeting of expected contenders is the first of eight games matching Big 12 teams that won’t be on a Saturday. Five of those are in November. Eleven of the league’s 16 teams will be part of those conference games. Houston (2-0), which played three Friday night games last season, and Texas Tech are among five teams that will play two this year. The Cougars are at Colorado on Nov. 13.

Another sellout for Texas Tech Even playing on a Friday night, this will be Tech’s 10th consecutive home sellout. “That was one of the things that I was definitely worried about, even though we have the best fan base in the country,” McGuire said. “But we’re also in Friday Night Lights, like the world of Friday Night Lights in West Texas. That’s where it all began whenever you think about the book and everything like that. But it’s going to be a great game.” The Texas Tech campus in Lubbock is a little more than two hours north of Odessa, Texas, where the 1988 Permian High School team was the subject of Buzz Bissinger’s book “Friday Night Lights” that was released in 1990. That was adapted into a 2004 feature ﬁlm starring Billy Bob Thornton as the coach. A television series with that title had a ﬁve-season run from 2006-11.

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SCOREBOARD Odds

South

Sports Betting Line NFL

Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans Carolina

Sunday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at N.E. 4½ 5 (41½) Pittsburgh at TAMPA 6½ 8½ (41½) Cleveland Green Bay 6½ 3½ (44½) at NY JETS at BALT 7½ 8½ (46½)New Orleans Carolina 1½ 2½ (43½) at ATL at HOU 2½ 2½ (45½) Cincinnati Philadelphia 4½ 7 (39½) at TEN at CHICAGO 3½ 4½ (48) Minnesota at DENVER 3 2½ (45½) Jacksonville at CHARGRS 8½ 6½ (43½) Las Vegas Seattle 10 4 (41½) at ARIZONA at SAN FRN 10½ 13½ (45½) Miami at DALLAS 4½ 4½ (50½) Washington at K.C. 5½ 6½ (46½)Indianapolis

Monday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at LA RAMS 9½ 7½ (48½) NY Giants

College Football Friday

FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG Miami (FL) 19½ 20½ (55½) at W.F. at TX TECH 14½ 7½ (52½) Houston at OREGON 57½ 57½ (67½) Portland St

Saturday

FAVORITE OPEN at DEL 5½ at PENN ST 39½ Georgia 17½ at IOWA ST 23½ at KANS ST 20½ at MINN 28½ at OSU 52½ at GA TECH 42½ at TSU 3½ Arizona St 5½ at CLEMSON 9½ at WISC 24½ at VANDR 5½ Wyoming 1½ at B. COLL 39½ at ILLINOIS 41½ at TOLEDO 1½ at UMASS 34½ at WASH ST 35½ at UTAH 27½ USC 24½ at MICH 35½ at ALABMA 15½ at LOUSVLLE 1½ at TEX A&M 14½ at CIN 14½ at LIBERTY 13½ at INDIANA 44½ at IOWA 41½ at BAYLOR 18½ at DUKE 11½ at S. CAR 7½ at ULM 12½ at FLA ATL 9½ at OLD DOM 2½ at APPA ST 19½ Marshall 4½ at S. BAMA 3½ at MISSOU 27½ Florida PK W. Mich 10½ at OKLA ST 57½ at S. FLA 37½ Nevada 6½ at SAM HOU 18½ at JAX ST 3 at MEM 35½ UConn 2½ at UCF 19½ at NBRSKA 24½ at WASH 44½ LSU 2½ at N.D. 29½ at NRTWSTRN5½ at VIRGINIA 8½ Virginia Tech 1½ at OKLA 21½ BYU 20½ at TENN 35½ at UL 8½ at TCU 20½ at TULSA 42½ at TEXAS 29½ at BOISE ST. 22½ at SDSU 1½ Ndsu 23½ at ARIZONA 31½ Fresno State 5½ at ORGON ST 9½ at UCLA 13½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 4½ (57½) C. Carolina 40½ (50½) Buffalo 24½ (54½) at ARKS 24 (43½) B. Green 20½ (49½) Tulane 23½ (49½) Akron 52½ (58½) Kent State 38½ (60½) Mercer 2½ (62½) N. Texas 5½ (50½) at KANSAS 3½ (43½) N. Carolina 23½ (45½) E. Michigan 3 (50½) NC State 1½ (38½) at C. MICH 38½ (53½) Maine 38½ (54½) S. Illinois 5½ (50½) Temple 33½ (49½) Stonehill 37½ (53½) Duquesne 27½ (56½) Utah State 21½ (60½) at RUTGERS 35½ (48½) UTEP 18½ (48½) Florida St 1½ (59½) SMU 17 (50½) Kentucky 15½ (49½) Miami (OH) 14½ (49½) Ball State 44½ (60½) W. Kentcky 40½ (49½) N. Iowa 19½ (49½) La Tech 10 (50½) Stanford 4 (58½) Miss St 10½ (48½) Selu 6½ (62½) Florida Intl 2½ (49½) E. Carolina 17½ (51½) Charlotte 4 (52½)at MISOU ST 7 (49½) Ohio 27½ (50½) Troy 2½ (52½) at AUBURN 9½ (43½) at RICE 56½ (70½) Murray St. 36½ (61½) Delawre St. 3½ (50½) at M. TENN 17½ (49½) Nicholls St 3½ (53½) Ga South 34½ (57½) UT Martin 3 (54½) at S. MISS 17½ (50½) Georgia St 24½ (51½) N. Dakota 42½ (57½) E. Wash 2½ (57½) at OLE MISS 29½ (52½) Michign St 3½ (48½) Colorado 10½ (53½) W. Virginia 2½ (53½) at MRYLND 21½ (46½)New Mexico 17½ (52½) at CSU 34½ (59½) Kennsw St 7½ (56½) UAB 19½ (56½) Arknsas St 42½ (57½) E. Tex A&M 30½ (58½) UTSA 23½ (56½) S. Dakota 1½ (46½) James Mad 27½ (50½) at SAC ST 33½ (50½) N. Illinois 6½ (50½) at SJSU 17½ (52½) Montana 14 (53½) Purdue

MLB

Friday

American League FAVORITE LINE Boston -123 at CLEVELAND OFF at WHITE SOX OFF at TEXAS OFF Minnesota -125 National League FAVORITE LINE at CINCINNATI OFF at N.Y METS OFF Washington -114 at SAN DIEGO -192 at LA DODGERS-328 Interleague FAVORITE LINE at PITTS -186 at BALTIMORE OFF at COLORADO OFF Atlanta -119 N.Y Yankees -129

UNDERDOG at TAMPA BAY Athletics Detroit Toronto at LA ANGELS

LINE +103 OFF OFF OFF +106

UNDERDOG Chicago Cubs Philadelphia at ST. LOUIS Miami San Francisco

LINE OFF OFF -104 +159 +260

UNDERDOG Kansas City Milwaukee Seattle at HOUSTON at ARIZONA

LINE +155 OFF OFF +100 +108

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

W 26 26 24 24 15 11 10

L 14 14 16 16 25 29 30

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

GB — — 2 2 11 15 16

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

W 31 29 27 24 16 15 14 8

L 9 11 13 16 24 25 26 32

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

GB — 2 4 7 15 16 17 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday’s Games

No games scheduled.

Thursday’s Games

Atlanta 103, Connecticut 59 Los Angeles at Dallas, n Washington at Chicago, n Las Vegas at Seattle, n Phoenix at Portland, n

Friday’s Games

Indiana at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. New York at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. Portland at Golden State, 9 p.m.

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

W 1 1 0 0

L 0 0 1 1

T Pct PF 0 1.000 23 0 1.000 36 0 .000 10 0 .000 13

PA 10 31 13 27

Jacksonville Houston Tennessee Indianapolis

W 1 0 0 0

L 0 1 1 1

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

PA 10 36 23 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

South

North

Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

West

Kansas City Las Vegas L.A. Chargers Denver

W 1 1 1 0

W 1 1 0 0

L 0 0 1 1

T Pct PF 0 1.000 31 0 1.000 27 0 .000 14 0 .000 10

PA 10 13 26 31

W 1 1 0 0

L 0 0 1 1

T Pct PF 0 1.000 28 0 1.000 24 0 .000 22 0 .000 20

PA 20 22 24 28

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Washington Dallas

North

Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay

West

W 0 0 0 0 W 1 1 1 0

San Francisco Arizona Seattle L.A. Rams

L 0 0 0 1

L 1 1 1 1

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .000 .000 .000 .000

PF 13 27 30 37

PA 20 33 31 59

T Pct PF 0 1.000 39 0 1.000 59 0 1.000 31 0 .000 22

PA 22 37 30 39

W L T Pct PF 1 0 0 1.000 27 1 0 0 1.000 26 1 0 0 1.000 13 0 1 0 .000 7

PA 7 14 10 27

Thursday’s Games Detroit at Buffalo, n

Sunday’s Games

Carolina at Atlanta, noon Cincinnati at Houston, noon Cleveland at Tampa Bay, noon Green Bay at N.Y. Jets, noon Minnesota at Chicago, noon New Orleans at Baltimore, noon Philadelphia at Tennessee, noon Pittsburgh at New England, noon Jacksonville at Denver, 3:05 p.m. Las Vegas at L.A. Chargers, 3:05 p.m. Miami at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. Washington at Dallas, 3:25 p.m. Indianapolis at Kansas City, 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s Games

N.Y. Giants at L.A. Rams, 7:15 p.m.

College football College Football Schedule All Times Central (Subject to change)

Thursday’s games EAST

Syracuse at Pittsburgh, n

Friday’s games SOUTH

Miami (2-0) at Wake Forest (2-0), 6:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Houston (2-0) at Texas Tech (2-0), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST

Portland St. (0-3) at Oregon (1-1), 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games EAST

Coastal Carolina (1-1) at Delaware (1-1), 10:30 a.m. Villanova (1-2) at LIU Brooklyn (0-3), 11 a.m. Buffalo (1-1) at Penn St. (2-0), 11 a.m. Brown (0-0) at New Haven (1-2), 11 a.m. Lafayette (1-1) at Columbia (0-0), 11 a.m. Dartmouth (0-0) at Lehigh (3-0), 11 a.m. Princeton (0-0) at Bryant (2-1), noon Glenville St. (0-1) at Mercyhurst (0-3), noon Harvard (0-0) at New Hampshire (1-2), noon Cornell (0-0) at Colgate (2-1), noon Maine (1-2) at Boston College (1-1), 1 p.m. Yale (0-0) at Holy Cross (0-3), 1 p.m. Rhode Island (2-1) at Stony Brook (1-2), 1:30 p.m. Penn (0-0) at Bucknell (1-2), 2 p.m. Stonehill (1-2) at UMass (2-0), 2:30 p.m. Monmouth (NJ) (1-2) at Albany (NY) (2-1), 2:30 p.m. Southern Cal (3-0) at Rutgers (0-2), 2:30 p.m. Morgan St. (2-1) at Towson (0-3), 5 p.m. Virginia Tech (2-0) at Maryland (2-0), 6:30 p.m.

SOUTH

Mercer (2-1) at Georgia Tech (0-2), 11 a.m. North Carolina (2-0) at Clemson (1-1), 11 a.m. West Georgia (0-3) at ETSU (1-2), 11 a.m. NC State (1-1) at Vanderbilt (2-0), 11:45 a.m. VMI (0-3) at Davidson (1-2), noon Presbyterian (1-1) at W. Carolina (1-2), 1:30 p.m. Florida St. (1-1) at Alabama (2-0), 2:30 p.m. SMU (2-0) at Louisville (1-1), 2:30 p.m. Georgetown (0-1) at Richmond (2-1), 2:30 p.m. Va. Lynchburg (0-2) at Bethune-Cookman (1-1), 3 p.m. Hampton (1-2) at Norfolk St. (1-2), 3 p.m. Ball St. (1-1) at Liberty (1-1), 3 p.m. Stanford (1-1) at Duke (2-0), 3 p.m. Mississippi St. (2-0) at South Carolina (2-0), 3:15 p.m. SE Louisiana (1-2) at Louisiana-Monroe (0-2), 3:30 p.m. NC A&T (0-3) at Campbell (2-1), 5 p.m. East Carolina (0-2) at Old Dominion (1-1), 5 p.m. Point (Ga.) (0-0) at Charleston Southern (1-2), 5 p.m. Fordham (0-3) at William & Mary (2-1), 5 p.m. Wofford (2-1) at Chattanooga (1-2), 5 p.m. NC Central (2-1) at Gardner-Webb (0-3), 5 p.m. Charlotte (0-2) at Appalachian St. (2-0), 5 p.m. Sacred Heart (0-2) at Elon (2-1), 5 p.m. Dayton (2-0) at E. Kentucky (1-2), 5 p.m. FIU (1-1) at FAU (1-1), 5 p.m. Louisiana College (1-0) at Southern U. (1-2), 6 p.m. SC State (3-0) at Furman (2-1), 6 p.m. Tuskegee (0-0) at Jackson St. (2-0), 6 p.m. Florida (2-0) at Auburn (2-0), 6 p.m. Austin Peay (2-1) at West Florida (2-0), 6 p.m. Ohio (1-1) at South Alabama (1-1), 6 p.m. Delaware St. (2-1) at South Florida (2-0), 6 p.m. Nevada (1-1) at Middle Tennessee (1-1), 6 p.m. Tennessee St. (0-3) at Florida A&M (1-2), 6 p.m. Alcorn St. (2-1) at North Alabama (1-2), 6 p.m. Delta St. (0-0) at MVSU (1-2), 6 p.m. Georgia Southern (1-1) at Jacksonville St. (1-2), 6 p.m. Bowie St. (0-1) at Alabama A&M (2-1), 6 p.m. UT Martin (1-2) at Memphis (2-1), 6 p.m. UConn (1-1) at Southern Miss. (1-1), 6 p.m. Georgia St. (2-0) at UCF (1-1), 6 p.m. LSU (2-0) at Mississippi (2-0), 6:30 p.m. Virginia (2-0) vs. West Virginia (2-0) at Charlotte, N.C., 6:30 p.m. Kennesaw St. (1-1) at Tennessee (2-0), 6:45 p.m. UAB (1-1) at Louisiana-Lafayette (1-1), 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

Kansas (1-1) vs. Arizona St. (1-1) at London, United Kingdom, 11 a.m. Kent St. (1-1) at Ohio St. (1-1), 11 a.m. Bowling Green (0-2) at Iowa St. (1-1), 11 a.m. Tulane (1-1) at Kansas St. (2-0), 11 a.m. Akron (1-1) at Minnesota (1-1), 11 a.m. E. Michigan (1-2) at Wisconsin (1-1), 11:30 a.m. Valparaiso (1-1) at Indiana St. (1-2), noon Chicago State (1-2) at Butler (2-1), noon Wyoming (1-1) at Cent. Michigan (1-1), noon S. Illinois (2-1) at Illinois (1-1), 1 p.m. S. Utah (1-2) at St. Thomas (Minn.) (2-1), 1 p.m. Temple (1-1) at Toledo (1-1), 2 p.m. E. Illinois (1-2) at Illinois St. (3-0), 2 p.m. UTEP (1-1) at Michigan (2-0), 2:30 p.m. Cincinnati (2-0) vs. Miami (Ohio) (1-1) at Cincinnati, 2:30 p.m. W. Kentucky (0-2) at Indiana (2-0), 3 p.m. N. Iowa (1-1) at Iowa (2-0), 3 p.m. Marshall (1-1) at Missouri St. (1-1), 5:30 p.m. Morehead St. (1-2) at W. Illinois (1-2), 6 p.m. Youngstown St. (2-1) at S. Dakota St. (2-1), 6 p.m. Cent. Arkansas (2-1) at SE Missouri (1-2), 6 p.m. Troy (2-0) at Missouri (2-0), 6 p.m. North Dakota (3-0) at Nebraska (2-0), 6:15 p.m. Michigan St. (2-0) at Notre Dame (2-0), 6:30 p.m. Colorado (2-0) at Northwestern (1-0), 6:30 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

North Texas (1-1) at Texas State (0-2), 11 a.m. Georgia (2-0) at Arkansas (1-1), 11 a.m. Kentucky (1-1) at Texas A&M (2-0), 2:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech (1-1) at Baylor (1-1), 3 p.m. Central St. (Ohio) (0-1) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (1-2), 4 p.m. W. Michigan (1-1) at Rice (1-1), 6 p.m. Murray St. (1-2) at Oklahoma St. (1-1), 6 p.m. Nicholls (2-1) at Sam Houston St. (0-2), 6 p.m. Merrimack (1-2) at Tarleton St. (3-0), 6 p.m. Houston Christian (2-1) at Incarnate Word (1-1), 6 p.m. New Mexico (2-0) at Oklahoma (1-1), 6:30 p.m. Arkansas St. (1-1) at TCU (1-1), 7 p.m. East Texas A&M (1-2) at Tulsa (2-0), 7 p.m. McNeese St. (1-2) at UT Rio Grande Valley (1-2), 7 p.m. Stephen F. Austin (3-0) at Prairie View (1-2), 7 p.m. UTSA (2-0) at Texas (2-0), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST

CCSU (0-2) at Montana St. (3-0), 2 p.m. Duquesne (0-2) at Washington St. (0-2), 2:30 p.m. Utah St. (0-2) at Utah (2-0), 2:30 p.m. Wagner (1-2) at California (1-1), 2:30 p.m. Abilene Christian (0-3) at Idaho (0-3), 3 p.m. E. Washington (1-2) at Washington (2-0), 6:15 p.m. BYU (2-0) at Colorado St. (2-0), 6:30 p.m. Northwestern St. (0-3) at Weber St. (1-2), 7 p.m. Northeastern St. (0-0) at N. Colorado (0-3), 7 p.m. San Diego (0-2) at Cal Poly (2-1), 7 p.m. N. Arizona (2-1) at Utah Tech (0-3), 7 p.m. Stetson (1-2) at UC Davis (2-1), 9 p.m. South Dakota (3-0) at Boise St. (1-1), 9 p.m. James Madison (2-0) at San Diego St. (1-1), 9 p.m. N. Dakota St. (3-0) at Sacramento St. (1-2), 9:30 p.m. N. Illinois (0-2) at Arizona (1-1), 9:30 p.m. Montana (3-0) at Oregon St. (0-2), 10 p.m. Fresno St. (1-1) at San Jose St. (2-1), 10 p.m. Purdue (1-1) at UCLA (2-0), 10 p.m.

Major League Baseball American League Leaders BATTING—C.Simpson, Tampa Bay, .311; Alvarez, Houston, .310; Ya.Díaz, Tampa Bay, .295; DeLauter, Cleveland, .289; Greene, Detroit, .284; Rafaela, Boston, .282; Keaschall, Minnesota, .279; Aranda, Tampa Bay, .278; Arozarena, Seattle, .278; Caglianone, Kansas City, .278; Witt, Kansas City, .278. RUNS—Arozarena, Seattle, 103; Rice, New York, 98; M.Vargas, Chicago, 98; Alvarez, Houston, 96; Neto, Los Angeles, 96; Caminero, Tampa Bay, 94; McGonigle, Detroit, 94; Alonso, Baltimore, 91; Ya.Díaz, Tampa Bay, 86; Henderson, Baltimore, 86. RBI—Alonso, Baltimore, 102; Alvarez, Houston, 98; Caminero, Tampa Bay, 96; Rice, New York, 92; Adell, Cleveland, 92; Aranda, Tampa Bay, 90; Dingler, Detroit, 88; Bell, Minnesota, 88; Okamoto, Toronto, 88; I.Paredes, Houston, 86. HITS—Ya.Díaz, Tampa Bay, 173; C.Simpson, Tampa Bay, 169; Alvarez, Houston, 164; Caminero, Tampa Bay, 161; McGonigle, Detroit, 155; Aranda, Tampa Bay, 154; Alonso, Baltimore, 153; J.Naylor, Seattle, 153; Rafaela, Boston, 151; Arozarena, Seattle, 150; Clement, Toronto, 150. DOUBLES—W.Abreu, Boston, 36; Nimmo, Texas, 34; Jensen, Kansas City, 33; Rafaela, Boston, 32; Alvarez, Houston, 31; Clement, Toronto, 31; Peters, Chicago, 31; Arozarena, Seattle, 30; Greene, Detroit, 30; M.Vargas, Chicago, 30; Witt, Kansas City, 30. TRIPLES—Clemens, Minnesota, 7; C.Simpson, Tampa Bay, 6; Cam.Smith, Houston, 6; Taveras, Baltimore, 6; Henderson, Baltimore, 5; Neto, Los Angeles, 5; 11 tied at 4. HOME RUNS—Caminero, Tampa Bay, 41; Alvarez, Houston, 39; Rice, New York, 38; Alonso, Baltimore, 37; Okamoto, Toronto, 33; Murakami, Chicago, 31; C.Montgomery, Chicago, 31; M.Vargas, Chicago, 31; Contreras, Boston, 27; Dingler, Detroit, 27. STOLEN BASES—C.Simpson, Tampa Bay, 44; Witt, Kansas City, 42; Chisholm, New York, 40; Ramírez, Cleveland, 33; Caballero, New York, 32; J.Naylor, Seattle, 29; Arozarena, Seattle, 23; Ju.Rodríguez, Seattle, 22; Bolte, Athletics, 21; Neto, Los Angeles, 21; Tolbert, Kansas City, 21; Walls, Tampa Bay, 21. PITCHING—S.Gray, Boston, 17-5; N.Martinez, Tampa Bay, 15-4; Rasmussen, Tampa Bay, 15-5; Schlittler, New York, 14-6; G.Williams, Cleveland, 13-8; Soriano, Toronto, 12-7; Messick, Cleveland, 12-9; Woo, Seattle, 12-9; L.Gilbert, Seattle, 12-10; Cease, Toronto, 11-5. ERA—Schlittler, New York, 1.95; Cease, Toronto, 2.38; Messick, Cleveland, 2.57; Rasmussen, Tampa Bay, 2.72; S.Gray, Boston, 2.76; N.Martinez, Tampa Bay, 2.94; Wacha, Kansas City, 3.34; Detmers, Los Angeles, 3.36; Burke, Chicago, 3.47; Soriano, Toronto, 3.56. STRIKEOUTS—Cease, Toronto, 236; G.Williams, Cleveland, 235; Schlittler, New York, 228; Detmers, Los Angeles, 199; L.Gilbert, Seattle, 194; deGrom, Texas, 194; Bradley, Minnesota, 190; Messick, Cleveland, 186; Burke, Chicago, 173; Gore, Texas, 172.

National League Leaders

BATTING—Arraez, Philadelphia, .316; Moreno, Arizona, .307; O.Lopez, Miami, .306; Gonzales, Pittsburgh, .304; Rumﬁeld, Colorado, .301; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, .295; McCarthy, Colorado, .295; M.Harris, Atlanta, .290; Chourio, Milwaukee, .286; Tatis, San Diego, .286. RUNS—Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 115; Wood, Washington, 102; Reynolds, Pittsburgh, 101; Olson, Atlanta, 96; Turang, Milwaukee, 96; Turner, Philadelphia, 96; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 94; I.Herrera, St. Louis, 93; J.Walker, St. Louis, 93; Suzuki, Chicago, 92. RBI—Burleson, St. Louis, 111; S.Stewart, Cincinnati, 109; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 105; J.Walker, St. Louis, 100; Devers, San Francisco, 98; Abrams, Washington, 96; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 95; Turang, Milwaukee, 93; B.Lowe, Pittsburgh, 89; Bregman, Chicago, 88. HITS—O.Lopez, Miami, 182; Arraez, Philadelphia, 180; Tatis, San Diego, 170; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 167; Burleson, St. Louis, 164; M.Harris, Atlanta, 162; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, 161; Gonzales, Pittsburgh, 160; J.Walker, St. Louis, 160; S.Stewart, Cincinnati, 159. DOUBLES—Burleson, St. Louis, 37; Reynolds, Pittsburgh, 37; Devers, San Francisco, 36; Turang, Milwaukee, 34; Arraez, Philadelphia, 33; Olson, Atlanta, 33; J.Walker, St. Louis, 33; Bregman, Chicago, 32; F.Freeman, Los Angeles, 32; M.Harris, Atlanta, 32; Moreno, Arizona, 32. TRIPLES—Carroll, Arizona, 16; McCarthy, Colorado, 11; O.Lopez, Miami, 9; CrowArmstrong, Chicago, 8; Lile, Washington, 8; Arraez, Philadelphia, 7; X.Edwards, Miami, 6; Marsee, Miami, 6; G.Perdomo, Arizona, 6; Stott, Philadelphia, 6. HOME RUNS—Schwarber, Philadelphia, 45; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 44; Olson, Atlanta, 39; Goodman, Colorado, 38; Devers, San Francisco, 37; S.Stewart, Cincinnati, 32; B.Lowe, Pittsburgh, 31; Wood, Washington, 30; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 30; Abrams, Washington, 30. STOLEN BASES—Nuñez, Washington, 46; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 37; Tatis, San Diego, 35; O.Lopez, Miami, 31; McCarthy, Colorado, 30; E.Ruiz, Miami, 30; Abrams, Washington, 29; D.Hamilton, Milwaukee, 28; O.Cruz, Pittsburgh, 27; E.De La Cruz, Cincinnati, 26; Merrill, San Diego, 26. PITCHING—C.Sánchez, Philadelphia, 17-6; Burns, Cincinnati, 15-3; Misiorowski, Milwaukee, 15-5; E.Rodriguez, Arizona, 15-6; Luzardo, Philadelphia, 14-5; B.Ashcraft, Pittsburgh, 14-6; Yamamoto, Los Angeles, 14-8; Sale, Atlanta, 14-9; Ashby, Milwaukee, 13-3; Wheeler, Philadelphia, 13-5. ERA—Misiorowski, Milwaukee, 1.89; Sale, Atlanta, 2.18; Yamamoto, Los Angeles, 2.51; E.Rodriguez, Arizona, 2.62; Luzardo, Philadelphia, 2.87; C.Sánchez, Philadelphia, 2.93; M.King, San Diego, 3.03; Cavalli, Washington, 3.12; McLean, New York, 3.24; Ray, San Diego, 3.60. STRIKEOUTS—Misiorowski, Milwaukee, 243; Luzardo, Philadelphia, 221; C.Sánchez, Philadelphia, 215; Cavalli, Washington, 194; Sale, Atlanta, 190; Skenes, Pittsburgh, 185; McLean, New York, 184; Burns, Cincinnati, 181; Yamamoto, Los Angeles, 178; Wheeler, Philadelphia, 177.

Transactons Major League Baseball

American League BOSTON RED SOX — Sent RHP Johan Oviedo on a rehab assignment to Worcester (IL). CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Sent RHP Colin Holderman on a rehab assignment to Columbus (IL). HOUSTON ASTROS — Reinstated LF Taylor Trammell from the paternity list. Optioned LF Joey Loperﬁdo to Sugar Land (PCL). TAMPA BAY RAYS — Reinstated SS Taylor Walls from the 10-day IL. Optioned 3B Nick Madrigal to Durham (IL). National League LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Optioned RHP Bobby Miller to Oklahoma City (PCL). Recalled RHP Landon Knack from Oklahoma City. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Transferred RHP Caleb Kilian to the 60-day IL. Claimed RHP José Urquidy off waivers from the Chicago White Sox. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Released RHP Wyatt Mills. Optioned LF Andrew Pinckney to Rochester (IL). Reinstated RHP Josiah Gray from the 60-day IL.

FOOTBALL

National Football League CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR E.J. Williams to the practice squad. DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed RB Israel Abanikanda to the practice squad.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League East Division

National League East Division

z-Tampa Bay z-New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

W 93 88 82 76 75

L 59 64 70 77 78

Pct .612 .579 .539 .497 .490

GB — 5 11 17½ 18½

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 89 84 76 71 69

L 64 68 77 82 83

Pct .582 .553 .497 .464 .454

GB — 4½ 13 18 19½

Cleveland Chicago Detroit Minnesota Kansas City

W 78 77 72 71 67

L 75 75 80 81 85

Pct .510 .507 .474 .467 .441

GB — ½ 5½ 6½ 10½

x-Milwaukee Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati

W 95 85 76 75 71

L 58 68 77 78 82

Pct .621 .556 .497 .490 .464

GB — 10 19 20 24

W L Houston 76 76 Texas 76 76 Seattle 71 82 Athletics 61 92 Los Angeles 58 94 z-clinched playoff berth

Pct .500 .500 .464 .399 .382

GB — — 5½ 15½ 18

Pct .608 .546 .523 .418 .368

GB — 9½ 13 29 36½

Wednesday’s Games

W L z-Los Angeles 93 60 San Diego 83 69 Arizona 80 73 San Francisco 64 89 Colorado 56 96 x-clinched division z-clinched playoff berth

Thursday’s Games

San Francisco 6, St. Louis 5, 10 innings Philadelphia 3, Washington 0 Cincinnati 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Milwaukee 5, Pittsburgh 4 Baltimore 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Chicago Cubs 8, Atlanta 4 San Diego 9, Colorado 3 Miami 4, Arizona 3

Central Division

West Division

Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Minnesota 5, N.Y. Yankees 4, 13 innings Toronto 5, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 4, Athletics 3 Baltimore 7, N.Y. Mets 1 Texas 7, Boston 3 Kansas City 5, Houston 2 Seattle 7, L.A. Angels 2

Central Division

West Division

Wednesday’s Games

Tampa Bay 10, Athletics 1 Houston 6, Kansas City 2 Detroit at Chicago White Sox, n Boston at Texas, n Minnesota at L.A. Angels, n

Thursday’s Games

Kansas City (Dobnak 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Skenes 10-11), 5:40 p.m. Milwaukee (May 7-9) at Baltimore (Povich 2-1), 6:05 p.m. Athletics (TBD) at Cleveland (Espino 0-0), 6:10 p.m. Boston (Suarez 7-4) at Tampa Bay (Seymour 9-6), 6:10 p.m. Detroit (Sears 0-1) at Chicago White Sox (Sandlin 2-2), 6:40 p.m. Toronto (Cease 11-5) at Texas (TBD), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Mahle 6-10) at Houston (Lambert 8-9), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Woo 12-9) at Colorado (Hughes 0-8), 7:10 p.m. Minnesota (Prielipp 5-7) at L.A. Angels (Rodriguez 4-7), 8:38 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Cole 8-9) at Arizona (Rodriguez 15-6), 8:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Holmes 6-7) at Cincinnati (Burns 15-3), 5:40 p.m. Kansas City (Dobnak 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Skenes 10-11), 5:40 p.m. Milwaukee (May 7-9) at Baltimore (Povich 2-1), 6:05 p.m. Philadelphia (TBD) at N.Y. Mets (Thornton 4-5), 6:15 p.m. Atlanta (Mahle 6-10) at Houston (Lambert 8-9), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Woo 12-9) at Colorado (Hughes 0-8), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Cavalli 12-5) at St. Louis (Leahy 10-4), 7:15 p.m. Miami (Phillips 5-6) at San Diego (Pivetta 2-2), 8:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Cole 8-9) at Arizona (Rodriguez 15-6), 8:40 p.m. San Francisco (Perdomo 0-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Glasnow 4-1), 9:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers 8, Cincinnati 2 Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 4 San Diego 9, Colorado, 2 Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, n

Friday’s Games

WILD CARD GLANCE American League z-New York Boston Chicago Texas Toronto Baltimore

W 88 82 77 76 76 75

National League L 64 70 75 76 77 78

Pct WCGB .579 +11 .539 +5 .507 — .500 1 .497 1½ .490 2½

Chicago Philadelphia San Diego Arizona

W 85 84 83 80

L 68 68 69 73

Pct WCGB .556 +1½ .553 +1 .546 — .523 3½

BOX SCORES San Diego 9, Colorado 2

Houston 6, Kansas City 2

San Diego

Kansas City

Colorado

ab r h bi ab r h bi Tatis rf 4 1 1 0 McCarthy cf 3 1 10 Song 3b 0 0 0 0 Beck lf 1 0 00 Harris cf-rf 5 1 3 3 Norby 2b-1b 4 0 11 Machdo 3b 3 0 0 1 Carrigg ss 4 1 10 Bowen cf 1 0 0 0 Rumfield 1b 2 0 10 France 1b 4 1 3 0 Amador 2b 0 0 00 Merrill dh 4 1 1 2 Karros 3b 4 0 11 Hays phdh 1 0 0 0 Moniak lf-cf 3 0 20 Bogaerts ss 5 1 3 2 Johnston dh 4 0 0 0 Campsno c 4 0 0 0 Sullivan c 4 0 20 Fermin c 0 0 0 0 Veen rf 4 0 00 Crnnwrth 2b 5 2 2 0 Taylor lf 4 2 2 1 Totals 40 9 15 9 Totals 33 2 9 2 San Diego 070 020 000 — 9 Colorado 100 001 000 — 2 E_Rumfield (7). DP_San Diego 3, Colorado 1. LOB_San Diego 9, Colorado 7. 2B_Tatis (30), Bogaerts (17), Taylor (3), France (23). 3B_Merrill (5), Bogaerts (1), Cronenworth (1), McCarthy (11). HR_Bogaerts (12). SB_Norby (9). SF_Machado (9). IP H R ER BB SO San Diego King W,12-9 6 7 2 2 2 6 Matsui 1 0 0 0 0 2 Canning 2 2 0 0 1 1 Colorado Gordon L,1-5 3 10 7 7 2 3 Agnos 3 5 2 2 0 2 Hill 1 0 0 0 0 0 Bernardino 1 0 0 0 0 2 Romano 1 0 0 0 1 2 HBP_Bernardino (France). ABS Challenge_Rumfield (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Gordon (Ball-Confirmed); Bogaerts (Strike-Confirmed); King (BallConfirmed). Umpires_Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Jansen Visconti; Second, Alex Tosi; Third, Cory Blaser. T_2:51. A_16,674 (50,144).

Houston

ab r h bi ab r h bi Jensen c 3 1 2 1 Peña ss 5 1 22 Witt ss 3 0 0 0 Alvarez dh 4 1 21 Caglinne dh 2 0 0 0 Paredes 3b 3 0 10 Loftin ph 1 0 0 0 Altuve 2b 4 0 10 Garcia 3b 4 0 0 0 Allen 2b 0 0 00 Massey 2b 4 0 0 0 Diaz c 4 0 10 Perez 1b 3 0 0 0 Varsho cf 4 1 11 Rave rf 3 1 1 0 Trammell lf 3 2 11 Isbel cf 3 0 0 0 Smith rf 3 0 00 Collins lf 3 0 0 0 Wade 1b 4 1 21 Totals 29 2 3 1 Totals 34 611 6 Kansas City 100 000 010 — 2 Houston 110 021 01x — 6 DP_Kansas City 1, Houston 1. LOB_Kansas City 3, Houston 7. 2B_Rave (7), Altuve (24), Wade (6). HR_Peña (20), Varsho (12), Wade (4), Alvarez (40), Trammell (8). SB_Smith (11). IP H R ER BB SO Kansas City Lugo L,7-9 5 8 4 4 1 5 Thomas 1 2 1 1 1 0 Cuas 1 0 0 0 0 1 Lange 1 1 1 1 0 1 Houston 2 ⁄3 0 1 1 2 0 Ullola 0 0 0 0 1 King W,3-5 1 1⁄3 3 1 1 0 4 Pecko H,1 5 2⁄3 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Abreu H,16 Hader 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP_Ullola (Caglianone), Lange (Smith). WP_Abreu. ABS Challenge_Ullola (Ball-Conﬁrmed); Smith (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Thomas (Ball-Conﬁrmed). Umpires_Home, Jordan Baker; First, Junior Valentine; Second, Rob Drake; Third, Stu Scheuwater. T_2:24. A_34,853 (41,000).

Tampa Bay 10, Athletics 1

Pittsburgh 7, Milwaukee 4

Athletics

Milwaukee

Tampa Bay

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Pittsburgh

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THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Sept. 18

1903 — Philadelphia’s Chick Fraser pitched a 10-0 no-hitter against the Chicago Cubs in the second game of a doubleheader. The Cubs won the opener 6-5. Fraser struck out ﬁve and walked four. Peaches Graham, normally a catcher, was the loser in his only major league decision. 1908 — Bob Rhoads of the Indians pitched a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox for a

2-1 victory in Cleveland. 1930 — New York pitcher Red Rufﬁng hit two home runs as the Yankees edged the St. Louis Browns 7-6 in 10 innings. 1954 — The Cleveland Indians clinched the American League pennant with a 3-2 triumph over the Detroit Tigers. 1963 — The New York Mets lost their last game at the Polo Grounds — 5-1 to the Philadelphia Phillies before a crowd of 1,752.

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Every few football seasons, alumni of St. Augustine High School’s famed Marching 100 reunite to perform at the homecoming game. Alumni musicians were on campus Sept. 9 getting ready to rehearse for this year’s homecoming when they got a surprise: an invitation to relive their youth by marching in the 2027 Krewe of Bacchus parade. “They were totally shocked,” said Mel Cordier, St. Augustine’s director of communications and marketing and a former Marching 100 drummer and drum major himself. “They went into rehearsal with their chests out and an extra gleam in their eyes. A lot of high spirit took over rehearsal.” The Marching 100 has been part of Bacchus since the parade’s inception in 1968. Several months ago, Bacchus parade chairman Louis Young reached out to St. Augustine President and CEO Aulston Taylor about the alumni band possibly participating in the parade to coincide with the school’s 75th anniversary.

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Members of the St. Augustine High School Marching 100 Alumni Band perform in 2023.

After discussions with St. Aug’s development team, Taylor signed off on the idea. He and Young made the surprise announcement to the veteran musicians Wednesday. It was spelled out in a formal proclamation from Bacchus LVIII and the parade’s captain, Clark Brennan: “Whereas, for seven decades, generations of Purple Knights have built and sustained the unmatched legacy of the St. Augustine Marching 100 through discipline, brotherhood, and musical excellence; and “Whereas, the standard of performance, pride, and sound instilled during our time in the Marching 100 remains as sharp and powerful as ever;

Jude Mikulencak reacts to winning Season 22 of ‘Project Runway.’

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‘The next Yves Saint Laurent’ A New Orleans native wins ‘Project Runway’ Season 22

BY VIOLET BUCARO Staff writer

n elegantly dressed crowd, Madonna’s “Vogue” and a large projection screen helped hype up the crowd of more than 100 gathered at The Broadside on Thursday night to watch the finale of Disney’s “Project Runway.” But the excitement shifted from nail-biting silence to roaring applause and Champagne toasts when hometown designer Jude Mikulencak was named the Season 22 winner for his five-piece capsule collection. “When his fifth (look) came out, the red outfit, I was like, ‘This is over.’ He just buried everything with that last look,” said his father, Duane Mikulencak. “This is where his art was born, and to have such a crowd come out tonight and see that is just amazing.” Jude Mikulencak graduated from The Willow High School’s specialized arts program, and now works as a designer for the bespoke tailor shop Robinson Brooklyn. He makes custom coats, women’s dresses and suits for New Yorkers and his personal clients, using a unique background in fine tailoring and century-old hand-sewing

One of the looks from Jude Mikulencak’s finale collection for ‘Project Runway.’ techniques. Winning the world-famous reality TV show has earned him a $200,000 cash prize, a feature in fashion magazine Elle, and mentorship with the Council of Fashion Designers of America. This season had the most contestants ever, with 22 international designers, who were evaluated by

judges including Law Roach, Tyra Banks and Nina Garcia along with host Heidi Klum and mentor Christian Siriano. “What really sets Jude’s stuff apart, and I’m sure this is true for the judges, is when you see the models walking with Jude’s clothes; his clothes are alive. They are moving and they are flowing,” Duane Mikulencak said. Kate Adair, who was at the watch party, said Jude’s androgynous style and the movement of his fabrics make him stand out, describing him as a “visionary.” “I find that his design is very friendly for people who struggle with gender. It skirts this beautiful line between feminine and masculine. The feminine designs never feel weak, there’s just, like, a fierceness to them.” “When they said he’s the next Yves Saint Laurent, I believe it,” Adair said, referring to fashion designer Sergio Hudson’s remark on the show. Mikulencak custom-tailored a wedding party suit for his friend Rex Collins this year — a brown suit with flared trousers and Jude’s signature wide collar. Rex said he was fortunate to get an

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‘Divorce-tok’ ﬁlls social media as creators ﬁnd community, support BY KAITLYN HUAMANI AP technology writer

On Instagram feeds that are often teeming with curated, contrived content, a recent post from Monette Wagner stood out for her disarming openness. Looking into the camera, Wagner, a 36-year-old mother of three, said in the video: “Divorce can feel like a death.” In what resembles a digital journal, Wagner has posted videos in

real time about the emotions and life changes that have come with her recent divorce. Developing ﬁnancial independence, getting used to co-parenting, and moving on from heartbreak are frequent themes of her Instagram posts. A growing number of people, the majority of them women, are sharing unvarnished divorce stories, both offering and seeking advice on social media. Moving beyond a stigma around discussing marital breakdowns, the con-

tent provides a space for the creators to heal, and for their followers to relate and reﬂect on their own experiences and emotions. A professional photographer in Indianapolis, Wagner already had a platform on Instagram to share and promote her work. But she recently took the page in this more vulnerable direction. Alongside posts about the heavier moments, she also shares

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Monette Wagner cuts strawberries as she prepares an after-school snack for her children Aug. 18 at her home in Indianapolis, Ind. AP PHOTO By MICHAEL CONROy

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it, leave outright or say someDear Annie: My entire extended family is in a group chat together. thing. It honestly feels like Daniel Sometimes it’s fun, and enjoys stirring the pot in sometimes it’s useful, what used to be a perfectly but most of the time it’s harmless family thread. — just noisy. The worst Not Amused offender is my cousin Dear Not Amused: Send “Daniel.” At least once a Daniel a private message week, he sends political ﬁrst. Keep it light, but Annie rants, tweets and reels to make sure he knows just Lane the chat. It’s wearing on how much his group chat DEAR ANNIE trolling is upsetting your everyone, especially my mom’s side of the family, relatives. which sits on the completely opRegardless of whether he lisposite end of the political spectens, muting the group chat is reasonable. You’ll spare yourself trum from him. the noise — and maybe your relaI don’t know whether to mute

tives will follow suit. Dear Annie: I can’t ﬁnd a reason to go on living. I’m 62 years old and have no children. I’ve been alone for over 17 years and don’t see that changing. I’m homeless and currently living in a home where I’m stuck and unhappy. I live with complex PTSD but have developed many life skills to cope over the years with some success. I have several chronic illnesses that keep me weak, and I don’t believe I can accomplish much more in my life. I’m very tired of this experience. I’m not crazy when I say I want

to die, but I do. I have considered this for the past few years and believe this is a rational decision. How can I qualify for MAID (medical assistance in dying)? — Lone Wolf Dear Lone Wolf: Your letter doesn’t sound crazy. It sounds like someone who’s been carrying pain, illness and loneliness for a very long time and is exhausted. But I can’t help you ﬁnd a way to die. You say you’ve thought about this for years and believe it’s a rational decision. I hear you, and I take what you’re saying seriously. But before making a decision you

can’t undo, please give someone the chance to help you. Tell someone exactly what you told me. Call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or go to the nearest emergency room and say plainly, “I want to die, and I’ve been thinking about it for years.” You don’t have to solve the rest of your life today. For now, make one decision: Please stay. Ask for help and let someone carry some of this with you.

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Dear Heloise: I just read a letter attended. While someone may from a Massachusetts reader get away with leaving their resithat contained some unfortunate dence with a dryer running, a phrasing. It stated that a vent turkey in the oven, a pot of soup with a lint clog caused simmering, candles burnthe fire — not leaving the ing, or any other potenhouse with the dryer runtially unsafe conditions present, all it takes is the ning. one time that it doesn’t A fire requires three end well for someone to key factors: heat, oxygen regret it for a long time. and fuel. While the lint Hints from Fires that are preclog may have well been Heloise vented from happening what caught fire, this hapand get caught early pened because the dryer are much easier on everyone. was left running, which caused And yes, you should clean your the lint to heat up to its combusdryer’s lint trap every time you tion point. After 27 years as a use the dryer and have the vent firefighter and another 11 years cleaned annually as well. — Fred with our State Fire Marshal’s S., Retired Battalion Chief Office, I’ve seen dryer fires that Fred, both my mother and I caused significant property damhave been preaching this fire age. In one case, two dogs (the prevention story for years. owner’s pets) were killed because the fire happened when no Thank you for writing in with one was home to notice the prob- this reminder. — Heloise lem during its earliest stages. Don’t leave dryers, ovens, Send a hint to heloise@heloise. stove burners or candles on uncom.

TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Sept. 18, the 261st day of 2026. There are 104 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 18, 2020, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a towering champion of women’s rights who became the court’s second female justice, died at her home in Washington at age 87 of complications from pancreatic cancer. Also on this date: In 1793, President George Washington laid the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol. In 1850, Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which created a force of federal commissioners charged with returning escaped slaves to their owners. The act was repealed in 1864 during the American Civil War. In 1851, the ﬁrst edition of The New York Times was published. In 1944, the British submarine HMS Tradewind sank the Japanese transport ship Junyo Maru in the Indian Ocean, killing more than 5,600, most of them forced laborers and prisoners of war. It was one of World War II’s deadliest disasters at sea. In 1970, rock star Jimi Hendrix died in London at age 27.

In 1975, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI in San Francisco, 19 months after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. In 2014, voters in Scotland rejected independence, opting to remain part of the United Kingdom in a historic referendum. Today’s birthdays: Hockey Hall of Fame coach Scotty Bowman is 93. Singer Frankie Avalon is 86. Actor Anna Deavere Smith is 76. Neurosurgeon-author-politician Ben Carson is 75. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino is 74. Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is 72. Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Stastny is 70. Actor Holly Robinson Peete is 62. R&B singer Ricky Bell (Bell Biv Devoe, New Edition) is 59. Basketball Hall of Famer Toni Kukoc is 58. Actor Aisha Tyler is 56. Actor Jada Pinkett Smith is 55. Actor James Marsden is 53. Rapper Xzibit is 52. Comedian-actor Jason Sudeikis is 51. Former soccer player Ronaldo is 50. Actor/comedian Billy Eichner is 48. Rapper Dizzee Rascal is 42. Country singer Tae Kerr (Maddie and Tae) is 31. Soccer player Christian Pulisic is 28. Singer Alex Warren is 26. Actor Aidan Gallagher is 23. Actor Nina Lu is 23.

“It is our desire that you unleash that signature sound once more down St. Charles Avenue, electrifying the crowd from the sidewalk side to the neutral ground on Mardi Gras’ biggest stage.” So on Feb. 7, the alumni band will roll out behind — but not directly behind — the current Marching 100. A ﬂoat or two, and maybe another band or walking krewe, will separate the now and then versions of the Marching 100. “It’s hard for anybody to follow the current band,” Cordier noted.

‘We will be uniform’ The school sent an email soliciting participation in the Alumni Band’s return to the streets during Carnival. “Come back and let your children and grandchildren see the young man you once were,” the email read in part. “Let them see you stand tall, play loudly and march proudly.... “For one unforgettable evening, give your family the chance to see what you have always told them about. Come home. Come march. And make history with us one more time.” The current Marching 100 has about 150 members. More than 200 graduates have signed up for the Alumni Band so far. Some alumni, many of whom live out of town, won’t be available for homecoming weekend Sept. 25-27 or for the parade. So the current and alumni versions of the Marching 100 will likely be about the same size for Bacchus. The alumni range from the class

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Continued from page 1D lessons learned and more optimistic musings. She has posted about wanting to reconnect with the conﬁdent, curious person she was more than a decade ago — before she met her now-former husband. She’s revisiting passions she had as a teen, including skateboarding and learning to DJ. “I wanted to show my kids that you can still be strong even through these hard days. I wanted to show them how strong hope is,” she said. “I feel more conﬁdent. I feel resilient. I feel like I faced my fears of showing up scared, of putting myself out there as my authentic self.”

Divorce-related content on rise

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Duane Mikulencak, Caroyln Mikulencak and Neil Ranu toast on stage at The Broadside on Sept. 10, after the finale of ‘Project Runway’ to celebrate his son, Jude Mikulencak.

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Jude would be at the back, at the table in the kitchen working on a sewing machine,” Smith said. “I never would have guessed that it would have led to this, but it’s amazing.” One of Mikulencak’s final remarks on the show was, “I promise you, I will be making clothes until the day I die.” At the end of The Broadside party, Mikulencak sent in a video thanking his friends, family and those from The Willow High School for supporting him.

original piece at the right time, before the line of customers gets too long. “I was just so impressed by Jude’s craftsmanship and taste and execution throughout the whole season,” Collins said. William Smith, a childhood friend, said he remembers watching Mikulencak dedicated to the craft from a young age. “We used to run around as kids Email Violet Bucaro at violet. in his house with his brothers, and bucaro@theadvocate.com.

On TikTok, where niche categories of content sometimes earn a nickname, content that delves into marital woes has been dubbed “divorce-tok.” The level of detail creators choose to divulge about their divorce and marriage varies widely. Some, like Wagner, do not post about their ex-partners. Others provide detailed accounts of issues in their marriage and the sometimes messy and lengthy process of ﬁnalizing their divorce. The voyeuristic world of social media tends to love story-timestyle videos where creators talk as if they’re chatting on the phone with a friend, sparing no details. Some creators post one-off videos, while others make it the focus on their platforms. Trends related to divorce also periodically pop up online, like this season’s “hot divorcée summer” videos and clips showing people’s post-divorce “glow-ups,” or physical, and in many cases, emotional, transformations. The #divorce hashtag has millions of posts on both TikTok and Instagram. Jen Hamilton, a labor and delivery nurse with more than 5 million TikTok followers, recently has been sharing the “nitty-gritty” details behind her divorce, as she said in one video. Hamilton has explained how her husband led what she called a “double life” with another partner, and has shared

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Members of the St. Augustine High School Marching 100 Alumni Band perform at the 2023 homecoming game. of 1968 to the class of 2025. Every instrument group is represented, as is the color guard. “If we didn’t have the (alumni) color guard, then we wouldn’t do it at all,” Cordier said. “That’s the ﬁrst thing people see as we’re coming down the street.” The alumni musicians won’t wear full band uniforms “but we will be uniform,” Cordier said. “We’ll look like an actual band, except a lot of us will be bald and have gray beards.” To march a 5-mile parade route while playing music is taxing for 16- and 17-year-olds. To assist the alumni with getting back in parading shape, Taylor has launched a health and wellness initiative that he hopes has a positive impact beyond the parade. “It’s never too late to get your health together,” Taylor said. Darren Rodgers Jr., St. Aug’s director of bands, will conduct the alumni on a few evergreen songs

videos of herself crying, cracking jokes and generally processing the news while maintaining her signature optimism. In a more celebratory post, Hamilton shared photos and videos from what would have been her 14th wedding anniversary, recognizing the occasion with what she called a “Jendependence Day” party. More than a dozen friends and co-workers joined her at her North Carolina home as she burned her bedsheets and toasted to her future beyond her marriage. “I feel like if I share my pain with you, I don’t feel so alone, because there’s so many other people going through the exact same thing,” she said in a video in July. She added that her followers then, in turn, feel less alone too. Some men have posted content along these lines, but women make up the vast majority of creators posting about divorce.

A sense of community, support Many of these creators say they’re not sharing their stories in hopes of gaining pity or sympathy, but rather are hoping to develop a sense of community online with people who have gone through similar experiences. Alex Daly, a 41-year-old creator in Philadelphia, started posting about her divorce around three years after she went through it. Once she found that she had processed her emotions around the divorce, she was eager to talk about it. She aims to reach people who are “still in the thick of it, because it’s a really hard place to be,” she said. “It can feel very lonely and isolating. It can feel like you’re the only person going through it,” Daly said. Followers have thanked her and told her she’s saying what they’ve been thinking and feeling. “You’re making me feel normal,” she said some people message her. It seems paradoxical that a topic that can be difﬁcult or awkward to discuss with family and friends is also one some feel comfortable sharing with potentially millions of strangers online. But it can be much easier to forge digital connections than in-person ones, according to Tasha R. Dunn, an associate professor at the University of Toledo. Dunn researches the

that have been in the Marching 100 repertoire for decades. Otherwise, it will be up to alumni drum majors to lead. Some alumni own their instruments or will rent them for the occasion. The school’s music department has a few extras. Outﬁtting everyone will require “utilizing whatever we can whenever we can to bring this thing to life,” Cordier said. Over the decades, the Marching 100 has notched memorable performances for a Super Bowl, a pope, a president, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Tournament of Roses parade, etc. “Every one of these guys has a crowning moment from their time in the band,” Cordier said of the alumni musicians. Marching in Bacchus once again “will be another one.” Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

relationship between lived experiences and media, including how we present our lives on social media. “There are few divorce support groups in a given community, but you have something at the tip of your ﬁngers on your phone or computer where you can ﬁnd people who’ve literally shared your same experience,” Dunn said. “People maybe feel a little bit safer to put that content out there rather than to have a physical town hall and say, ’Everybody come, I’m going to share my experience.’”

Public tradeoffs The candor that makes divorcerelated content so popular could also be detrimental for those posting if they’re in the midst of legal proceedings. Jackie Combs, a matrimonial and family law attorney in Los Angeles, said she does not recommend that people share anything related to their divorce, especially personal grievances or intimate details, publicly online. “Every single reel that you put out there, every piece of content that’s related to it, you have to presume that somebody is watching and is going to use it as evidence, if needed,” she said. On social media, Combs herself often shares content about divorce, speaking about the importance of financial independence and prenuptial agreements. She said she sees social media as a key part of the “destigmatization” of divorce to show people it’s “not the end, it’s just a pivot.” Creators like Wagner and Daly also can be the subject of intense trolling and negativity. Daly said she’s received comments and messages from people saying she’s “ruining people’s lives” or that she doesn’t have morals. She said she tries not to let those comments or interactions get to her because those people don’t know what happened in the privacy of her marriage or who she truly is. The negativity is “just proving that there is still a stigma and a taboo around divorce,” Daly said. So it keeps her motivated to “share about how divorce just doesn’t have to be the end of your life and how it can actually be an amazing beginning.”

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parts. Average mark 32 words Time limit 45 minutes Can you find 39 or more words in PARTITE? yEstERDAy’s WoRD — JouRnEys joey journey jury onus ours user rose rosy roue rouse ruse

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loCKhorNs hidato Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

today’s thought “A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.” Proverbs 14:16

Which one will we be? G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. “Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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For more information on tournaments and clubs, email naspa – north american sCraBBlE players association: info@scrabbleplayers.org. Visit our website: www.scrabbleplayers.org. For puzzle inquiries contact scrgrams@gmail.com.

Get fuzzy

Hasbro and its logo sCraBBlE associated logo, the design of the distinctive sCraBBlE brand game card, and the distinctive letter tile designs are trademarks of Hasbro in the United states and Canada. ©2021 Hasbro. all rights reserved. Distributed by Tribune Content agency, llC.

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InstructIons: 1 - Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

Wallace the brave

Drabble

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HErE is a plEasanT liTTlE gamE that will give you a message every day. it’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. if the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. if the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. start at the upper left-hand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the checked figures give you.

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APARTMENT

CATS Young Male Cat, Gray Colors, Have too many cats, Looking for another home for him. Please call 504-861-9617 ($50)

Beautiful puppies Yorkie puppies shots and dewormed $700.00 601543-4232 bettyparks159@gmail.com DOGS BEAUTIFUL FRENCH BULLDOG (FULL FLUFFY) 8wk Old Very Special PUP CALL FOR DETAILS TODD (504) 782-9061

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DOGS Shih Tzu Puppies for Sale. $200. Adult male Shih Tzu FREE to a good home. Cash Only. Call 504-418-3046

2 Bdrm / 2 Bath Condo. ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED! New Carpet & ﬂrg, quartz countertops in baths. No pets. 2-yr lease. Laundry Rm on 1st ﬂoor. Guard @ night. Sandy Ward * 504-259-2616. Re/Max Living * 504-475-1011. Ea ofc indpntly owned & operated. APARTMENT

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APARTMENT N.O. EAST * LITTLE WOODS SPECIAL 7819 SANDS STREET * 3 BD/2 BA Central A & H * Fenced Backyard Sec 8 Welcome. No Deposit. $1,200 504-241-6189 * 504-430-1162

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Automotive 2019 HYUNDAI ELANTRA 2.0L Limited needs some body work. Motor and transmission good. $3500 or best offer. 504-235-3223.

Looking for the right hire?

1-800-960-6397

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Ray Gonzales 504-458-7278

An Affordable Quality Builder for Over 25 Years

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HOUSES For Sale By Owner. 432 & 434 Taylor Street, Kenner. Call Vera Perkins 504-338-8368

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Any size job Servicing New Orleans & Northshore area

R.J. LABORDE CONSTRUCTION

Pets

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Must hold TWIC card, pass drug test & physical. 985-851-0727 or email:

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals

COMMODITY CODE(s): 952-07

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT: INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: NOAB TITLE: North Terminal Gaskets EVENT NO: 4787 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Public Works SLDBE OPPORTUNITY: YES RELEASED ON: Friday, September 18, 2026, 8:00 AM CST DEADLINE TO RESPOND: Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 1:00 PM CST PRE-BID CONFERENCE: TBD Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If you wish to receive no‐ tiﬁcation of addendum posted by the Bureau of Purchasing about this event, register as a sup‐ plier or update your sup‐ plier account (if already registered) and select the following commodity code(s): COMMODITY CODE: 910-79 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion. For more information about this event, go to www.nola.gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Por‐ tal” under “BIDS & CON‐ TRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Portal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Purchasing Administrator Advertising Dates: September 18, 25 and October 2, 2026 NOCP 9314 201080-sept 18-25-oct 23t $95.16 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Author‐ ity – West is soliciting bids for a (1) time pur‐ chase of (1) 2026/2027 Model Year Dump Truck with 14CY dump bed needed for daily opera‐ tions of the Authority. All bids must be sealed and marked with com‐ pany name and bid num‐ ber 318. Bids must be received by 10:00am, Wednesday September 30th ,2026. ANY PERSON REQUIRING SPECIAL ACCOMMODA‐ TIONS SHALL NOTIFY THE SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FLOOD PROTECTION AU‐ THORITY - WEST OF THE TYPE(S) OF ACCOMMO‐ DATION REQUIRED NOT LESS THAN SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE BID OPENING.

The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion.

James Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: September 11, 18 and 25, 2026 NOCP 9303 200289-sept 11-18-25-3t $106.29 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD) TITLE: Repairs and Services for John Deere Equipment SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4795 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: Septermber 28, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-04, 928-47, 928-86, 928-87, 934-46 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening.

Ofﬁcial bid documents are also available at Cen‐ tral Bidding (www.cen tralbidding.com). Elec‐ tronic bids may be sub‐ mitted at Central Bidding (www.centralbidding. com). For questions re‐ lated to the electronic bidding process, please call Central Bidding at 225-810-4814.

Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9304

199913-SEP 11-18-2T $65

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Civil Service Department TITLE: Drug Testing Service (Rebid) SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4786 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Non-Professional Service DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: Sept 11, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: Sept 30, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: Sept 16, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event:

ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4800

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provi‐ sions and requirements of this Section; and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity.

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

Digital copies of the bid documents can be found at slfpaw.org/re‐ sources/bids

Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S.38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-ﬁve (45) calendar days after re‐ ceipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214.

201666-sept 18-24-oct 13t $114.36

SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD)

Bid Reference: BID 318 – One Time Purchase of (1) 2026/2027 Model Year Dump Truck with 14CY Dump Bed

SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FLOOD PROTECTION AUTHORITY – WEST (SLFPA-W) 7001 River Road Marrero, LA 70072 Attn: Don Robertson Email: info@slfpaw.org Phone: (504) 340-0318

Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9308

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

Printed copies can also be obtained from:

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

201062-sept 18-24-oct 13t $114.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD) TITLE: Repairs and Services for Freightliner Vehicles SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4799 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 28, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-04, 928-47, 928-86, 928-87, 934-46 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

TITLE: Repairs and Services for General Motors Vehicles

TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 28, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-04, 928-47, 928-86, 928-87, 934-46 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9309 201069-sept 18-24-oct 13t $115.38 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD) TITLE: Repairs and Services for Steallntis Vehicles SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4797 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 28, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-04, 928-47, 928-86, 928-87, 934-46 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9306 201064-sept 18-24-oct 13t $114.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD) TITLE: Repairs and Services for Turf Equipment SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4798 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY:

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WAIVED RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 28, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-04, 928-47, 928-86, 928-87, 934-46 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9307 201065-sept 18-24-oct 13t $114.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD) TITLE: Preventative Maintenance Services SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4803 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 29, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-04, 928-47, 928-86, 928-87, 934-46 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9312 201076-sept 18-24-oct 13t $114.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD) TITLE: Repairs and Services for International Trucks SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4801 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 28, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐

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ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-04, 928-47, 928-86, 928-87, 934-46 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9310 201071-sept 18-24-oct 13t $114.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD)

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g with the City of New Or‐ leans. James Simmons. Jr. Chief Procurement Ofﬁcer

201081-sept 18-25-oct 23t $111.33 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 2210

SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: TREASURY DEPARTMENT TITLE: BANKRUPTCY AND LEGAL SERVICES SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4804 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES 35% RELEASED ON: SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: OCTOBER 16, 2026 PRE-SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 24, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

COMMODITY CODE(s): 961-50

DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026

PRE-BID CONFERENCE: September 29, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event:

201083-18-25-oct 2-3t $108.30 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026

TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Advertising Dates: September 18, 25 and October 2, 2026 NOCP 9316

ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

DBE OPPORTUNITY: 35%

SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4802

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Ofﬁcer

Advertising Dates: September 18, 2026, September 25, 2026 and October 2, 2026 NOCP 9315

The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event:

TITLE: Bulk 87 Octane and 10% Ethanol Fuel

Events.”

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open

Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd. Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing: RFx No. 3000026684, *Rebid* Spartan BN Jani‐ torial Chem. – SW, 10/06/26 Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and specifica‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour specified. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities. Amy Vincent Director of State Procure‐ ment FAX (225) 342-8688 201041-SEP 18-1T $12.05 PUBLIC NOTICE --Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Facilities Department for the Jef‐ ferson Parish School Board, 4600 River Road, Administration Annex, 1st Floor, Marrero, LA 70072, until 2:00 P.M., Thursday, October 15, 2026 for the Freight and Passenger Elevator Re‐ placements at the Ad‐ ministration Annex Build‐ ing, Project No. 2024-34 B 3. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. No bids may be with‐ drawn after scheduled closing time for receipt of bids for at least thirty (30) days. The Owner has the right to reject any or all bids and to waive all informalities. Plans and specifications and other information may be secured from the architect / engineer Holly & Smith Architects, 2302 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130, Phone: 504-585-1315 for $100.00 per set for a hard copy and/or a non-re‐ fundable fee of $25.00 for an electronic set on com‐ pact disk. The full de‐ posit of one set of docu‐ ments will be refunded

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

COMMODITY CODE(s): 961-49 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business i h h i f

ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Equipment Maintenance Division (EMD) TITLE: Repairs and Services for Caterpillar Engine SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4796 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: September 18, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 9, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE:

Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9305 201063-sept 18-24-oct 13t $114.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Monday, September 21, 2026 10:00 a.m. City Council Chambers City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, 1st Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana The Board of Zoning Ad‐ justments, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance of the City of New Orleans, will hold a pub‐ lic hearing on the follow‐ ing items: Variances –

Early Voting Week – Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026 – Tuesday, Oct 27, 2026 (closed on Sundays)

Early voting Locations and Hours Registrar of Voters 1811 West Airline Hwy LaPlace, LA 70068

Open Weekdays 8:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. Saturday 8:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. Closed on Sunday

Registrar of Voters 2393 Hwy 18 Edgard, LA 70049

Open Weekdays 8:30 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. Saturday 8:30 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. Closed on Sunday

(Please visit https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/ for more information)

St John the Baptist Parish Registrar of Voters Office

Physical Address: 1811 West Airline Hwy, LaPlace, LA 70068 Physical Address: 2393 Hwy 18, Edgard, LA 70049 Mailing Address: 1811 West Airline Hwy, LaPlace, La 70068 Phone: (985) 652-9797 Fax: (985) 359-0335 Email: stjohnrova@sos.la.gov

SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4771

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

Early Voting Dates

TITLE: RE-BID GENERAL COUNSEL

If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana.

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For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.”

In person for the November 03, 2026, U.S. State General/Open U.S. Representative Primary/Open Primary Polls Open 6:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M.

SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT POLICE MONITOR (OIPM)

Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

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The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening.

Our Office hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Identification with Parish Address Required

ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

PRE-SUBMITTAL CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 29, 2026

The architect/engineer has classiﬁed this pro‐ ject as General Building Construction.

COMMODITY CODE(s): 928-04, 928-47, 928-86, 928-87, 934-46

If registering by Mail or In Person, the last day to register is Monday, Oct 05, 2026 If registering online through Geaux Vote Online Registration, the last day to register is Tuesday, Oct 13, 2026

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

DEADLINE TO RESPOND: November 18, 2026

Participation by minority and female-owned busi‐ nesses, as well as busi‐ nesses located in this Parish, is encouraged.

For the Tuesday, November 03, 2026, U.S. State General/Open U.S. Representative Primary/Open Primary

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RELEASED ON: SEPTEMBER 18, 2026

Bidders have the option to submit bids electroni‐ cally in accordance with Louisiana Revised Statute 38:2212 E (1). Please ﬁnd bid related materials and place elec‐ tronic bids at www.cen tralbidding.com.

Last Day to Register

Advertising Dates: September 18, 24 and October 1, 2026 NOCP 9311

DBE OPPORTUNITY: NO

A pre-bid meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. at the Administration Annex Building, 4600 River Road, 1st Floor, Marrero, LA 70072 to allow prospec‐ tive bidders to review the job scope and site condi‐ tions. Sealed proposals shall be marked on the envelope cover, plainly and prominently with the following: a) bidder’s name, address and tele‐ phone number b) State License Number of Con‐ tractor if the bid is in ex‐ cess of $50,000.00 and c) the statement “Proposal for (project name and number)”.

September 28, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal.

Fall Election

Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans.

TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

to each General Contrac‐ tor. For additional sets of documents and for docu‐ ments issued to subcon‐ tractors or material sup‐ pliers the cost for repro‐ duction of each set will be deducted from the de‐ posit and the balance re‐ funded. Refunds will only be made for documents returned to the architect / engineer within ten (10) days after the opening of bids. Refunds will only be made on documents re‐ tuned complete, in good condition and unmarked.

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COMMODITY CODE(s): 405-15 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening.

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1St John the Baptist Parish Guide to the 2024 Fall Election Online Registration: Online registration is now offered for new applicants and voters that need to make changes to their voter registration record. More information and instructions are available at the following link: http://www.sos.la.gov/ElectionsAndVoting/Pages/OnlineVoterRegistration.aspx Early and Absentee Voting: There are currently two options for early voting: In-person and by mail. In-

Person voting is open to all voters in the Parish. No excuse is needed to vote during the early period. Mail voting has certain requirements to participate. A signed request is required with a valid reason for requesting ballots for this method of voting. Any voter that has attained the age of 65 may request ballots by mail and that request will be honored for all elections that the voter meets eligibility. A mail ballot request form may be requested by phone or downloaded from www.sos.la.gov.

Use below On-line address to access your Voting Information:

https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/

See examples below

Find Voter, Address, or Parish Specific Information If you know your voter registration information, choose "By Voter" where you can supply your first and last names, and either your month and year of birth or your zip code. If you do not remember your voter registration information, choose "By Address" where you can see information pertaining to that address, but not specific to you as a voter. If you would like to see generic elections and voting information for your parish, choose the "By Parish" search.

Click VOTER REGISTRATION to answer questions below:

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Who are my elected officials? What voting districts do I live in? Who is my Registrar of Voters? Where is my Registrar of Voter's office(s) located? How do I change my voter registration information? How can I subscribe/unsubscribe to receive election reminders via Email or Text Message? How do I print my voter information?

Click BALLOT INFORMATION to answer questions below:

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What is a ballot? A ballot is a list of candidates for public office for voters’ consideration in an election. It could also include constitutional amendments and/or propositions. What's on my ballot? What is the status of my mail ballot request? Was my mail ballot counted? Where can I find candidate details? What are the upcoming elections in my parish?

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Unﬁnished Business 1. BZA029-26 1614 Poland Avenue / Poland Ave LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Fresia Galvez 2. BZA054-26 906 Philip Street / Charles and Sarah Anderson 3. BZA057-26 10 Audubon Boulevard / Rena Jolly Qualiﬁed Personal Resi‐ dence Trust, Sherman Strategies, Becca Gieger 4. BZA070-26 2502 Jeffer‐ son Avenue / Blue Or‐ leans, LLC, Sean Fowler Variances – New Business 5. BZA071-26 41 Allard Boulevard / Gregory and Angele Romig, Shuler Construction, Chris Shuler 6. BZA072-26 6040 Win‐ chester Park Drive / Rickey and Ada CraigeRoberson 7. BZA073-26 1037 Mazant Street / D T Home & Maintenance LLC, Dammond Lockhart, Ana Elizabeth Phelps 8. BZA074-26 1803 S. Car‐ rollton Avenue / Paul and Brandy Swanson, Emily Edmondson, Noli Design, LLC 9. BZA075-26 5010 Freret Street / SIVURI Invest‐ ments LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Laura Barth 10. BZA076-26 5230 Pitt Street / Kurt and Leah Eischen, Lupin Architec‐ ture, Lawrence T. Lupin 11. BZA077-26 6019 Louisville Street / Ryan C. Marcomb, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Laura Barth 12. BZA078-26 709 State Street / Connor Bancroft and Gabrielle Daigle 13. BZA079-26 1519 Joseph Street / Stephen and Caroline Parrish, Webre Consulting, Nicole Webre 14. BZA080-26 906 Dante Street / Dantes-Burthe L.C., Colin Rusovich, Made Design, LLC, David Merlin Director of Safety and Permits Decision Appeals – New Business 15. BZA081-26 3343 Es‐ planade Avenue / Team McLoughlin LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & De‐ sign, Ron Loesel Notice under the Ameri‐ cans with Disabilities Act: This meeting is ac‐ cessible to people with disabilities. Should you need further assistance, please contact the Front Desk in the Main Lobby or the ADA Administra‐ tor: (504) 658-4020 (voice), 711 LA Relay Ser‐ vice, or e-mail emhurst@ nola.gov. Please be ad‐ vised there is a courtesy telephone available for 711 calls for people with hearing or speech im‐ pairments at the wel‐ come desk of City Hall, First Floor, Main Lobby. This communiqué is available in alternative formats upon request. Advertisement Dates: August 28, September 4, 11 and 18, 2026 NOCP 9246 198801-aug 28-sept 4-1118-4t $180.80

PUBLIC NOTICE --STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF LEXINGTON Navitas Credit Corp., Plaintiff, vs. McFaith Lawn Care, LLC, Defendant. In the Court of Common Pleas C.A. No.: 26-CP-32-0222 SUMMONS TO: MCFAITH LAWN CARE, LLC, DEFENDANT ABOVE-NAMED YOU ARE HEREBY SUM‐ MONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at her of‐ ﬁce at P.O. Box 65, Glen‐ dale, SC 29346, within thirty (30) days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such ser‐ vice; and if you fail to an‐ swer the Complaint within the time afore‐ said, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief de‐ manded in the Com‐ plaint. NOTICE OF FILING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Summons and Complaint, of which the foregoing is a copy of the Summons, were ﬁled with the Court for Lex‐ ington County, South Carolina, on January 17, 2026. LAURI S. DARWIN, ATTOR‐ NEY-AT-LAW, LLC /s/ Lauri S. Darwin____ Lauri S. Darwin – SC Bar. No. 65485 P.O. Box 65 Glendale, South Carolina 29346 (864) 707-5570

Legal Notices THE October 14, 2026 MINERAL LEASE SALE NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OFFICE OF STATE RESOURCES ON BEHALF OF THE STATE MINERAL AND ENERGY BOARD FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70821 Notice is hereby given in conformity with La. R.S. 30:126 that sealed bids will be received in the Office of State Resources, LaSalle Office Building, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (P. O. Box 2827, Baton Rouge, LA 70821) on or before 12:00 noon on Tuesday, October 13, 2026 for a lease to explore, drill for and produce oil, gas and any other liquid or gaseous minerals in solution and produced with oil or gas on the following described tracts (Tract Nos. 46128 through 46136, inclusive). The sealed bids shall be opened publicly on Wednesday, October 14, 2026

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ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF Date: September 8, 2026 200286-sep 11-11-25-3t $592.81

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PUBLIC NOTICE --The Jefferson Parish Workforce Development Board Quarterly meeting will be held on Thursday, September 24, 2026 @ 8:30am at Copelands Restaurant 1001 S. Clearview Pkwy. 200964-SEP 18-1T $4.43

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 867-118 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE CIM TRUST 2019-R3 MORTGAGEBACKED NOTES, SERIES 2019-R3 VERSUS JEWELL HOFFPAUIR AKA JEWELL HOFFPAUIR HEN‐ DERSON AND KRISTINE E. HENDERSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 30, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, lying west of the Mississippi River, within Section 30 of T14S, R24E, being com‐ i d f Legal Notices in the LaSalle Office Building, 617 N. 3rd Street, Capitol Complex, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The descriptions for the Tract(s) nominated below were, for the purpose of acquiring a mineral lease(s) or a geophysical agreement(s), provided and corrected exclusively by the nominating party. Therefore, any mineral lease(s) or geophysical agreement(s) awarded by the Louisiana State Mineral and Energy Board (Mineral Board) from the Tract(s) listed below are without warranty of any kind, either express, implied or statutory including, but not limited to, title or the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. An error or omission in the nominating party’s Tract description may require that a State mineral lease(s) or geophysical agreement(s) be modified, canceled or abrogated due

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g prised of arpent Lots 27 through 35 of the Cazalar Planta‐ tion, designated as Tract B on a plan of survey by Gandolfo, Kuhn, Luecke & Associates, dated August 10, 1977, Draw‐ ing No. B282- 1, a print of which is attached to an act before Leonard H. Rosenson, N.P., on Decem‐ ber 9, 1977, reg‐ istered in COB 913, folio 622, and a portion of ar‐ pent Lot 26 of the Cazalar Plantation des‐ ignated as Lot 26-E-2A on plat of survey by the ofﬁce of Gan‐ dolfo, Kuhn, Luecke and As‐ sociates, dated May 1, 1978, Drawing No. B-282-3, a print of which is attached to an act before Gerald R. Cooper, N.P. dated 9/20/78, registered in COB 939, folio 318, now designated as PARK PLACE SUBDIVISION, and further re‐ subdivision by a plan of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated 9/19/80, and ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐ nance No. 14538 dated 9/19/80, recorded in COB 994, folio 647 and according to re‐ subdivision plan said property is more particu‐ larly described as follows: LOT 483, SQUARE A, bounded by Ox‐ ford Place, Park Place Drive, Gladstone Court and Fairfax Drive; said lot commences at a distance of 350.50 feet from the corner of Oxford Place and Gladstone Court and mea‐ sures thence 23.5 feet front on Oxford Place, same width in the rear, by a depth of 110 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines; all as more fully shown on the survey of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated Janu‐ ary 19, 1981, last surveyed June 17, 1981; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property .

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p thereon bear NO. Municipal 2438 Oxford Place This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-540 NEWREZ LLC DBA SHELL‐ POINT MORTGAGE SERVICING VERSUS CYNTHIA NAVARRE AND JOHN W. NAVARRE A/K/A JOHN WAYNE NAVARRE By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 13, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit:

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PRMVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE, AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE DISTRICT OF BARATARIA, PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA BEING A POR‐ TION OF THE ACKBAR PLAN‐ TATION, FRONTING FIFTY-FOUR (54) FEET, MORE OR LES8, ON THE PUBLIC SHELL ROAD, THE SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY ALL OF THE DEPTH TO A POINT TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY 260 FEET DISTANT FROM BAYOU BARATARIA BEING THE REAR LINE OF THE PROPERTY OF BENOIT AUTIN, BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES; SAID PROPERTY BOUNDED ABOVE BY THE PROPERTY OF FELIX WISEMAN, AND BELOW BY PROPERTY BE‐ LONGING TO THOMAS WISE‐ MAN, SR. AND THOMAS WISEMAN, JR. AND THE BAID PROPERTY WAS FURTHER SUR‐ VEYED BY S K. LANDRY, C.E. ON OCTOBER 1, 1970 AND ACCORD‐ ING TO THE SUR‐ VEY, THIS'PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND IS DES‐ IGNATED AS A PORTION OF LOT 2 OF THE ACK‐ BAR PLANTA‐ TION AND MEA‐ SURES 59.88 FEET FRONT ON LOUISIANA HIGHWAY NO. 301, BY A WIDTH IN THE REAR OF 69.14 FEET AND BY A DEPTH SEPARATING THIS PORTION OF LOT FROM LOT NO. 1 OF 423.58 AND BY A DEPTH SEPA‐ RATING THE HEREIN CON‐ VEYED LOT FROM LOT NO. 3 OF 414.21 FEET. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale.

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COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 870-907 CASCADE FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST HB15 VERSUS TRACY MARILYN CARR FEDERICI AND THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF RONALD R. FEDERICI By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Decem‐ ber 8, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: REAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF METAIRIE, COUNTY OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 3, SQUARE 5, CHATEAU PARK SUBDIVI‐ SION, MORE FULLY DE‐ SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA,

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IN THAT SUBDI‐ VISION KNOWN AS CHATEAU PARK, BEING A RESUBDIVSION OF PLOTS 340, 341, 330, 331, 328, 329, 316, 317, 318, 319, 304, 305, 306, 307, 294, 295, AND PART OF 292 AND 293, HESSMER FARMS SUBDIVI‐ SION, AS PER SUBDIVISION PLAN OF WILLIAM MAIER, DATED 415-70, RECORDED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 10331 IN COB 745, FOLIO 390. ACCORDING TO SAID PLAN LOT 3 OF SQUARE 5 IS SITUATED IN THAT SQUARE BOUNDED BY CHATEAU DRIVE AND WEST ES‐ PLANADE AV‐ ENUE, HESSMER AV‐ ENUE AND 7TH STREET. LOT 3 COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 116.07 FEET FROM THE COR‐ NER OF CHATEAU DRIVE AND WEST ES‐ PLANADE AVENUE, MEA‐ SURES THENCE 60 FEET FRONT ON CHATEAU DRIVE, THE SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 96.27 FEET ON THE SIDE LINE NEAREST TO WEST ES‐ PLANADE AV‐ ENUE, AND A DEPTH OF 96.92 FEET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LINE. LOT 3 OF SQUARE 5 LIES WHOLLY WITHIN WHAT WAS ORIGINAL PLOT 295 OF HESSMER FARMS SUBDIVI‐ SION. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON THE SURVEY OF JAMES F. LUMSDEN, C.E., DATED 3-20-72 AND 7-23-72 (FINAL). ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SURVEY OF DADING, MAR‐ QUES & ASSOCIATES, INC. DATED 9-161998. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale.

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TEBBE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-953 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC VS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF FREDY ORLANDO DOLMO, SR., DECEASED By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 10, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN POR‐ TION OF GROUND, situ‐ ated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson, being a portion of for‐ mer Cazelar Plantation and now resubdi‐ vided into CONCORDE ES‐ TATES SUBDIVI‐ SION, PHASE 3A, by virtue of Or‐ dinance No. 21762, Summary No. 20759, adopted by the Jefferson Parish Council on Feb‐ ruary 12, 2003, regis‐ tered in COB 3094, folio 840, as shown in ac‐ cordance with a plan of Krebs LaSalle, Lemieux Con‐ sultants, Inc., dated Septem‐ ber 19, 2002, re‐ vised November 5, 2002, and ac‐ cordingly said lot is described

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THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS,

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10 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and notwithstanding any language herein to the contrary, any mineral rights granted by the Mineral and Energy Board to the tract(s) advertised herein are subject to the surface usage for integrated coastal protection or hurricane and flood protection projects promulgated, funded and effected through the State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Louisiana Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration, and the Department of Energy and Natural Resources and its divisions, whether solely or in conjunction with other state, local or federal governmental agencies or with private individuals or entities.

with the provisions of Sub-part A of Chapter 2, Title 30 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, other applicable laws or the guidelines established by the Board through the Office of State Resources. The Minimum Royalty is not to be construed as an amount acceptable to the Mineral Board, it being the policy of the Mineral Board to reject any bid which does not reflect tract potential. The Board considers bonus, royalty percentage, and also compares royalty granted to landowners in the area.

and in the best interest of the State. The Mineral Board may base it decision on factors such as but not limited to the royalty, per acre cash payment, bonus, any additional consideration. The selected bid, (referred to as “Bid A”), will be given priority in having a lease issued. The Mineral Board will also indicate the acceptability of other portion bids on the same tract, if any, in the order of their acceptance (referred to respectively as “Bid B”, “Bid C”, etc.). Once the plat of “Bid A” ‘s portion has been rendered as accurately as possible, “Bid B” will be contacted and given an option to take a lease on the remaining portion of his portion bid acreage not overlapping “Bid A” ‘s bid portion, at “Bid B’ ‘s per acre bid price (both as to bonus and rental); and thereafter, each successive bidder whose bid is otherwise acceptable will be given the option to take a lease on whatever portion remains of his

portion bid acreage at his respective per acre bid price, less and except any prior portion bid acreage on which the successful bidder has opted to take a lease.

other solid minerals are to be excluded from any oil or gas mineral lease and any bid purporting to include those rights will be disregarded as to the extent of those rights only.

to the existence of conflicting leases, operating agreements, private claims or other future obligations or conditions within the Tract(s) described. In such case, however, the Mineral Board shall not be obligated to refund any consideration paid by the Lessee prior to such modification, cancellation or abrogation including, but not limited to, bonuses, rentals and royalties. Tract(s) available for leasing may be situated in the Louisiana Coastal Zone as defined in Act 361 of the Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature of 1978 (promulgated as LSA-R. S. 49:213) and may be subject to the guidelines and regulations promulgated by the Office of Coastal Management of the Department of Energy and Natural Resources for operations in the Coastal Zone. Further, accordance Article XII,

in with Section

Bids may be for the whole or any particularly described portion of the land advertised, but no bids will be accepted that does not equal the Minimum Royalty as set forth in La. R.S. 30:127 or which are not in compliance

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A.

Multiple portion bids on the same tract may be accepted by the Mineral Board, even though they overlap. In the case of overlapping portion bids on the same tract, each of which is otherwise acceptable to the State, the Mineral Board has the sole discretion, to determine which one of the multiple bids on the same tract is most advantageous

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. WILLIAM S.

The Mineral and Energy Board does not obligate itself to accept any bid, and that acceptance is at the sole discretion of the Mineral Board which reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to grant a lease on any portion of the tract advertised and to withdraw the remainder of the tract. Refer to the “Notice of Publication” for the general guidelines, minimum requirements, and additional notes associated with each tract advertised. The “Notice of Publication” can be found at: https://www.denr. louisiana.gov/page/ board-meetingschedule-2026. The rights to g e o t h e r m a l resources, free sulphur, potash, lignite, salt and

If you require accommodations due to a disability in order to attend or participate in a meeting, please notify the Office of State Resources at P.O. Box 2827, Baton Rouge, LA 708212827 or 225-3424615 at least two (2) working days before the meeting date. INLAND TRACTS (Tract Nos. 46128 through 46130 inclusive, herein cannot specify a lease primary term exceeding three (3) years). TRACT 46130 Jefferson and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana All of the lands now or formerly constituting the beds and bottoms of all water bodies of every nature and description as to which title is vested in the State of Louisiana,

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as follows: CONCORDE ES‐ TATES, SQUARE 4, LOT 43. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-794 U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL LOAN TRUST 2024-4 VERSUS NOLACOOL AC LLC By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, May 21, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ Legal Notices together with all islands arising therein and other lands formed by accretion or by reliction, where allowed by law, excepting tax adjudicated lands, and not presently under mineral lease on October 14, 2026, situated in Jefferson and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point having Coordinates of X = 2,373,076.00 and Y = 357,725.00; thence South 2,100.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,373,076.00 and Y = 355,625.00; thence West 3,526.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,369,550.00 and Y = 355,625.00; thence North 2,100.00 feet to a point having Coordinates of X = 2,369,550.00 and Y = 357,725.00; thence East 3,526.00 feet to the point of beginning, containing approximately 169.99 acres.

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purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situ‐ ated, lying and being in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in SQUARE NO. 54 of WHITEHOUSE SUBDIVISION EXTENSION, bounded by Eleventh Street, Avenue “E”, Vic A. Pitre Drive and Av‐ enue “G”, desig‐ nated as LOT NO. 27 on a sur‐ vey made by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., Sur., dated No‐ vember 7, 1983, a copy of which is annexed to sur‐ vey recorded in COB 1063, page 208, and accord‐ ing thereto, said Lot commences at a distance of 101.14 feet from the corner of Eleventh Street and Avenue “E”, measures 50.57 thence feet front on Eleventh Street, a width in the rear of 50 feet, by a depth on the sideline nearer to Avenue “E” of 133.73 feet and a depth on the opposite sideline of 141.22 feet. Improvements thereon bear municipal no. 608 Eleventh St., Westwego, LA 70094. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. RYAN M. MCCABE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-065 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-24CB, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200624CB VERSUS ALICIA DAVIS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, March 25, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway,

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Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as MEADOWBROOK SUBDIVISION, UNIT NO. 1, in accordance with plan of subdivision made by J.J. Krebs, & Sons, Inc., dated April 22, 1965, revised on August 9, 1965, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson parish Council Ordi‐ nance No. 7276 on August 19, 1965, registered in COB 622, folio 92. Said lot is more fully de‐ scribed on a plan of survey Wilton J. Dufrene, Sur‐ veyor, Dated March 9, 1973, a print of which is annexed hereto, as fol‐ lows, to-wit: Lot 4 of Square 3, which said square is bounded by Willowbrook Drive, Baywood Drive, Lapalco Boulevard, Com‐ merce Street, and Oakwood Drive. Lot 4 com‐ mences at a point of 278.83 feet from the in‐ tersection of Lapalco Boule‐ vard and Wil‐ lowbrook Drive and measures thence 60 feet front on Willowbrook drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 110 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-502 TRUIST BANK VERSUS MARJORIE S. MCNEELY AND JOHNNY RAY‐ MOND WATSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐

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tled cause, June 10, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: One certain lot of ground, situ‐ ated, lying and being in the Vil‐ lage of Marrero, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as "Robinson Avenue Addition", ac‐ cording to a plan of survey of R.B. Rordam, Civil Engineer, dated February 22, 1952, a copy of which is on file in the Recorder's Of‐ fice of the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, and also in ac‐ cordance with a plan of survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated at Harvey, Louisiana, June 21, 1974; and according to said plans, said lot is desig‐ nated as the whole of Lot Number (5) in Square Number One (1), which said square is bounded by Robinson Av‐ enue, Profit Street, River Road, and the T. & P. Railroad; and according to said plans said Lot No. .5 measures Forty and no/100 (40.00') feet front on Profit Street, the same width in the rear, by a depth between equal and paral‐ lel lines of Eighty-One and 33/100 (81.33') feet; subject to re‐ strictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-ofway and out‐ standing min‐ eral rights of record affecting the property This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. ELIZABETH C. PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-863 GITSIT SOLUTIONS, LLC, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS SEPARATE TRUSTEE OF GV TRUST 2025-1 VS JUANITA AUGURSON BOUIE By virtue of and in obedience to

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a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 25, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SECTION 1 OF ORLEANS VILLAGE SUBDI‐ VISION, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS H 400, H-401, H-402 AND H-403 OF AMES FARMS SUBDIVISION IN TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 23 EAST, WEST OF THE MISSIS‐ SIPPI RIVER WHICH SAID LOT ACCORDING TO A SURVEY MADE BY J.J. KREBS & SONS, INC., CIVIL ENGI‐ NEERS AND SURVEYORS, DATED AUGUST 11, 1969, AP‐ PROVED BY OR‐ DINANCE 9654 ADOPTED BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐ CIL ON MAY 14,1970, REGISTERED IN COB 715, FOLIO 582 IS LOCATED AND DESIG‐ NATED AS FOLLOWS TOWIT: LOT 25, SQUARE H, BOUNDED BY RUE VOLTAIRE, SAUVAGE AV‐ ENUE, BAYOU ESTATES AND CADDY DRIVE; SAID LOT 25 COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 135.05 FEET FROM THE COR‐ NER OF RUE VOLTAIRE AND SAUVAGE AV‐ ENUE AND MEA‐ SURES THENCE 54 FEET FRONT ON RUE VOLTAIRE BY A DEPTH ON THE SIDELINE NEAR‐ EST TO SAUVAGE AVENUE OF 107.90 FEET, A WIDTH IN THE REAR OF 60.43 FEET, BY A DEPTH ON THE OPPO‐ SITE SIDELINE OF 102.18 FEET This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-971 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC VERSUS ANTHONY DIEUDONNE By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, May 22, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments, thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitude, ad‐ vantages, and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, being a part of the Co‐ operative Land Co. Tract, in plot no. 1, Section “B”, bounded by Moss Lane, Cro‐ chet Street, Hazel Place and Jefferson Highway, desig‐ nated as Lot 26A, all in accor‐ dance with the survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, C.E., dated Feb‐ ruary 19, 1958, which said lot commences at a distance of 1235.33 feet from the inter‐ section of Moss Lane and Jeffer‐ son Highway, and measures thence 55 feet front on Moss Lane, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 103.02 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-781 FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC

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VS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF DONALD H. GRODSKY A/K/A DONALD H. GRODSKY A/K/A DONALD GRODSKY

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A certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and ad‐ vantages there‐ unto belonging or anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Berkley Gar‐ Subdivi‐ dens sion, per plan of John J. Krebs, Jr., dated March 8, 1971, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council per Ordinance No. 10077 and ﬁled in Plan Book 74 folio 22 of the con‐ veyance records of Jef‐ ferson Parish. And according to the said plan, said lot is desig‐ nated and mea‐ sures as fol‐ lows: Lot 10, Square A, commences 397.97 feet from the intersection of the easterly line of Caswell Lane the and southerly line of Terrie Court, as measured along said line of Terrie Court, and measures thence 40 feet front along the arc of curve at the cul-de-sac of Terrie Court, a width in the rear of 125 feet, by a depth of 149.28 feet along the south‐ westerly side‐ line, and a depth on the opposite side‐ line or northerly sideline of 96.31 feet. All as more fully shown on survey by R.P. Fontcuberta, Jr., dated May 21, 1984 and an‐ nexed to an act before Barry H. Grodsky, N.P., dated June 18, 1984. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. DENNIS F. WIGGINS, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans

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NO: 876-665 ONITY LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST 2024-HB2 VS GERALDINE BERTRAND HIDALGO (A/K/A GERALDINE B. HIDALGO, GERALDINE HIDALGO, GERALDINE BERTRAND) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, June 25, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: Situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, In that part thereof known as Meadowbrook Subdivision, Unit No. 1, and in accordance with Plan of Subdivision made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated April 22, 1965, revised August 9, 1965, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council Ordi‐ nance No. 7276 on August 19, 1965, in registered COB 622, Folio 92, said Lot is designated, lo‐ cated and mea‐ sures as follows: Lot 15, Sq. 10, bounded by Bannerwood Dr., Penwood Dr., Willowbrook Dr., and Surfwood Dr. commences at a distance of 195 feet from the Intersection of Surfwood Dr. and Willow‐ brook Dr. and measures thence 65 feet front on Surf‐ wood Dr., same width in the rear by a depth of 100 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. EMILY A. MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-872 U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐ PACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCAF ACQUISI‐ TION TRUST VERSUS JUDY A. JOHNSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, June 26, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anysie apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, lying west of the Mis‐ sissippi River, within Section 30 of T14S, R24E, being com‐ prised of arpent Lots 27 thru 35 of the Cazalar Planta‐ tion, designated as Tract B or plat of survey by the office of Gandolfo, Khun Luecke and Associated, dated 8/10/77 (DWG. No. 2821), a print of which is attached to an Act before Leonard H. Rosenson, N.P., dated Decem‐ ber 9, 1977, registered in COB 913, folio 622 and a por‐ tion of Arpent Lot 26 of the Cazalar Plantation des‐ ignated as Lot 26-X-2A on plat of survey by the office of Gan‐ dolfo, Duhn Luecke and Associated, dated May 1, 1978 (DWG. NO. B-282-3) a Print of which is at‐ tacted to an Act before Gerald R. Cooper, N.P., dated Septem‐ ber 20, 1978, registered in COB 939, folio 318, now desig‐ nated as Park Place Drive Subdivision, and further resubdi‐ vision by plan of & J.J. Krebs Sons, Inc., dated June 30, 1980 and ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under ordinance No. 14455 dated Septem‐ ber 25, 1980 recorded in COB 989, folio 422 and according to resubdivision plan said prop‐ erty is more particularly de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows: Lot 457 of Park Place Sub‐ division, Phase III is bounded by Park Place Drive, Gladstone Court and Fairfax Drive. Lot 457 measures 23.50 feet front on Park Place

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Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of one hundred ten feet (110') between equal and parallel lines. All as more fully shoen on a plat of survey made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated Sep‐ tember 29, 1980. Resurveyed March 16, 1981. All is more fully shoen on a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated Septem‐ ber 28, 1989, resurveyed March 18, 2004 bounding street are Park Place Fairfax Drive, Drive (side), parcel B-1, Gladstone Court and Lennox Blvd, (side) with a commencing distance of 333.82 feet from the corner of Park Place Drive and Gladstone Court. The im‐ provements bear the munici‐ pal No. 2441 Park Place Drive, Gretna, Louisiana MORE COR‐ RECTLY DE‐ SCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all of the ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson, lying west of the Mis‐ sissippi River, within Section 30 of T14S, R24E, being comprised of arpent Lots 27 thru 35 of the Cazalar Planta‐ tion, designated as Tract B or plat of survey by the ofﬁce of Gandolfo, Khun Luecke and As‐ sociates, dated 8/10/77 (DWG. No. 282-1), a print of which is attached to an Act before Leonard H. Rosenson, N.P., dated Decem‐ ber 9, 1977, reg‐ istered in COB 913, folio 622 and a portion of Ar‐ pent Lot 26 of the Cazalar Plantation des‐ ignated as Lot 26-X-2A on plat of survey by the ofﬁce of Gan‐ dolfo, Duhn Luecke and As‐ sociated, dated May 1, 1978 (DWG. NO. B-282 3) a Print of which is at‐ tached to an Act before Gerald R. Cooper, N.P., dated Sep‐ tember 20, 1978, registered in COB 939, folio 318, now desig‐ nated as Park Place Drive Subdivi‐ sion, and fur‐ ther resubdivi‐ sion by plan of J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated June 30, 1980 and approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under ordinance No. 14455 dated September 25, 1980 recorded in COB 989, folio 422 and according to re‐ subdivision plan said property is more particu‐ larly described as follows: Lot 457 of Park Place Subdivision, Phase III is bounded by Park Place Drive, Gladstone Court and Fairfax Drive. Lot 457 measures 23.50 feet front on Park Place Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of one hundred ten feet (110') between equal and paral‐ lel lines. All as

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more fully shown on a plat of survey made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated Sep‐ tember 29, 1980. Resurveyed March 16, 1981. All is more fully shown on a sur‐ vey by Gilbert, Kelly & Cou‐ turie, Inc., dated September 28, 1989, resur‐ veyed March 18, 2004 bounding street are Park Place Drive, Fairfax Drive (side), parcel B1, Gladstone Court and Lennox Blvd, (side) with a commencing distance of 333.82 feet from the corner of Park Place Drive and Gladstone Court. The improve‐ ments bear the municipal No. 2441 Park Place Drive, Gretna, Louisiana This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-871 U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐ PACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST VS DOMINIQUE K. WILKERSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, June 23, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner, in CHATEAU ES‐ TATES NORTH

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SUBDIVISION, SECTION 2, in LEMANS VIL‐ LAGE TOWN‐ HOMES, in SQUARE 11, bounded by St. Julien Drive, Macon Drive, Sunset Boule‐ vard and Chateau Boulevard, des‐ ignated as LOT 9, which said lot forms the cor‐ ner of St. Julien Drive and Macon Drive and mea‐ sures thence 21.50 feet front on St. Julien Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 51 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines. All in accordance with a plan of by survey Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated March 3, 1995, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to act recorded at COB 2913 folio 455 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-703 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2017-RP1 VS TROY A. BERGERON AND TONYA URBAN BERGERON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 23, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: That certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in Parish of Jef‐ ferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision

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known as Acadi‐ ana Subdivision, all in accor‐ dance with a plan of resubdivision by Dufrene Survey‐ ing & Engineer‐ ing, Inc., dated March 17, 2004, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 22234, adopted on June 23, 2004, said ordinance filed at COB 3128, folio 108. According to said plan, said lot is desig‐ nated as Lot 40, Square A. Square A is bounded by Acadiana Trace, Ascension Bay, Ascension Court (side), and Grand Terre Drive (side). Lot 40 commences at a distance of 65.81 feet from the intersection of Acadiana Trace and Ascension Bay, and mea‐ sures thence 72.00 feet front on Acadiana Trace, with a width in the rear of 83.09 feet, by a depth of 119.39 feet along the westerly‐ most side and a depth of 123.28 feet along the opposite or easterlymost side. All in ac‐ cordance with a by survey Dufrene Survey‐ ing & Engineer‐ ing, Inc., dated February 22, 2007, revised March 8, 2007 to show form, re‐ vised March 15, 2007 to show improve‐ ments. The im‐ provements bear the munici‐ pal address 2708 Acadiana Trace, Marrero, LA 70072 (“Prop‐ erty”). This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 869-456 COLONIAL SAVINGS, F.A. VERSUS SHANA MARIE MCDANIEL WIFE OF/AND ANDREW SCOTT MCDANIEL By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, Oc‐ tober 16, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey,

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y Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, ADVANTAGES AND APPURTE‐ NANCES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SQUARE NO. FORTY-ONE (41), IN SECTION "B" OF BRIDGEDALE SUBDIVISION BOUNDED PRINCE STREET, CLEARVIEW PARKWAY, CEDAR STREET AND WEST METAIRIE AVENUE, DESIG‐ NATED AS LOT NUMBER ELEVEN (11) AC‐ CORDING TO A SURVEY MADE BY GILBERT & KELLY, SURVEY‐ ORS, DATED DE‐ CEMBER 19, 1952, ANNEXED TO AN ACT BE‐ FORE ERNEST J. ROBIN, N.P .. , DATED FEBRUARY 5, 1953 WHICH SAID LOT NO. ELEVEN (11) COMMENCES ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120') FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF CEDAR AVENUE AND PRINCE STREET, IN ACTUAL MEA‐ SUREMENTS, SIXTY (60') FEET (TITLE MEA‐ SUREMENT SIXTY-FIVE (65') FEET FRONT ON CEDAR AVENUE, THIRTY-FIVE AND 20/100 (35.20') FEET IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH ON THE SIDE LINE NEAREST WEST MERAIRIE AVENUE OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO AND 4/100 (152.04') FEET AND BY A DEPTH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE LINE NEAR‐ EST PRINCE STREET OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150') FEET. MUNICIPAL AD‐ DRESS: 809 CEDAR AVE., METAIRIE, LOUISIANA 70001-4603 PARCEL NUM‐ BER: 0820015209 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 878-354 LAKEVIEW LOAN

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SERVICING, LLC VERSUS AKHILESH SHARMA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated August 11, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and Improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, City of Ken‐ ner, State of Louisiana, in that part known as High‐ way Park Subdi‐ vision, in Square 246 thereof, bounded by Tennessee Avenue (for‐ merly Mary‐ land) 32nd Street (formerly Fourteenth) Maine Avenue (formerly Mass‐ achusetts) and 31 st Street (for‐ merly Thir‐ teenth), desig‐ nated as Lots 25 and 26; and, according to surveys of J.L. Fontcuberta of Office of Sur‐ veys, Inc., Land Surveyor, dated March 19, 1976 copies of which are an‐ nexed to act be‐ fore Phillip E. James Jr., NP, said lots are described as follows towit: Lots 25 and 26 adjoin and mea‐ sure each 25 feet front on Maine Avenue, same width in the rear by a depth of 127.5 feet between equal and parparallel lines. Lot 25 forming the cor‐ ner of 31st Street and Maine Avenue. All in accor‐ dance with sur‐ vey of J.L. Fontcuberta, Land Surveyor, dated August 19, 1976 copy of which is at‐ tached to an act before John D. Kitchen, NP, dated September 24, 1976. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-952 COMPUTERSHA RE DELAWARE TRUST COMPANY, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF PRET 2025-RPL3 TRUST VS ROGER MOLINA AND ANA MARIA BODAN MOLINA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 23, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the City of Kenner, in that thereof part known as UNI‐ VERSITY CITY SUBDIVISION and which por‐ tion of ground, accord‐ ing to the plan thereof by Rene A. Harris, Inc., consulting engi‐ neers dated August 15, 1962, regis‐ tered in COB 561 folio 381, as re‐ vised by the plan of Rene A. Harris, Inc., consulting engineers, dated 12/20/62 registered in COB 48 folio 6A, of the records of the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, is designated as LOT 21-A, SQUARE 59 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. KELLY LOGAN MASSEY Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF

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JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-988 FIFTH DISTRICT SAVINGS BANK VERSUS JAMES ROGERS THIBODEAUX AND VIOLA RITA MATHERNE THIBODEAUX By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, June 30, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in that part known as MEADOWBROOK SUBUDIVISION, UNIT NO. 1, and according to a plan of subdivision made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, C.E., dated April 22, 1965, revised August 9, 1965, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council on August 19, 1965, Ordinance No. 7276, said por‐ tion of ground is designated, sit‐ uated and mea‐ sures as fol‐ lows: LOT 13, in SQUARE 17, bounded by Wil‐ lowbrook Drive, Juniper Drive, Mt. Laural (or Mt. Laurel) Drive and the East line of the subdivision, and Lot No. 13 mea‐ sures 60 feet front on Willowbrook Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal and parallel lines. Lot 13 lies nearer to and commences 725.66 feet from the corner of Willowbrook Drive and Mt. Laurel Drive. All as more fully shown on survey made by William Maier, C.E., dated October 17, 1970, except that the East line of the sub‐ division side is now shown as Servitude Jeffer‐ son-Plaquem‐ ines Drainage Dis‐ trict. All improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal Number: 549 Willowbrook Drive, Gretna, LA 70056. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of

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Credit. JEFFREY M. TOEPFER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026 Aug 14-sep 18-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-225 BANK OF LOUISIANA VERSUS STELLAR ACADEMY, LLC By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 2, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the building and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as the VILLAGE OF IN MARRERO, SQUARE “E”, thereof bounded by 8th Street and 9th Streets, Barataria Boule‐ vard and Av‐ enue “G”, desig‐ nated as LOTS NUMBERS 13 AND 14, which lots mea‐ sure each 30.06 front on Avenue “G”, same width in the rear, by a depth of 125 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines, Lot 13 forming the cor‐ ner of Avenue “G” and 9th Street. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - 10% down balance in 30 days. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. JEFFREY M. TOEPFER Attorney for Plaintiff

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 871-558 CYPRESS OAKS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC. VERSUS MARGARET OFFAN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, July 1, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: ONE CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM UNIT, in CY‐ PRESS OAKS CONDOMINIUM, a condominium created by that certain Condo‐ minium Declara‐ tion Creating and Establishing Condominium Regime known as Cypress Oaks Condominium by an act dated June 3, 1985, filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson and registered in COB 1265 193, FOLIO amended by act dated August 8, 1985, filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son at COB 1304 folio 77. Said Unit is des‐ ignated as UNIT 3B, together with an undi‐ vided 8.3928% interest in the common el‐ ements and said Condo‐ minium is situ‐ ated in Lot 24-A of SQUARE A in CYPRESS BEND SUBDIVISION situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson, as shown on sur‐ vey made by BFM corpora‐ tion, dated May 30, 1985, a copy of which is filed with the Condominium Declaration re‐ ferred to above. The improve‐ ments thereon bear the MUNIC‐ IPAL No. 2866 STEAMSHIP CIR‐ CLE, UNIT 3B, RIVER RIDGE, LOUISIANA. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. AUSTIN J. HIGHT Attorney for Plaintiff

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 878-133 NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VERSUS DARRELL MICHAEL RANSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 31, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof now known as Bellevue Gar‐ dens Subdivi‐ sion, formally Cypress Gar‐ dens, Section 1, in Square 4, bounded by Mason Avenue, Creagan Av‐ enue, Wood‐ berry Lane and Oak Lane, and designated as Lot No. 15, on a survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, Inc., dated June 26, 1963, revised and cor‐ rected July 27, 1964, under Or‐ dinance No. 1250 of the City of Gretna. Said lot forms the cor‐ ner of Mason Avenue and Oak Lane, and measures a first frontage of 40 feet on Oak Lane, thence a further frontage of 23.56 feet along an arc having a ra‐ dius of 15 feet, has a width in the rear of 55 feet, by a depth and front on Mason Av‐ enue of 105 feet, and a depth on the opposite side of 120 feet. All as more fully shown on sur‐ vey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, Inc., dated September 8, 1964. Further in accordance with a survey of Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated November 5, 1979, a copy of which is at‐ tached to act registered in COB 971, folio 130 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

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JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 861-817 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VS PATRICK J. URCIA A/K/A PATRICK URCIA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, Feb‐ ruary 20, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 23, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: That certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Terrytown Subdivision, No. 8, in Square No. 140, bounded by Matador Drive, Guardian Av‐ enue, and Mys‐ tic Avenue, designated as Lot 10-A on sur‐ vey by Gilbert, Kelly & Cou‐ turie, Inc., Sur‐ veying & Engineering, dated March 5, 1974, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to an act of sale before Manuel I. Fisher, N.P., dated March 20, 1974, and ac‐ cording to said survey, said Lot 10-A commences at a distance of 545.17 feet from the corner of Matador Drive and Guardian Drive, and measures thence 60 feet front on Mata‐ dor Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 115 feet, between equal and paral‐ lel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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y tannica Drive and Dena Drive. Said Lot 115 adjoins Lot 114 and mea‐ sures 68 feet front on Britan‐ nica Drive same width in the rear by a depth of 79.35 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. And in accor‐ dance with sur‐ vey by G. & L En‐ gineering Co., Inc., dated Sep‐ tember 7, 1975, said Lot 115 measures as hereinabove set forth begins at a distance of 1,090 feet from the corner of Dena Drive and Bri‐ tannica Drive and is located in Square "F", bounded by Jamie Lynn Drive (side), Bri‐ tannica Drive, Dean Drive and Virginia Lee Drive (Side). All as more fully shown on sur‐ vey by Dading, Marques and Associates, Inc., dated March 2, 1994

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This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

NO: 878-355

TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale.

The New Orleans Advocate: August 14, 2026, September 18, 2026

This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges.

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TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale.

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 878-582 PENNY MAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VERSUS SEAN C. SALASSI By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated August 7, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, ADVANTAGES AND APPURTE‐ NANCES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE AP‐ PERTAINING, FORMING PART OF THE PROPERTY FORMERLY BE‐ LONGING TO R. T. BEAUREGARD, NOW THE MARRERO SUB‐ DIVISION, SITU‐ ATED NEAR HARVEY`S CANAL, IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, DES‐ IGNATED AS LOT NUMBER TWENTY-ONE (21) IN BLOCK NUMBER TWO (2), BOUNDED BY FIRST AND SECOND AV‐ ENUES, FIFTH AND SIXTH STREETS, AS PER PLAN OF HENRY L. ZANDER, PARISH SURVEYOR, DATED JULY 2, 1910, DEPOSITED IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF THE PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON; SAID LOT NO. 21 FORMS THE CORNER OF SEC‐ OND AVENUE AND FIFTH STREET AND MEASURES 32 FEET FRONT ON SECOND AV‐ ENUE, BY A DEPTH OF 125 FEET ON FIFTH STREET BE‐ TWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SURVEY BY WILTON J. DUFRENE, LAND SURVEYOR, DATED MARCH 27, 1978, A COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO ACT PASSED BEFORE NAT B. KNIGHT, JR., NO‐ TARY PUBLIC, DATED MAY 8, 1978, BEING A SALE BY OLD VILLAGE RESTORATION, INC., TO JEFFER‐ SON SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION. ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON PLAT OF SURVEY BY STERLING MAN‐ DLE, LAND SUR‐ VEYOR, DATED NOVEMBER 20, 1979

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GITSIT SOLUTIONS, LLC, NO INT ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS SEPARATE TRUSTEE OF GV TRUST 2025-1 VERSUS COSIMO J. SAVONA AND DOLORES OBRADOR SAVONA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated August 10, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: Lot No. 115, Square L, Victo‐ ria Park Subdivi‐ sion described as follows: One certain lot or parcel of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Victoria Park, being composed of Lots G5 and G6, Portion of "F" of Estelle Planta‐ tion, Jefferson Parish, in accordance with plan of subdivision by Adloe Orr, C.E., dated May 16, 1972, revised July 26, 1972, approved by the Jefferson parish council under Ordi‐ nance No. 10796 dated Au‐ gust 3, 1972 reg‐ istered in COB 769, Folio 335, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows: Lot 115, Square "L" which square is bounded by Bunny Park Sub‐ division, Jamie Lynn Drive, Bri‐

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 856-820 MI GROUP, LLC VERSUS JUDY CULOTTA SUDO, CHEREE SUDO LARA, MICHELLE SUDO, AND RENEE SUDO GALEY By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 6, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, prescrip‐ tions, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in Section 39, T 12 S, R 10 E, East of

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the Mississippi River, being a part of former Trudeau Planta‐ tion, which, ac‐ cording to blue print of survey by H.E. Landry, C.E., dated Decem‐ ber 14, 1949, is presently a por‐ tion of M.A. GREEN SUBDIVI‐ SION. According to the blueprint survey by Adole Orr, Jr., CE, dated June 11, 1951, is situated in SQUARE B thereof, bounded by Thirba, Jay & Versailles Streets and Howard Avenue, said lot being designated by the NO. 7 which commences 950 feet from the corner of Thirba and Versailles Streets and measures 50feet front on Thirba Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 124.30 feet on the side nearer Versailles Street and a depth of 124.03 feet on the side nearer Jay Street. All in ac‐ cordance with a survey by F. G. Stewart, Surveyor, dated April 15, 1963. Improvements thereon bear No. Municipal 308 Thirba Street, Metairie, Louisiana 70003. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. MICHAEL S. RICCI Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 845-632 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE OF CIM TRUST 2023-R1 VS CRAIG J. COLLINS AND DEBRA ARCENEAUX COLLINS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated August 29, 2023, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ i

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erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL OF THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THERE‐ UNTO BELONG‐ ING OR IN ANY‐ WISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWN AS OAK FOREST SUBDIVSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PLAN OF SUBDIVISION BY J. J KREBS & SONS, INC. C.E. & S. DATED MARCH 15, 1978 UNDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 13442, REGISTERED IN COB 933, FOLIO 351 AND SAID LOT IS DESIGNATED AS FOLLOWS TOWIT: LOT 9, SQUARE 12, WHICH SQUARE IS BOUNDED BY CHENIER STREET WHITE OAK DRIVE, GRAND TERRE DRIVE AND THE SOUTH BOUNDARY OF THE SUBDIVI‐ SION SAID LOT NO. 2 COM‐ MENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 521.35 FEET FROM THE COR‐ NER OF WHITE OAK DRIVE AND CHENIER STREET, AND MEASURES THENCE 62' FEET FRONT ON CHENIER STREET, SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR BY A DEPTH OF 95' FEET BE‐ TWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES ALL AS MORE FULLY SHOWN ON SURVEY BY R. P. FONTCUBERTA, JR LAND SUR‐ VEYOR, DATED APRIL 7, 1979, UPDATED TO SHOW IM‐ PROVEMENTS AUGUST 29, 1979; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

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WEBBER, JR.

AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF LOIS ANDERSON SAM A/K/A LOIS ANDERSON SAM A/K/A LOIS A. SAM A/K/A LOIS SAM AND HARRY SAM, JR

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Septem‐ ber 29, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Brenvilla Subdi‐ vision, as shown on plan of re‐ subdivision by Adloe Orr, Jr., C.E. & Associates, dated April 25, 1962, registered in COB 553, folio 556, records of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, des‐ ignated as Lot 49-C. All in ac‐ cordance with a survey by Dading, Mar‐ ques & Associ‐ ates, Inc., dated February 27, 1996, a copy of which is annexed to act no. 96-11857 and made a part hereof; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property. For informa‐ tional purposes only: Improve‐ ments thereon bear Municipal No. 612 Sophia Street, River Ridge, Louisiana 70123. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026

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PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VS CYNTHIA CARTER WEBBER A/K/A CYNTHIA CARTER BOOTH WEBBER AND FERNAND GEORGE

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 8, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 28, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following described prop‐ erty to wit: That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in the State of LA, in that part thereof known as Hay‐ del Manor Subdivision, said portion being desig‐ nated as Lot 241 of Square 11. According to a plan by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, C.E., dated April 30, 1969, Square 11 is bounded by Victorian Drive, Marine Avenue, the North Line of Haydel Manor and Jordan Street. Lot 241 commences at a distance of 127.49 feet from the corner of Marine Avenue and Vic‐ torian Drive and measures thence 60 feet front on Victo‐ rian Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100.26 feet on the side line closer to Marine Avenue and a depth on the opposite side line closer to Jordan Street of 100.38 feet. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. DENNIS F. WIGGINS, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 18, 2026, October 23, 2026 Sep 18-oct 23-2t

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NO: 876-299 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC VERSUS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF

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