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A growing number of parents are voicing concerns about students’ screen time in school.

Teachers, parents torn as AI expands

Tech tools for learning plentiful, but critics say they aren’t backed by research BY PATRICK WALL

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When Catherine Bixler’s daughter entered kindergarten in St. Tammany Parish public schools last year, she began using a Chromebook during class to practice reading. Before long she was begging to log into the online reading program at home. She wanted to keep “leveling up” as she answered questions correctly. Bixler wouldn’t allow it. “You’re giving them these dopamine hits,” she said. “But where do these games really get you?” Louisiana schools have sped headlong into digital learning. After stocking up on devices during the pandemic, schools now have more laptops and tablets than students. Thousands of young students read aloud to artiﬁcial intelligence “tutors” and the state education department released updated AI guidance last month that says “Louisiana schools will lead the nation in leveraging this technology.” But some parents and educators are pushing back, saying it’s time to slow the spread of AI and tech in schools. Bixler and several other St. Tammany Parish moms recently formed a local chapter of Schools Beyond Screens, a national group calling for more restrictions on classroom technology. The St. Tammany group surveyed teachers and parents about students’ device use and created an online petition, which has received more than 600 signatures, urging the school district to reduce students’ screen time and evaluate its impact on student learning. “What are these digital tools?” Bixler asked. “How are they affecting our kids?” Supporters of the technology, including many educators, say it is beneficial, citing software that tailors instruction to individual

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Alexandria International Airport is the country’s busiest deportation center under an agreement with the federal government. A new self-deportation facility is located next to the airport.

Families will be held in center, which has become a political flashpoint BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

ALEXANDRIA — Jumbo jets roar low in the sky every day over rows of freshly constructed mobile homes a few miles northwest of this central Louisiana city. The structures, which local officials call “cottages,” are clustered near two soccer fields, jungle gyms for kids and an old building that once held Army barracks. Inside, according to officials and government records, are dorm-style rooms that have bunk beds and phone stations with free international calling, 24 hours a day. Posters advise people waiting to be deported of their legal rights. Women, children and families who have elected to be deported are set to arrive at the facility soon. They will not be prisoners, officials say. But if they try to leave, federal agents may await them at the gates. The U.S. Immigration and Customs

England Airpark Authority members Secretary/Treasurer Steve Mansour, from left, Chair oday Lavergne and Vice Chair Jamar Gailes listen to speakers during the board meeting at England Administration Center in Alexandria on Thursday. Enforcement-contracted facility, located in a sprawling complex surrounding the Alexandria International Airport, is a controversial next step in the ongoing mass-deportation campaign by President Donald Trump’s administration. Louisiana has become a national immigration enforcement hub, with more than 7,000 immigrants held in facilities statewide — the second-most of any

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state. Sheriffs and state prison ofﬁcials have lent empty jails to private prison companies involved in the crackdown. The airport in Alexandria is the country’s busiest deportation center under an agreement with the federal government. The new facility is different because of who it’s designed to hold: It’s billed as a

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‘You have to get out and see people’ Jamie davis relies on personal biography in run for U.S. Senate BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer

Jamie Davis peered into the machinery between the wheels of a Peterbilt truck that hauls grain on his farm in northeast Louisiana. On a hot summer morning, he was trying to locate a broken part known as a leaf spring that had suddenly made the truck inoperable and threatened to ruin his plans that day to begin har-

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vesting corn. Unable to see the damaged piece, Davis dropped to his knees, crawled underneath the chassis and laid ﬂat on his back. A minute or two later, he spotted the part and, while still on the ground, pulled out his cellphone and called a local distributor to buy a new one. “Getting a little dirty won’t kill a farmer,” Davis said as he stood up and brushed the dirt off his khaki pants and blue polo shirt. Davis is a Democrat running to be Louisiana’s next senator in a state where Republicans have won the past five Senate elections, by anywhere from 12 to 44 percentage points. He is also attempting to become the ﬁrst

ä Editor’s note: This is the first of two profiles on the candidates for the U.S. Senate race. A profile on Republican Julia Letlow will appear in tomorrow’s edition. Black candidate elected statewide in Louisiana since the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era. As he campaigns across the state, Davis downplays his party afﬁliation and avoids national Democratic talking points. He relies more on his personal

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Yemen plans operation against Houthi rebels

Yemen’s internationally recognized government has announced a major military operation against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as they advance in the outskirts of a key city. Rashad al-Alimi, head of the ruling Presidential Leadership Council, made the declaration as the Iran-backed rebels advanced in the outskirts of a key southwestern city, Taiz. Speaking from neighboring Saudi Arabia, he said the operation aims at “recovering the remaining territories” controlled by the Houthis, who made their largest land grab in recent years last month when they seized Yemen’s Red Sea coast and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Al-Alimi called for the international community to provide support to his Saudi-backed government. In a separate statement, a Saudi military spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Turki al-Malki, stressed the kingdom’s right to take all necessary measures to deter the rebels. The Houthis have launched a major offensive in recent days against government forces and their allies on the outskirts of Taiz, disrupting a major road linking the city to the port city of Aden, the seat of al-Alimi’s government. The rebels have besieged Taiz for more than a decade. Earlier, the Houthis said airstrikes hit the capital, Sanaa, overnight, without giving details.

Search ongoing for missing medical flight

A search continued Sunday off the Massachusetts coast for an air ambulance carrying six people that disappeared during a flight from Bermuda to Boston as authorities planned to comb the seabed floor, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Federal Aviation Administration contacted the Coast Guard at 2 a.m. Saturday that it had lost contact with the Gulfstream G100 carrying four Canadians and two Bermudian nationals over the Atlantic Ocean. Searchers later Saturday found a “debris field” off the coast of Nantucket, Coast Guard Northeast District Rear Adm. Matt Lake said at a news conference Sunday. Coast Guard crews along with the New York National Guard’s Air Rescue Wing and Massachusetts authorities have since searched an area encompassing 2,840 square miles using fixedwing aircraft, helicopters, boats and cutters. “This is a large and demanding search area,” Lake said. The depth of the water around the debris field was 80 to 90 feet. The Coast Guard was in the process of deploying sonar to search the seabed floor, he said. The Coast Guard has been updating the next of kin of those aboard the Canadian-registered air ambulance jet with the progress of the search, Lake said.

Marine booked in killing of woman on Okinawa

TOKYO — Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and killing of a woman on Okinawa, ofﬁcials said Sunday, the latest criminal case on the southern island where the heavy American troop presence has remained a sensitive issue. The Okinawa prefectural police said they arrested a 20-yearold Marine stationed at the Futenma Air Station on suspicion of killing a 39-year-old local woman at a hotel in Naha, Okinawa’s capital city, and taking her wallet and backpack in the early hours of Saturday. Kyodo News agency, citing the police, reported the woman’s body was found in her hotel room and she appeared to have been strangled to death. Police said security camera footage showed the man believed to be the suspect entering the hotel with the victim and coming out alone. An ofﬁcer arrested the suspect after spotting him walking alone on a street in Naha’s entertainment district late Saturday, Kyodo said. “The case deals a major shock and adds fear to the Okinawans who have already been forced to live next to U.S. bases,” newly elected Okinawa Gov. Genta Koja told reporters. “It is absolutely unforgivable and we are outraged.”

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U.S. pulls bombers from base in U.K. Site targeted by suspected terror attack

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at a U.S.-run military air base in England used to strike Iran following an investigation into a planned terror attack at the RAF Fairford base. The bombers were redeployed to their home bases in the United States, according to a Pentagon

ofﬁcial who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity. Aviation watchers such as the Military Air Tracking Alliance have observed dozens of B-52 and B-1 bombers operating out of RAF Fairford since the opening days of the Iran war. Observers noticed a host of B-1 bombers ﬂy out of the base on Sunday. The move comes as President Donald Trump weighs options for his war on Iran — including new strikes — despite his initial promises to Americans that the campaign would last a matter

of weeks. “We have decisions that I’ll make about Iran. Iran’s been decimated. So the only question is — it’ll either be the easy way, or the hard way,” Trump told reporters on Saturday as he left the White House for a rally in Ohio. A dual British-Iranian national was arrested in central London last week on suspicion of plotting a terror attack, following a security incident at RAF Fairford in late September. In total, six people have been taken into custody and then released on bail during the investigation. British authorities have

linked the incident to Tehran. Iran has denied involvement, but it has previously said it considers any base used to attack its territory a legitimate target. U.K. ofﬁcials say proxies linked to Iran have been behind a string of arson and other attacks in Britain and other countries, many of them targeting the Jewish community and intended to sow fear. They have previously warned that Tehran could expand its targets in the U.K. if conﬂicts in the Middle East continue. RAF Fairford, located 100 miles west of London, has been used by American bombers during decades of

conﬂicts in the Middle East. The U.S. military still maintains a sizable presence in the Middle East. On Thursday, a U.S. official said the recently deployed USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, as well as the USS Malkin Island amphibious readiness group — a group of ships that together carry over 7,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines — are heading for the region. The ofﬁcial said the move could result in three carriers in the region as early as the end of October. AP writer Melissa Goldin contributed from New York.

UAE shared details of flight with Israel Info included pilots’ names, nationalities for Flydubai plane

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TEL AVIV, Israel — Authorities in the United Arab Emirates shared with Israel a list of passengers and crew ahead of the FlyDubai flight on which a pilot attempted to seize control of the Israel-bound aircraft and crash it, regional officials said Sunday, raising new questions over how the attacker evaded detection. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later told the head of the National Security Council to appoint an examiner to review “all security aspects regarding foreign civil aviation to Israel.” With the investigation into the FlyDubai incident underway, preliminary details have highlighted several major security lapses. Officials already have said the Omani co-pilot had been barred from flying by his own country because of concerns about his extremist views. It also remains unclear how a citizen of Oman, an Arab country that has no diplomatic relations with Israel, was allowed to

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dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, left, visits injured Indian Flydubai Capt. Smit Machchhar on Friday at a hospital in Abu dhabi, United Arab Emirates. ﬂy a planeload of Israelis to Tel Aviv. The UAE, which is leading the investigation, said the co-pilot attacked the flight’s captain with the cockpit’s crash ax and tried to take control of the plummeting plane in a “terrorist attack” Wednesday. His actions nearly crashed the flight with 182 people on board before the Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and others to rush in and subdue the attacker. The regional ofﬁcials said

Emirati authorities had shared information about the passengers and crew, including their nationalities. Israel hadn’t raised red flags on any passenger or member of the crew, said the ofﬁcials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to reporters about the probe. The Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security agency, said the Transportation Ministry is responsible for vetting passenger lists from foreign ﬂights. Transportation Minister Miri Re-

Woman’s lawyer says she remains unconscious after failed execution Christa Pike on ventilator in hospital

BY JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press

Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, and her prognosis might not be known for days more, one of her lawyers said Sunday. Little has been released about Pike’s condition since Wednesday night’s execution attempt. She has since remained hospitalized under Pike guard as doctors try to get the massive dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital out of her system. When asked whether she ever regained consciousness after the execution attempt, Assistant Federal Defender Stephen Ferrell, Pike’s lawyer, said on CNN’s “State of the Union”: “Not that I am aware of.” Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and her boyfriend tortured and killed a classmate, Colleen Slemmer, in a jealous rage in 1995. She became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row. Tennessee prison ofﬁcials

gave Pike two doses of the lethal injection drug on Wednesday night. The pentobarbital didn’t kill her, but her lawyers said her arms were burned and blistered from the caustic drugs. Pike gave someone her medical power of attorney and that person is protecting her privacy, Ferrell said. “I’m not sure what all they may have told that person,” Ferrell said. Pike’s attorneys have not identified who is making Pike’s medical decisions. They said they may not know for several more days whether or not she can recover. “We don’t know right now, and we may never know what sort of torture she endured during that process, where her consciousness was, what physical pain there was — what mental torture she went through,” Ferrell said. A spokeswoman for Pike’s defense team said in a statement early Sunday that “we appreciate all respect for Christa’s rightful privacy.” Pike’s execution was delayed for more than eight hours Wednesday as the U.S. Supreme Court considered, and ultimately overturned, a federal appeals court ruling to halt her lethal injection so

judges could thoroughly review whether the jury that sentenced her to death should have considered sexual abuse she said she suffered as a child. Her attorneys asked a court Friday to order Tennessee prison ofﬁcials to preserve any written records, communication, images or video from the execution. Tennessee, like many other states with capital punishment, keeps many details about executions secret from the people involved to details about how the drugs are manufactured or obtained or any tests done on their quality. “The state of Tennessee has got to start telling its people exactly what it is doing so that in the democratic process, the people of Tennessee can decide if that’s what they want to be done in their name,” Ferrell told CNN. This was the second time this year Tennessee has not been able to execute a prisoner who was seemingly moments away from death. In May, Tennessee stopped the execution of Tony Carruthers after staff placed an IV into his right arm but couldn’t get a secondary IV line. Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Correction Frank Strada announced Saturday he was resigning.

gev on X said the security agencies are responsible for ﬂight security and that her ministry wasn’t given a list of passengers or any warnings. Sharing the list is standard aviation procedure. But the head of aviation security at the Transportation Ministry, Dvir Rubenstien, told Army Radio that the ministry relies on local security checks and does not have the tools or the ability to run checks on each passenger on every ﬂight. Netanyahu said Thurs-

day that Israel has longstanding agreements with foreign carriers to keep pilots from flying into the country if they are citizens of nations that don’t maintain diplomatic relations with Israel. Australian police said Sunday that counterterrorism investigators were looking into the attacker’s possible connections to Australia. The passengers who halted the attack and helped regain control of the aircraft have been hailed as heroes in Israel. But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster. Ahead of the elections at the end of the month, some opposition candidates have seized on the security failures to highlight what they perceive as negligence on the part of Netanyahu and his supporters. Transportation Minister Regev is a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party and a staunch supporter. “This is exactly what system collapse looks like,” Yair Golan, head of the opposition Democrats party, wrote on X. “A transportation minister who completely abandons our skies, and a prime minister who abandons national security.”

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Continued from page 1A biography and a background that makes him unique among political candidates. “I’m just a farmer from Tensas Parish,” he likes to say. Besides corn, he also grows cotton and soybeans on 3,200 acres overall spread over four parishes. Louisiana has not elected a farmer to the Senate over the past 100 years. “I’m not polished. I don’t have my H H H H H H verbiage and my message down where it sounds pretty,” said Davis, who dropped out of LSU and later served a single term on the Tensas Parish Police Jury before losing his reelection. But at a time when voters yearn for authenticity, Democratic Party leaders say Davis is the real deal. He doesn’t need a political consultant to advise him to wear blue jeans and work boots to seem genuine with voters. That’s been his everyday attire for years. Davis faces off against U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow in the Nov. 3 general election to determine who will be Louisiana’s next senator. Endorsed by President Donald Trump, Letlow knocked Sen. Bill Cassidy out of the race in the Republican primary.

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A farming family Davis’ grandfather Abe Davis, nicknamed Uncle Son, sharecropped on 15-20 acres outside of Waterproof, a wisp of a town in Tensas Parish. As a sharecropper, Uncle Son worked the land, while the farm owner provided the seed and chemicals and capital. Uncle Son shared in the proﬁt but couldn’t always count on being treated fairly since Black people were often regarded as second class citizens. Davis’ father and mother followed custom by leaving school early to perform farm work, his mother in 11th grade, his father in eighth. Farms in the 1950s and 1960s still required large numbers of laborers to plant and harvest the crops. James Davis Sr. was known as “Stump,” and he was so respected as a farmer that the heirs of the

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Jamie davis inspects cotton bolls as he walks through one of his cotton fields in Tensas Parish. man who owned the land where Uncle Son sharecropped sold it to Stump in the early 1990s. Stump’s son Jamie grew up as a country boy, helping out in the ﬁelds and learning to drive a giant farm combine that cut corn by the time he was a teenager. He and his friends liked to catch catfish in the Mississippi River nearby that they would skin, cook and eat. Davis became known as “Lil Stump.” There were 27 students in his graduating class at Waterproof High School, which has now closed because, as in many rural towns throughout Louisiana, the mechanization of farm equipment has caused would-be farmworkers to move away in search of better opportunities. Davis became the first one in his family to go to college when he went off to LSU in 1988. But he left during his sophomore year after getting what he called a “Ph.D. in partyology.” “I made a bad choice in not focusing on my schoolwork,” he said. “Small-town guy in a big city. My focus was not on education at the time.” Now he has a Ph.D. in farming.

“Ain’t nothing on the farm I can’t do,” he said. In all, Davis owns 700 acres and pays rent to harvest crops on the other 2,500. He now lives in Ferriday to be near his 13 grandchildren. He also has three greatgrandchildren.

Kissing babies, shaking hands Davis, 56, ﬁts in with the mostly White farmers who make a living by growing crops in the rich soil of the Mississippi Delta. That was evident when Davis went to purchase a new spring leaf part at the Ater Warehouse in Ferriday, the nearest town to his farm. “So you’re kissing babies and shaking hands?” one of the store clerks asked with a smile. After ordering the part, Davis showed another customer, a farmer, photos of his campaign stop the day before in Prairieville. “You have a lot of White folks supporting you,” the farmer observed. Davis began talking with another store clerk about the clerk’s brother, Jeff Britt, the Tensas Parish sheriff who died in June. “That was my guy,” Davis told

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Continued from page 1A students and helps teachers grade assignments and plan lessons. Some programs like Amira, the AI reading tutor, have been found to boost student learning. But other teachers are concerned, arguing that schools have adopted tech tools that aren’t backed by solid research — often at the urging of corporations like Google, whose Chromebook laptops, education software and AI chatbot are now ubiquitous in classrooms. They say students are watching YouTube videos and playing games on their school-issued laptops, skirting internet filters and using AI tools like ChatGPT to do their work for them. Some teachers warn the tools are eroding students’ critical thinking and social skills, their attention spans and their handwriting. “It’s changed how they think, how they talk, how they interact,” said Jacob Newsom, a high school teacher in St. Amant. New York City and Los Angeles school systems have banned AI-powered tools for some students and a few states are limiting students’ device use. Louisiana, which was one of the first states to ban cellphones in schools, has encouraged schools to experiment with AI even as most school systems have yet to put in place AI policies, according to a state report in January. State leaders are aware of the growing ed tech concerns. Larry Carter, president of the Louisiana Federation of Teachers, said the union plans to survey members about AI use in their schools. State Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley said in a recent interview that educators should be openminded about AI, but also “skeptical of every product.” And, for the first time, he said he supports limiting students’ use of devices at school.

the clerk. “I loved him to death. We have people who leave too early.” Both men teared up. “I’m pulling for you,” the clerk said. On the drive to his farm, Davis pointed out farmland set aside by absentee owners who get paid by the federal government to grow trees instead and use it for hunting. “I hate the program,” Davis said. He said it’s not because of the hunting. Davis carries a 7 mm rifle with him in his truck in case he comes upon wild hogs. “They bid up the cost of land,” he said of the practice, known as the Conservation Reserve Program. Davis parked by one of his cotton fields, waded into the bushes and picked a bulb from one plant. “That is an immature boll,” he said and peeled it open. “In that boll, when it matures and dries down, they pop open. When they pop open, we have exposed cotton. The seeds dry. This green field, in the words of my father, will look like a snowbank. All you can just see is snow white across the whole field. It’s just beautiful. He loved to see that. He was a cotton farmer through

While still standing in the cotton field, Davis’ thoughts turned to the Senate race. “I probably shouldn’t say this: If I was a White guy, this race wouldn’t be close,” he said. “But we are in the dirty South. I’m a husband with four kids who has served his community in important ways. I’ve been a volunteer in Head Start and the Farm Bureau. I do things that most public servants do.” While he served on the Tensas Parish Police Jury, he said, lead was found in the water pipes. Davis said he helped secure state funding to replace those pipes. Davis lost his reelection campaign in 2019 with 46% of the vote. “I thought the work I had done, was doing and had done was enough,” he said. “I was out harvesting my crops while he (Davis’ opponent) was on the street campaigning.” Davis believes that defeat and a failed run to be a state representative in 2023 are benefiting him this year. “It can take a loss to build the character that you need to win,” he said. “You have to get out and see the people. That’s very important. Those lessons learned in the police jury race and the state rep race were valuable lessons.” Last year, he began campaigning for the 5th Congressional District seat that Letlow currently holds. Davis found he had to drive long distances north to Monroe or south to the Florida Parishes to begin introducing himself to voters. He decided it was just simpler to run for the Senate seat. After all, no major Democrat had stepped up. Earlier this year, Davis defeated two little-known candidates to win the Democratic nomination. Davis steered his truck on a dirt road and parked alongside one of his cornfields. Waiting for him was his son Justin, who farms with him, and a couple of other workers. They were ready to harvest the corn. For most of 2026, Davis has tried to spend two days a week working on his farm. He climbed into the cab of a combine. “This is what I’d be doing fulltime if I wasn’t running for the U.S. Senate,” he said, as the combine mowed down the stalks of corn and deposited the kernels into a pile in the back.

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Ben Franklin High School teacher Rebecca Gaillot has helped organize faculty discussion groups and trainings on artificial intelligence, including a session with legal experts on student privacy protections.

“It’s a question now,” Parents have objected to Brumley said, “of what widely used software like those limits should be and i-Ready, which they say conwho should set them.” sumes too much class time and is backed by insufficient Rising concerns evidence. Some also have The pandemic turbo- raised privacy concerns, incharged schools’ embrace of cluding about Amira, which classroom tech, making the records student voices. (The days of computer labs and company says it complies “smart boards” look quaint. with all student-privacy Now, Louisiana students laws, never sells student use Chromebooks and oth- data and only uses voice er devices to access math recordings to give personaland reading programs like ized feedback.) i-Ready and Lexia, the In May, the U.S. Surgeon software Bixler’s daughter General’s Office issued a used, which feature game- warning about the risks of like animations and ques- screen time for young peotions adapted to students’ ple, advising schools to ban cellphones and limit classskill level. Recently, the Louisiana room device use. education department has Six states passed screenfunded artificial intelligence time legislation this year, pilot programs. Last school including Iowa, which reyear, nearly 1 in 3 students stricted daily device use to in grades K-8 worked with 60 minutes in grades K-5, Amira, which uses AI to give and Utah, which prohibits students real-time feedback device use in most classes as they read aloud. More in grades K-3. than 23,000 high school stuLike most states, Louisidents used Khanmigo, an AI- ana has not adopted screen time limits. But in July, the powered math chatbot. Many parents say they state education department have limited information published digital device about their kids’ tech use in guidelines that suggest givschool. ing students screen breaks “What we know about every 20-30 minutes and enwhat our kids do on those de- couraging them to blink frevices just comes from ask- quently to prevent dry eyes. ing them,” said Jordan Din- The updated AI guidance ser, who has two children in describes criteria schools can use to evaluate the safeSt. Tammany schools. Across the country, long- ty and efficacy of AI tools. standing concerns’ about the It doesn’t provide a list of impact of cellphones and so- state-approved tools, which cial media on young people some educators had sought. have expanded to include ä See EXPANDS, page 6A classroom tech use.

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VIENNA, Georgia — Two people were shot to death in a hail of gunfire and nearly three dozen others were injured at a homecoming weekend block party early Sunday morning in southern Georgia, according to state law enforcement officials. More than 1,000 people were gathered at the site, and more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy told WMAZ-TV. Peavy said people were “going every direction” and that, even while officers were on the scene, more gunfire erupted about a block away. “We don’t know if it’s coming at us or someone else,” he said. “You just have to keep doing what you’re doing and hope you don’t get hit by gunfire.” The incident took place over homecoming week-

end for Dooly County High School. The shooting was not at a school-sponsored event, said Sherrod Willaford, superintendent of the Dooly County School System. “We recognize that its impact may reach many of our students, families, and staff,” he said in a statement. Schools will open Monday, he said, but additional safety measures have been put in place. He did not specify what they are. Dooly County Sheriff’s Office deputies were on patrol at a neighborhood block party around 1:25 a.m. Sunday in Vienna when shots were fired, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. Vienna is about 130 miles south of Atlanta and about a 50-mile drive south on the Interstate 75 corridor from the central Georgia city of Macon, where authorities say 12 teens were wounded by gunfire during a confrontation between people at a birthday party last week at a

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Authorities investigate the scene of a mass shooting where at least two people were killed and 35 were injured Sunday morning in Vienna, Ga., according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. city park. Deputies found two people dead at the scene and multiple others who had been shot, officials said. Police did not specify how many of the 35 injured had been shot or provide any details about the injuries or their severity.

The victims were taken to several hospitals for treatment, the GBI said. Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls said the two men, ages 20 and 23, were pronounced dead at the scene with fatal gunshot wounds. He said multiple

other people were also shot, calling the scene “horriﬁc.” Walls told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that multiple people were struck by bullets and roughly a dozen others were hurt while trying to ﬂee. “This doesn’t — it’s not

supposed to — happen in a small town like that. It’s something you hear on the news in bigger cities,” Walls told the newspaper, adding hospitals were ﬂooded with the injured. “And even in bigger cities, you don’t hear that kind of a number.” Authorities have not said whether any suspects are in custody or being sought. No motive has been given for the shooting. Vienna Mayor Eddie Daniels said the shooting was about a block from his house and he “saw a lot of blue lights.” Daniels said he hadn’t spoken with law enforcement ofﬁcials yet and had no details about what had happened. Daniels said the city hadn’t issued any kind of permit for the block party and he didn’t know if it was a homecoming party. Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesperson Lydia Bullard declined to answer questions about the shooting, saying it was an ongoing investigation.

Serb separatist Dodik declares Cornell leader calls alleged gang rape ‘deeply disturbing’ victory in Bosnian election University president pledges greater transparency

BY LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press

Cornell’s president called the alleged gang rape of a student at a fraternity house in 2024 “deeply disturbing” Saturday, said it would weigh on the university for years to come and pledged greater transparency amid mounting outrage over the school’s handling of the case. In an eight-minute video message to the Cornell community, Michael Kotlikoff described the past week as one of the most difﬁcult in the university’s history and acknowledged troubling questions about the investigations that followed the allegations. “My heart aches when I think of what she experienced,” Kotlikoff said. “It raises heartbreaking and troubling issues about sexual assault, dehumanization

and aspects of party culture, alcohol and drug use.” Kotlikoff reaffirmed his commitment to supporting an independent review of Cornell’s handling of the case called for by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and said the school’s Board of Trustees would announce details next week. He also expressed support for Hochul’s decision to turn the criminal investigation over to the state attorney general. “I want to acknowledge something that can be difﬁcult for an institution to say,” Kotlikoff said. “We don’t have all the answers, but we are committed to investigating and ﬁnding the answers our community deserves.” Scrutiny has mounted in recent days over Cornell’s response to allegations that the woman was sexually assaulted by multiple fraternity members in 2024. The woman, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, has sued the university and seven former students. During a student assembly hearing Thursday that gave students an opportunity to voice concerns and discuss

proposals to improve Cornell’s response to sexual assault, several speakers called for Kotlikoff’s resignation. Hochul, asked at a news conference Friday whether she believed Kotlikoff should resign over the university’s handling of the case, declined to take a position, saying she did not yet have enough information. Kotlikoff acknowledged frustration that Cornell has not communicated enough, saying that has led to distrust. While citing “real legal and privacy limits” on what the university can disclose, he pledged greater transparency and more opportunities for students, parents and others to engage with university leaders. He also committed Cornell’s support to legislative efforts to change New York’s sexual assault laws. The case has renewed scrutiny of a state law that makes it difﬁcult to prosecute sexual assaults involving people who voluntarily consume alcohol or drugs, even if they became too intoxicated to consent.

BY MAURICIO SAVARESE, ELÉONORE HUGHES and ANNA-CATHERINE BRIGIDA

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BRASILIA, Brazil — Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff Oct. 25 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy. The country’s electoral court in Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth nonconsecutive term, nor the 45-year-old son of former President Jair Bolsonaro would garner the more than 50% of the total vote needed for an outright win. Brazil’s electoral court in Brasilia had Bolsonaro with just over 55.8 million votes to Lula’s nearly 53.2 million. Both candidates were poised to address supporters. Trump allies have fared well in recent elections in Latin America, including in Argentina, Colombia, Honduras and Peru. Lula has accused the U.S. administration of trying to sway his country’s election to Bolsonaro by imposing tariffs, revoking the visa of country’s ambassador to Washington, and imposing sanctions on government ofﬁcials and one Supreme Court justice. The Trump administration did not respond to a request for comment on whether it is seeking to interfere in the vote. The next presidential term begins on Jan. 5. The winner will be in charge of Latin America’s biggest economy and a population of 214 million. A win for Bolsonaro would increase U.S. inﬂuence in Latin America. If Lula wins, Brazil will keep its distance from Washington and continue to deepen its relationship with China. Both Lula and Bolsonaro will have three

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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Bosnian Serb nationalist politician Milorad Dodik has declared victory for his party in an election in Bosnia on Sunday that was shaped by economic pressures, the prospect of the Balkan nation joining the European Union, and ethnic tensions that have divided the country since its brutal 1992-95 war. Dodik is a staunchly proRussia politician who, despite not appearing on the ballot, has dominated the campaign and inflamed divisions with separatist

rhetoric that have sparked fears of renewed instability in Bosnia. Formerly the president of the country’s Serb-majority entity of Republika Srpska, Dodik was banned from holding public ofﬁce after being convicted last year of defying decisions by the international envoy overseeing the 1995 peace agreement that ended the war. With nearly 90% of votes counted, Dodik’s ally Zeljka Cvijanovic of the right-wing Alliance of Independent Social Democrats had more than 55% of votes to take one of the three seats in the country’s

tripartite presidency, leading her nearest opponent by around 30 percentage points. Speaking at a news conference late Sunday, Dodik said his nationalist party would also hold a “vast majority” in Republika Srpska’s assembly, and credited U.S. President Donald Trump’s “magniﬁcent victory” in 2024 and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s support for the election win. “No one should ask us to change our politics,” Dodik said. “We will not give up. but continue for our people. ... I cannot believe that we smashed it like this.”

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Continued from page 1A last stop for undocumented families, women and children who voluntarily agree to be deported rather than potentially endure prolonged detention inside a prisonlike lockup. It appears to be one of the nation’s only facilities built to hold unaccompanied immigrant children, whom federal officials say they only detain “in rare instances.” Records obtained by The TimesPicayune | The Advocate, interviews with officials and testimony lodged at a public hearing last week shed new light on how officials plan to run the facility when it opens. The plans say families and children will arrive in Alexandria on commercial flights and will be held for up to 72 hours before being deported from the airport, which sits yards from the facility. The site is set to begin receiving them within two weeks, said three officials familiar with the plans, though it’s unclear how many people will take the feds’ offer to selfdeport from the facility. The facility’s intended occupants resemble those held at a facility in Dilley, Texas, which is the nation’s only other lockup for immigrant families. Detainees there have complained of squalid living conditions and long stays. Advocates for the families and children say they fear the same at the Alexandria site. The new facility is a political flashpoint in Alexandria, population 43,000, where federal contracts have long powered the local economy. Critics are questioning the deal’s transparency and turning meetings of a quasi-governmental panel that oversees the mixed-use airport complex, the England Authority Board of Commissioners, into a recurring protest site. An ICE spokesperson declined to answer detailed questions for this story. In a statement, the spokesperson said only that the site “is a staging facility for deportations.” At a meeting last week of the England Authority board, executives with Anovaeon, a self-described “humanitarian response” firm founded in 2024 and subcontracted to run the facility’s operations, pushed back on claims that the site would involve forced detention. They stressed their backgrounds in international aid — the CEO’s LinkedIn says he has managed humanitarian projects in Ukraine and Asia — as well as in federal law enforcement. “This project is not a detention center,” said Anovaeon CEO Eric Fritz. “It is a staging center for families who are voluntarily departing the country, admittedly through

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Continued from page 4A “It’s not as much guidance as we would have wished,” said Michael Foy, technology supervisor for the Caldwell Parish school system, whose board adopted an AI policy in July. “It’s everything we kind of already knew in our district to do.”

‘Strong feelings’ Inside Louisiana schools, educators are divided about classroom tech — and AI in particular.

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diane Mobley, center, and other protesters react to someone in the England Authority board meeting referring to the people gathered outside as ‘crackpots’ as they listen to the meeting using a speaker at the England Administration Center in Alexandria on Thursday. pretty crappy circumstances on their end, I acknowledge that.” Immigrant advocates are flagging the record of LaSalle Corrections, a private prison firm whose nonprofit arm is running the new facility with Anovaeon. Three immigrants have died at a LaSalle-managed ICE detention facility in north Louisiana this year, adding to multiple prisoner deaths in other LaSalle facilities in recent years, according to court records. Pointing to reports that immigrants have been held at Dilley for weeks, advocates have also called the facility’s 72-hour timeline unrealistic. “To say that individuals will only be here for an average of 72 hours is categorically misleading,” said Tania Wolf, a New Orleans-based advocate with the National Immigration Project. “The process of deporting an unaccompanied child, a single woman or a family unit, it takes more than 72 hours.” Fritz said the Alexandria site falls under federal standards for “temporary housing,” drawing a contrast between that classification and standards applied to higher-security ICE detention facilities. No occupants will be shackled or handcuffed, he said. Another company official, Jeffrey Lynch, said staff would open the facility gates for anyone who wishes to leave. Then, he added, they will call ICE agents located nearby. “I think we would open the gate” for occupants who ask to leave, said

Lynch, a former ICE official who will run operations at the site. “At the same time, we would be in communication with ICE, letting them know what’s happening. There’s an ICE office literally steps away. They would be there to either intervene, convince them to come back in, or take whatever steps they would take in terms of their case management.” Commissioner Joe McPherson, a former state senator who authored legislation three decades ago that created the England Airpark, questioned whether immigrants’ presence at the facility could truly be considered voluntary. “I wanted to clarify that they’re there under duress, and you don’t disagree with that, I think,” McPherson told the Anovaeon officials. “When (you say) they’re free to leave, we don’t really know if they’re free to leave or not.” The “Airpark Staging Center,” as it’s described in official records, is overseen by three entities: the England Airpark and its associated board; the LaSalle Family Foundation, a nonprofit arm of the LaSalle private prison firm; and Anovaeon, the subcontractor enlisted by LaSalle responsible for day-to-day operations. A different Texas-based subcontractor, Compass Connections, was initially slated to run the site but later “parted ways” with LaSalle, which enlisted Anovaeon to han-

dle operations instead, said Ralph Hennessy, the England Authority’s executive director. A Compass spokesperson declined to comment, and a LaSalle spokesperson did not respond to inquiries. Documents show the 10-acre facility, which is now surrounded by an eight-foot fence draped in green cloth which officials said is meant to prevent photos of immigrant children, will house up to 528 people at once. (That is far smaller than the Dilley site, which ProPublica reported housed 750 families and 370 single women earlier this year.) Immigrants will arrive at the Alexandria airport on commercial flights. Outside the small red-brick airport terminal, Anovaeon staff will guide them to waiting vans. They will drive a half-mile, pass through a gate and drop the passengers at an “intake center” inside one of the modular buildings, Anovaeon officials said. There, new arrivals will receive colored wristbands that signal to staff their food allergies or religious dietary restrictions. Residents will be fed three times per day in a cafeteria area. Refrigerators in each living area are stocked with snacks, Fritz said. Inside the modular buildings and old barracks, bedrooms are outfitted with televisions offering Spanish-language programs, he said. Children can play on the two soccer fields and outdoor jungle gyms. Indoor areas will have video games and board games. Immigrants will

Some say the tools can speed up planning and paperwork, freeing teachers to spend more time with students. Others worry about flashy programs that resemble video games or chatbots that students can use to outsource their thinking. “Some educators are just terriﬁed of it, so they say, ‘I’m not going to touch it,’” said Regena Beard, a science and robotics teacher in the Zachary school district. She thinks it is schools’ responsibility to show students how to use AI responsibly. “It’s our job to educate.”

At Ben Franklin High School in New Orleans, math and engineering teacher Rebecca Gaillot has helped organize faculty discussion groups and trainings on AI, including a session with legal experts on student privacy protections. She said she welcomes debate among her colleagues, who range from loving to loathing AI. “I think it’s good that people are coming in with strong feelings,” she said, “because other technologies we’ve just kind of let waltz into our lives.” Using a grant from a new philanthropic venture called the New Or-

leans AI Education Fund, Gaillot developed an “AI literacy” course that she is teaching to freshmen this year. Ninth grader D’Nali Dilosa said the course has given her a better understanding of the technology, but she still has mixed feelings about it. “I don’t want to end up being too dependent on AI,” she said, “where you’re using AI to the point where you’re not using your brain to think.” In Ouachita Parish, the school system established an AI task force, developed a districtwide AI policy, and purchased a generative

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SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 776125 MIDFIRST BANK vs MILO LORENZO POWELL (A/K/A MILO POWELL, MILO L. POWELL) Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 14, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ to: MILO longing LORENZO POWELL (A/K/A MILO POWELL, MILO L. POWELL) ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE AND IM‐ BUILDINGS PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, WAYS, APPURTE‐ SERVITUDES, NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT SUB‐ KNOWN AS DIVISION VILLA DEL REY SUBDIVI‐ SION, AND DESIGNATED ON THE OFFICIAL PLAN THEREOF, ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND OF THE RECORDER PARISH OF EAST BATON STATE OF ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AS LOT NUM‐ BER THREE HUNDRED TWENTY (320), SAID SUB‐ DIVISION, SAID LOT HAV‐ SUCH MEASURE‐ ING MENTS AND DIMENSIONS AND BEING SUBJECT TO SUCH SERVITUDES AS MORE PARTICU‐ ARE LARLY DESCRIBED ON SAID SUBDIVISION MAP. Which has the address of 10044 E Coronado Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70815.

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TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $250.00 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 776987 TRUISTBANK NORCH

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Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, June 04, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: AIMEE NORCH One certain Jot or parcel of ground, situated in Section. 58, Township 5 South, Range 1 West G.L.D., City of Zachary, Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in that Subdi‐ vision known as COPPER MILL GOLF COMMUNITY, FIFTH FILING, and desig‐ nated as LOT NUMBER 248 on a plat entitled "Final Plat of Copper Mill Golf Community, 4th and 5th Filings, Being a Re‐ subdivision of Tract C-2B-2-B-1 and Tract CM2-F of The Remaining Portion of The Marshall M. Hughes and Mrs. M.G. Hughes Property Original 981 Acre Tract Located in Section 58, TSS, RI W, G.L.D., East Baton Rouge Parish., Louisiana," Said ofﬁcial plan prepared by Darvin W. Ferguson, Reg‐ istered Professional Land Surveyor; duly recorded i i l dl

y y as Original 614; Bundle 11852 of the ofﬁcial records of the. Clerk and Recorder for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions arid being sub‐ ject to said Servitudes and/or building setback lines as are more partic‐ ularly shown on said sur‐ vey plat. Together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing; or in anywise apper‐ taining ("Property"). TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $267.85

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Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as MARIBEL COURT, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER TWENTY-EIGHT (28), said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said subdivi‐ sion map ("Property"). TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $216.82 SHERIFF'S SALE

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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/KIA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUC‐ CESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR NO‐ MORTGAGE VASTAR FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-4, NOVASTAR HOME LOAN ASSETEQUITY CERTIFICATES, BACKED SERIES 2004-4 vs THE UN‐ OPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIE LEE BYRD, JR. A/KIA WILLIE LEE BYRD, JR. A/KIA WILLIE L. BYRD, JR. A/K/A WILLIE BYRD, JR. AND LOLA MARIE SCOTT BYRD A/K/A LOLA SCOTT A/K/A MARIE LOLA M. SCOTT A/K/A LOLA SCOTT A/K/A LOLA

SELENE FINANCE, LP VS RUSSELL TROY SCOTT Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, June 01, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ to: RUSSELL longing TROY SCOTT One certain lot or parcel of ground together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining, being situated in the Parish of East Baton

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at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: THE UN‐ OPENED SUCCESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OF WILLIE LEE BYRD, JR. A/K/A WILLIE LEE BYRD, JR. A/K/A WILLIE L. BYRD, JR. A/K/A WILLIE BYRD, JR. AND LOLA MARIE SCOTT BYRD A/K/A LOLA SCOTT A/K/A MARIE LOLA M. SCOTT A/K/A LOLA SCOTT A/K/A LOLA MARIE BYRD A/K/A LOLA M. BYRD A/K/A LOLA BYRD A/K/A LOLA SCOTT BYRD A/K/A LOLA S. BYRD Two (2) certain lots or parcels of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, (formerly the Third Ward of the Parish of East Baton Rouge), in that subdivision known as Rapolla Villa, and des‐ ignated on the official plan thereof, which is on file and of record, in the Office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge as Lots Numbers Seventeen (17) and Eighteen (18) of Square Number one (1), each of which said lots measures forty (40) feet front on Phillipa Street by a depth between parallel lines of one hundred (100) feet, and being the same property acquired by Mrs. Corinne S. Jones as per act of record in Book 268, Folio 372, and Book 298, Folio 177, con‐ veyance records of East Baton Rouge Parish. A certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon situ‐ ated in the City of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for‐ merly the Third Ward of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, in that subdivi‐ sion known as Ra po Ila Villa, and designated on the official map thereof as Lot Sixteen (16), Square One (1) which said lot measures forty ( 40) feet front on Phillipa Street by a depth be‐ tween parallel lines of one hundred ( 100) feet; and being the same property acquired by William M. Jones as per act of record in Book 168,

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folio 59, conveyance records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; and also per Judgment of Possession dated Janu‐ ary 30, 1957, rendered in Succession of the William Monroe Jones, Parish of East Baton Louisiana of Rouge, record in Conveyance Book 1288, Folio 147 of the ofﬁcial records of said parish and from the Succession of Corinne S. as described Jones above. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2020 October 05, 2026 $418.46 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17)778184 ROCKET MORTGAGE LLC KATRENIA BRISCO vs HOWARD A/K/A KATRE‐ NIA 8. HOWARD A/K/A KATRENIA HOWARD AND MAURICE CALVIN HOWARD A/K/A CALVIN HOWARD A/K/A M. CALVIN HOWARD Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, June 30, 2026 and to me directed, 1did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: KATRENIA BRISCO HOWARD A/K/A KATRENIA 8. HOWARD KATRENIA A/K/A HOWARD AND CALVIN MAURICE HOWARD A/K/A M. HOWARD CALVIN A/K/A CALVIN HOWARD Lot 140, Meadow View Subdivision, according to h ﬁ l l f d

Public Notices Sheriff Sales g the ﬁnal plat of Meadow View Subdivision, Phase 2, Part 2, Lots 84-123, 127151 and Phase 3, Part 2 Lots 152-181, 185-188, 201 Tract GS-6, Tract GS-7 & Tract GS-8, being a por‐ tion of the remaining of Tract F-4, located in Sec‐ tions 61 & 68, T-4-S, R-1W, Greensburg Land Dis‐ trict, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, pre‐ by Collin B. pared Gravois, P.L.S. Louisiana License No. 5115, dated 09, 2019, September recorded at Orig#135 Bundi# 12982 on Septem‐ ber 19, 2019 in the records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

have to hand over their cellphones, but calls from the phones inside the dormitories will not be monitored, officials said. A psychiatrist, nurse practitioners and other medical staff will be onsite, Fritz said. If migrants need offsite care, he said Anovaeon “family services” staff will take them there. Three unarmed security officers will be present at the site, Fritz said. The company has gone on a hiring spree in Alexandria, posting listings on indeed.com for intake specialists, logistics managers, recreation and security staff, among other roles. Planning documents say families and children staying at the facility “can only be released at the direction of ICE.” Federal agents will always be nearby. “(ICE) is a constant presence there if there’s a safety issue, a noncompliance issue, a medical issue,” said the England Authority’s lawyer, Matt Nowlin. A few hours before their scheduled deportation flights, immigrants will be transferred to another modular building set up as an outtake room. They will wait there, then on the tarmac before boarding being escorted aboard the flights.

Finances detailed The new facility is expected to generate the England Authority about $500,000 annually in rent from the nonprofit LaSalle Family Foundation, records show. The nonprofit received two $275,000 contributions in 2025, public tax records show. One of them came from a Ruston-based company affiliated with William McConnell. William “Billy” McConnell is the founder of LaSalle’s private prison business. The new site also set to generate revenue for each immigrant in its custody under a fee known as a “bed rate.” Those figures are left blank on a draft intergovernmental services agreement between ICE and the England Authority. Officials have declined to publicly release copies of the active agreement, citing a prohibition from ICE on sharing it. Anovaeon’s job postings on Indeed offer hourly pay ranging from $22 for transportation staff to $47.50 per hour for security managers. Fritz said the company would cover the entirety of employees’ healthcare premiums. Hennessy, the England Airpark director, in an interview described the facility as one in a series of Airpark projects that have injected money into Louisiana’s economy. The protesters don’t grasp that benefit, he said. “Some of these people are just not happy with the fact that there are kids involved who in their mind are being detained in cages,” he said. “That’s far from the truth.”

AI tool called MagicSchool that will be available to staffers and students. While the district is trying to tap the potential of digital tools, it’s also aware of the risks, said Garrah Lee, the district’s STEM and computer science coordinator. To that end, the school system started “Tech-Free Tuesdays.” The idea is for students to put down their devices, Lee said, and interact face-to-face. Email Patrick Wall at patrick. wall@theadvocate.com. Public Notices Sheriff Sales

FOREST SUBDIVISION, FIFTH FILING and being designated on the offi‐ cial subdivision map, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for said parish and state, as LOT THREE HUNDRED TWENTY (320), said subdivision, said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions as shown on said map. Which has the address of 11833 Goodwood Boule‐ vard, Baton Rouge, LA 70815, TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

Public Notices Sheriff Sales g y p leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining, being situated in the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as YORK‐ SUBDIVISION, SHIRE FIRST FILING, and desig‐ nated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER ONE (1 ), said subdi‐ vision, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes as are shown on said subdivision map (the "Property").

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $209.16

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

TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 778577

Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 778542 PNC BANK, NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION VS GLORIA TENNART Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, June 10, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: GLORIA TEN‐ NART ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon. situated in that subdivision of the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, of Louisiana, State known as SHERWOOD

U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION, AS SUCCES‐ TRUSTEE TO SOR LASALLE BANK NATION‐ AS ALASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE FOR WASHING‐ MUTUALASSETTON CERTIFICATES BAKCED WMABS SERIES 2006-HE1 vs PATRICIA CASEY A/KIA PATRICIA H. CASEY Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of honorable court the aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, June 03, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ to: PATRICIA longing CASEY A/KIA PATRICIA H. CASEY One certain lot or parcel of ground together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ l i d

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Six years ago, Ochsner Health System expanded its footprint in Baton Rouge to a plot nestled just west of the Interstate 10/Interstate 12 corridor. The medical complex, The Grove, outgrew its capacity faster than expected. “It filled up in five years in what we thought would happen in 15,” said Stephen Pepitone, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Ochsner Baton Rouge. Ochsner announced the expansion of its surgical operating rooms and OB-GYN clinic in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. The total hospital investment was estimated at $50 million. The facility doubled its OR suites from four to eight and began using the rooms last month. In the adja-

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Stephen Pepitone, center, ochsner Health chief operating officer and regional chief financial officer, cuts the ribbon Thursday at a ceremony for ochsner The Grove’s new operating room facility and oB-Gyn floor. cent building, Ochsner moved its OB-GYN clinic spaces from the fourth floor to the fifth floor, now sharing a level with the Children’s Shaquille O’Neal Pediatric Super Clinic. “This is a huge win,” said Mayor-President Sid Edwards at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at The Grove. The top level of the complex was originally built as administrative

and storage spaces, but as patient capacity increased, CEO Chuck Daigle said OB-GYN clinics needed to move up a ﬂoor. “Also to make room for more primary care spaces on the fourth ﬂoor,” Daigle said. “Our anchor is always going to be to ensure our community stays healthy to provide good primary care teams.” Building out the space involved extending the secondary surgical

suites and in the OB-GYN clinic space. This year the hospital group brought on 30 new physicians, including 20 surgeons, and an additional 100 new team members. “Construction’s only one piece of it,” Daigle said. “We not only recruited the physicians, but they need great support clinicians surrounding those physicians.” In August, surgeons from The NeuroMedical Center performed the first spine surgery at The Grove, a procedure not previously offered at that location. Ochsner is set to continue expanding the Ochsner MD Anderson Cancer Center on O’Neal, including the recent hiring of four medical oncologists and the purchase of another linear accelerator, a device used for radiation treatment. “(Cancer care) is just exploding,” he said. “We’ll continue to expand that. In addition, you’ll see us continuing to grow orthopedics, sports medicine and musculoskeletal care.”

building toward the back of the facility’s lot and adding an additional 15,000 square feet of parking for future patients. The hospital also upgraded its two MRI machines, replacing their old models with 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla models equipped with quicker, higher-resolution imaging. Daigle said the hospital also de- Email Margaret DeLaney at veloped “soft spaces” like staff margaret.delaney@theadvocate. wellness areas throughout the OR com.

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2 LSU students accuse man of rape

A barge navigates up the Mississippi River past downtown Baton Rouge recently.

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La.’s Kennedy considering a presidential run

BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT Staff writer

U.S. Sen. John Kennedy, of Louisiana, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he is thinking about running for president. “My plans right now are to run for reelection, but as I’ve said before, if I don’t think I can be effective in the Senate anymore, I would consider it,” Kennedy said. Kennedy, R-Madisonville, Kennedy quoted a song by The Judds: “Why not me on a rainy day? Why not me to love your blues away?” “On my side of the aisle, if a bunch of goobers run, and I think they’re goobers and one of the goobers might win, and I think I can do a better job, I would consider running,” he said. “But right now I’m running for reelection.” Kennedy is up for reelection in 2028. When asked about the prospect of running against Vice President JD Vance, Kennedy demurred. “I’m not going to talk about another potential candidate,” he said. “I’m just not there yet.” Kennedy was asked about President Donald Trump giving out the cellphone number for Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, after Cotton refused to back a bill to move to permanent daylight saving time. He said he did not think Trump should have done so. “The president, as we know, can be sometimes … he exists loudly. He can be tempestuous. He can go from zero to a-hole in about three seconds,” he said. Kennedy has in recent weeks made several comments critical of Trump administration policies, though he is careful to note he is still a friend and supporter of the president. The senator is not the only Louisianan who has told national media in recent weeks they are considering a presidential run. Mitch Landrieu, the former New Orleans mayor and lieutenant governor, said in an interview with Politico last month that he was also considering a run. Email Matthew Albright at malbright@ theadvocate.com.

BUILDING PERMITS Here is a list of commercial and residential building permits issued by East Baton Rouge Parish government from Sept. 28 to Oct. 2.

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121 CONVENTION ST.: event space; applicant, Chandler Agee; owner, Paula Clayton. 11485 FLORIDA BLVD.: freestanding ice vending machine, $80,000; applicant, Danny Dupree; contractor, Guitreau General Contractors. 8261 SUMMA AVE.: ofﬁce/ property management; applicant, Quince Perrilloux; owner, Thomas Williams. 2834 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD.: tax ofﬁce; applicant and owner, Lakisha Williams. 5130 MANCUSO LANE: Sage Specialty Hospital inpatient off-site campus; applicant, Walker Dauzat; owner, Pat Mitchell. 1805 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD.: commercial storage space used to store business supplies, equipment and inventory; owner, La Famosa; owner, Muwafak Kaki. 4520 S. SHERWOOD FOREST BLVD.: retailer buying/ selling/trading electronic games and accessories; applicant, Kevin Hurt. 10319 OLD HAMMOND HIGHWAY: change in occupancy for hair salon offering styling, wig sales and related beauty services; applicant and owner, Tyliyah Hawkins. 651 FROGMORE DRIVE: change out of walk-in cooler and freezer, $20,000; applicant, Lofton Fairchild; owner, Roger Youmans; contractor, Elite Air Systems. 5889 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: a 10,120-square-foot Hair Palace location, selling hair care, skin care, cosmetics, wigs, hair extensions, salon equipment, beauty tools and more, $65,000; applicant, Farid Saleh; contractor, Fayaz Mohammed Khan. 7150 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: commercial wall sign,

$2,500; applicant, Ahmed Salem. 3228 TOULON DRIVE: remodel three fire-damaged units, $175,000; applicant, Nathan Spicer; owner, Curtis Tureau; contractor, Spicer Construction. 440 THIRD ST.: commercial wall sign, $34,500; applicant, DeAnna Silliker; owner, Na’Tisha Natt; contractor, Paul Hunter. 4432 PLANK ROAD: commercial pylon sign, $20,800; applicant, Lauran Bunting; owner, Tran Hahn. 3332 HIGHLAND ROAD: commercial wall sign, $3,900; applicant, Deedee Ockman; owner, Tim Liebert; contractor, Thunderbolt Signs. 13431 PERKINS ROAD: construction of 65,000-squarefoot elementary school building, $22 million; applicant, Cecilia Gomes; contractor, Lincoln Builders of Baton Rouge. 2025 STUART AVE.: new 15,865-square-foot parish activity center on the campus of St. Aloysius Catholic Church with an assembly hall, meeting rooms and a kitchen; applicant, Ritter Maher; contractor Arkel Constructors. 5930 PLANK ROAD: construction of a 1,971-square-foot quick service restaurant for Southern Classic Chicken, $1.8 million; applicant, Matthew Landry, owner, Nichole Michelli; contractor, Lanco Construction. 2726 CONTINENTAL DRIVE: event security office and crowd management business; applicant, Cassandra Lasser. 2138 WOODDALE BLVD.: commercial office space for Tap24 Automated Retail, including administrative offices, storage of vending equipment and inventory including nicotine pouches and disposable vapes; applicant, Ryan Whitehurst. 4490 BLANCHE NOYES AVE.: car rentals from within BTR Jet Center, applicant, Lev Zartarian. 9919 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: remodel 31,018-squarefoot nursing home

and construction of a 1,702-square-foot addition, $750,000; applicant, Kevin Broussard; owner, Teddy Price; contractor, Shelton Construction Co. 120 S. 14TH ST.: change of occupancy to an artist studio with metal fabrication, $2,500; applicant and owner, John Reed. 11969 BRICKSOME AVE.: renovation to existing office building, $100,000; applicant, Lee Ann Duck; owner, Phillip Kern; contractor, Prime Custom Construction. 6894 AIRLINE HIGHWAY: convenience store with sale of alcohol and tobacco products; applicant and owner, Anowar Manik. 733 E. AIRPORT AVE.: office space for sales team; applicant and owner, Rodney Richardson. 7570 JEFFERSON HIGHWAY: commercial wall sign, $7,500; applicant, Nanette McElroy; owner, Richie Rosebush; contractor, Commercial Signs. 4171 PERKINS ROAD: commercial wall sign, $2,600; applicant, Dee-dee Ockman; owner, Mike James; contractor, Thunderbolt Signs. 11585 N. HARRELL’S FERRY ROAD: leasing office; applicant, Penny Richardson.

NEW HOMES

1623 FIG ST.: $149,733, 1,056 square feet; applicant, Tyler Thibodeaux; owner, Mattie Wilkenson; contractor, Andries Builders. 2841 COURTYARD LANE: $400,000, 3,246 square feet; applicant, Mandy Miller; contractor, Advanced Builders Inc. 20757 PRIDE-BAYWOOD ROAD, CLINTON: $238,142, 2,713 square feet; applicant and contractor, Manuel Builders; owner, Shedria Sensley. 2143 ALABAMA ST.: $140,000, 1,971 square feet; applicant and contractor, Ryan Curtis. 322 WOODSONG AVE.: $510,656, 3,050 square feet; applicant and owner, Scott Bardwell; contractor, Bardwell Construction Co.

A man is accused of raping two LSU students in his on-campus apartment after buying them alcohol from a gas station on Highland Road, police said. Ty’Juan Bovie, 26, was arrested by the LSU Police Department on Saturday. He was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on two counts of thirddegree rape and two counts of unlawful purchase of buying alcohol for people underage. LSU police responded at 5 p.m. Saturday to Woman’s Hospital after they were contacted by the first victim, who said she was sexually assaulted by Bovie at the East Campus Apartments about 1 a.m. that day. Police also responded to Baton Rouge General Medical Center, where a second victim said he was heavily intoxicated that night and didn’t remember anything, according to the arrest warrant. According to the arrest warrant, the two victims, who were friends, asked Bovie to buy them alcohol. They picked Bovie up from his apartment and drove to the Circle K gas station on Highland Road, where Bovie purchased alcohol, police said. They returned to Bovie’s apartment and got severely intoxicated between 10:50 p.m. and 1 a.m., the arrest warrant says. One victim passed out on the ground and was unable to move, police said. He was unconscious and did not give consent, according to the warrant. The other victim told police that Bovie raped her while she was too drunk to communicate, the warrant says. Bovie was arrested after police executed a search warrant for his apartment. Police said he told officers he had sex with one victim who did not give verbal consent but gave him consent through body language. Bovie also told police that the second victim was unconscious while he had sex with him and did not give any consent, police said. LSU released a statement saying it is working with investigators. “LSU can confirm this incident happened on campus and that the victims, working closely with LSU Police, were able to provide information resulting in an arrest of the suspect,” the statement says.

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Despair over future fuels anxiety for college students BY JACQUELINE GANUN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press

EAST LANSING,Mich.— Frankie Llerandi, 21, has been unable to land a single internship in his three years at Michigan State University. He will graduate in the spring with an economics degree and an interest in data analytics, but true adulthood seems maddeningly far away. Most of his cousins have not been able to buy a house or start a family deep into their 30s. Kira Saiti, a 19-year-old sophomore, is more upset about the broader world than her own future. Every time she looks at her phone she sees images of violence and horror, both in the Middle East and closer to home. “It’s kind of hard to look at that and say, ‘This world is a great place,’” she said. Julian Bautista, 20, saw his chosen profession of environmental work decimated by Trump administration cuts, pushing the junior to decide he will leave the United States to find work in the Netherlands when he graduates. He considers what remains his home country for the next 18 months to be a failure of democracy led by what he sees as corrupt politicians. “Throughout my life, we’ve either stagnated or declined, we haven’t improved,” Bautista said. For many of their classmates on campus and elsewhere around the country, the present looks bleak and the future uncertain at best. Their anxiety is fueling a restlessness with a national political system that they worry is no longer capable of improving their lives or no longer interested in helping. Two years ago, grim economic vibes helped Donald Trump win a far larger share of young voters than is typical for a Republican — 47%, according to AP VoteCast, an extensive sur-

vey of the electorate. Now, anxiety about artiﬁcial intelligence and the Iran war has been added to the mix, powering a wave of disruptive candidates on the opposite end of the political spectrum who have been embraced by college students. Llerandi, Saiti and Bautista all support a slate of progressive, antiestablishment Democratic candidates in Michigan who are pledging to shake up the status quo. Among them are Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health ofﬁcial running for U.S. Senate, and Will Lawrence, a liberal activist trying to unseat Tom Barrett, the Republican congressman who represents the swing district that includes the university.

Bleak outlook Anxieties about the job market, homeownership and adulthood are widespread across the campus, even among those who are not deeply involved in politics. “It’s just something to laugh at, but, you know, I really do want a house when I’m older,” said Praveen Amunugama, a 21-year-old biochemistry major who plans to go to graduate school in hopes the job market improves over the next two years. His friends feel the same way. “They want to be able to afford things, raise a good family,” he said. Despite the economic angst among young people, at ﬁrst blush the picture does not look that bad for them. The unemployment rate for those age 22 to 27 is 7.2%, higher than the broader rate of 4.1% but lower than some other moments of economic calm. A 2024 study found members of the younger generation known as Generation Z are poised to be wealthier than millennials, who themselves are wealthier than the prior generation despite the persistent sense of eco-

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William Lawrence, democratic candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan’s 7th district, speaks Sept. 15 on the campus of Michigan State University during a campaign event in East Lansing, Mich. nomic doom that accompanied their entry into the job market during the Great Recession. Kevin Corinth, the economist who co-authored that study, said he understands Gen Z angst, given modern uncertainties, especially the prospect of AI reshaping various industries and data showing younger people are taking longer to leave home and start families. “For previous generations, if you took certain paths you were likely to succeed, to do better than your parents,” said Corinth, who is at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank. For young people now, he acknowledged, that path is not as clear. Kathryn Edwards, a Texas-based economist, noted that unemployment among recent college graduates is at 5.6%, higher than at most other times in recent history other than the Great Recession. Combined with historically high housing prices and rising costs for essentials such as food and healthcare, that is a challenging environment for young people. “It’s pretty bad for them,” Edwards said, adding that young people are picking up on broader warning signs in the economy. “So many aspects of our current economy, I think young people have gotten right.” They are also fully exposed to the new form of job hunting: AI-powered, digital and done almost exclusively online, where it is hard to discern real job openings from fake ones.

“Think about the amount they get spammed and scammed, and there are tons of fake jobs out there,” said Marla McGraw, assistant dean of career management in Michigan State’s business school. “They’re always coming in here going, ‘Is this real?’” She spends a lot of time trying to buck up disenchanted students. “Our message right now is the job market is tough, but you’re tougher,” McGraw said.

Students criticize leaders Young Americans’ optimism about the job market has plummeted since 2024 and the gap between their view of the economy and those of their elders is greater than almost anywhere in the world, according to a Gallup survey earlier this year. They are less likely to be engaged in politics and less likely to think it is important to vote, an Associated PressNORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll found. They also are less likely to be concerned about political violence. That dissolution of beliefs in traditional political values worries Karlee VanAntwerp. The 21-year-old Michigan State senior is also head of the local chapter of Turning Point, the group for young conservatives whose founder, Charlie Kirk, was assassinated last year. VanAntwerp has been horriﬁed to see Kirk’s killing repeatedly, and sometimes menacingly, mocked online. “Gen Z tends to be more

George Joseph Keegan of Ponchatoula, LA and Cuenca, Spain aged 75 years passed away on Monday, September 28th, 2026. George was the 5th child of Helen E. and Francis R. Keegan of Brooklyn, NY and was born on December 23rd, 1950. He lived his early life in Copaigue, Long Island before his family moved to St Louis, and then Houston TX. He graduated from Jesuit High in Houson TX. George enjoyed a long and industrious career in the marine transportation industry, working in dispatch, on-board and fleeting operations on the Mississipi River from cities such as Greenville, MS, LaPlace, LA and New Orleans, LA. He was much appreciated and respected by his peers in the industry and they called him for advice and guidance for many years after his retirement in 2013. George is survived by his beloved wife of 40 years, Margaret M. Keegan and their 3 sons, John Adam (Thuy), Milton (Christine) and Jason (Elizabeth) as well his siblings, Alicia, Eileen, Tom, Joseph, Michael and Tim. George leaves behind 4 grandchildren whom he adored, Brenden Percle, William H. Keegan, Carolyn H. Keegan and Myah Brown, and a bevy of friends, aquaintances and travelling companions. George was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers James, John Michael and Bobby as well as his sister Mary. George lived abroad in Cuenca, Spain and enjoyed travelling, bird watching and playing guitar. He enjoyed woodworking and had recently taken to repairing and upgrading guitars. He continued to do those things right up until his last weeks. He will be missed by all who knew him and loved always. In lieu of flowers the family asks that friends consider a donation to the National Scoliosis Foundation. https://www.scoliosis.org/

extreme with their views,” VanAntwerp said. “It makes it hard to work with people of different political beliefs, because even if you’re in the middle, they assume you’re crazy.” VanAntwerp sees that feeding into the despair many of her generation feel about real change ever happening. “One administration does a bunch of stuff, another administration comes in and wipes it all out,” said VanAntwerp, who is also working for Barrett’s campaign. “It feels like we always go in circles. That contributes to the political temperature being so high, because people feel nothing changes.” Her politics are the polar opposite of many liberal students who gathered to hear Lawrence, Barrett’s Democratic challenger, talk in a classroom one recent evening, but there was a similar desire for dramatic change. Lawrence sympathized with the glum feelings of early adulthood and urged the students not to succumb to despair. “When I was a little younger I wanted to drop out of society, and it was organizing that gave me a path in life,” Lawrence said. After the candidate left, however, Bautista still sounded on the verge of despair. He talked about how online inﬂuencers he trusts deride Democrats such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York as “mini-mes” because, Bautista contended, they are just watered-down versions of Trump.

National intelligence director Ethiopia retakes city in Tigray tapped to lead AI task force By The Associated Press

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday tapped Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to lead a new government task force on artiﬁcial intelligence. Trump is calling it the “Super Intelligence Force,” because he has tried to rebrand AI as “super intelligence.” The announcement comes after Trump hosted top executives of AI companies at the White House last week and said they had signed a voluntary accord that would effectively self-police the development of the technology. The task force will coordinate the federal effort “to ensure that

America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence, which many say is bigger than the Industrial Revolution, and the Internet, and will protect the interests, and improve the lives, of all Americans,” Trump in a post on social media Sunday. The task force will reach out to consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers and AI companies, the Republican president said. Others on the task force include the Federal Trade Commission’s chair, Andrew Ferguson; Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology ofﬁcer; and Scott Kupor, the director of the Ofﬁce of Personnel Management.

KAMPALA, Uganda — Government-allied ﬁghters entered Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, a witness said Sunday, after the rebel Tigray People’s Liberation Front announced its withdrawal following renewed ﬁghting. The TPLF last month seized the Mekelle airport and the city, one of Ethiopia’s largest. In a statement Saturday, it said its forces had pulled out. They had done so in the previous two-year war, which ended with a peace

agreement in 2022, apparently to spare the city from destruction. Ethiopian Airlines had suspended ﬂights to Mekelle and the Tigrayan cities of Axum and Shire after the rebels seized the airport. The African Union urged restraint, warning that renewed tensions threatened the 2022 agreement. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has tried and failed to subdue Tigray’s rebellious leaders in recent months, with TPLF Chairman Debretsion Gebremichael openly challenging him. Debretsion said Thursday that the

fighting was a “continuation of the previous war” and that his fighters would keep attacking and defending Tigray from its enemies. After federal troops take control of Mekelle, Abiy is very likely to leave regional security in the hands of the Tigray Peace Force, which comprises former members of the TPLF armed wing, Tigray Defense Forces, according to Jalale Getachew Birru, an analyst of Ethiopia for ACLED, an independent global monitor that collects, analyzes and maps data on conflict.

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Political signs turn into litter the day after the election Anyone who drives the roads of southeast Louisiana has seen it: political signs lining highways, intersections, medians and rightsof-way — and, all too often, litter and discarded campaign materials left behind after the election. Whether every piece of litter can be directly attributed to a campaign sign is beside the point. The larger issue is accountability. Political candidates are quick to put their names and faces along our roadsides when they want our votes. But after Election Day, who is responsible for removing the signs, stakes, wire, plastic and other materials? Why shouldn’t candidates and political organizations be held to the same basic standards of cleanliness that businesses and residents are expected to follow? Our roadsides belong to the public. Taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay to clean up campaign debris, and local governments shouldn’t have to look the other way because the offenders happen to be politicians. And this raises an even bigger question: Why won’t politicians do something about it? They certainly have the authority to propose ordinances, strengthen enforcement and establish reasonable deadlines for removing campaign signs. They can also lead by example by making sure their own campaigns leave nothing behind. Instead, campaign signs often seem to receive special treatment. Politicians ask citizens to obey littering laws while their own campaigns can contribute to visual clutter and roadside debris with little apparent consequence. This isn’t about Democrats or Republicans. It’s about whether elected ofﬁcials are willing to apply the same standards to themselves that they do to everyone else. If a candidate wants to put a sign on a public roadside to ask for our vote, that candidate should also accept responsibility for removing it. If politicians won’t clean up the mess, perhaps voters should start asking them why.

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If drugs or alcohol are involved, consent isn’t possible Rape: Until we name it, we won’t ever change it. To those who are offended by the reopening of the Cornell investigation, I want to clarify something: Non-consensual sexual contact is assault; non-consensual penetration is rape. If drugs or alcohol leave a person unable to understand what is happening, make decisions or say no, she legally cannot consent. She is incapacitated; the act is nonconsensual. Anyone who has sexual contact with her, knowing that drugs and alcohol are involved, is committing sexual assault or rape, even if she doesn’t resist, even if she seems to go along with it, even if she consented to drinking and taking drugs. Anyone who promoted her availability for sex and knew that drugs and alcohol were involved was legally complicit in a crime. We all — society, law enforcement and lawyers — have a tendency to blame and shame victims; victims have a tendency to blame and shame themselves. I know about that personally. I wrote on Substack: “Until we name it, we won’t ever change it. It was sexual assault; it was rape.” And, for those dozens of young men who read the Snapchat and chose not to interfere, it should be criminal complicity, which is deﬁned as “knowing someone is intentionally harming another and failing to report the activity to authorities,” according the web site of Grifﬁn Law Group PLLC. You don’t have to be physically present to be complicit; you don’t have to be a mandatory reporter. Those young men should all be charged.

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Scaffolding surrounds the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge during a multiyear exterior restoration project.

Outside of State Capitol under repair. But what about inside? Our state has a tall order to fulﬁll for all people. When crews ﬁrst started building the scaffolding around the Louisiana State Capitol, I used my phone to capture the image. The newspaper posted a great photo on the front page recently. Scaffolding helps workers repair the exterior, but I wonder what’s really going on in the interior of the State Capitol. For example, the regressive policies have negative impacts and further harm people’s lives.

Sure, this is a much-needed construction upgrade. But what’s really concerning me are the conversations and policies that shape the lives of everyday people across this state, including voting rights, healthcare, education, housing, data center energy and water trade-offs and gasoline and diesel prices. Now that’s a tall order to fulﬁll. Need I say more?

LAQUITTA BOWERS Baton Rouge

Witnessing the latest chapter in the saga of La.’s ruin Though I taught for 40 years, I never taught American history. As a child of the Vietnam War era, I had seen too much to be able to deliver convincingly the exaggerations of most highschool textbooks. Today, Louisiana is a subject in another chapter. This is the latest section of a long chapter that has been a century in the writing. Its title is simple: “Corporate Annihilation of the Cultures and Landscapes of Louisiana.” In the past century, French was beaten out of the population, underground pipelines tore up sugar ﬁelds, above-ground pipelines scarred the marsh landscape, cancer and asthma became endemic upriver from New Orleans and around Lake Charles and the state Legislature refused to levy property taxes on offending companies. The ﬁrst chapters were written about oil, and the middle chapters were about petrochemical production. The new chapters are being written

about data centers and space ports. Tried and true techniques are used to silence opposition. The false promise of job creation is still used. Newer promises about how the corporations will save Louisiana’s vanishing coast ring hollow the moment they are proclaimed. Finally, calls to modernize are used to shame those who do not see why we need these things. The Legislature has passed a law permitting nondisclosure agreements between elected ofﬁcials and industry executives, even though the law itself is probably illegal and will not stand up to a challenge in a fair court. They are feeling heat. I hope they are feeling some shame as well, but that is more than likely a fantasy. Legislators and executives are in this for their bottom line, and we the people must remain alert to block their intent to destroy even more.

MONA VILLARRUBIA Metairie

Love South Louisiana? Better take a picture Re: “Inside the seven-month sprint to bring Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Louisiana,” Sept. 27. This was a great article! I suggest everyone take pictures of the Mississippi River Delta, like the ones with the article. It won’t take long before anything beautiful in South Louisiana will be gone. Some people (you can imagine who) are going to make an obscene amount of money.

ROBERT DESMARAIS new orleans

Hamas poked a bear, and suffers the consequences It was more than a little disturbing to read the letter to the editor claiming how terrible Israel has been in defending itself after the attack by Hamas, which murdered more than 1,200 innocent people including children, at the music festival on Oct. 7, 2023 (“Expect Israel to honor the principles of the United States,” Sept. 28). The writer claims that Israel’s reaction is contrary to our country’s standards and beliefs. However, maybe the writer doesn’t remember when we, in the United States, were the victims of a terrorist attack by another terrorist organization, Al Qaeda, that had forced our airplanes into the Twin Towers, also murdering thousands of innocent people. What was our response? We went to war to track down Osama Bin Laden and his fellow ter-

rorists in Afghanistan. And maybe the writer doesn’t remember but over 46,000 civilians in Afghanistan were killed, in part, because the terrorists used civilians as shields, just as Hamas has done in Palestine. So, the truth is that both Israel and America had no choice but to attempt to destroy the terrorists in hopes of preventing another similar attack. And yes, neither Israel nor America wanted the wars they were drawn into or the lives that were lost. But here’s the lesson: You poke a bear, you better be ready for a ﬁght and all of its horrible consequences.

STAFFORD LYONS Shreveport

Was fawning content real or satire? Take our quiz! When I saw the Sept. 28 headline ”How does Todd Graves’ wealth stack up to other fast food billionaires? Take our quiz!” I wasn’t quite sure if it was maybe satire. If you indeed wanted to make fun of the fawning ways local journalism is kissing up to our billionaire overlords, kudos to you, well done! If not, I have a suggestion to make. The quiz “How does Todd Graves’ wealth stack up to the income of his workers who generate said wealth?” is one I would actually take.

MIKE GERTLER new orleans

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COMMENTARY Religious ‘integralists’ on the right, meet your socialist soulmates Undeterred by the axiom that there tegralists promise to do this directing can be indecent exposure of the mind enthusiastically and comprehensively. as well as the body, the Democratic So- So, consider: One reason abortions occur more frecialists of America candidly announce their agenda. Religious “integralists” quently since the Supreme Court’s 2022 should be similarly explicit. decision overturning Roe v. Wade is the DSAers want to scrap the Constitualmost simultaneous mass availability of the abortion-inducing drug tion in order to facilitate confismifepristone. While pursuing a cating wealth, private property national abortion ban, integraland other impediments to government-enforced equality and ists presumably would want to social perfection. Christian inteban this. And to make divorce — putgralists, who are disproportionately Catholic, are devout and George ting asunder what God has determined to make the nation joined — more difficult. The Will more so. They would enliven road to Roe in 1973 was paved politics if they would specify by the Supreme Court’s 1965 the measures they advocate to (as they decision overturning a Connecticut mistakenly say) return America to beintegralist law affirming that state’s moral objections to contraception. The ing a “Christian nation.” regime change today’s integralists Integralists want to integrate spiritual and temporal (government) power, envision might protect states’ rights to use such laws to bolster community subordinating the latter to the former. values, solidarity and natalism. Harvard law professor Adrian VerVermeule notes that in 1811 the influmeule, the most intellectually interesting integralist, opposes “the relentless ential New York Supreme Court Chief expansion of individualistic autonomy,” Justice James Kent wrote the opinion and those who are “enslaved to the upholding a conviction for blasphemy original meaning of the Constitution.” against Jesus. An integralist regime Integralists have no “horror of politimight favor, as New York did, laws cal domination and hierarchy” because criminalizing blasphemy as an offense against public peace and morals. law — government — must be “paren“Blue laws” once restricted work, tal, a wise teacher and an inculcator of commerce and pleasure on Sundays. good habits.” Until 1934, Pennsylvania’s piety preVermeule’s constitutionalism aims not to “protect liberty” as “an end in vented the Pirates and Phillies from itself,” because “constraints on power playing home games on the Sabbath. are good only derivatively,” by serving Integralists could court, and probably the integralist agenda, which requires achieve, martyrdom by banning all robust parental government. GovernNFL Sunday games. DSA radicalism is ethereal because ment should “direct” individuals and society toward virtuous living through of society’s thickness, the rootedness of America’s social arrangements built “respect for the authority of rule and by, and for the perpetuation of, private of rulers; respect for the hierarchies property bolstering individual striving. needed for society to function.” Well. Integralists’ unreal radicalism preAll societies somewhat legislate morality by prescribing and proscribsumes a root-and-branch rejection of all jurisprudence construing the First ing, and otherwise encouraging and Amendment’s proscription of “estabdiscouraging, certain behaviors. Classically liberal societies do this lishment” of religion. School prayers tentatively and warily. Vermeulean inagain? Of course, as 50 state govern-

ments write them. Integralists illustrate the “horseshoe” rather than the linear conception of the political spectrum: Integralism and socialism bend toward each other. Vermeule: “Libertarian conceptions of property rights and economic rights will also have to go, insofar as they bar the state from enforcing duties of community and solidarity in the use and distribution of resources.” “The bureaucracy,” Vermeule promises, “will be seen not as an enemy, but as the strong hand of legitimate rule,” protecting “atomized individuals” from, among other things, “corporate exploitation.” Where, one wonders, do the devout integralist vice president, JD Vance, and New York’s socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, differ concerning what the mayor calls “the warmth of collectivism?” An integralist might oppose immigration and a socialist might oppose economic disparities for similar reasons: Both favor government-enforced social homogeneity. Neither agrees with Robert Frost, who opposed the urge to “homogenize society,” because, he said, “I want the cream to rise.” Integralists who speak, as Vance does, of “the Christian foundation of this country” are baptizing the Founders without their permission. The six most important — Franklin, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton — held, tepidly, various ﬂavors of deism, which says a clockmaker deity got the universe going, then His attention wandered. The six tended toward unitarianism, the watery belief that there is at most one God. Integralists, like socialists, promise political transformations that will achieve salvation for our fallen world. Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36). Integralists, like socialists, are more ambitious. Email George Will at georgewill@washpost.com.

Are GOP doomers overreacting? This has been a time that a deep sense of pessimism about the upcoming midterm elections set in among Republicans around the country. Not just the political class of consultants and others intimately involved in campaigns — they have been pessimistic for a while, although their sense of foreboding seemed to rise to a higher level in recent days — but also among those who follow the news closely but don’t get down into the weeds of the race for control of the House and Senate. They were rattled by headlines like this, from the Cook Political Report: “GOP on Track to Lose Byron House Majority as 15 York Race Ratings Shift Toward Dems.” They were unnerved by troubling assessments from conservative commentators. They were worried by reports from wellconnected observers. They were vexed by stubbornly high prices for fuel and food. A lot of the elevated sense of pessimism is related to President Donald Trump’s job approval rating. It seems that every few days there is a new poll showing Trump’s number sinking a bit lower; the most recent was a Wall Street Journal survey that pegged the president’s job approval at 37%. The other most recent polls in the RealClearPolitics average were at 44%, 39%, 35%, 41%, 43%, 36%, 35%, 40%, 33% — you get the idea. The RCP average is 38.7%, which is terrible for a president leading his party into midterm elections. Nevertheless, there is also a sense among some political practioners that there is too much wailing and garmentrending over the current situation. Yes, Republicans are very likely going to lose, but maybe not by the blue wave, or even blue tsunami, that some are talking about. “Many Republicans are believing/ hoping in this idea, that it will be bad, but not real bad,” said one GOP politico. “It’s possible but not likely. Narrowly

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The U.S. Capitol is seen on Sept. 25 in Washington. losing the House and holding on to the Senate is the best scenario. Losing both is a distinct possibility.” Another conceded that there might be “a bloodbath nationally,” but urged Republican incumbents to stay away from whatever the hair-on-ﬁre issue of the day is in Washington. “Stop using D.C.based messages,” he recommended, instead urging a focus on “local, local and more local.” The ﬁrst politico pointed to one particularly acute problem: “One thing that is consistently true in EVERY survey is the independents are against us,” he said. “Every survey.” In an email exchange, David Winston, a longtime Republican strategist and pollster, said much the same thing. “The reason we didn’t have a red wave in 2022 is that Republicans ran a base election,” Winston explained. “That netted Republicans the best Party ID advantage in the history of exit polling, but unfortunately Republicans lost independents by 2 points — the key voter group in competitive races.” Winston pointed out that in 2010, the Republican blowout that netted the party 63 seats, the GOP won independent voters by 19 points. “In 2010, Republicans won 242 House seats, and in 2022 Republicans won 222 seats — a difference of 20, about the same difference in the margin among independents,” Winston said. Now, Winston concluded, the question is where do independents go? The voters’ negative views of both parties and

their high anxiety about the economy, Winston added, make the electorate particularly volatile this time around. So what does this add up to? If the situation is as volatile as Winston suggests, that means it could improve a bit for Republicans (although it could also get worse). Perhaps the 2022 lose-butnot-as-bad-as-expected scenario is not only possible but likely. But of course, that’s still losing. The problem for Republicans who want to be optimistic is that the best-informed people running many races are simply not optimistic, although they are plugging away in the hope that things will improve. Recently, a follower on X responded to something I had posted with the message, “Dude, you’re nothing but a doomer now.” Maybe that’s true. I have been saying things look bad for the GOP for some time now. But that is, in fact, how things look. So are GOP doomers overreacting? In a situation where optimists believe the party will lose, but not by a lot, and pessimists believe it will lose in a landslide, it’s not unreasonable to say they’re all doomers of one stripe or another. Of course party leaders would prefer to lose by a little rather than a lot, if those were the only two choices. But winning? It’s hard to ﬁnd a seriously involved Republican who thinks that’s going to happen. Byron York is on X, @Bryon York. Email him at byronyork@yorkcomm. com.

The great awokening is over For years, the first thing I did upon awakening was check Twitter to see if I had been canceled. After a quick name search to ensure that there was only the usual amount of frothing denunciation, I could get on with my day. Writing that now, it sounds overwrought. But it seemed wise a few years ago, when every day brought a new cancellation attempt. Cancel culture had metastasized from obscure corners of the internet to some of the nation’s most venerable institutions: university campuses, establishment media outlets, nonprofits and Fortune 500 corporations. Someone would say or do something that might have seemed reasonable only a short time before but was now Megan proclaimed to be the vilest sort McArdle of bigotry — subject to mass public denunciation, vicious personal attacks and institutional struggle sessions. I had a flashback recently when The Boston Globe published an article on a meltdown at a lesbian bar in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The story had already been broken by the “Blocked and Reported” podcast, but the Globe made it viral. Every detail was eerily reminiscent of the old days, and just like back then, it was suddenly everywhere in my social media feeds. The difference is that this time, I followed it with great enjoyment, rather than outrage and fear. For those who missed the news, Last Ditch Bar and Arts Venue recently announced that one night a week, it would relax its policy requiring customers to wear KN95 masks. You might think that’s reasonable, given that it is hard to eat or drink with a mask on and dubiously effective to keep pulling one up and down. A passionate faction in the Last Ditch community didn’t think it was at all reasonable. Those patrons thought it was a “pander” to “capitalism and white supremacy.” You can guess what followed: social media pile-ons and a heated community meeting. Jackie Matellian, one of three founders, spoke during the meeting. Matellian explained that the bar was unprofitable, subsidized by her working multiple jobs while living in her truck. This part is not enjoyable. It takes pluck and grit to build a business, especially when you’re not doing it just to make money (hard enough!) but to serve your ideals and a community you care about. I admire anyone who tries this hard to live out their commitments, and I’m really sorry for what’s happened to her. The Globe’s article generated a fierce denunciation from the Western Massachusetts branch of the Communist Party USA. Semafor’s Max Tani reports it also generated 1,000 subscriptions for the Globe in one day and is “on pace to shatter all sorts of Globe records,” probably for the reason suggested by podcaster Armand Domalewski: “Basically every left wing person in America has personally experienced some version of this story in their life over the course of the last decade.” And, Domalewski added, they are really sick of it. To which I might add: Now they get to laugh about it. For Woke 1 is dead, and this story is its epitaph. Six years ago, these shame storms were shaking corporate boardrooms to the teakwood paneling. Now they’re convulsing one fledgling bar and a few communist fellow travelers. Those who remember the old days fondly might see this as an indictment, arguing that under pressure from right-wing reactionaries, including in the government, many companies stopped listening. You can’t really blame this on President Donald Trump; companies began retreating from Woke 1 before Trump took office the second time. Those institutions had been bullied or fooled into taking controversial stances that appealed mostly to politically active customers. Embracing politics can work as a business strategy, but it’s risky; when you choose one side of a contentious issue, you alienate the other. Before the Great Awokening, political pronouncements tended to come from niche firms that could survive on a modest but fiercely devoted fan base. But for about a decade, social media dynamics gave larger firms the misimpression that woke was a mass movement rather than a fringe phenomenon. It wasn’t. Moreover, that fringe — the customer base Last Ditch was built for — contains too many people who hate the very idea of running things like a business. They will demand policies that are incompatible with making a profit or running a functional organization, and if you capitulate, they will wreck you. Organizations got wise, and the fringe retreated to its proper sphere: the radical communities that flourish in any liberal society. Those communities still have to negotiate with the mob. For the rest of us, however, the Great Awokening is over, because its targets woke up. Megan McArdle is on X, @asymmetricinfo. Email her at Megan.McArdle@washpost.com.

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man Remedy sought in Congo’s Ebola outbreak Laotian deported BY CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA and EVE BRENNAN

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RWAMPARA, Congo — More than 250 participants have been enrolled in a trial for a drug that could stop them from contracting Ebola in Congo, in what experts have described as a critical step to try to fight the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the Central African country. The drug is targeted at Bundibugyo virus, which is responsible for the fast-moving outbreak and is without an approved vaccine or treatment. The trial began in July and is one of several studies launched to find some protection and another way of at least slowing the outbreak. The Associated Press spoke this week to participants and doctors at the health center where the trial is taking place in the eastern province of Ituri, the epicenter of the outbreak. The participants include people who have been exposed to the disease in this outbreak, among them health workers and patients’ relatives. At least 8,300 confirmed cases, including 4,000 deaths, have been recorded since this Ebola outbreak was declared in mid-May in eastern Congo. It has spread to seven provinces and continues to outpace efforts to track and slow it, authorities say. The trial is testing Gilead’s experimental antiviral pill, called obeldesivir, which is given soon after suspected contact with the virus to prevent the disease from developing. That approach is called post-exposure prophylaxis, or PEP. One participant in the trial known as EBO-PEP told AP that she enrolled in the study in August after her husband tested positive for Ebola. She says so far no one from her family developed symptoms. She and other trial participants requested anonymity to protect their privacy due to the sensitive nature of the Ebola outbreak and the medical protocol involved. “I realized that if I even touched my husband — and I did touch him, his vomit, everything — (it meant that) I was a direct contact. I could have also passed on this contagious

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An enrolled patient arrives to clinical trials attempting to stop the rare Bundibugyo virus, amid a deadly Ebola outbreak, in Rwampara Hospital in Ituri, Congo. disease. I could have been contaminated,” the participant said. She said she knew of entire households which had become infected after a family member tested positive for Ebola. But so far no one from her family has developed symptoms, she says. Ebola disease only spreads once symptoms begin. People exposed to infected patients have to wait to see if they get sick. Finding people at high risk of incubating the Bundibugyo virus — also known as contact tracing — has proved difficult in Congo. Another participant said two of their family members had caught Ebola, and one of them had died. “This disease is killing. It’s better to take precautions,” he said. The trial, coordinated by ALIMA, a medical nonprofit, aims to recruit nearly 1,000 adults or children over the age of 12 who have come into contact with a confirmed case within the last five days but have no symptoms. Half will get a placebo. Participants are monitored in person every day for 21 days, with a final phone call after 42 days, according to Dr. Godefroid Basara, who is working on the trial. ALIMA said that if trial partici-

pants begin to develop symptoms, they will immediately receive supportive treatment, which has been shown to be helpful when symptoms are caught early. If the pill proves effective, it could help break the infection chain. “It differs from a vaccine, which may take days or weeks to provide protection. It is also different from curative treatment because it is intended for people who are not yet showing symptoms,” ALIMA research coordinator Dr. Guilavogui Jean Paul Yassa said. Dr. Jacques Zawadi, an investigating physician working with ALIMA at the trial center, said most participants are happy to take part in the study, but it had been challenging encouraging some people who live far from the center to sign up. He said the study is sometimes disrupted when participants ﬁnd out their family members have died from the disease. “This is the biggest challenge we face. When a person is emotionally affected, it is not easy to reason with them and ensure they return to the study,” he said. The trial partners also include Congo’s National Institute of Bio-

medical Research and the French institute ANRS Emerging Infectious Diseases. As new vaccines are under development elsewhere, Congo started vaccinating health workers with the Ervebo vaccine which was effective during previous Ebola outbreaks caused by a different, more common virus. Authorities have said Ervebo could offer some protection against Bundibugyo, but whether the vaccine can actually prevent illness is still being studied. On Thursday, humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders said a staff member had tested positive for Ebola and was being evacuated to the Netherlands. In June, a humanitarian physician with ALIMA also tested positive after returning to France from one of the virus hot spots. The World Health Organization has said the outbreak continues to outpace efforts to track and slow the spread, and is set to exceed West Africa’s regional outbreak between 2014 and 2016 — the deadliest on record — which killed 11,000 people. Lauran Neergaard contributed to this story from Washington, D.C.

CAPETOWN,SouthAfrica — A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. Phone Chomsavanh was among ﬁve immigrants deported to Eswatini — where he has no ties — in July 2025 in the early days of the Trump administration’s secretive and highly contentious third-country deportation program. Chomsavanh’s U.S.-based lawyer, Tin Thanh Nguyen, said in a statement announcing his release that he had only been informed that he was being deported to Eswatini shortly before a military cargo plane carrying him and other deportees landed there more than 14 months ago. Chomsavanh was now being deported to Laos, Nguyen said. Chomsavanh and the four other immigrants he was deported to Eswatini with were convicted of serious crimes in the U.S., but had served their sentences by the time they were sent to the Matsapha Correctional Complex near Eswatini’s administrative capital, Mbabane. “He had already served his time. Instead they put him on a plane without telling him where it was headed and left him in a prison in a country he had never heard of, where nobody ever accused him of anything,” Nguyen said. “He sat there for more than a year. No notice, no hearing, no chance to object. That is not due process by any deﬁnition.”

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Now is Kamara’s time to ‘lock in’

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Latest act can reveal Saints RB’s full potential

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In a recent sit-down interview with NBC’s Jason Garrett, Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton reminisced about his time coaching Alvin Kamara. When he was with the Saints, Payton found that the running back tended to get bored. Kamara, as talented as he was, could coast in practice, occasionally leading him to drop an easy pass. So one day, the two had an honest conversation — spurred by a text message the night before in which Payton asked Kamara if he could coach him hard. Payton began the dialogue with a question: Did Kamara see himself making the Hall of Fame one day? According to Payton, Kamara answered yes. “I said, ‘All right, well, I don’t think your trajectory right now is steep enough to make that goal happen,’ ” Payton said. “I think your trajectory is five Pro Bowls, a couple All-Pro teams, phenomenal career, all-time leading rusher, but I think your trajectory, and I think your practices have to be (better).” Weighing in on social media, Kamara said it was a true story and that he was “forever grateful.” But he also wanted to make one thing clear. “He always knew that when it was time to lock in, I was ready though,” Kamara wrote, adding a laughing emoji. Payton may no longer be with the Saints. But once again, it is time for Kamara to lock in. With Travis Etienne landing on injured reserve with a hamstring injury, Kamara is suddenly poised to return to his role as New Orleans’

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nathan Jeansonne, back right, closes the van door after helping Steve Gleason get out of it on June 24 at Gleason’s home.

20 years after blocked punt that changed his life, Saints icon Gleason is thriving, embracing the unknown

DOING THE

IMPOSSIBLE Steve Gleason’s life changed on Sept. 25, 2006. In the span of seven seconds, he went from unknown to unforgettable. His blocked punt in the 2006 Domecoming game against the Atlanta Falcons is one of the most iconic plays in NFL history. It spurred the Saints to a cathartic 23-3 win against their longtime rivals and cemented his legacy across the Gulf Coast region. A 12-foot bronze statue titled “Rebirth” stands on the apron of the stadium today to commemorate Gleason’s heroics.

Five years after his historic play, Gleason’s life changed again. He was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, an incurable neuromuscular disease that robs people of the ability to use their muscles. Since 2014, he has not been able to walk, talk, eat or breathe without the aid of human or technological assistance. Thanks to a ventilator, high-tech wheelchair and devoted team of 24-hour caregivers, he gets through each day on the strength of his extraordinary will. In the face of unconscionable adversity, Gleason has managed to not just survive but thrive. He married New Orleans native Michel Varisco in 2008, and she gave birth to the couple’s two children, Rivers and Gray, in 2011 and 2018. Gleason’s children are his greatest inspiration, a daily source of motivation for him and Michel.

So, too, are the countless people living with ALS (PALs) who have been inspired by Gleason through his work at Team Gleason, the organization he and Michel founded in 2011. Over the years, Team Gleason has raised and donated more than $65 million to assist people living with the disease. Its sister research initiative, Answer ALS, is currently assisting 730 research projects in 35 countries in an effort to improve treatment and ﬁnd a cure for the disease. “None of this happens without Steve Gleason,” said Clare Durrett, the managing director of Answer ALS. Time has afforded Gleason the beneﬁt of perspective. There was a time, shortly after the punt

Jeff Duncan

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SEC trio could stand in way of LSU’s playoff push Kentucky, Mississippi St. and Auburn no pushovers

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ing SEC trio that stands in LSU’s way. Kentucky and Mississippi State are both 4-1. Auburn just played to within 10 points Staff writer of the Volunteers in Knoxville, Tennessee. That’s a pair of adequately sized stumWhen LSU’s schedule was released, a three-game stretch in November caught ev- bling blocks that could send Lane Kifﬁn’s eryone’s eye because it presented a gauntlet debut season ﬂoundering into a realm of disof big brands. appointment. Here’s why LSU might have a Alabama on Nov. 7. Texas on Nov. 14. Ten- tougher October than anyone estimated in the preseason. nessee on Nov. 21. That’s a string of games against the current No. 6, No. 1 and No. 15 teams, respec- Kentucky tively, in the Associated Press Top 25. Will Stein, the son of a Kentucky defensive While the Tigers (4-1, 1-1 SEC) will likely end, has LSU at the center of one of his fondneed two wins in that three-game stretch to est Wildcat memories. clinch a bid to the College Football Playoff, He was an 18-year-old fan who stormed they have to sweep in October to keep their the field in 2007 when No. 17 Kentucky aspirations within reach. And it’s an intrigu- downed No. 1 LSU, the eventual national

BY JON BLAU

champs, in triple overtime. Stein is now the head coach of another ranked Kentucky squad that wants to leave a stain on the Tigers’ postseason résumé. He’s also the first Kentucky coach to win four of his first five games since Bear Bryant in 1946. A squad Stein beefed up in the transfer portal beat Texas A&M, like LSU, though the Wildcats’ 31-21 margin was tighter than the Tigers’ 35-6. Kentucky also gave Alabama a game well into the third quarter, but the Crimson Tide washed away the Wildcats, 4517, with a 32-0 second half. In their past two games, the Wildcats have built positive momentum with a 45-21 win over South Alabama and a 35-34 overtime win over South Carolina, which erased a 17-point deficit for the largest road comeback in program history.

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LSU coach Lane Kiffin walks up the sideline during a break in a game against Mcneese ä See LSU, page 3B on Saturday at Tiger Stadium.

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Dream takes Game 1 of semifinals Canada’s big second half helps Atlanta beat Liberty BY ALAN COLE

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ATLANTA — Jordin Canada scored 20 of her 25 points in the second half and had five steals to help the Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 92-82 on Sunday in Game 1 of the best-of-five WNBA semifinals series. DeWanna Bonner added 23 points and helped fill the void when Allisha Gray went down with a left hand injury in the second quarter. Atlanta once again played stellar defense, scoring 32 points off 21 forced turnovers, including 16 in a dominant third quarter. The 32 points off turnovers tied an alltime WNBA playoff record. “Everybody stepped up, and that’s what we need,” Canada said. “Next man up mentality. I just tried to do what I do best. I tried to be aggressive, find my shots and take my shots with confidence.” Gray’s injury was the key moment of a very even first half. Neither team led by more than six points in a half that had 14 lead changes. New York went into the locker room with a slim 40-37 advantage. But Atlanta outscored New York 32-15 in the third quarter, seizing control with relentless defensive pressure. “We knew we didn’t play our best in the first half,” Canada said. “We gave up a lot of defensive assignments, we weren’t playing

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Atlanta dream guard Allisha Gray, left, dribbles against new york Liberty forward Leonie Fiebich during the first half of Game 1 of the WnBA semifinals on Sunday in Atlanta. up to our schemes and we just weren’t being aggressive enough on the offensive end.” Angel Reese and Canada had three steals apiece in the third, keying a 13-3 run to start the half which gave Atlanta a lead it never surrendered. Seven New York players recorded at least one third-quarter turnover, and the team shot just 4 of 14 from the ﬂoor in a stretch that created a margin too big to overcome. “Live ball turnovers,” Liberty star Breanna Stewart said made the difference. “We couldn’t get

a basket until pretty late in the third. We know what Atlanta likes to do. Similar situation to what happened to us at home (in last week’s regular season matchup) where they just came out and raced it down our throats. We need to be better.” New York trimmed a 16-point deﬁcit down to ﬁve in the closing minutes, but a clutch 3-pointer by Canada just before the shot clock buzzer followed by another transition layup off a stop stemmed the tide. Sabrina Ionescu led the Liberty with 27 points and Stew-

Golden State defeats Las Vegas in Game 1 of WnBA semis BY JANIE MCCAULEY

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art added 19. The win marked Atlanta’s ﬁrst victory in the semifinal round since 2018, and left it as the only undefeated team remaining in the postseason. The Dream is also on an eight-game winning streak dating back to the regular season. “I thought we had a great third quarter,” Dream head coach Karl Smesko said. “They made a run at us, but we were just able to make enough plays down the stretch to close them out.” Game 2 of the series is Wednesday in Atlanta.

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Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams, right, drives to the basket against Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson, second from right, on Sunday in San Francisco. when the final buzzer sounded and confetti fell. Game 2 in the best-of-five series is Wednesday night back at Chase Center. “The goal here is to win our home games, so yes, we did well for the first game, but the Aces are championship-caliber; they know what it takes to win,” Stokes said. “I know in their locker room they’re not happy with how they played, so their whole goal is to come to our house and still win games, so they still have the opportunity to do that. Going forward we know that we need to come out on Wednesday and make

sure we set the tone again.” Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase was well enough to coach after she went down on the sideline near Golden State’s bench with 1:40 remaining Friday night in a 77-73 comeback win to clinch the ﬁrst-round series against Dallas. She was examined by a doctor during the day off Saturday. Jackie Young’s 3-pointer with 8:25 left pulled Las Vegas within 58-53. WNBA leading scorer and reigning MVP Wilson made 6 of 11 ﬁrst-half shots for 15 points for the third-seeded Aces. It was a defensive, low-scoring game in which neither team shot

particularly well — the Valkyries 37.7% to 33.9% for Las Vegas — after both went the distance in the best-of-three first round to advance. Valkyries point guard Veronica Burton struggled on the offensive end, missing a layup and 3-pointer during one third-quarter sequence and sat down at the 7:29 mark. Nakase then went to Kaitlyn Chen for the rest of the game and she scored 11 points. Burton didn’t have a health issue. “She’s amazing and she’s feeling great,” Nakase said. “Kaitlyn Chen was fresh and I’m playing a fresh Kaitlyn Chen.” Mixing and matching rotations worked out after Golden State shot just 31.4% — 11 for 35 and 5 of 15 on 3s — in the ﬁrst half. Newcomer Aminata Gueye came off the bench to score nine points in 12-plus minutes for the Valkyries. She signed with the team Sept. 20 after playing with Williams and Janelle Salaun on the French team in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. Salaun received a rousing ovation when she entered the game with 2:25 left in the ﬁrst quarter after being named WNBA Sixth Player of the Year before the game. Kayla Thornton also pulled down 11 rebounds to go with eight points for the Valkyries, who dominated the boards with a 52-25 advantage.

Bronny James unbothered by father’s departure BY GREG BEACHAM

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Bronny James seems to realize that the wildest part of LeBron James’ decision to change teams before his 24th NBA season is the fact he left his son behind to do it. Bronny is still with the Los Angeles Lakers after his 41-yearold father’s departure for the Philadelphia 76ers. The younger James enters his third NBA season this week still working to win a rotation role with the team that drafted him in 2024 in the family’s adopted hometown. Bronny and LeBron spent the past two seasons as the NBA’s first father-son teammates, an achievement LeBron said was

BEIJING — Second-ranked Aryna Sabalenka was ousted in the third round of the China Open in straight sets by the Czech Republic’s Nikola Bartunkova on Sunday. In the men’s draw, Novak Djokovic maintained his perfect record at the tournament with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory over U.S. Open champion Alexander Zverev in the quarterﬁnals. The No. 34-ranked Bartunkova defeated the four-time Grand Slam champion 6-4, 6-3 in just over an hour and a half, leaving the tournament without its two top seeds in the ﬁrst week. Djokovic is bidding to win his seventh China Open title and is now 32-0 in Beijing, eclipsing Rafael Nadal’s 31-0 start at the French Open for the best start at a tour-level tournament in the Open era.

Meronk of LIV Golf rallies to win Dunhill Links

Williams leads way again for Valkyries SAN FRANCISCO — Gabby Williams had 25 points, 11 rebounds and ﬁve assists, Kiah Stokes added 14 rebounds and three blocked shots, and the Golden State Valkyries took Game 1 of the WNBA semifinals by beating the defending champion Las Vegas Aces 71-60 on Sunday. A’ja Wilson scored 24 points while Chelsea Gray contributed 16 points for Las Vegas, which lost guard Jewell Loyd to a left leg injury early in the third quarter, and was held to its lowest point total of the season. The team said she was being evaluated and coach Becky Hammon didn’t have an immediate update afterward. Playing to chants of “Gabby! Gabby!” from the sellout crowd at Chase Center, Williams scored 18 of her points on 6-for-10 shooting in the ﬁrst half, including a 3-pointer that put Golden State ahead 32-23 with 5:43 left before halftime. That deafening “Ballhalla” home crowd turned the arena into a sea of violet-colored T-shirts and energy the Valkyries have so counted on in their first two seasons. Fans waved and cheered

Sabalenka knocked out in straight sets in China

comparable to any of his championship rings. But the top scorer in league history decided his hunger for another title was greater than his desire to stay by Bronny’s side. In his ﬁrst extensive public comments on this unusual situation Monday, Bronny confirmed he isn’t the least bit angry or disappointed by his dad’s departure. He’s already well aware that when your father is LeBron James, many things are bigger than you. “Happy for him, and excited for where their season goes,” Bronny said. “I’m excited to see him on Christmas, excited to play against him on Christmas. It’s going to be good.” The 76ers visit the Lakers on Dec. 25.

While LeBron’s enthusiasm for being an engaged father to his three children is well-documented, Bronny said he didn’t have extensive discussions with his father about the move. “We’re men of very little words when it comes to talking about business and what we’re going to do and how we feel about each other,” Bronny said with a smile. “It wasn’t really much, to be honest with you. He’s got his own path and I’ve got my own, so he knows that I want to make a name for myself and want to continue my career and keep growing as a player, and he knows I’ll want to focus on that, so he decided to (move).” While LeBron settles into Philadelphia this week, his son is get-

ting back to work with the Lakers. LeBron won’t be a constant presence in the locker room and on the road to dispense guidance and leadership to his son — and he won’t be around for Bronny’s 22nd birthday next week, either. That’s all fine for Bronny, who wasn’t fazed while he went through his ﬁrst Lakers media day without his father’s massive presence and booming voice nearby. “Feels like he’s not here,” Bronny said at the Lakers’ training complex. “I don’t really have an opinion on that. That’s my dad. I’ve spent almost 22 years with him, so just another experience that I’m going to be a part of, and I’m excited how it’s going to feel during the season. So I’m looking forward to it.”

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — Adrian Meronk caught up quickly and pulled ahead on the mistakes of Casey Jarvis to win the Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday with a 4-under 68, giving the 33-year-old from Poland a full card on the European tour when he desperately needed it. Meronk was the tour player of the year in 2023 when he was left off the Ryder Cup team in Rome, and then defected to LIV Golf the following year. He was among eight players who accepted a deal from the European tour earlier this year that allowed him to keep his membership. Victory was not secure until Jarvis failed to hole out for eagle from the Valley of Sin on the 18th at the Old Course.

17-year-old is youngest USMNT player to score

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Cavan Sullivan became the youngest player to score a goal in U.S. men’s national team history, fellow teenager Julian Hall added another goal and the Americans cruised to a 3-0 victory over Mexico late Saturday night in an international friendly that was the 80th match between the rivals. At 17 years and five days old, Sullivan scored his stunning goal in the 62nd minute, intercepting a sloppy pass from Mexico goalkeeper José Rangel and then lofting a long shot over the goalkeeper’s head into the net for a 2-0 lead. The Philadelphia Union forward sprinted to the corner of the ﬁeld where he was mobbed by teammates. “This is what you dream of,” Sullivan said.

Verstappen tops Antonelli to win F1’s Bahrain GP

SEPANG, Malaysia — Max Verstappen’s long wait for another Formula 1 race win is finally over. The title race might be over, too. Verstappen took his first victory of an often-frustrating year for the four-time champion at Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia on Sunday. A retirement for George Russell handed a huge title boost to Kimi Antonelli. Verstappen was leading from Antonelli and Russell behind the safety car with five laps to go when Russell suddenly pulled over in his Mercedes. The retirement allowed Antonelli to further stretch his lead over teammate Russell from 66 points to 84, with seven races remaining on the schedule.

Colorado St. DC leaves game, fired afterward

Not long after the start of what turned into a 56-26 loss to Oregon State on Saturday in Fort Collins, Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers was nowhere to be found. When the game ended, Rams coach Jim Mora said Summers was, in fact, no longer with the team. “That is a permanent move that was made following tonight’s game,” Mora said. Mora said he had relieved his assistant of his play-calling duties in the first half, though telling him to leave the sideline “wasn’t anything that I would ever consider.” The latest defensive debacle came a week after a 59-45 loss to UTSA. Colorado State (2-3) has now allowed 193 points over five games, the fifth most of the 138 schools in the FBS.

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Tide looking strong after statement win ANALYSIS

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

Alabama looks like a sureﬁre top-5 team. Florida falters while Missouri rises. And Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi wants me and my colleagues to “wake up” and rank his team. Let’s dive into all of that and a lot more this week with my latest AP Top 25 poll.

Riley’s Week 5 AP Top 25 poll 1. Texas, 2. Ohio State, 3. Alabama, 4. Miami, 5. Georgia, 6. Notre Dame, 7. Indiana, 8. Ole Miss, 9. LSU, 10. BYU, 11. Oregon, 12. Missouri, 13. Florida, 14. Texas Tech, 15. Utah, 16. Arizona, 17. Mississippi State, 18. Boise State, 19. Houston, 20. Tennessee, 21. Northwestern, 22. Oklahoma State, 23. UCLA, 24. Southern Cal, 25. Iowa Just missed: Wake Forest, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Kentucky Newcomers: Missouri and Northwestern Dropped from last week: Louisville and Wisconsin

Alabama’s rise Alabama had held serve through three weeks, beating up on Kentucky, South Carolina and Florida State in three games they were expected to win by at least double digits. But Saturday’s win for the Crimson Tide over Mississippi State wasn’t one of those victories. Alabama whipped the Bulldogs 56-23 in Starkville, dominating a rising Mississippi State team that entered the week 4-0 with wins over Missouri, Minnesota and South Carolina. The Bulldogs lost star running back Fluff Bothwell and quarterback Kamario Taylor over the course of the afternoon, but the Crimson Tide already had the game well in hand before Taylor exited. Saturday’s win was more im-

Let’s talk about Pitt No, Pat, Pittsburgh doesn’t deserve to be ranked. After the Panthers coach tried to put the voters on blast after Pitt’s razor-thin win over Virginia Tech, I took a closer look at the resume and wasn’t super impressed. The Panthers needed four Virginia Tech turnovers and a missed field goal to win on Friday over the Hokies (Virginia Tech itself has been a bit disappointing so far). Before that, they allowed Syracuse to go toe-to-toe with them statistically in an unconASSoCIATEd PRESS PHoTo By JAMES PUGH vincing win over the Orange and they barely beat UCF, which lost Alabama defensive lineman Fatutoa Henry reacts to a tackle against its starting quarterback during Mississippi State on Saturday in Starkville, Miss. the game. Now, the Panthers won’t have starting quarterback and offenThis was a statement win for pressive than anything Georgia, Missouri, good enough for me to Miami, Indiana or Notre Dame sive engine Mason Heintschel for shoot coach Eli Drinkwitz’s team have done this season, which is the rest of the season. Credit to from unranked all the way up to why I moved the Crimson Tide them for winning on Friday deNo. 12 in my poll. It was one of past all of those teams and into spite losing him, but it’s hard for the best wins we’ve seen in the my No. 3 slot. If Alabama beats me to put Pittsburgh on my ballot Georgia next week, I may have no country this year, and even if the when Wisconsin, Nebraska, Wake Tigers lack another signature win Forest and Kentucky all have choice but to put it at No. 1. As for Mississippi State, Taylor — beating a not-so-good Kansas stronger resumes. team doesn’t count — their loss will need to get healthy fast if Other notes was just a one-score defeat to a the Bulldogs have any chance of top-20 team on the road (Missisupsetting LSU on the road in two I thought about eliminating weeks. Coach Jeff Lebby’s team USC from my rankings entirely sippi State). is undoubtedly better than it was after barely beating Washington Missouri showed another gear last season, but its play at the on Saturday. Maybe I’m overvalu- and its capital B bad offense, but line of scrimmage on Saturday the Trojans still won the game, ing the performance — after all, showed it has a ways to go before this is the same team that only and their only defeat came at it can beat a team like Alabama. the hands of Oregon, a contest scored 27 points against Troy — Either way, I still couldn’t find 20 but I definitely don’t think Florida they had a chance to win until teams I like more than Missisthe fourth quarter. That’s not a is bad, and its hard to argue that sexy resume, but I still think the Missouri’s resume is worse than sippi State right now. Trojans would beat Nebraska, Florida’s after this result. Missouri makes a statement Wisconsin or Wake Forest if they As for the Gators, their season played any of them on a neutral will come down to what happens I’m a fan of Austin Simmons’ field tomorrow. in late October, when they face big left arm. And boy, was that Arizona is one of the most unTexas on Oct. 17 and Georgia rocket on display against Florida two weeks later. The Ole Miss on Saturday as he threw for 340 derrated teams in the country. win still holds plenty of value, so yards and running back Jamal The Wildcats were right there taking this team out of the top 20 Roberts ran for 211 yards in the until the very end against BYU — wouldn’t have made any sense to Tigers’ 45-17 win over Florida in a top-10 team in my poll despite me. Columbia. weirdly struggling with TCU

this week — in Week 2 before dominating undefeated Cincinnati this week. Granted, they had the advantage of forcing the Bearcats to travel across the country and play them late at night (East Coast time), but I thought Arizona could be a frisky team heading into the year, and nothing has dissuaded me from that take through ﬁve weeks. Northwestern blew by a bunch of teams after demolishing Penn State on Friday in the grand opening of its new stadium. The Nittany Lions may be no better than a middling Big Ten team right now, but it was a much more convincing win than what Wisconsin accomplished last week over Penn State, and the Wildcats already had a dominant win over Colorado and a tight loss on the road to a top-10 team (Indiana) on their resume. The decision to rank Northwestern this week was an easy one. Iowa held on to the last spot, even as the Michigan win lost even more luster this week when the Wolverines fell to Minnesota. I don’t think the Hawkeyes are great, but victories over Iowa State (who is better than anyone thought) and Michigan while not getting embarrassed by Ohio State is a resume I’d take over Wisconsin, Nebraska or Wake Forest’s bodies of work. Wisconsin and Nebraska lack quality wins (Penn State losing again hurt Wisconsin this week), and Wake Forest was fortunate to beat a not-so-good Purdue team in Week 2, while its signature win over Louisville doesn’t seem as shiny now after the Cardinals lost again on Saturday to lowly NC State. Email Koki Riley at koki.riley@ theadvocate.com. For more LSU sports updates, sign up for our newsletter at theadvocate.com/ lsunewsletter

Kiffin sends Tigers message by refusing running clock BY JON BLAU Staff writer

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Kentucky quarterback Kenny Minchey throws a pass from the pocket under pressure from South Carolina defensive lineman Julian Walker during the second half Saturday in Columbia, S.C.

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Continued from page 1B It remains to be seen if Stein’s squad, top in the “receiving votes” category of the AP poll this week, can relive 2007. But there is good reason for LSU to be wary. Stein, the former Oregon offensive coordinator, has found a quarterback, Notre Dame transfer Kenny Minchey, who takes care of the ball; the senior has 11 touchdowns to just one interception, completing just over 68% of his passes for 1,148 yards. The Wildcats play with pace but also employ a twoheaded ground attack with Texas transfer CJ Baxter (361 yards) and holdover Jason Patterson (355), which can help Kentucky control the ball. LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt’s turnover issues, with seven interceptions to eight touchdowns, could spell trouble if they aren’t remedied.

Mississippi State Alabama pumped the brakes on the Mississippi State and Kamario Taylor hype train with a 56-23 win in Starkville, Mississippi, this past weekend. If anything, the Tide appear to be a tremendous second-half team, outscoring the Bulldogs 28-6 in the ﬁnal two quarters. Alabama quarterback Keelon Russell and his comrades are a problem for LSU to solve later. In the near term, Tigers defensive coordinator Blake Baker could try to

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Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor looks to make a pass against Alabama on Saturday in Starkville, Miss.

mimic what his Alabama counterpart, Kane Wommack, accomplished in flummoxing Taylor. The sophomore quarterback, who has 1,450 passing yards and 17 touchdowns, was sacked five times by the Tide defense and threw two interceptions, including a pick-6. Taylor completed 69% of his passes in Mississippi State’s first four games; he connected on just 56% this past Saturday. LSU’s defense would appear to have the pass rushers to affect Taylor, currently sitting second nationally in sacks with 22. That includes eight for senior edge Princewill Umanmielen and five for freshman defensive tackle Deuce Geralds. Plus, LSU gets No. 17 Mississippi State in Tiger Stadium, where Kiffin currently holds a 194-44 scoring advantage in four wins. But

The other Tigers don’t appear feckless. Auburn opened the season by squeaking by an otherwise unbeaten Baylor, 17-16, blasting Southern Miss 43-8, and then playing to a 44-39 shootout loss to Florida before notching a 21-15 win over Vanderbilt. Tennessee’s offense has been scattershot behind young quarterbacks, but it’s admirable to play the Volunteers to a 24-14 result in Neyland Stadium. And it was 17-14 until Tennessee added its final touchdown with 3:30 left. The question is how much of an outlier Auburn’s 39-point outburst was, especially after Florida was just blown out 45-17 by Missouri. Maybe it’s a flash of Auburn’s potential under former South Florida coach Alex Golesh and his uptempo scheme. Maybe it’s an outlier from an undeveloped program that still needs time to put the pieces together. Regardless, Golesh did bring his dual-threat quarterback, Byrum Brown, with him from USF and the senior just ran for 107 yards at Tennessee despite four sacks. LSU will have to pack its defense and its run game, as Kiffin likes to say, for an 11 a.m. kickoff at JordanHare Stadium. It’s an odd, early game right before bye week. If LSU beats Kentucky and Mississippi State, it can’t get caught looking ahead here.

Lane Kiffin’s call for a timeout was shocking in its timing. It came immediately after McNeese State kicked off to LSU to start the third quarter. The Tigers were up 35-0. But Kiffin’s decision to reconvene with his team had less to do with Saturday’s score, or reinforcing a message delivered at halftime, than what the referees asked LSU’s head coach coming onto the ﬁeld for the second half at Tiger Stadium. “There was a conversation where they asked me, ‘Well, do you want to run the clock in the third and fourth quarter?’ ” Kiffin recalled. “I said no. I don’t believe in that. Play the game and we decide when the game’s over by the way we play and how physical we play.” After a kick return by LSU sophomore Harlem Berry to the LSU 19, Kifﬁn circled up with the Tigers. He was pointing and yelling with authority. His players heard him, loud and clear. “We’re not letting them out the door,” Berry said of their FCS-level foe. “They wanted to run the clock. We’re not doing that. We trying to run up the score. We trying to get everybody in the game, get everybody their opportunity.” In the Tigers’ nonconference finale, a 63-14 win, they weren’t taking their foot off the gas. LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt was pulled after playing most of the first half, completing 18 of 23 passes for 176 yards and three touchdowns despite a pulled hamstring, but the Tigers offense did anything but stall when their starting quarterback was taken out. With no running clock, LSU gained 384 of its 731 yards in the second half, including 196 of its 367 ground yards. The Tigers finished with six rushing touchdowns, including gal-

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LSU coach Lane Kiffin looks to the videoboard after a play against Mcneese State on Saturday at Tiger Stadium. lops of 46 and 39 yards into the end zone from reserve running back Stacy Gage. Gage bullied his way to 110 yards, giving LSU dual 100-yard rushers with Berry’s 125. LSU finished with a program-record 39 first downs. The Tigers ran a record 101 offensive plays. There was no running clock. No mercy. “I told (the players) that we don’t do that,” Kiffin said. “I challenged them, come out and play really well. And set a tempo of how you play and a standard, regardless of whether you’re first-, second- or third-team, about how you play at LSU. “You should make it a game that people don’t want to schedule you.” That was an interesting statement because Kiffin wants to schedule more opponents like McNeese. He doesn’t want to overload the nonconference slate because he believes LSU has enough tests with nine SEC games on the docket each year. LSU is still playing Houston out of the Big 12 in 2027, but Kiffin has also lined up Northwestern State and UTSA. In 2028, a matchup with SMU out of the ACC will be paired by home games with Southern and UL-Monroe. But regardless of the op-

ponent, Kiffin wants LSU to play with a certain mentality. That’s why he wasn’t going to sit Leavitt altogether Saturday, nor was he letting defensive stars such as Princewill Umanmielen and Ty Benefield completely take a night off. “I don’t really get that message,” Kiffin said. “We put up a list of 10 upsets where these had happened, where this level (of FCS team) had beaten people, ranked people over the years. I just don’t think you do that. You gotta take every game serious.” A running clock wasn’t serious enough for Kiffin, either. He wanted the Tigers to put away McNeese State on their own time. “I know you’re supposed to win these games big, but that doesn’t always happen,” Kiffin said. “Maybe you do well in the first quarter, first half, and you come out flat in the third quarter. And I thought our guys really responded well.” Email Jon Blau at jon. blau@theadvocate.com

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Missouri makes big jump in AP poll BY ERIC OLSON Associated Press

Missouri made a big jump to No. 14 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday following its rout of Florida while the Gators dropped eight spots to No. 16 and were replaced by LSU in the top 10. Texas will go into Saturday’s Red River Rivalry game against Oklahoma as the No. 1 team for the fourth straight week. The rest of the top five stood pat with Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami and Ohio State following the Longhorns. Texas received 61 of the 70 firstplace votes from the media voting panel, one less than last week. Georgia, whose 24-point win over Vanderbilt was its closest of the season, got six first-place votes. Miami, which beat Clemson by four touchdowns on the road, got two. No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Indiana flip-flopped, with the Hoosiers receiving the remaining first-place vote. BYU moved up two rungs to No. 8, Ole Miss remained No. 9 and LSU went up one spot to No. 10. Missouri’s 11-spot promotion from No. 25 was the second-biggest jump by a team this season following Florida’s 13-spot rise last week. The Tigers sent the Gators plummeting with their 45-17 win in Columbia, Missouri, and have their highest ranking since Oct. 5, 2025. Iowa fell six spots to No. 20 after a 17-point home loss to Ohio State, and SMU slipped three to No. 24 after an uninspired home win over Boston College. Pittsburgh made its season debut in the poll at No. 25 and Kentucky,

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1. Texas (61) 4-0 1737 1 2. Georgia (6) 5-0 1647 2 3. Notre Dame 5-0 1532 3 4. Miami (FL) (2) 5-0 1524 4 5. Ohio State 4-1 1490 5 6. Alabama 5-0 1460 7 7. Indiana (1) 5-0 1380 6 8. BYU 4-0 1144 10 9. Ole Miss 3-1 1095 9 10. LSU 4-1 1087 11 11. Texas Tech 5-0 1062 12 12. Utah 4-0 996 13 13. Oregon 3-1 831 15 14. Missouri 4-1 755 25 15. Tennessee 4-1 746 17 16. Florida 4-1 691 8 17. Mississippi State 4-1 487 16 18. Oklahoma State 3-1 477 19 19. USC 5-1 439 18 20. Iowa 4-1 367 14 21. UCLA 4-0 287 23 22. Houston 4-1 279 20 23. Boise State 4-1 271 22 24. SMU 4-1 167 21 25. Pittsburgh 5-0 162 NR Others receiving votes: Kentucky 160, Wake Forest 142, Wisconsin 88, Duke 83, Northwestern 59, Nebraska 48, Minnesota 19, Arizona 19, James Madison 12, North Dakota State 7

No. 24 last week, dropped out.

In and out Pittsburgh is 5-0 for the second time in three seasons and ranked for the first time since last November after holding off Virginia Tech 35-33. The bad news is that the Panthers will go forward without quarterback Mason Heintschel, who tore his ACL on Friday and will miss the rest of the season. Kentucky, which won 35-34 in overtime at South Carolina after erasing a 17-0 deficit, is the unranked team receiving the most votes, two points behind Pittsburgh.

it topped the poll for six weeks in 1977. n No. 13 Oregon is making its 70th straight appearance in the Top 25. n Missouri’s biggest promotion before this week also came after a win over Florida, when the Tigers got a nine-spot bump to No. 5 on Oct. 20, 2013. n No. 12 Utah has risen in each poll this season after starting at No. 21. n No. 7 Indiana has dropped one spot each of the past three polls.

Conference call SEC (9 ranked teams): No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Georgia, No. 6 Alabama, No. 9 Ole Miss, No. 10 LSU, No. 14 Missouri, No. 15 Tennessee, No. 16 Florida, No. 17 Mississippi State. Big Ten (6): No. 5 Ohio State, No. 7 Indiana, No. 13 Oregon, No. 19 USC, No. 20 Iowa, No. 21 UCLA. Big 12 (5): No. 8 BYU, No. 11 Texas Tech, No. 12 Utah, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No. 22 Houston. ACC (3): No. 4 Miami, No. 24 SMU, No. 25 Pittsburgh. Pac-12 (1): No. 23 Boise State. Independent (1): No. 3 Notre Dame.

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No. 2 Georgia at No. 6 Alabama: The two Southeastern Conference powers split two games in 2025. The Bulldogs haven’t been tested yet, and the Crimson Tide hasn’t scored fewer than 45 points in a game so far this season. No. 21 UCLA at No. 13 Oregon: Last met in a Top 25 matchup in 2022. The Poll points Bruins, who have lost ﬁve straight n Texas’ four-week hold on No. to Ducks, get their biggest test af1 is the program’s longest since ter four impressive wins.

Wade, LSU land commitment from ﬁve-star guard Gibson BY TOYLOY BROWN III

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LSU gained the commitment of five-star guard King Gibson, making him the second high school recruit to join coach Will Wade since his return to the program in March. The 6-foot-5, 180-pound combo guard announced his decision on ESPN2 on Sunday night. Gibson is the No. 13 player overall and No. 2 shooting guard in the 2027 recruiting class, according to ESPN. He picked the Tigers over a final list that included Providence, Arkansas and Louisville. “Just going there, seeing a lot of people, how the community loves each other, seeing the community just show love to me, show love to coach Wade, it’s just something I want to be a part of,” Gibson said on ESPN2. The Greensboro, North Carolina, native attends Spire Academy in Ohio and first received an LSU offer under previous coach Matt McMahon and his staff on June 27, 2024. Gibson last visited the program on Sept. 25. Wade had also offered Gibson a scholarship on June 7, 2025, back when he led NC State. LSU hasn’t added a five-star prospect to the program since Wade’s first stint as coach (201722). The last five-star prospect to join the Tigers was center Efton Reid, who was the No. 20 player in the

Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Chase Briscoe held off a last-lap charge from points leader Kyle Larson to win the NASCAR Cup Series race on Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Briscoe swept all three stages on the 1.5-mile track to earn maximum playoff points. Larson lost control on the final stretch and collided with Tyler Reddick, who slid into the infield but still recovered to finish third. It was Briscoe’s first career Cup Series victory in Las Vegas, where he led a race-high 175 laps. Briscoe also moved up to sixth in The Chase standings. Denny Hamlin, who entered

Johnson’s message rang true for 2006 Saints BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

Avery Johnson keeps the football in his ofﬁce in Dallas, Texas. It’s one of the game balls handed out in the locker room that September night 20 years ago, when the New Orleans Saints returned to the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina. I know what you’re probably asking: why does the New Orleans native, a former NBA basketball player and coach, have a football in his ofﬁce? Well, here’s the story. The year was 2004. Johnson was an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks under Don Nelson. One day, Johnson got word that one of the Dallas Cowboys’ assistant coaches wanted to meet him. That coach was Sean Payton, who at the time was an assistant coach for the Dallas Cowboys under Bill Parcells. The two became good friends. Johnson was named the Mavericks’ head coach in March 2005 when Nelson retired. Seven months later, Payton was named head coach of the Saints. Right in the middle of those two hirings was a hurricane that devastated New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast. Uncertainty was everywhere. Payton held his first Saints’ training camp in Jackson, Mississippi, at Millsaps College. He invited Johnson to Jackson to speak to the team. Johnson still remembers the message he gave that day. “Seize every second of the season,” Johnson told the Saints. And that’s what they did, going on the road to beat the Cleveland Browns and Green Bay Packers to start the season. Then returned to the Dome to play the Falcons in that highly anticipated game that symbolized hope and resiliency. Johnson watched that Monday night from the sideline, just a

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Spire Academy guard King Gibson plays against Sunrise Christian at the Hoophall Classic on Jan. 18 in Springfield, Mass. 2021 class, according to ESPN. Wade added at least one five-star prospect each cycle starting in 2018. Gibson averaged 15 points, 3.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game last year at Spire. He also shot 47% from the field, 46% from the 3-point line and 80% from the freethrow line. “Definitely being a versatile player, being an on-ball defender, being able to score when I get the chance,” Gibson said when asked how he’ll play at LSU. “But definitely, just going there and being a versatile player, and then being a freshman leader coming in, making sure I can talk.” The only other commit LSU has

in the 2027 class is Ahmad Hudson, the No. 20 player overall and No. 4 power forward, according to ESPN. The 6-7, 239-pound forward plays at Ruston and also committed to LSU as a football player on May 3. Hudson is the No. 1 tight end and the No. 23 football player in the country, according to ESPN. In May, he said he plans on playing both sports in college. However, he might ﬂip to Nebraska after reportedly visiting Nebraska on Saturday, making his second visit since committing to the Tigers. LSU plays its first exhibition game against McNeese State at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Townsley Law Arena in Lake Charles.

second in the playoff standings, tory. finished 16th and was shut out of Hamlin led the first 39 laps and stage points. was running third when he spun three laps before the end of the Briscoe takes second stage stage. Although he avoided major Briscoe drove back from third damage and continued, the lack of place to pass Austin Cindric late in a caution flag caused him to fall the second stage for the win. Cin- back to 28th at the stage break. dric finished second in the stage, Hamlin set the fastest lap of the followed by Christopher Bell in stage at 29.572 seconds on the third lap. third. Larson, who started sixth, enLarson salvaged a stage point by finishing 10th, while Hamlin was dured a 26-second green-flag pit shut out of stage points in 14th. stop while his pit crew made rear suspension adjustments. After Briscoe gambles for first stage dropping to 32nd place, he worked Briscoe won the opening stage his way back to 24th by the end of ahead of Bell and Ryan Blaney. the stage. Though he briefly fell off the Briscoe elected not to pit for tires during a late green-flag pit lead lap, Larson regained it on lap cycle, holding off the field on the 45 when a caution flew for a Zane restart to secure the stage vic- Smith spin.

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Alabama head coach Avery Johnson coaches against LSU in the Tigers’ SEC home opener on Jan. 8, 2019, at LSU’s Pete Maravich Assembly Center.

few yards away from Payton. It didn’t take long for Johnson (and the other 70,000-plus fans) to see that football was indeed back. Gleason’s blocked punt came on the Falcons’ ﬁrst possession. “I’ve been in stadiums and arenas all over the world,” Johnson said. “I’m serious when I say this — I thought the roof on the Dome was going to collapse. There was so much pent-up emotion for the team coming back. I have never in my life been in an arena or stadium that loud.” After the Saints’ 23-3 victory, Payton presented Johnson with one of the game balls. “I gave it to Mr. and Mrs. Benson and told them to send me another one,” Johnson said. They sent him one that now sits in his ofﬁce. His Saints’ memorabilia doesn’t end there, though. Three seasons later, the Saints gave Johnson a Super Bowl ring. There aren’t many people walking the earth who own both a Super Bowl ring and an NBA championship ring. Johnson earned his NBA ring in 1999 while playing for the San Antonio Spurs. He earned his Super Bowl ring by delivering another prophetic speech to those 2009 Saints. His message to that team? “You are special.” And boy were they special. “We all know what happened that year,” Johnson said. “The rest is history.”

Faulk unhappy with Jags’ effort in homecoming loss BY TOYLOY BROWN III

Briscoe fends off Larson to win in Vegas BY KIRK KERN

‘Seize every second’

Coach Marshall Faulk was asked about Southern players’ effort when battling back from a deficit to Arkansas-Pine Bluff. For the first time this season, he said it didn’t approach his standards. “That wasn’t even close to our best effort,” the first-year coach said. “I see what you guys see, and I stand up here, and I’m honest with you guys. I don’t want to use the word, but I feel like we had some players — I can’t say everybody — some players kind of quit. They tapped out a little bit, and that’s what it looked like today on the field. And we don’t subscribe to that. Those people, they will not be here. They will not play here. We are not having that.” The Jaguars’ lackluster effort bled into their losing battle for field position, especially on kickoffs. This resulted in a 41-10 homecoming loss on Saturday at A.W. Mumford Stadium. Southern (2-4, 0-2 SWAC) dropped a second straight Southwestern Athletic Conference game. It also lost to UAPB (3-2, 1-1) in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2011 and 2012. Southern wide receiver Cam Jefferson said this loss was more painful as his group lost on homecoming for the second year in a row. “Regardless of what the weather had said,” the redshirt junior said, “we had a good crowd turnout. And, you know, we just didn’t want to let the fans down that way, in the way that we did. So yes, it definitely does sting a little more. It stings because it is homecoming, but also stings because we ended up on the losing column once again.” Southern missed several key contributors, including star defensive end Ckelby Givens, who is injured, and starting quarterback Christian Johnson, who was sidelined for conduct detrimental to the team, along with others, Faulk said. Despite their absences, the Jaguars coach said

his team didn’t compete. That was most evident in special teams. Southern had six kickoff returns for 79 yards while UAPB had three for 167 yards (a 55.7-yard average). The Golden Lions’ longest went for 74 yards to the Southern 25 at the start of the third quarter. Southern had nowhere close to that success, even having its second-to-last kick return go for 4 yards as the returner slipped. Faulk said he only knows to improve kickoff coverage by going through live reps. He also has a new plan that involves a change in personnel. “I look at kickoff and punt as the first defensive play, so we’re going to put some of our starters on defense, on kickoff and punt, so we can stop that,” the Pro Football Hall of Fame running back said. One of the few positive messages Faulk shared was about his kickers, specifically naming punter Trey Johnson, who played better and responded to his public criticism from four days earlier. “I got to say our kicking game, I got to give them props,” Faulk said. “I gave him a lot of (flak) last week. Those guys took it, took it hard. … They stepped up, and they performed tonight. Trey had one bad kick, and the rest of his kicks tonight he was pretty good.” Southern averaged 34.2 yards per punt, with a long of 41. Jefferson said that leaders on the team, like himself, have to increase the intensity during practices and remind teammates that they have to represent the school better. “We got to do a better job of just basically turning the heat up at practice,” he said. “We got guys being lackadaisical out there. We got guys not giving all their effort, but we got to make it known that we got to play for the name on the front of the jersey just as much as we play for the name on the back of the jersey.” The Jaguars’ next game is at Prairie View (2-4, 1-1), the defending SWAC champion, at 2 p.m. Saturday.

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Lawrence gets 1st win over Bengals By The Associated Press

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love looks to make a pas against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in Tampa, Fla.

Love throws 2 touchdown passes, Packers edge Bucs BY ROB MAADDI

AP pro football writer In Tampa Fla, An ugly win left the Green Bay Packers dissatisfied. Jordan Love threw two touchdown passes and the Packers overcame two fourth-quarter turnovers to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels threw two picks that led to 10 points in his first career start filling in for Baker Mayfield, who missed a game for the first time in his three-plus seasons in Tampa Bay because of a dislocated thumb. The Packers (2-2) wasted two opportunities to extend a three-point lead in the fourth quarter but the Buccaneers couldn’t capitalize. “There were some positive things but we’re never going to be satisfied with scoring 17 points in a game,” Packers coach Matt LaFleur said. “That’s just not to our standard and we have to find ways when we’re in the red area to convert. We can’t be turning the ball over. We can’t have penalties. That is a stingy defense. You have to give them a lot of credit. … But we also have to clean up a lot of stuff. It’s gotta get fixed and it’s gotta get fixed now.” Tykee Smith forced Kaleb Johnson to fumble inside the 5 with just over nine minutes left in the game. A’Shawn Robinson recovered at the 4 but the ensuing drive went nowhere. “A great teacher is the bench. If guys don’t start holding onto the ball, they’re gonna be sitting on the bench,” LaFleur said bluntly. The Packers then had a first-and-15 at the Buccaneers 26 when Jacob Parrish picked Love’s pass and

gave Tampa Bay the ball at the 15 and a chance for a comeback win. Instead, Daniels threw a short screen pass to Emeka Egbuka on third-and-16 and incomplete on fourth down from the Packers 47. Coach Todd Bowles passed up a 65-yard field-goal attempt by Chase McLaughlin, who made one from that distance last year. Bowles said a little wind factored into the decision not to try it. The Buccaneers are 0-4 for the first time since 2013. Only the 1992 Chargers overcame an 0-4 start to make the playoffs. “I’m the head coach. I can do more. I can always do more. I’ll always take the blame,” Bowles said. “We’re gonna fight, we’re gonna stick together and we’re gonna figure this thing out. And I’ll lead them to that. It’s my job.” Love tossed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Matthew Golden on fourth down to give the Packers a 7-0 lead in the second quarter. Evan Williams made a sliding interception near the sideline to give Green Bay the ball at the 32. Love connected with Tucker Kraft for 10 yards on fourth-and-1 to keep the drive going. Kraft also took a direct snap and sneaked for a first down on another fourth-and-1 at the Buccaneers 10. The Packers turned an interception by Edgerrin Cooper in the final minute of the first half into a field goal. Cooper stepped in front of Daniels’ pass to Kameron Johnson, caught the ball falling to the ground, got up and returned it 18 yards to the Buccaneers 44. Trey Smack kicked a 58-yarder to give Green Bay a 10-7 lead.

Love’s 2-yard TD pass to Kraft on the opening drive of the third quarter extended the lead to 17-7. “We’ll take the win for sure. It was sloppy on those last drives,” Love said. “We have a chance to put the game out of reach. Two turnovers is unacceptable. That’s something we have to clean up. … That was the disappointing part of the game.” Sean Tucker ran in from the 2 to tie it at 7. Daniels completed both of his passes for 27 yards combined on the drive and scrambled 9 yards before Tucker’s score. Daniels connected with Kenneth Gainwell on a 10yard TD pass to cut the deﬁcit to 17-14 early in the fourth quarter.

Depleted Packers Cooper was carted off the ﬁeld in the third quarter with an Achilles tendon injury. The Packers are still missing three-time All-Pro edge rusher Micah Parsons, who is recovering from surgery for a torn ACL suffered last December. Love got his best protection this season despite playing played behind an offensive line missing three starters: Zach Bako-Bewele, Aaron Banks and Jacob Monk. Laken Tomlinson became the fourth player to start at left guard. Veteran guard Kevin Zeitler signed earlier in the week was inactive. After taking 31 QB hits in the ﬁrst three games, Love took two. “The O-line did a great job,” Love said. “Pass protection, run game, just keeping me clean and giving me time. They did a great job and you can feel the difference back there for sure.”

Tea time as Taylor runs for 2 TDs in Colts’ London win BY KEN MAGUIRE AP sportswriter

LONDON — Sip some tea, score some touchdowns. Jonathan Taylor’s secret is out. The Colts running back rushed for two touchdowns, quarterback Daniel Jones also ran one in and Indianapolis beat Washington 3013 after the Commanders lost yet another quarterback to injury on Sunday. Taylor said he enjoyed some tea at dinner on the eve of the game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. And then he mimicked the same after one of his 5-yard touchdown runs to help the Colts (2-2) win their second straight game. “I had to show the world, hey, I had a really good tea,” Taylor said. Marcus Mariota, who was starting in place of the injured Jayden Daniels, left the game after Washington’s second drive because of a knee injury. The veteran quarterback was sacked and didn’t return for the Commanders (1-3). CoachDanQuinnsaiditlooks like an MCL injury and it’s unknown how long he’ll be out.

Third-string rookie quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis threw his ﬁrst NFL touchdown pass to cut Indy’s lead to 17-13 in the third quarter, but the Colts answered with Spencer Shrader’s 52-yard field goal and Jones’ 4-yard run early in the fourth quarter. Taylor rushed for 95 yards on 20 carries as the Colts overcame two turnovers from Jones, who completed 19 of 34 passes for 143 yards with an interception and a fumble. “Can’t afford to turn the ball over like that,” Jones said. “Got to understand when to take a chance, when not to, when to protect the ball, when you have a chance to make a play.” Kaliakmanis threw a costly interception early in the third quarter and the Colts quickly capitalized. Linebacker Jaylon Carlies picked off Kaliakmanis’ pass at the Washington 27 and returned it to the 20. Taylor’s second 5-yard run of the game made it 17-6. Kaliakmanis bounced back on the next drive, though, hitting Treylon Burks on a 47-yard touch-

down pass that closed the gap to 17-13. Burks got past cornerback Sauce Gardner and found space before hauling in the deep ball. “It was surreal, man, it was absolutely surreal,” Kaliakmanis said, “but I’ve got to be honest, right now I’m just thinking about the loss. It’s not about me. It’s about this team.” Shrader later added a 44yard field goal — his third of the game — to extend Indy’s lead to 30-13. Kaliakmanis completed 15 of 33 passes for 186 yards with one touchdown and the interception. The Colts led 10-6 at halftime after Taylor’s first 5-yard touchdown run and then Shrader’s 48-yard field goal. The Commanders failed to capitalize on two red zone opportunities in the first quarter, settling for field goals. Odafe Oweh drove Colts left tackle Bernhard Raimann backward into Jones causing the quarterback to fumble on Indy’s first drive. Oweh then recovered it at the 21. The Commanders had fourth-and-2 from the 13 but opted for Drew Stevens’ 31-yarder.

CINCINNATI — The Jaguars didn’t have a nightmare finish in Cincinnati for the second straight year. Jacksonville’s defense made two key stops in the red zone — including stopping Bengals running back Chase Brown 1 yard shy of a first down with 50 seconds remaining — and Trevor Lawrence passed for 227 yards and a touchdown as the Jaguars held off the Bengals 22-17 on Sunday. Being able to hold on for a tight victory marked a milestone for Liam Coen’s team. Jacksonville lost to the Bengals 31-27 in Week 2 last year on Jake Browning’s 1-yard sneak with 18 seconds remaining. CHIEFS 30, RAIDERS 27: In Las Vegas, Patrick Mahomes remained undefeated at Allegiant Stadium, passing for 225 yards and two touchdowns, and Kenneth Walker III rushed for 177 yards and two TDs to lead Kansas City to a victory over Las Vegas. Walker’s 2-yard touchdown run with 3:21 left put the Chiefs (4-0) ahead for good at 23-19. It was set up by Tyquan Thornton’s 55yard reception on the previous play. Thornton, who had five catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns, suffered a gruesome-looking left leg injury on the play and was carted off. Kirk Cousins passed for 365 yards and two touchdowns for the Raiders, ending his seven-game winning streak that included the final four games last season with Atlanta. Brock Bowers, who played with an illness, caught six passes for 86 yards and a TD. SEAHAWKS 30, CHARGERS 23: In Seattle, Emanuel Wilson caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score and Seattle handed Los Angeles a fourth straight loss to start the season with a victory. Sam Darnold threw for 168 yards and two touchdowns for the defending Super Bowl champions, who are 3-1 after rebounding from last week’s 33-31 loss to the Washington Commanders. Wilson rushed for 81 yards on 21 carries and caught three passes for 39 yards. The backup running back, in his first year with the Seahawks, was thrust into a greater role when rookie Jadarian Price was placed on injured reserve on Saturday after aggravating a chest injury during practice. Justin Herbert threw for 189 yards a touchdown and two interceptions for the Chargers (0-4). Herbert has been intercepted six times this season and sacked 12 times, including four for 35 yards on Sunday. The only team to reach the playoffs after a four-loss start is the 1992 San Diego Chargers. That squad started 0-4, then beat Seattle 17-6 on Oct. 4 and went on to fin-

ASSoCIATEd PRESS PHoTo By JoSHUA A. BICKEL

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence leaves the field after a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday in Cincinnati.. ish 11-5 and win AFC West. Seattle won Sunday despite having 14 penalties for a franchise-record 150 yards. RAVENS 24, TITANS 18: In Baltimore, Lamar Jackson threw for 222 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game with an ankle injury, Derrick Henry scored against his former team, and Baltimore handled Tennessee. Zay Flowers had eight catches for 118 yards and a TD for the Ravens, who snapped a four-game home losing streak but now have to deal with more health concerns about their two-time MVP quarterback. Jackson took a sack in the final seconds of the first half, and his left ankle appeared to roll under a Tennessee defender. BEARS 23,JETS 12: In Chicago, Kyle Monangai rushed for 146 yards and two touchdowns, and Chicago stuffed New York for a victory. Devin Bush, Austin Booker and Dayo Odeyingbo each had a sack as Chicago limited New York to seven first downs and 157 yards overall. The Bears have allowed a total of 28 points in three games since their wild 59-37 victory at Carolina in their season opener. Tyson Bagent passed for 268 yards for Chicago (31) and Cairo Santos kicked three field goals. Rome Odunze had six receptions for 94 yards. GIANTS 36, CARDINALS 24: In East Rutherford, New Jersey, Jameis Winston threw three touchdown passes to offset a pair of interceptions, Deonte Banks had a 98-yard pick-6 in the final seconds and New York won another not-so-pretty game, defeating Arizona. Making his second start in place of injured franchise quarterback Jaxson Dart, Winston again did what he needed to do to engineer a victory with TD passes to Malachi Fields, Malik Nabers and Theo Johnson. Winston’s 12-yard toss to Fields with 4:30 remaining in the second quarter was the team’s first touchdown since the season opener, ending a drought that lasted nine-plus quarters.

Winston finished 18 of 29 for 250 yards in a rollercoaster showing of highs and lows. J.J. McCarthy was in uniform six days after the Giants (3-1) acquired him in a trade with Minnesota but did not play. COWBOYS 34, TEXANS 30: In Houston, CeeDee Lamb had a career-high 17 catches for 189 yards and his 12-yard TD reception with 40 seconds left lifted Dallas to a win over Houston to keep the Texans winless. Javonte Williams ran for a career-high three touchdowns — all in the second half — to help the Cowboys to the victory. Dallas (2-2) trailed by 4 after a 6-yard touchdown run by Woody Marks with about 2 1/ 2 minutes to play. The Texans were facing third-and-14 when a hook-and-ladder play with a 2-yard catch by Dalton Schultz and a 19-yard run by David Montgomery set up that score. PATRIOTS 29, BILLS 26: In Orchard Park, New York, Drake Maye threw three touchdown passes, including Efton Chism’s one-handed catch with 1:50 remaining, and New England defeated Buffalo. Romeo Doubs had touchdown catches of 2 and 14 yards, and Rhamondre Stevenson scored on a 1-yard run. Though Maye’s turnover troubles continued with an interception and a lost fumble in the first half, the thirdyear starter was sharp in the final minutes after New England fell behind 26-21. VIKINGS 15, DOLPHINS 10: In Minneapolis, Minnesota stayed undefeated with more dominance by their defense and five field goals from Will Reichard, sidestepping their early passing game problems to secure a victory over the winless Miami. T.J. Hockenson had a career-high-tying 13 receptions for 119 yards on 13 targets from Kyler Murray, including the game-sealing 8-yard catch on third-and-5 from the 10. Hockenson was wide open and could’ve coasted into the end zone, but he wisely slid in front of the goal line to drain the clock down to the two-minute warning.

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FALCONS No. Player Pos Ht Wt Exp College 0 divine deablo LB 6-3 223 6 Virginia Tech 1 Tua Tagovailoa QB 6-1 225 7 Alabama 3 Jessie Bates III SAF 6-1 210 9 Wake Forest 4 Jahan dotson WR 5-11 184 5 Penn State 5 drake London WR 6-4 215 5 USC 6 nick Folk K 6-1 225 19 Arizona 7 Bijan Robinson RB 5-11 215 4 Texas 8 Kyle Pitts Sr. TE 6-6 250 5 Florida 9 Michael Penix Jr. QB 6-3 220 3 Washington 12 Avieon Terrell CB 5-11 180 0 Clemson 13 Cooper Rush QB 6-3 224 9 Central Michigan 14 olamide Zaccheaus WR 5-8 194 8 Virginia 15 Brian Robinson RB 6-1 225 5 Alabama 16 Jake Bailey P 6-2 212 8 Stanford 17 Zachariah Branch WR 5-10 180 0 Georgia 18 Jack Strand QB 6-5 240 0 MS Moorhead 19 Chris Blair WR 6-2 215 2 Alcorn State 21 Mike Hughes CB 5-10 190 9 UCF 22 yasir Abdullah LB 6-1 234 4 Louisville 23 deMarcco Hellams SAF 6-1 203 4 Alabama 26 C.J. Henderson CB 6-1 205 6 Florida 28 Mike Ford Jr. CB 6-0 199 9 SEMo State 29 Sydney Brown dB 5-10 211 4 Illinois 31 Xavier Watts SAF 6-0 203 2 notre dame 33 Billy Bowman Jr. CB 5-10 194 2 oklahoma 36 Malcolm deWalt IV CB 6-2 190 0 Akron 37 Robert Longerbeam CB 5-11 178 2 Rutgers 45 Christian Harris LB 6-2 232 5 Alabama 46 Josh Woods LB 6-1 235 7 Maryland 49 Liam McCullough LS 6-2 245 5 ohio State 51 Jared Ivey LB 6-6 274 2 ole Miss 52 Samson Ebukam dE 6-3 245 10 Eastern Wash. 53 Kendal daniels LB 6-5 242 0 oklahoma 54 Brandon dorlus dL 6-3 295 3 oregon 55 Za’darius Smith dE 6-4 270 11 Kentucky 56 Harold Perkins Jr. LB 6-0 223 0 LSU 62 Corey Levin oL 6-4 307 8 Chattanooga 63 Chris Lindstrom G 6-4 310 8 Boston College 64 Ryan neuzil oL 6-3 305 5 App. State 65 Matthew Bergeron oL 6-5 315 4 Syracuse 68 Kyle Hinton oL 6-2 315 4 Washburn 70 Jake Matthews T 6-5 310 13 Texas A&M 71 Jawaan Taylor oT 6-5 312 8 Florida 72 Michael Jerrell oL 6-5 309 3 Findlay 75 Ethan onianwa T 6-7 331 0 ohio State 81 Austin Hooper TE 6-4 254 11 Stanford 87 nick Muse TE 6-5 252 3 South Carolina 88 Beaux Collins WR 6-3 206 2 notre dame 89 Charlie Woerner TE 6-5 250 7 Georgia 92 Maason Smith dL 6-5 306 3 LSU 94 LaCale London dT 6-3 297 3 Western Illinois 95 Gervon dexter Sr. dT 6-6 326 4 Florida 96 Zach Harrison dL 6-5 270 4 ohio State 99 Cameron Thomas dE 6-4 265 5 San diego State

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This is more than just Saints vs. Falcons on Monday night. This game commemorates the 20th anniversary of one of the most important games in Saints history. Many of the players are too young to remember Steve Gleason’s blocked punt, but Kellen Moore made sure they understood the significance. The Saints are pulling out all the stops, bringing back former players and an all-star cast of halftime performers. It won’t be a normal game, so the Saints will have to stay locked in.

The season started with detroit’s Jahmyr Gibbs (156 yards rushing). The defense fared better against Baltimore’s derrick Henry (68 yards) and Las Vegas’ Ashton Jeanty (56 yards). now they get Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson (5.3 yards per carry). Cam Jordan said it best: “Can we get a regular running back?” Robinson had 213 total yards in the Falcons’ win over the Packers last week. “you can’t stop him. you just have to try to get there and create more negatives than positives,” Jordan said.

The Falcons have the league’s stingiest run defense, yielding just 47.7 yards per game. The Saints, meanwhile, are trying to get their running game going. They now have to do so without Travis Etienne, who was placed on injured reserve with a hamstring injury. So it’ll be up to Alvin Kamara and Kendre Miller to carry the load. Kamara is averaging a career-low 2.8 yards per carry. Miller is averaging 3.4 yards per carry. They need to get the running game going.

The Saints have yet to play a complete game. They’ve played six halves — three good ones and three bad ones. They looked like a really good football team in the second half against the Lions and Ravens as well as the first half against the Raiders. now they need to do it for 60 minutes. The Saints have struggled in the dome recently, with a 6-12 home record since 2024. A win Monday would put them at the top of the nFC South while removing the sour taste from last week. Rod Walker

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With one of the most iconic moments in the history of the new orleans Saints, Steve Gleason blocks a punt by Atlanta’s Michael Koenen on Sept. 25, 2006, as the Superdome reopened for the first time since Hurricane Katrina.

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Saints’ practice on Friday night before the game, Saints coach Sean Payton Continued from page 1B showed the team a 5-minute documentary on the history of Hurricane Katrina and the previous 13 months in New Orleans on the video boards inside the stadium. block, when he resisted talking about the play. Understandably, it bothered him that The video showed images of the storm’s destruction and relayed messages from people tended to reduce his life and eightNew Orleans citizens and Saints fans. year NFL playing career to a single play. “Now you see those people on the But over time, his resistance thawed — screen, those are the fans of New Orand yielded to enlightenment. As Gleason navigated his journey with leans,” Payton said to the team after the ALS, he came to understand that the punt video was finished. “They’re going to be here Monday night, and we can’t let them block raised his profile in ways he never could have on his own. It opened doors for down. We’re playing for them. The only way to make this a special night is to win Team Gleason and provided a platform this football game.” to impact people’s lives that never would “It was an overwhelmingly emotional have been possible otherwise. Gleason came to understand that those moment,” Gleason said. And it set the stage for Monday night. seven seconds on Sept. 25, 2006, didn’t The anticipation for the Saints’ home just change his life. They saved it. opener had been building for months. “If I don’t block that punt,” Gleason To allow time for workers to complete said, “I’d be dead.” the seven-month, $195 million renova‘A Super Bowl for locals’ tion, the NFL scheduled all of the Saints’ preseason games and first two regularThe reopening of the Superdome season games on the road. A massive was one of the most anticipated events banner announcing the kickoff date — in New Orleans’ long, proud history. “REOPENING 9-25-2006” — had hung The stadium had suffered hundreds of on the side of the building since the millions of dollars in water and wind construction project began in January. damage when it was torn asunder by Every commuter on I-10 coming and goHurricane Katrina. The damage was so great many feared the stadium would be ing through New Orleans could read it. demolished. But Louisiana Gov. Kathleen The Dome was bathed in lights nightly for the first time. Blanco thought otherwise. She knew the “This is going to be big,” Doug Thornimportance of the Superdome to citizens of the city and state — both economically ton, former Superdome management executive, said on the eve of the game as he and symbolically. Blanco fast-tracked funds to renovate the iconic stadium dur- watched musical superstars Green Day and U2 rehearse the pregame musical ing the first nine months of 2006. performance. “This is like a Super Bowl For New Orleanians, the Superdome — a Super Bowl for locals.” has long been much more than a football By the time Monday morning arrived, stadium. It is a civic treasure, revered in the energy, emotion and anticipation for the same way Chicagoans love Wrigley the game was palpable across the city. It Field and Bostonians feel about Fenway Park. And over the years it served the Gulf felt like Fat Tuesday. By 4 p.m., the crowd around the staCoast region well, as a storm shelter during hurricanes and as a communal gather- dium was so large it spilled onto Poydras Street, blocking traffic to and from the ing spot for countless games, concerts, stadium. The situation became so unruly Mardi Gras parades and parties. south of the stadium, police interrupted a In times of joy and sorrow, the Superdome has been here for the people of New free Cowboy Mouth concert and stopped the band for 20 minutes mid-set to ask for Orleans. And on Monday, Sept. 25, 2006, it its permits and allow the streets to clear. was back from the brink of destruction. Around 5 p.m., a large crowd gathered While the excitement of the big day at the front entrance of the Superdome was undeniably tangible, an undercurrent of apprehension remained. Nothing where Saints players were debuting a Payton-inspired idea: valet parking and was certain in New Orleans back then, black-carpet entrance to the stadium. including the Saints’ future in the city. Fans cheered wildly at the arrival of “I think there are more questions than each luxury vehicle. The largest cheers there are answers right now toward the were reserved for rookie sensation Regcommunity,” NFL commissioner Roger gie Bush and star receiver Joe Horn, Goodell said during a pregame press who arrived in a gold three-piece suit conference that night. and black felt fedora. In that regard, the reopening of the “We should do this every week,” Horn Superdome was bigger for New Orleans said as we walked to the locker room. than Super Bowl XLIV or the 2010 NFC championship game. It certainly was the “I’m just overjoyed for the fans, the people of this city. The icing on the cake biggest regular-season game in New Orwill be the butt-whooping we put on the leans history. Falcons tonight.” To hammer home this point at the

Leading up to the game, Gleason remembers people stopping him on the street or at the store to tell him how proud they were to be New Orleanians and how much they wanted the Saints to win the game. “In many ways, the Saints represented the city’s return to glory, and its residents’ return to normalcy,” he said. “A victory would be redeeming. A loss would be crushing.” The NFL understood the game’s significance and had lined up a Super Bowlworthy lineup of musical entertainment. The Goo Goo Dolls played an hour-long set outside the Dome before the game. Two of the biggest bands in the world, U2 and Green Day, performed a threesong pregame set at midfield, backed by the Rebirth and New Birth brass bands. Spike Lee, Snoop Dogg and former president George H.W. Bush were on the sidelines, along with a bunch of other celebrities and dignitaries. The crowd’s emotion and passion were palpable in the Dome as kickoff approached. Gleason said he could feel the pulsating energy on the field. The entire stadium was still buzzing from the U2/Green Day performance when the Saints kicked off to start the game. Atlanta failed to get a first down on its first series, so the punt team lined up on the sideline. “I heard (special teams coach John) Bonamego walk over to coach Payton and say he wanted to go for the punt block,” Gleason said. “I was shocked to hear the block called right after that very first series, especially in that field position, which usually calls for a return. But that was the maverick style that made Payton the most successful coach in Saints history. And I was all in!” During their preparation for the game, Saints coaches noticed a weakness in the Falcons’ punt protection scheme. Specifically, the center and the personal protector, the player positioned halfway between the center and punter, always blocked opposite one another. When the personal protector lined up to the right side of the formation, the Saints felt confident the center was going to block to the left, so the coaches schemed up a play to try to block one of their punts. Of the eight players in the Saints puntrush package, six of them were going to remain unchanged. But the two inside players, Gleason and Aaron Stecker, had to focus on the alignment of the personal protector. The Saints’ plan was to run a stunt at the line of scrimmage to create havoc with their blocking scheme.

‘Get to the punter’s foot’ When Gleason aligned in his three-point stance to the right of the Falcons’ center, he had no way of knowing he was about to make history. He did know, though, that he had a chance to make a play. He had

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KAMARA

Continued from page 1B starting running back. This wasn’t the spot either he or the Saints envisioned when they haggled for months over his contract, ultimately leading the 31-year-old to take a $5.5 million pay cut. But the Saints kept Kamara for a reason. New Orleans could have moved on, but chose to bring back its all-time leading rusher. The driving factor went beyond what it would mean for Kamara to finish his career in New Orleans. The reason went beyond the idea that the running back could be arguably more effective in a reduced role. The Saints brought Kamara back because they still believed he had enough left in the tank to contribute. “Listen, if you can’t play on the field, then they can’t play,” Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said in July. “It’s that type of business.” The Saints’ actions since have reiterated that belief. After a competitive training camp, New Orleans let go of talented running backs such as Devin Neal and Audric Estime — first stashing them on injured reserve before waiving them with a settlement. Then when the season began, Kamara’s usage was higher than many anticipated. After missing New Orleans’ season opener with a knee injury, Kamara returned to play 29.4% and 32.4% of the snaps. But within those numbers, he had more carries than Etienne in a Week 2 win over Baltimore and while that was on pace to correct itself a week later, Etienne then got hurt. “Very few times in this league is one running back going to haul the load,” coach Kellen Moore said. “That’s just what this league is.” But the question remains: How effective can Kamara still be? Last season, he was statistically one of the league’s worst running backs. The 2017 third-rounder not only put up career lows in several categories (yards, yards per carry), but he ranked near the bottom of the league in advanced categories like rushing yards over

expected and rushing yards after contact. That was even with Kamara missing the last six games because of an injury. Still, the Saints struggled to run the ball as a team. Were the stats a sign of Kamara’s decline — or a team that couldn’t block properly? Kamara, too, was coming off a resurgent 2024 when he seemed to thrive in then-offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak’s outside zone scheme. The early returns this season haven’t provided an answer. In his season debut, Kamara averaged only 1.7 yards per carry — but that was a game in which New Orleans again couldn’t generate much on the ground. Last week against the Las Vegas Raiders, Kamara’s numbers improved — a respectable 4.0 yards per carry — but finished with 6 fewer yards than expected, according to Next Gen Stats. Teammates continue to voice confidence in his abilities. Guard David Edwards has only been with the Saints this season, but he saw what Kamara was still capable of last season when New Orleans gave a spirited effort against the Buffalo Bills. From the other sideline, Edwards saw a team that controlled the line of scrimmage — and a premier running back who capitalized on those holes. Edwards’ appreciation has only grown over the last few months, having gotten to know the running back. “Alvin’s one of the smartest players I’ve ever been around,” Edwards said. “His library of football is obviously so vast that when you talk to him about a certain play or a certain look, he’s able to recall, maybe a play, a cut or a situation that he’s already experienced.” That library can take people by surprise. For about the first year and a half of his career, Kendre Miller admitted he had a tough time following whenever Kamara brought up “a look from 2018” or some other random year and dove into the details. “He can pretty much see the play happen before it happens,” Miller said. Can Kamara’s legs match what his eyes see? If they can’t, the Saints and Kamara might need another honest conversation.

blocked a punt against the Arizona Cardinals two years earlier using a similar scheme, so he was familiar with the techniques involved. “My responsibility was pretty simple: Get to the punter’s foot,” Gleason said. “When the ball was snapped, their protection slid away from me and the big gap opened. When I saw the opening, I knew I had a chance. Then suddenly it felt like the world slowed down and everything became clear. I blocked the punt with my left hand. As I was giving up, I saw Curtis (Deloatch) recover the ball in the end zone.” Deloatch celebrated the one and only touchdown of his career by spiking the ball over the goal post. As he did, Gleason raised his arms to his side, sprinted to the southwest corner of the end zone and slid to his knees, awash in the bedlam of the sellout crowd. “This was the moment, our moment,” Gleason said. “I understood that the night was bigger than football, but none of us could have understood what those few seconds would come to mean 20 years later. And strangely STAFF PHoTo By dAVId GRUnFELd enough, those few seconds radically changed Steve Gleason listens to Troy Andrews, also the course of my life, too.” The game drew an average viewing audience known as Trombone Shorty, perform at a of 14.9 million viewers across 10.85 million recording session on Sept. 14 at Esplanade households, making it the most-watched proStudios in new orleans. Gleason recently gram in ESPN’s 27-year history. In a memo to finished producing an album featuring a NFL staff three days after the game, Goodell collection of songs written by him performed by called the game and events surrounding it one artists from across the country. of “the NFL’s finest moments.” “The blocked punt was the kind of moment award-winning documentary of his life, “Gleayou dream about your entire life: Being in front of tens of thousands of fans in the stadium and son,” in 2014. A decade later, he wrote his critimillions of fans on TV and doing something of cally acclaimed memoir, “A Life Impossible.” great consequence. I did it, and I love that I did He recently finished producing an album, it. That’s why we watch sports and why we play “Rebirth,” a collection of songs performed sports — for a moment like that. I love the people by artists from across the country. The lyrics of New Orleans, and for me to get a chance to were written by Gleason. Marc Broussard will give them that much joy was extraordinarily perform a set of Gleason’s songs at 5:50 p.m. special. For many people, it’s the only thing in my Monday in Championship Square. playing career that they remember me for, and “Steve doesn’t let anything get in the way,” that’s cool with me. I’m the little Goodell said. “He’s just like, kid who dreamed of playing in ‘This is what I want to do,’ and “If I didn’t block the the NFL and doing something he goes and does it. Michel’s great. And that night, I did.” punt, I don’t see any of there with him and the family and the kids. It’s an incredibly this happening. That Still creating, exploring inspiring and special story. The blocked punt was the moment connected my And difficult. And challenghighlight of Gleason’s career And heartbreaking. But life to New Orleans in a ing. and the tipping point in the through it all, he just keeps Saints’ storybook 2006 season. way I never could have triumphing. There’s nothing he They went on to finish 10-6, win can’t do.” planned.” the NFC South and advance to As Gleason navigates Year the NFC championship for the 16 of his journey with ALS, he STEVE GLEASon, first time in franchise history. still finds reasons to get out of Former Saints safety Late in the third quarter of bed each day. He’s motivated that game, the Saints were most by being a good father to forced to punt after a safety, and Gleason tack- Rivers and Gray and a capable provider for his led Devin Hester after a short 5-yard return. It family. But despite the physical limitations, he would be the final tackle of his NFL career. He finds excitement in all corners of life. Where “No White Flags” was once his daily mantra, retired in 2008. Considering Hester’s reputation as the best return man in NFL history and he now finds “Keep Exploring” more fitting. “The thing I’m most excited about is what a future Hall of Famer, it wasn’t a bad way for I don’t know yet,” Gleason said. “I’ve always Gleason to end his career. been curious. Before ALS, that curiosity took After he retired, Gleason worked briefly as an executive at the Shaw Group before his ALS me into the mountains, onto rivers, into differdiagnosis forced him to resign in 2011. Since ent countries, into football, music and whatthen, he’s focused on advocacy work at Team ever adventure seemed interesting at the time. Gleason and Answer ALS. ALS changed how I explore the world, but it Gleason’s life-changing work has been recog- never changed my desire to explore it. In some nized around the globe. He’s received the Con- ways, it actually expanded it. “I want to keep writing, keep making music, gressional Gold Medal, the Arthur Ashe Courkeep traveling and experiencing things with age Award and the NCAA Inspiration Award. Michel, Rivers and Gray. Keep having ridicuHe’s been inducted into the Washington State Athletic Hall of Fame and been honored by the lous conversations with my friends. Keep Saints Hall of Fame, Louisiana Sports Hall of learning from people who know things I don’t Fame and Pro Football Writers of America. know. Keep pushing technology into places we “If I didn’t block the punt, I don’t see any of haven’t considered yet. this happening,” Gleason said. “That moment “One of the things ALS has taught me is that connected my life to New Orleans in a way I your world doesn’t have to become smaller just never could have planned.” because your body does. I don’t know exactly Since his diagnosis, Gleason has kept busy what comes next. That’s probably why I’m exin a variety of ways. He co-produced an cited about it.”

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OFFENSIVE LEADERS Saints

Falcons

PASSING

Player

Cmp-Att-Pct Yds TD Int

Tyler Shough

91-132-68.9

917

RUSHING

Player

Att

Net

Avg TD

Player

Rec Yards Avg TD

Player

30 18 14 13

128 51 67 44

4.3 2.8 4.8 3.4

Chris Olave Juwan Johnson Devaughn Vele Travis Etienne Noah Fant Alvin Kamara

27 15 15 11 8 6

375 173 172 51 66 12

13.9 11.5 11.5 4.6 8.3 2.0

1 3 1 0 3 0

22-39-56.4 18-25-72

Att

Bijan Robinson Brian Robinson Drake London Cooper Rush

XPM XPA FGM FGA

Daniel Carlson

Net

66 30 2 2

349 132 4 20

1 1

4 1

Avg TD 5.3 4.4 2.0 10

2 1 0 0

RECEIVING Drake London Bijan Robinson Jahan Dotson Austin Hooper Olamide Zaccheaus Zachariah Branch

KICKING Player

229 256

RUSHING

RECEIVING Player

Cmp-Att-Pct Yds TD Int

Cooper Rush Michael Penix

0 0 1 1

Travis Etienne Alvin Kamara Tyler Shough Kendre Miller

PASSING

Player

Rec Yards Avg TD 15 13 4 4 4 3

274 118 41 31 17 21

18.3 9.1 10.3 7.8 4.3 7

0 1 0 1 0 0

KICKING Player

XPM XPA FGM FGA

Nick Folk

DEFENSIVE LEADERS TACKLES

TACKLES

Player

Tot Solo Ast TFL Sk

Player

Kaden Elliss

Jessie Bates

Tot Solo Ast TFL Sk 17

Pete Werner

Xavier Watts

Jonas Sanker

Mike Hughes

Danny Stutsman

CJ Henderson

Kool-Aid McKinstry

Divine Deablo

Justin Reid

Sydney Brown

Julian Blackmon

Kendal Daniels

Davon Godchaux

LaCale London

Cameron Thomas

1.5

Gervon Dexter

0.5 0

Carl Gradnerson

Nathan Shepherd

0.5

Anfernee Jennings

AJ Terrell

Quincy Riley

Harold Perkins

Vernon Broughton

Za’Darius Smith

2.5

Martin Emerson

Nick Muse

Isaiah Stalbird

Brandon Dorlus

Colby Wooden

Maason Smith

Chase Young

3.5

Samson Ebukam

0.5

Khristian Boyd

Chris Blair

Jordan Howden

Zach Harrison

TEAM STATS OFFENSE PER GAME Yards gained: 382.6

OFFENSE PER GAME Yards gained: 340.7

Plays: 70.7

Plays: 61.0

PASS 281.3

RUSH 101.3

PASS 44.0

RUSH 26.7

Turnovers: 2.33 INTERCEPTIONS 1.00

FUMBLES 1.33

PASS 167.7

RUSH 173.0

PASS 26.3

RUSH 34.7

Turnovers: 2.67 INTERCEPTIONS 2.00

FUMBLES 0.67

DEFENSE PER GAME Yards allowed: 340.4

DEFENSE PER GAME Yards allowed: 310.7

Turnovers forced: 1.00

Turnovers forced: 0.66

PASS 211.7

RUSH 128.7

INTERCEPTIONS 0.33

FUMBLES 0.67

SCORING PER GAME

SCORED ALLOWED

PASS 263.0

RUSH 47.7

INTERCEPTIONS 0.33

FUMBLES 0.33

SCORING PER GAME

SCORED ALLOWED

27.7

27.0

22.5

18.0

2026

22.7

17.0

2025

23.6

20.8

2026

2025

CONVERSION SUCCESS

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Fourth down

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Fail

50%

34.3% 53.2%

Convert

80%

Fail

50%

65.7%

Fail

Convert

Fail

Convert

STAFF PREDICTIONS JEFF DUNCAN

SAINTS 27, FALCONS 16: The Saints are banged up right now, but all of the intangible factors are in their favor. They will have the emotion and enthusiasm of the home crowd on their side as the city commemorates the 2006 domecoming game. And they’ll be extra motivated after squandering last week’s game to the Raiders.

LUKE JOHNSON

SAINTS 30, FALCONS 28: I felt a lot better about this one before the injury report came out. Playing without Kaden Elliss, Carl Granderson and Anfernee Jennings — and potentially Pete Werner — against a team that has Bijan Robinson is going to make things tough. But the Superdome atmosphere should be a big lift, and I think the Saints offense has enough juice to overcome what the team is missing defensively.

MATTHEW PARAS

SAINTS 38, FALCONS 17: The Saints haven’t had a true blowout like this under Kellen Moore — that they’ve been on the winning end, anyway. But there’s no time like the present, especially given the circumstances surrounding Monday’s game. The Saints could very well struggle against Bijan Robinson and the Falcons without their starting linebackers. Still, the Saints have been unpredictable through three games.

ROD WALKER

FALCONS 27, SAINTS 24: If you had asked for my prediction two weeks ago, I would have picked the Saints in a blowout. But the Falcons’ win at Lambeau was impressive, even if the Packers were hampered by injuries.They are coming off 11 days of rest, have QB Michael Penix back and are facing a banged-up Saints team. Missing linebackers against a back like Bijan Robinson isn’t ideal.

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Monday

FAVORITE at N.O.

Cleveland 27, Pittsburgh 24

OPEN 2½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 1½ (47½) Atlanta

OPEN 9½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 10½ (49½) S. Miss

FAVORITE OPEN Jax St 2½ at FLA INTL 4½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 3 (49½)at KNSW ST 5½ (47½) Nmsu

FAVORITE OPEN at W. KENT 2½ at LIBERTY 13½ at UTSA 6½ at ARKAN ST 1½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ (55½) Missou St. 13½ (52½) Sam Hou 6½ (52½) S. Florida 1½ (57½) S. Alabama

FAVORITE OPEN at LOUSVLLE 7½ at SJSU 6 at WASH 1½ at UTAH ST 1½ at BYU 14½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 5½ (58½) Florida St 6½ (44½) Wyoming 2½ (41½) Iowa 3½ (43½) Wash St 10½ (48½) Iowa St

FAVORITE OPEN Indiana 8½ at ARMY 6½ at PITTS 4½ at B. GREEN 6½ at MISSOURI 1½ Arizona 3½ at OKLAH ST 9½ Wake Forest 2½ at NWSTRN 34½ at FLORIDA 14½ at APP ST 5½ at UMASS 2½ Va Tech 11½ E. Michigan 5½ at KANS ST 1½ Illinois 2½ at W. MICH 13½ Duke 5½ at N. TEXAS 24½ at OREGON 12½ Ole Miss 10½ at TOLEDO 17½ at OHIO 3½ at NAVY 3½ at N.D. 35½ Texas 6½ at TEMPLE 3 at E. CAR 9½ Tennessee 14½ at OSU 37½ at ORGN ST 14½ LSU 10½ Nevada 9½ N. Dakota St 1½ at MEMPHS 16½ at MARSHLL 2½ USC PK at LA TECH 1½ Air Force 12½ J. Madison 10 at VIRGINIA 6½ Georgia 2½ Minnesota 5½ at UTAH 13½ Boise State 10½ at ASU 17½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 8½ (51½) at NBRSKA 3½ (46½) Tulane 4 (46½) N. Carolina 7½ (42½) Sac State 4½ (48½) Texas A&M 2½ (59½) at W. VA 10 (53½) UCF 3½ (59½) at NC ST 35½ (52½) Ball State 14½ (61½) S. Carolina 9½ (51½) Old Dom OFF (48½)Miami (OH) 10½ (52½) at CAL 5½ (50½) at AKRON 2½ (55½) Houston 3½ (49½) at MICH ST 14 (43½) Kent State 7 (49½)at GA TECH 25½ (59½) Charlotte 11½ (60½) UCLA 10½ (57½) at VANDY 19½ (54½) Buffalo 3½ (47½)C. Michigan 2½ (50) Tulsa 37½ (54½) Stanford 8½ (39½) at OKLA 3½ (54½) UConn 9½ (50½) Rice 13½ (49½) at ARKAN 35½ (56½) Maryland 14 (56½)San Digo St 9½ (54½) at KENT 9½ (49½) at UTEP 3½ (49½) at UNLV 14½ (58½) UAB 3 (56½) C. Carolina 1½ (55½) at PENN ST 2½ (49½) UL 12½ (47½)at N. ILLINS 9½ (54½) at GA SO 9½ (50½) Syracuse 1½ (56½) at BAMA 2½ (51½) at PURDUE 14½ (51½) Kansas 6½ (48½) at FRESNO 21½ (51½) Hawaii

College Football Tuesday

FAVORITE at TROY

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

MLB Monday

American League FAVORITE LINE at CLEVELAND -159 N.Y Yankees -131

NHL

Monday

FAVORITE LINE at TAMPA BAY -197 at PITTSBURGH -174 Ottawa -114 at DALLAS -169

UNDERDOG Chi White Sox at TAMPA BAY

LINE +131 +109

UNDERDOG Philadelphia Winnipeg at BOSTON San Jose

LINE +159 +141 -108 +138

Pro basketball WNBA Playoffs First Round (Best-of-3) (x-if necessary No. 8 New York 2, No. 1 Minnesota 0

Sunday, Sept. 27: New York 91, Minnesota 75 Tuesday, Sept. 29: New York 87, Minnesota 71

No. 2 Golden State 2, No. 7 Dallas 1

Sunday, Sept. 27: Golden State 104, Dallas 80 Wednesday, Sept. 30: Dallas 108, Golden State 100, OT Friday, Oct. 2: Golden State 77, Dallas 73

No. 3 Las Vegas 1, No. 6 Indiana 1

Sunday, Sept. 27: Las Vegas 102, Indiana 85 Tuesday, Sept. 29: Indiana 99, Las Vegas 89 Thursday, Oct. 1: Las Vegas 95, Indiana 83

No. 4 Atlanta 2, No. 5 Washington 0

Sunday, Sept. 27: Atlanta 92, Washington 77 Wednesday, Sept. 30: Atlanta 93, Washington 75

Semiﬁnals (Best-of-5) (x-if necessary) Sunday, Oct. 4

Game 1: Atlanta 92, New York 82 Game 1: Golden State 71, Las Vegas 60

Wednesday, Oct. 7

Game 2: New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. (NBC) Game 2: Las Vegas at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. (NBCSN)

Friday, Oct. 9

Game 3: Atlanta at New York, 6:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Game 3: Golden State at Las Vegas, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Sunday, Oct. 11

x-Game 4: Atlanta at New York, TBD (NBCSN) x-Game 4: Golden State at Las Vegas, TBD (ABC)

Wednesday, Oct. 14

x-Game 5: New York at Atlanta, TBD (ABC) x-Game 5: Las Vegas at Golden State, TBD (NBCSN)

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

W 3 2 1 0

L 1 2 3 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .750 127 107 .500 65 77 .250 76 84 .000 36 86

Jacksonville Indianapolis Tennessee Houston

W 3 2 0 0

L 1 2 4 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .750 104 53 .500 102 104 .000 55 83 .000 84 109

Cleveland Baltimore Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 3 3 2 2

L 1 1 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .750 81 95 .750 116 96 .500 77 87 .500 97 85

Kansas City Las Vegas Denver L.A. Chargers

W 3 3 2 0

L 0 0 1 3

T Pct 0 1.000 0 1.000 0 .667 0 .000

N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas Washington

W 3 2 2 1

L 1 2 2 3

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .750 82 79 .500 75 93 .500 122 112 .250 88 122

Carolina New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay

W 1 1 1 0

L 2 2 2 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .333 .333 .333 .000

Minnesota Chicago Detroit Green Bay

W 3 3 2 2

L 0 1 1 2

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PF PA 88 50 88 54 60 70 44 76

PF PA 89 83 81 83 51 68 76 96

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Monday’s Games

Atlanta at New Orleans, 7:15 p.m.

Major League Baseball MLB Postseason Glance

Uribe 1 1⁄3 1 1 0 1 0 Ashby 1 2 0 0 0 1 Megill W,1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 King pitched to 1 batter in the 6th, Henderson pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. HBP_Henderson (France), King (Chourio). WP_Henderson. ABS Challenge_Henderson (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Machado (Strike-Overturned to Ball); France (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Hamilton (Strike-Overturned to Ball); King (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Machado (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Uribe (BallOverturned to Strike); Ashby (Ball-Conﬁrmed); Miller (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Miller (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Frelick (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Sánchez (StrikeConﬁrmed). Umpires_Home, Lance Barrett; First, Alfonso Marquez; Second, Nic Lentz; Third, Quinn Wolcott; Right, Nick Mahrley; Left, Brennan Miller. T_3:14. A_41,683 (41,700).

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Saturday’s games EAST

Chicago White Sox 1, Cleveland 0

Saturday, Oct. 3: Chicago White Sox 3, Cleveland 0 Monday, Oct. 5: Chicago White Sox (Kay 109) at Cleveland (Williams 14-8), 5 p.m. (TBS/ TruTV/HBO Max) Wednesday, Oct. 7: Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 4 p.m. (TBS/TruTV/HBO Max) x-Thursday, Oct. 8: Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 5 p.m. (TBS/TruTV/HBO Max) x-Saturday, Oct. 10: Chicago White Sox at Cleveland, 5 p.m. (TBS/TruTV/HBO Max)

Tampa Bay 1, N.Y. Yankees 0

Saturday, Oct. 3: Tampa Bay 1, N.Y. Yankees 0 Monday, Oct. 5: N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 14-6) at Tampa Bay (Peralta 10-11), 8 p.m. (TBS/ TruTV/HBO Max) Wednesday, Oct. 7: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 8 p.m. (TBS/TruTV/HBO Max) x-Thursday, Oct. 8: Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 8 p.m. (TBS/TruTV/HBO Max) x-Saturday, Oct. 10: N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m. (TBS/TruTV/HBO Max) National League (FOX, FS1)

L.A. Dodgers 1, Atlanta 0

Saturday, Oct. 3: L.A. Dodgers 5, Atlanta 3 Sunday, Oct. 4: Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, n Tuesday, Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 6:08 p.m. (FOX/FS1) x-Wednesday, Oct. 7: L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, 6 p.m. (FOX/FS1) x-Friday, Oct. 9: Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, 8 p.m. (FOX/FS1)

Milwaukee 2, San Diego 0

Saturday, Oct. 3: Milwaukee 3, San Diego 2 Sunday, Oct. 4: Milwaukee 4, San Diego 3 Tuesday, Oct. 6: Milwaukee (May 7-9) at San Diego (Pivetta 3-2), 9:38 p.m. (FOX/FS1) x-Wednesday, Oct. 7: Milwaukee at San Diego, 10 p.m. (FOX/FS1) x-Friday, Oct. 9: San Diego at Milwaukee, 4:30 p.m. (FOX/FS1)

Late Saturday Tampa Bay 1, N.Y. Yankees 0 New York

Tampa Bay

ab r h bi ab r h bi Rice dh 3 0 0 0 Díaz dh 4 0 10 Bellinger lf 4 0 0 0 Aranda 1b 4 1 11 García 1b 3 0 0 0 Caminero 3b 2 0 0 0 Jones rf 3 0 0 0 Mateo pr 0 0 00 Lombard ss 3 0 0 0 Williamson 3b 0 0 0 0 Chisholm 2b 2 0 0 0 Hicks c 3 0 10 Grisham cf 3 0 0 0 Simpson lf 4 0 00 A.Wells c 3 0 1 0 Mesa rf 3 0 10 McMahon 3b2 0 0 0 DeLuca cf 3 0 00 Stanton ph 1 0 0 0 Palacios 2b 3 0 10 Walls ss 3 0 00 Totals 27 0 1 0 Totals 29 1 5 1 New York 000 000 000 — 0 Tampa Bay 001 000 00x — 1 LOB_New York 2, Tampa Bay 7. 2B_A.Wells (1), Palacios (1), Hicks (1). HR_Aranda (1). SB_Chisholm (1). IP H R ER BB SO New York Cole L,0-1 5 5 1 1 1 5 Weathers 1 0 0 0 0 0 Blackburn 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 1 Headrick ⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 Tampa Bay Rasmussen W,1-0 8 1 0 0 2 10 Baker S,1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 ABS Challenge_Caminero (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Simpson (Strike-Overturned to Ball); McMahon (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Rasmussen (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Baker (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Baker (Ball-Conﬁrmed). Umpires_Home, Shane Livensparger; First, Jeremie Rehak; Second, Dan Bellino; Third, Ben May; Right, Ryan Wills; Left, D.J. Reyburn. T_2:30. A_40,542 (25,025).

Late Saturday Milwaukee 3, San Diego 2

San Diego Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h bi Tatis rf-2b 5 0 1 0 Chourio lf 4 1 12 Harris lf 4 0 2 0 Turang 2b 3 0 00 Machdo 3b 4 0 2 0 Contreras c 3 1 11 France 1b 4 0 1 0 Bauers 1b 3 0 20 Merrill cf 5 0 0 0 Yelich dh 3 0 10 Bogaerts ss 3 1 1 0 Vaughn ph-dh 1 0 1 0 Salas c 3 1 1 0 Pratt ss 4 0 00 Andujar ph 1 0 0 0 Lara rf 3 0 00 Taylor pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Mitchell cf 3 1 10 Campsno dh3 0 1 1 Ortiz 3b 4 0 00 Bowen dh 0 0 0 0 Cronnwrth 2b 3 0 0 1 Hays ph 1 0 0 0 Fermin c 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 2 9 2 Totals 31 3 7 3 San Diego 020 000 000 — 2 Milwaukee 002 000 10x — 3 E_Rodriguez (). DP_San Diego 0, Milwaukee 1. LOB_San Diego 12, Milwaukee 9. 2B_Machado (1). HR_Chourio (1), Contreras (1). SB_Turang (1), Mitchell (1). IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Ray 2 2⁄3 4 2 2 2 1 Rodriguez 1 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 2 Matsui 1 0 0 0 0 1 Adam 1 0 0 0 1 0 Morejon L,0-1 2 3 1 1 0 2 Milwaukee Misiorowski 4 4 2 2 1 6 2 Senzatela ⁄3 2 0 0 1 0 Ashby 1 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 1 Uribe ⁄3 2 0 0 0 0 Hall W,1-0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Megill S,1-1 1 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Hall pitched to 4 batters in the 8th. HBP_Matsui (Bauers), Uribe (France). WP_ Misiorowski, Ashby. ABS Challenge_Misiorowski (Ball-Conﬁrmed); Misiorowski (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Senzatela (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Ashby (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Hall (Ball-Conﬁrmed). Umpires_Home, Nick Mahrley; First, Lance Barrett; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Nic Lentz; Right, Brennan Miller; Left, Quinn Wolcott. T_3:28. A_42,843 (41,700).

Milwaukee 4, San Diego 3 San Diego

Milwaukee

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Quarterﬁnals Hubert Hurkacz, Poland, def. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 7-6 (2), 6-2. Alex de Minaur (5), Australia, def. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3. Daniil Medvedev (3), Russia, def. Francisco Cerundolo, Argentina, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Novak Djokovic (6), Serbia, def. Alexander Zverev (1), Germany, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Men’s Doubles

Quarterﬁnals Lloyd Glasspool and Julian Cash (2), Britain, def. Marcelo Melo, Brazil, and Alexander Zverev, Germany, 6-2, 6-4.

Men’s Doubles

Semiﬁnals David Pel and Sander Arends, Netherlands, def. Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, and Juncheng Shang, China, 6-4, 6-4.

ATP World Tour Japan Open Tennis Championships Results Sunday

At Ariake Coliseum Tokyo Purse: $2,342,275 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Results Sunday from Japan Open Tennis Championships at Ariake Coliseum (seedings in parentheses):

Men’s Singles

Quarterﬁnals Jaume Munar, Spain, def. Kyrian Jacquet, France, 6-4, 6-2. Carlos Alcaraz (1), Spain, def. Denis Shapovalov, Canada, 7-6 (3), 2-1, ret. Valentin Vacherot (8), Monaco, def. Arthur Fils, France, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. Jiri Lehecka, Czechia, def. Adolfo Daniel Vallejo, Paraguay, 6-1, 6-1.

Men’s Doubles

Semiﬁnals Albano Olivetti and Theo Arribage (2), France, def. Kaito Uesugi, Japan, and Rinky Hijikata, Australia, 4-6, 6-4, 12-10.

Auto racing Late Saturday NASCAR-O’Reilly Focused Health 302 Results Saturday

Bowling Green 24, Miami (Ohio) 20 Cent. Michigan 41, Akron 17 Drake 30, Dayton 22 Iowa St. 45, West Virginia 42 Kansas 55, Middle Tennessee 0 Minnesota 20, Michigan 14 Missouri 45, Florida 17 N. Dakota St. 28, Wyoming 0 Nebraska 48, Maryland 23 North Dakota 55, Murray St. 28 Ohio 13, Kent St. 10 Ohio St. 31, Iowa 14 Purdue 24, Illinois 17 S. Dakota St. 31, Illinois St. 14 South Dakota 44, Indiana St. 14 Toledo 39, Ball St. 24 W. Illinois 28, Tennessee St. 21 Wisconsin 31, Michigan St. 3 Youngstown St. 28, S. Illinois 16

SOUTHWEST

Abilene Christian 35, West Florida 7 BYU 17, TCU 10 East Texas A&M 20, UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros 17 Houston 27, UCF 17 Houston Christian 16, Nicholls 2 Lamar 42, Northwestern St. 14 SMU 25, Boston College 16 Stephen F. Austin 28, Incarnate Word 26 Tarleton St. 56, Chicago State 21 Texas A&M 34, Arkansas 7 UTSA 16, Rice 14

FAR WEST

Air Force 14, Navy 9 Arizona 34, Cincinnati 7 Baylor 55, Arizona St. 19 Boise St. 37, Utah St. 18 Fresno St. 26, Washington St. 6 Montana 36, N. Colorado 14 N. Arizona 38, Idaho St. 31 New Mexico 61, UTEP 7 Oregon St. 56, Colorado St. 26 S. Utah 46, Utah Tech 33 San Diego 63, Davidson 14 San Diego St. 31, Texas State 29 San Jose St. 20, Hawaii 16 Southern Cal 25, Washington 21 Texas Tech 29, Colorado 7 UC Davis 49, E. Washington 38 UNLV 39, California 31 Weber St. 42, Cal Poly 34, 2OT

Hockey NHL Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston Montreal Florida Ottawa Buffalo Tampa Bay Toronto Detroit

GP W L OT Pts GF 3 2 1 0 4 8 2 1 0 1 3 8 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 1 0 2 7 2 1 1 0 2 4 3 1 2 0 2 6 2 0 2 0 0 2

GA 7 8 4 2 9 6 7 5

Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Carolina N.Y. Islanders Washington Columbus New Jersey Philadelphia

GP W L OT Pts GF 2 2 0 0 4 13 3 2 1 0 4 7 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 2 7 2 1 1 0 2 6 2 1 1 0 2 7 2 1 1 0 2 3 3 0 1 2 2 4

GA 5 4 8 2 5 7 8 13

Colorado Utah Minnesota Winnipeg St. Louis Nashville Dallas Chicago

GP W L OT Pts GF 2 2 0 0 4 14 2 2 0 0 4 10 2 2 0 0 4 7 2 1 0 1 3 6 2 1 1 0 2 5 2 1 1 0 2 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 5

Paciﬁc Division

GA 5 1 2 6 6 4 6 15

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Edmonton 3 2 0 1 5 17 14 San Jose 2 2 0 0 4 9 7 3 2 1 0 4 17 15 Vancouver Anaheim 1 1 0 0 2 4 3 Seattle 2 1 1 0 2 7 4 Vegas 2 1 1 0 2 8 6 Los Angeles 2 0 1 1 1 8 13 Calgary 2 0 2 0 0 2 10 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Saturday’s Games

Buffalo 4, Chicago 3 Tampa Bay 3, Washington 1 Utah 4, Columbus 1 Edmonton 3, Seattle 1

Tennis

Men’s Singles

MIDWEST

Central Division

Monday’s Games

Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. Ottawa at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Dallas, 7 p.m.

At National Tennis Center Beijing Purse: $4,089,385 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Results Sunday from China Open at National Tennis Center (seedings in parentheses):

Alabama 56, Mississippi St. 23 Ark.-Pine Bluff 41, Southern U. 10 Austin Peay 42, New Haven 17 Bethune-Cookman 16, Alabama St. 10 Campbell 38, NC Central 31 ETSU 14, Chattanooga 3 FAU 66, Texas Southern 10 Florida St. 38, Virginia 7 Gardner-Webb 12, Charleston Southern 10 Georgia 38, Vanderbilt 14 Georgia Southern 31, Coastal Carolina 24 Georgia St. 42, Old Dominion 10 Grambling St. 63, Alcorn St. 59 Holy Cross 41, William & Mary 14 Howard 27, Hampton 13 Jackson St. 31, Alabama A&M 28 James Madison 45, Marshall 17 Kentucky 35, South Carolina 34, OT LSU 63, McNeese St. 14 Louisiana Tech 31, Army 29 Louisiana-Lafayette 23, Arkansas St. 20 MVSU 28, Prairie View 27 Marist 28, Stetson 14 Memphis 59, Charlotte 8 Mercer 54, VMI 3 Miami 41, Clemson 13 NC State 31, Louisville 28 North Alabama 20, E. Kentucky 16 Notre Dame 37, North Carolina 26 Presbyterian 55, St. Thomas (Minn.) 21 South Alabama 52, Louisiana-Monroe 35 Temple 17, South Florida 13 Tennessee 24, Auburn 14 The Citadel 34, SC State 31 UAB 33, Samford 14 Valparaiso 37, Morehead St. 3 W. Carolina 44, Tennessee Tech 20 Wake Forest 57, Stanford 3 Wofford 32, Furman 25

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Winnipeg 3, Detroit 2 Utah at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Calgary at Seattle, 7 p.m. Florida at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Vegas at Vancouver, 8 p.m.

ATP China Open Results

SOUTH

Metropolitan Division

Sunday’s Games

Sunday

Albany (NY) 28, Delaware St. 3 Bryant 31, NC A&T 30 CCSU 45, Wagner 14 Cornell 35, Georgetown 14 Dartmouth 14, Penn 10 E. Michigan 38, UMass 14 Harvard 20, Colgate 17 Indiana 47, Rutgers 15 LIU Brooklyn 27, Mercyhurst 24 Lehigh 34, Fordham 0 Monmouth (NJ) 41, Towson 40 Morgan St. 38, Villanova 35 New Hampshire 30, Elon 23 Princeton 35, Columbia 7 Rhode Island 13, Brown 10 Richmond 40, Lafayette 31 Robert Morris 33, Norfolk St. 31 Sacred Heart 24, Maine 16 Syracuse 42, UConn 41, OT W. Michigan 20, Buffalo 17 Yale 41, Merrimack 24

Atlantic Division

Carolina 3, Philadelphia 2, OT Ottawa 3, Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 6, Montreal 5, OT N.Y. Islanders 6, New Jersey 0 Nashville 2, Dallas 1 Minnesota 4, Boston 1 Colorado 6, St. Louis 1 San Jose 5, Los Angeles 4, OT Vancouver 4, Calgary 1

At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Corey Day, Chevrolet, 201 laps, 75 points. 2. (9) Carson Kvapil, Chevrolet, 201, 42. 3. (10) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 201, 44. 4. (4) Brent Crews, Toyota, 201, 43. 5. (5) Taylor Gray, Toyota, 201, 38. 6. (8) Sam Mayer, Chevrolet, 201, 50. 7. (21) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 201, 36. 8. (36) William Sawalich, Toyota, 201, 35. 9. (12) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 201, 31. 10. (18) Anthony Alfredo, Chevrolet, 201, 27. 11. (6) Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 201, 42. 12. (20) Ryan Sieg, Chevrolet, 201, 31. 13. (2) Sheldon Creed, Chevrolet, 201, 24. 14. (11) Harrison Burton, Toyota, 200, 23. 15. (23) Sammy Smith, Chevrolet, 200, 22. 16. (22) Dean Thompson, Toyota, 200, 21. 17. (16) Brennan Poole, Ford, 200, 20. 18. (26) Lee Pulliam, Chevrolet, 199, 19. 19. (17) Parker Retzlaff, Chevrolet, 199, 18. 20. (19) Kyle Sieg, Chevrolet, 199, 17. 21. (14) Jeb Burton, Chevrolet, 199, 16. 22. (15) Andrew Patterson, Chevrolet, 199, 15. 23. (25) Matt DiBenedetto, Chevrolet, 199, 14. 24. (13) Patrick Staropoli, Chevrolet, 198, 13. 25. (31) Garrett Smithley, Chevrolet, 198, 12. 26. (30) Lavar Scott, Ford, 198, 11. 27. (33) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, 198, 10. 28. (28) Josh Williams, Chevrolet, 197, 9. 29. (29) Ryan Ellis, Chevrolet, 197, 8. 30. (34) Josh Bilicki, Chevrolet, 195, 7. 31. (24) Blaine Perkins, Chevrolet, 193, 6. 32. (32) Blake Lothian, Chevrolet, 192, 5. 33. (27) Mason Maggio, Chevrolet, 175, 4. 34. (7) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, dvp, 56, 5. 35. (35) Dawson Cram, Chevrolet, transmission, 13, 2. 36. (3) Brandon Jones, Toyota, disqualiﬁed, 54, 1. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 135.377 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 13 minutes, 38 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.287 seconds. Caution Flags: 3 for 21 laps. Lead Changes: 15 among 9 drivers. Lap Leaders: C.Day 0-1; S.Creed 2-8; C.Day 9-48; R.Caruth 49; B.Jones 50-53; S.Mayer 54-93; R.Caruth 94; W.Sawalich 95-99; C.Day 100-144; A.Alfredo 145-146; J.Burton 147-148; C.Day 149-189; C.Kvapil 190-191; C.Day 192198; C.Kvapil 199; C.Day 200-201 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): C.Day, 6 times for 136 laps; S.Mayer, 1 time for 40 laps; S.Creed, 1 time for 7 laps; W.Sawalich, 1 time for 5 laps; B.Jones, 1 time for 4 laps; C.Kvapil, 2 times for 3 laps; A.Alfredo, 1 time for 2 laps; R.Caruth, 2 times for 2 laps; J.Burton, 1 time for 2 laps. Wins: J.Allgaier, 6; S.Creed, 3; C.Day, 3; C.Kvapil, 2; A.Hill, 2; J.Love, 1; T.Gray, 1; B.Jones, 1; W.Sawalich, 1; R.Sieg, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. S.Creed, 2259; 2. C.Kvapil, 2240; 3. J.Love, 2238; 4. J.Allgaier, 2229; 5. C.Day, 2218; 6. S.Mayer, 2207; 7. T.Gray, 2169; 8. S.Smith, 2165; 9. A.Hill, 2160; 10. P.Retzlaff, 2142; 11. B.Jones, 2122; 12. R.Caruth, 2113; 13. B.Crews, 758; 14. W.Sawalich, 711; 15. R.Sieg, 650; 16. A.Alfredo, 606. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

27. (24) Cole Custer, Chevrolet, 266, 10. 28. (12) Ryan Preece, Ford, 265, 9. 29. (32) John H. Nemechek, Toyota, 265, 8. 30. (17) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 265, 7. 31. (29) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 265, 6. 32. (26) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 264, 5. 33. (27) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 264, 4. 34. (34) Cody Ware, Chevrolet, 263, 3. 35. (31) Connor Zilisch, Chevrolet, 262, 2. 36. (30) Zane Smith, Ford, 262, 1. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 147.365 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 43 minutes, 4 seconds. Margin of Victory: 1.376 seconds. Caution Flags: 4 for 21 laps. Lead Changes: 12 among 7 drivers. Lap Leaders: D.Hamlin 0-34; T.Reddick 35; B.Wallace 36; R.Blaney 37-41; D.Hamlin 42-46; C.Briscoe 47-128; C.Bell 129-130; A.Cindric 131-162; C.Briscoe 163-215; A.Cindric 216; R.Blaney 217-221; C.Bell 222-227; C.Briscoe 228-267 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): C.Briscoe, 3 times for 175 laps; D.Hamlin, 2 times for 39 laps; A.Cindric, 2 times for 33 laps; R.Blaney, 2 times for 10 laps; C.Bell, 2 times for 8 laps; T.Reddick, 1 time for 1 lap; B.Wallace, 1 time for 1 lap. Wins: T.Reddick, 5; D.Hamlin, 4; J.Logano, 3; R.Blaney, 3; K.Larson, 2; T.Gibbs, 2; C.Elliott, 2; S.Van Gisbergen, 2; C.Bell, 1; C.Briscoe, 1; C.Hocevar, 1; R.Preece, 1; D.Suárez, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Larson, 2282; 2. D.Hamlin, 2256; 3. C.Bell, 2232; 4. J.Logano, 2215; 5. R.Blaney, 2191; 6. T.Gibbs, 2188; 7. T.Reddick, 2171; 8. C.Briscoe, 2159; 9. B.Wallace, 2142; 10. A.Cindric, 2142; 11. C.Hocevar, 2132; 12. W.Byron, 2124; 13. C.Elliott, 2121; 14. R.Preece, 2109; 15. C.Buescher, 2096; 16. D.Suárez, 2095. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

F1 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia Results Sunday

At Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Malaysia. Lap length: 5.00 kilometers (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red Bull Racing, 55 laps, 1:47:14.808, 25 points. 2. (3) Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Italy, Mercedes, 55, +2.307 seconds, 18. 3. (2) Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, Ferrari, 55, +4.919, 15. 4. (4) Charles Leclerc, Monaco, Ferrari, 55, +7.258, 12. 5. (8) Isack Hadjar, France, Red Bull Racing, 55, +8.571, 10. 6. (6) Oscar Piastri, Australia, McLaren, 55, +9.454, 8. 7. (11) Liam Lawson, New Zealand, Racing Bulls, 55, +12.753, 6. 8. (12) Fernando Alonso, Spain, Aston Martin, 55, +13.372, 4. 9. (5) Lando Norris, Great Britain, McLaren, 55, +13.993, 2. 10. (22) Arvid Lindblad, Great Britain, Racing Bulls, 55, +15.928, 1. 11. (15) Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Audi F1 Team, 55, +17.404. 12. (14) Lance Stroll, Canada, Aston Martin, 55, +18.052. 13. (21) Franco Colapinto, Argentina, Alpine, 55, +18.997. 14. (16) Oliver Bearman, England, Haas, 55, +22.305. 15. (17) Esteban Ocon, France, Haas, 55, +22.532. 16. (9) Pierre Gasly, France, Alpine, 55, +23.315. 17. (13) Carlos Sainz Jr, Spain, Williams, 55, +25.431. 18. (10) Gabriel Bortoleto, Brazil, Audi F1 Team, 55, +28.233. 19. (20) Sergio Perez, Mexico, Cadillac, 55, +29.310. 20. (7) George Russell, Great Britain, Mercedes, did not finish, 49. 21. (18) Alexander Albon, Thailand, Williams, did not finish, 41. 22. (19) Valtteri Bottas, Finland, Cadillac, did not finish, 7. Driver Standings 1. Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Italy, Mercedes, 320 points. 2. George Russell, Great Britain, Mercedes, 236. 3. Lewis Hamilton, Great Britain, Ferrari, 214. 4. Charles Leclerc, Monaco, Ferrari, 191. 5. Lando Norris, Great Britain, McLaren, 188. 6. Max Verstappen, Netherlands, Red Bull Racing, 188. 7. Oscar Piastri, Australia, McLaren, 128. 8. Isack Hadjar, France, Red Bull Racing, 96. 9. Liam Lawson, New Zealand, Racing Bulls, 65. 10. Pierre Gasly, France, Alpine, 41. 11. Arvid Lindblad, Great Britain, Racing Bulls, 38. 12. Franco Colapinto, Argentina, Alpine, 27. 13. Oliver Bearman, England, Haas, 20. 14. Gabriel Bortoleto, Brazil, Audi F1 Team, 10. 15. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Audi F1 Team, 7. 16. Esteban Ocon, France, Haas, 7. 17. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Aston Martin, 7. 18. Carlos Sainz Jr, Spain, Williams, 7. 19. Alexander Albon, Thailand, Williams, 5. 20. Yuki Tsunoda, Japan, Racing Bulls, 1. Manufacturers Standings 1. Mercedes, 556. 2. Ferrari, 405. 3. McLaren, 316. 4. Red Bull Racing, 298. 5. Racing Bulls, 90. 6. Alpine, 68. 7. Haas, 27. 8. Audi F1 Team, 17. 9. Williams, 12. 10. Aston Martin, 7. 11. Cadillac, 0.

Soccer NWSL Glance W L T Pts GF GA Gotham FC 16 4 7 55 35 21 San Diego 16 8 3 51 40 28 Washington 15 8 4 49 39 26 Utah Royals FC 14 9 4 46 44 35 Kansas City 13 9 5 44 48 38 Angel City 12 8 7 43 45 29 Portland 12 8 7 43 45 39 North Carolina 13 11 3 42 50 39 Seattle 12 11 4 40 33 32 Denver Summit FC 10 9 8 38 45 37 Orlando 10 14 3 33 36 43 Houston 8 13 6 30 34 39 Boston Legacy FC 8 14 5 29 36 46 Bay FC 7 15 5 26 28 42 Louisville 7 17 3 24 36 52 Chicago 5 20 2 17 15 63 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Friday, October 2

NASCAR Cup Series South Point 400 Results

San Diego 2, Orlando 1 North Carolina 1, Seattle 0

Sunday

Utah Royals FC 1, Louisville 1, tie Kansas City 5, Bay FC 1 Boston Legacy FC 4, Portland 2

At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (4) Chase Briscoe, Toyota, 267 laps, 75 points. 2. (6) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 267, 36. 3. (5) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 267, 41. 4. (7) Austin Cindric, Ford, 267, 48. 5. (20) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 267, 47. 6. (8) William Byron, Chevrolet, 267, 34. 7. (13) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 267, 34. 8. (9) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 267, 39. 9. (25) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 267, 28. 10. (23) Joey Logano, Ford, 267, 32. 11. (15) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 267, 28. 12. (10) Carson Hocevar, Chevrolet, 267, 28. 13. (14) Chris Buescher, Ford, 267, 26. 14. (11) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 267, 28. 15. (19) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 267, 22. 16. (1) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 267, 21. 17. (2) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 267, 20. 18. (22) Riley Herbst, Toyota, 267, 19. 19. (28) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 267, 18. 20. (36) Noah Gragson, Ford, 267, 17. 21. (18) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 267, 17. 22. (33) Austin Hill, Chevrolet, 266, 0. 23. (3) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 266, 31. 24. (16) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 266, 13. 25. (21) Erik Jones, Toyota, 266, 12. 26. (35) Josh Berry, Ford, 266, 11.

Saturday, October 3

Sunday, October 4

Angel City 1, Gotham FC 1, tie Denver Summit FC 3, Chicago 0 Washington 3, Houston 2 Friday, October 16 Louisville at Boston Legacy FC, 7 p.m.

USL Championship Glance Saturday, October 3

Indy 1, Loudoun 1, tie Rhode Island FC 3, Brooklyn FC 1 Detroit City FC 1, Birmingham 0 Charleston at Hartford ppd. Lexington SC 3, El Paso 1 Miami 2, Tampa Bay 1 Sacramento 1, Tulsa 1, tie Oakland 0, Colorado 0, tie Monterey Bay FC 2, Orange County 1 Las Vegas 1, San Antonio 0 Sunday, October 4 Louisville at Sporting Jax ppd. New Mexico 2, Phoenix 1

Transactions HOCKEY

National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS — Placed RW Michael Eyssimont on waivers. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled LW Yegor Pinchuk from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned G

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There’s a reason people are still talking about Julie Andrews

Andrew Jackson statue at Jackson Square in 1975 FILE PHoTo By WILLIAM F. HABER

SHAMS-IL AREFIN ISLAM Los Angeles Times (TnS)

Is New Orleans’ Andrew Jackson statue the ﬁrst with a horse on hind legs?

BY RACHEL MIPRO

Contributing writer

One reader’s question: Is the statue of Andrew Jackson in front of St. Louis Cathedral the ﬁrst statue of a man on a horse on two legs? The French Quarter square, once under the French-era name Place d’Armes, had been renamed in Jackson’s honor in 1851, a few years after Jackson’s death, honoring his victory in the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. The battle marked the last major conﬂict in the War of 1812, when a ragtag band of soldiers under then-General Jackson’s command successfully fought off the British, defending the Crescent City. This battle was fought after the war had ended THE TIMES-PICAyUnE ARCHIVES A 1934 story in the new orleans States with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent; news hadn’t newspaper reported the decapitation of reached troops that an agreement had been reached. the statue of Andrew Jackson by Clark Mills While the war was over, the American victory helped cement a sense of patriotic pride for the young nation, both in the city and country at large. After neglect left the square desolate and surrounded by crumbling architecture in the 1840s, area revitalization led by Baroness de Pontalba in the early 1850s created new landscaping, building repairs and other renovation and improvements. ä See STATUE, page 2C

Summer mornings in the Hill Tracts region of Bangladesh are a respite from the dissonance of honking cars and construction of the capital city of Dhaka. It was a welcome change to hear chickens and the sound of … wait, was that Julie Andrews’ voice echoing over the hills? I was visiting my home country when I heard a group of schoolchildren playing Andrews ektaras, a traditional string instrument, and singing the “Do-Re-Mi” song for their morning assembly. I used my phone to show them a picture of Andrews. “Do you know her?” They immediately leaped in excitement. They didn’t know the composer Richard Rodgers or lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. But they knew Andrews — even though 60 years have passed since “The Sound of Music” and these children live in a remote Bangladeshi village. The recognition is evidence of something extraordinary. Andrews is turning 91 on Thursday, and there are calls online to bubble wrap her, just in case. She is indeed a global treasure, and she has been earning plaudits and admirers for eight decades. Andrews trained in the Italian bel canto tradition and from a young age sang challenging coloratura arias with precision, clarity and range. The bright, happy tone, perhaps a subconscious decision rather than anatomical alone, provided her respite from the doodlebug bombs that fell during her childhood in England in World War II. British critics had dubbed her as the “youngest prima donna,” a title usually reserved for opera greats, and it wasn’t undeserved. At just 12, she routinely ﬂoated high Fs above the treble staff during live performances. Yet before opera could claim her, Broadway stepped in. From “The Boy Friend” to “My Fair Lady” and then “Camelot,” she won the hearts of theatergoers and creators alike. Lyricist Alan Lerner described her as “an amazingly quick study in music … who meets any challenge with an unabated eyelid that makes you wonder how Britain ever lost the empire.” Her voice then was so precise that the late maestro André Previn, who led the London Symphony Orchestra, proclaimed: “No one’s diction in any ﬁeld of singing can come close. … You understand every syllable from the second balcony — I don’t understand how you do that.” It’s inaccurate to romanticize her legacy in 2026 as simply nostalgic. That would overlook the depth and progressive

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Dance program helps people with disabilities ﬁnd their rhythm BY OBED LAMY and MEAD GRUVER

or intellectual disabilities. Now dance has become his way to communicate and connect with FISHERS, Ind. — Finn Vester, who others, his mom, Nicole Vester, has autism and Down syndrome, said. Claire Graham, the founder of tried a martial arts class but it proved unsuitable because he Dance Abilities, got the idea for learns differently, his mother the program in high school after realizing while she was studying said. Then he joined Dance Abilities, dance, she was never able to cona program at Academy of Dance nect with her sister with Down Arts in the Indianapolis suburb of syndrome while she took part in Fishers for people with physical her own activities. The program

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has grown in three years from a summer camp for eight youngsters to year-round classes for about 20 people. Dance Abilities has separate classes for children ages 18 months to 4, ages 4-7 and 8-12, teenagers, and for adults, too. A successful day for Graham, who has a degree in dance and a master’s in recreational therapy, is

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The statue of Andrew Jackson stands against a foggy Christmas night in Jackson Square.

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Continued from page 1C Enter the landmark New Orleans sculpture, of Andrew Jackson astride his horse, installed in 1856, five years after the square’s renaming and a few years into the beautification process. The statue features Jackson on a rearing horse, meant to invoke his address of troops before the Battle of 1812. The statue’s inauguration ceremony had a large turnout by all accounts, with overflowing streets, bands playing music, and the governor in attendance, along with veterans holding up the original banner from the Chalmette battlefield. One newspaper account of the ceremony reads: “No man has ever earned for himself a dearer or more enduring place in the popu-

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Continued from page 1C nature of her characters. She was essentially the first female superhero on the big screen, as Mary Poppins — who could fly and create alternate realities with the snap of her heels, but whose more stunning superpower at the height of the Cold War was to charmingly portray capitalism as dangerous. In “Victor/Victoria,” she navigated a gender-bending performance that challenged societal norms, playing a woman who impersonates a man impersonating a woman when it was taboo to speak about any layer of that. Her most overlooked and perhaps her best dramatic role was in “Duet for One,” a 1986 film about a musician who suffers from multiple sclerosis. Tragically this became a moment of life imitating art, foreshadowing her own destiny to lose her instrument after throat surgery in 1997. Rather than retreat, Andrews adjusted and leaned

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Continued from page 1C when everyone has had fun and been challenged. “I’m not looking for perfection of position and not looking for a perfect performance,” Graham said. “Only a performance that they can feel conﬁdent about.” These dancers are not the only ones performing through challenges. Ezra Frech, a two-time gold medal Paralympian, is competing on this season’s “Dancing with the Stars” on ABC. Frech, a track and ﬁeld athlete, has a prosthetic leg.

Classes build confidence Finn’s mom values her son’s confidence-building that will help him be able to go into the world and learn new things, she said. “Claire teaches him at his level. She teaches him a little slower. She teaches him a couple more extra times. And he feels proud and he feels accomplished and he feels like he’s part of

lar regard of our southern people, and the equestrian statue, the inauguration of which was yesterday witnessed amid so much of pomp and circumstance, is but the substantial embodiment of a people’s gratitude, expressed in bronze and granite.” The statue was created by sculptor Clark Mills, hailed as a feat of construction at the time. The mass of metal is balanced without any support, and has remained upright, weathering winds and hurricanes without falling. The statue has also endured countless members of the public — one crime report from two days after the statue’s installation reported a drunken attempt by a German shoemaker named Otto to climb the pedestal and break off the statues’ stirrups and spur. The man was arrested and ﬁned $100 for the endeavor. The statue isn’t original

though; Mills created three other identical Jackson statues, found in Washington, D.C.; Nashville, Tennessee; and Jacksonville, Florida. The D.C. statue was the first of Mills’ creations, and it did represent the first equestrian statue created by an American, as well as the first to be found anywhere that featured a horse standing on its rear legs without support, according to The Historic New Orleans Collection. New Orleans’ statue, while the second one made, still managed to become a celebrated piece of local history.

into voice acting with characters like the dominant Queen Lillian in “Shrek” ﬁlms, Gru’s hilariously villainous mother in “Despicable Me” and the mysterious Lady Whistledown in “Bridgerton,” for which she won an Emmy, twice. In real life, the ﬂying super governess fought to adopt two babies from Vietnam just after the fall of Saigon, helping to raise awareness of the need for adoptive parents. She then co-founded the Operation USA disaster relief charity and opened the Japanese wing for the United Nations Development Fund for Women. Whether it was to support UNICEF after the devastating Bhola cyclone hit present-day Bangladesh in 1970 or jetting to Jordan and Senegal to support women’s and children’s activities, she was a quiet champion for the underserved. In her most famous role, in “The Sound of Music,” she was a savior for children being displaced by war. Andrews is mostly out of the public eye, but her singing is eternal and accessible.

YouTube is home to a trove of Andrews performances, including “This Is My Beloved” from “Kismet,” full-voiced “When You Wish Upon a Star,” from pianissimos to fortes, high B-flats and all — her classical skill shines through. These recordings remind us that beyond just the formulaic legato phrasing that singers from the Italian tradition follow, and the clear resonance, her work it set a gold standard for musical storytelling that few have surpassed since. Julie Andrews is no longer trilling on the Alps, nor is she reprising her role as queen of Genovia in a “Princess Diaries” film, but her voice, and what it represented for more than 80 years, endures. It lives on not just in films and recordings but also ringing in the minds of children and adults alike, from her hometown of Walton-onThames to the Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. In an age of doom scrolling (and alarmingly low singing standards), her vast career offers a rare resonance and a continuing masterclass.

a group,” Vester said. Accommodations at Dance Abilities include slowing down, using more visual cues than verbal instruction, and teacher “helpers” who physically guide students through the movements. “Sometimes, we’ll add something new that they can work on to make it a little harder,” said one helper, Catherine Benko, 16.

with all my dance crew.” Tucker McGarrell, 13, who has Down syndrome, doesn’t walk but runs into his dance classes, his mom, Amanda McGarrell said. “It’s not speech therapy or physical therapy or occupational therapy appointments. This is actually something he enjoys doing,” McGarrell said. McGarrell loves to see her son have an accepting, accommodating place. “It’s just such a huge thing that Tucker’s given a space and a stage to be himself and get to be with friends and learn new things,” McGarrell said. “It just like ﬁlls me with joy knowing that he’s getting to do something that he loves too just like typical kids do.” Whoever her students are, Graham said, “if you give them the chance to succeed and meet them where they are, they can 100% grow.” Seeing her students smile is the ultimate metric of success. “It warms my heart to hear my kiddos saying, ‘Look, Mom, I did it!’” she said.

A focus on specific needs Dance is good for the body, too, with different needs for different students. For students with Down syndrome, who tend to be naturally more ﬂexible and less strong, Graham emphasizes developing muscle tone. Students with autism, she said, often need more help stretching. Abigail MacGregor, who has Down syndrome, loves to dance through an obstacle course and to perform her latest moves for friends and family after she’s been practicing all week. “I just love dance,” Abby said. “The best thing of dance is having fun, being

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Dear Doctors: My mother is 82 and mentally sharp. She’s frustrated because in medical appointments, she often gets talked down to. They call her “young lady,” people don’t listen to her and when I’m in the room, they talk to me but not to her. Can you give some specifics of what she can say to stop this? Dear reader: The pattern of communication you described is widespread enough that it has its own name: Known as elderspeak, it is a style of speech in which an older person is addressed in a simplified and often patronizing way. Rather than the person’s name, they may be called pet names like sweetie or honey, or as happened to your mother, young lady. The speaker may use simplified language or adopt a sing-song tone. The older adult’s contributions to the conversation may be minimized, brushed aside or even ignored. No matter how well-meant, elderspeak is demeaning. It has the effect of dismissing the older person’s status as an adult and chipping away at their dignity. It is also potentially harmful. Studies into the phenomenon have found it can have emotional and psychological consequences. In addition to being infantilizing and dismissive,

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repeated exposure can undermine an older adult’s self-confidence. When elderspeak enters medical care, the risks can extend to physical health. Older patients can find that hearing or visual limitations are treated as evidence of poor cognition. Physical symptoms may be brushed off as an expected part of aging. In more extreme situations, older patients may not be offered the same diagnostic tests or the same range of treatments as those who are younger. Dealing with elderspeak means setting boundaries. It is perfectly reasonable for your mother — or you — to let her healthcare providers know how she wants to be addressed. Some people are comfortable being on a first-name basis. Others prefer the honorifics of Mrs., Mr. or Ms. If someone slips into elderspeak, be prepared to politely point it out. For example, she could say, “You may not be aware, but you are speaking to me like I

am a child.” Then follow up by asking them to change course. It can be as simple as, “Please treat me like any other adult.” If vision or hearing loss is involved, remind the healthcare professional that it does not affect cognition. “Although I need you to speak clearly and slowly, this doesn’t mean my ability to understand you is impaired.” When you accompany your mother for medical care, make it clear that she is in charge of the appointment and that the healthcare provider should direct their remarks to her. It’s natural that you would have follow-up questions. However, to preserve the patient-first dynamic, save them for the end of the appointment. If you find that, after repeated requests, a healthcare provider is unable or unwilling to make these adjustments, it is reasonable to consider finding someone else. Awareness of elderspeak and its potential ill effects is growing, and respectful communication is increasingly recognized as an essential part of care. Send your questions to askthedoctors@mednet. ucla.edu, or write: Ask the Doctors, c/o UCLA Health Sciences Media Relations, 10880 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1450, Los Angeles, CA, 90024.

TODAY IN HISTORY to the peaceful end of the country’s communist rule. He served as democratic Today is Monday, Poland’s first popularly Oct. 5, the 278th day of elected president from 2026. There are 87 days 1990 until 1995. left in the year. In 1986, Nicaraguan Today in history: Sandinista government On Oct. 5, 2011, Steve soldiers shot down a cargo Jobs, the Apple founder and former chief executive plane carrying weapons and ammunition bound for who invented and masterContra rebels; the event marketed ever-sleeker exposed a web of illegal gadgets that transformed everyday technology, died arms shipments, leading to the Iran-Contra Scandal. in Palo Alto, California, at In 1989, a jury in Charage 56. Also on this date: lotte, North Carolina, conIn 1892, the Dalton Gang, victed evangelist Jim Baknotorious for its train robker of using his television show to defraud followers. beries, was practically wiped out while attempting Initially sentenced to 45 years in prison, Bakker was to rob a pair of banks in freed in December 1994 afCoffeyville, Kansas. In 1947, President Harry ter serving 4½ years. S. Truman delivered the In 2001, Florida tabloid first televised White House photo editor Robert Stevens address as he spoke on the died from inhaled anthrax, world food crisis. the first of a series of cases In 1953, Earl Warren in which anthrax-laced was sworn in as the 14th letters also were mailed chief justice of the United to television networks and States, succeeding Fred M. a U.S. Senate office buildVinson. ing in Washington, killing In 1958, racially desegre- four other people. The FBI eventually concluded that a gated Clinton High School government scientist who in Clinton, Tennessee, was killed himself in 2008 was nearly leveled by an early responsible, but some who morning bombing. In 1983, Solidarity found- worked with him expressed er Lech Walesa was award- doubt that he did it. In 2018, a jury in Chicago ed the Nobel Peace Prize. convicted White police ofStarting in 1980, Walesa spearheaded Poland’s pro- ficer Jason Van Dyke of democracy movement second-degree murder in that nine years later led the 2014 shooting of Black By The Associated Press

teenager Laquan McDonald. In 2020, President Donald Trump made a dramatic return to the White House after leaving the military hospital where he was being treated for COVID-19. In 2025, Syria held its ﬁrst parliamentary elections, nearly a year after a rebel-led offensive unseated longtime autocratic leader Bashar Assad. The People’s Assembly was tasked with passing a new constitution to move the country past the Assad era and more than a decade of civil war. Today’s birthdays: College Football Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer is 89. Rock musician Steve Miller is 83. Rock singer Brian Johnson (AC/DC) is 79. Actor Karen Allen is 75. Singer-songwriter Bob Geldof is 75. Astrophysicist-author Neil deGrasse Tyson is 68. Architectdesigner Maya Lin is 67. Golf Hall of Famer Laura Davies is 63. Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux is 61. Hockey Hall of Famer Patrick Roy is 61. Actor Guy Pearce is 59. Actor Josie Bissett is 56. Actor Parminder Nagra is 51. Actor Kate Winslet is 51. Actor Jesse Eisenberg is 43. NFL tight end Travis Kelce is 37. Actor Jacob Tremblay is 20.

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g p allowed uses and dimen‐ sional standards, to reor‐ ganize some sections, to rezone all properties with within St. George to the new base zoning dis‐ tricts and to provide for related matters; and WHEREAS, an amend‐ ment to the proposed or‐ dinance enacted as Ordi‐ nance No. 2026-11 re‐ moved certain properties from the provisions re‐ zoning all properties within St. George to the new base zoning dis‐ tricts, specifically, the tracts owned by LRK, LLC near the intersection of Pecue Lane and Reiger Road; WHEREAS, LRK, LLC ob‐ tained a preliminary in‐ junction in the matter of LRK, LLC v. The City of St. George, et al., Docket No. C-779530 in the Nine‐ teenth Judicial District Court prohibiting the St. George City Council re‐ zoning of its properties to the new base zoning districts; WHEREAS, LRK, LLC agreed to the proposed rezoning of Lots LRK, LLC – 3 and Lot 9-A-1 to the new base zoning dis‐ tricts for development of a clinic for the Veterans Administration consis‐ tent with plans approved by the St. George Plan‐ ning Commission; WHEREAS, a public hear‐ ings were held on the proposed rezoning of properties within St. George to the proposed base zoning districts on February 2, 2026 before the City of St. George Zoning Commission in accordance with the no‐ tice requirements set forth in La. R.S. 333:4724 and before the St. George City Council on April 28, 2026; and WHEREAS, a public hear‐ ing will be held on this proposed ordinance on September 30, 2026. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the St. George City Council, State of Louisiana as fol‐ lows: Section 1: Subject Prop‐ erty. The Subject Prop‐ erty is described in Ex‐ hibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. Section 2: Zoning. As part of the rezoning of all property in St. George to the new base zoning dis‐ tricts, the Subject Prop‐ erty designated as Lot LRK, LLC – 3 is hereby zoned as MX-3 (Mixed Use Com‐ munity) and the Subject Property designated as Lot 9-A-1 is hereby zoned as RC (Resource Conser‐ vation). Section 3: Conflicts. The specific terms and conditions of this Ordi‐ nance shall prevail against other ordinances of the City to the extent there is a conflict. Except for the foregoing, the use of the subject property is subject to the terms of all applicable ordinances and regulations of the City of St. George, includ‐ ing any subsequent amendment thereto. Section 4: Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance is declared in‐ valid by a court of com‐ petent jurisdiction, the other provisions shall re‐ main in full force and ef‐ fect. Section 5: Effective Date. This ordinance shall be effective upon publication. This ordinance having been submitted to a vote; the vote thereon was: For: Cook, Edmonds, Himmel, Murrell, Talbot Against: Absent: Dellucci, Monachello Adopted this __ day of September, 2026. Signed this __ day of September, 2026. Delivered to the__ Mayor on the day of ___, 2026. _____________ Lorraine Beaman, City Clerk Approved: _______________ Dustin Yates, Mayor

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PUBLIC NOTICE --City of Baker School Board Board Meeting Agenda Tuesday, October 6, 2026, 6:00 P.M. School Board Ofﬁce Monique Butler, President – Presiding “When we put students ﬁrst, work together, and lead with purpose, there is no limit to what our schools can achieve.” Monique Butler, School Board President A. Meeting Commencement 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Silent Meditation 4. Pledge of Allegiance B. Welcome of Visitors C. Recognitions D. Approval of Agenda (Action) E. Action Items-The pub‐ lic may comment on Ac‐ tion Items. Public Com‐ ment is limited to 2 min‐ utes per individual. 1. Consideration and Ap‐ proval of Minutes from the School Board Meet‐ ing of September 1, 2026, and Special Board Meet‐ ing of September 16, 2026. 2. Consideration and Ap‐ proval of August 31, 2026 Financial Report. 3. Consideration and Ap‐ proval of a resolution to authorize the Superin‐ tendent to apply for the 2026 Delta Regional Au‐ thority (DRA) States Eco‐ nomic Development As‐ sistance Program (SEDAP). 4. Consideration and Ap‐ proval of policies: a. F-9.4a Protection of Criminal Background In‐ formation F. Information Items 1. Report from Dannie Garrett 2. Report from Helix 3. Policies: a. F-11.4 Sick Leave b. G-24c Cameras in SpED Classrooms c. H-3.5c Suspension d. H-3.5d Expulsion e. H-4.4 Child Abuse G. Announcements 1. Date of Next Meeting – November 3, 2026 (Election Day) H. Adjournment (Action) 202984-OCT 5-1T $25.99

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SHERIFF'S SALE (17) 766016 COLONIAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE vs RONAL ROSS RANDELL A/K/A RONALD ROSS RANDELL Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, August 04, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: RONAL ROSS RANDELL A/K/A RONALD ROSS RANDELL One (1) certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as GOODWOOD HOMESITES, SECTION THREE, FOURTH FILING, PART TWO, and designated on the offi‐ cial plan thereof, on file and of record in the of‐ fice of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE (255), said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as are more particularly described on said subdi‐

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vision map; subject to re‐ strictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $244.89 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 642142 UNIVERSITY CLUB PLAN‐ TATION HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION vs CLAY HUMPHREYS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Fieri Fa‐ cias issued out of the honorable court afore‐ said, in the above enti‐ tled and numbered cause, dated, September 04, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described prop‐ erty belonging to: CLAY HUMPHREYS One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of land, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, being more particularly described as lot ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150), UNIVERSITY CLUB PLANTATION SUBDIVI‐ SON, THIRD FILING, said lot being situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, and desig‐ nated in the ofﬁcial plan thereof, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitude of record as shown on said subdivision map. The improvements thereon bear the Munici‐ pal Number 15461 Cam‐ panile Court, Baton Rouge, LA 70810. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $224.49

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SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 722566 U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION NOT IN ITS IN‐ DIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2018 G-CTT vs EDWARD MOSES JR Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, September 30, 2022 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: EDWARD MOSES JR One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, Slate of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as SHER‐ WOOD FOREST, THIRD FILING and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE (379), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes and restric‐ tions as are more partic‐ ularly shown on said map; subject to restric‐ tions, servitudes, rightsof-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $250.00 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 744591 BRAVO SECURITIES WITH UNION BANK AS SECURED PARTY D/B/A BRAVO SE‐ CURITIES vs THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA KIPER ET AL Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Commis‐

sion To Sell issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 28, 2026 and to me directed, I will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an on line auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing property belong‐ ing to: THE ESTATE OF CLAUDIA KIPER ET AL Ward 1-2, Lot: 9, Subdiv: EAST DAYTON COURT., being more fully de‐ scribed as: One (1) cer‐ tain piece or portion of ground, together with all the buildings and Im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated In the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as EAST DAYTON COURT, and des‐ ignated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk & Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER NINE (9), said subdi‐ vision, said lot having such measurements & dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes as are more partic‐ ularly described on said subdivision map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der at Public Auction, a partition by licitation WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $234.71 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 748149 LOANDEPOT.COM LLC vs ERICA WILEY LARS A/K/A ERICA W LARS A/K/A ERICA LARS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 28, 2024 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: ERICA WILEY LARS A/K/A ERICA W LARS A/K/A ERICA LARS That certain piece or parcels of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements h d ll h

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WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $234.71 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 751920 RES, LLC vs JBJ REALTY, LLC AND JONATHAN GORDILLO Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 27, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: JBJ REALTY, LLC AND JONATHAN GORDILLO One certain lot or parcel of ground., together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon and all right, ways, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that sub‐ division known as SUB‐ URB ISTROUMA and des‐ ignated on the official map thereof, a copy of which is on file and of record of the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER FOUR (4), SQUARE 47 said subdivision; said lot having such measure‐ ments and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as shown on said map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $219.38 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 760139 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING, LLC vs BARBARA SCOTT Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 09, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: BARBARA SCOTT One (1) certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as GLEN OAKS PLACE 3RD FILING, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUMBER HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN (118), said sub‐ division, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes as arc more partic‐ ularly described on said subdivision map. (the "Property") TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $221.93 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 760142 U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS‐ SOCIATION vs KEVIN BROWN A/K/A KEVIN L. BROWN Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, December 02, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: KEVIN BROWN A/K/A KEVIN L. BROWN One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as AUTUMN RUN, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BER 232, said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as are more particularly shown on said subdivi‐ sion map; subject to re‐ strictions, servitudes, rights- of-way and out‐ standing mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $237.23 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 762761 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVIC‐ ING LLC vs BERTEL BE‐ NARD HAYES, Ill Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton

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Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 29, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: BERTEL BE‐ NARD HAYES, Ill ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated in the parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as FAIRVIEW GARDENS, FIRST FILING, and being designated on the offi‐ cial plat of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said parish and State as LOT NUMBER THIRTY-ONE (31 ), said subdivision, said lot having such size, shape, and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said map. (the "Property") TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

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Public Notices Sheriff Sales g mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ANGELA YVETTE SPEARS TRUSTEE OF THE JOSEPH CHARLES SPEARS REVOCABLE LIV‐ ING TRUST A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVAN‐ TAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA IN THAT SUB‐ DIVISION THEREOF KNOWN AS NORTH FOR‐ EST HEIGHTS, AND BEING DESIGNATED ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND FOR THE RECORDER PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, AS LOT SEVENTEEN (17), SAID SUBDIVISION, SAID LOT MEASURING SEV‐ ENTY (70) FEET FRONT ON ALBATROSS DRIVE, BY A DEPTH OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE (128) FEET BETWEEN PARALLEL LINES; SAID LOT BEING SUBJECT TO A SEVEN AND 5/10 (7.5) FEET SERVI‐ TUDE ACROSS THE REAR AND ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE LINE FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES. PROPERTY SIT‐ UATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.

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

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

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Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish

Suit No: (17) 765663 GMFS LLC STEWART

KAREN

Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, August 11, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an on line auction site at www.bid4assets. com/EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following de‐ scribed mortgaged prop‐ erty belonging to: KAREN STEWART One certain lot or parcel of ground together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon, being situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana. in that subdi‐ vision known as FUQUA AND LAMON TOWN SUB‐ DIVISION, and designated on the official plan thereof on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUM‐ BERS ONE (1 ), TWO (2), THE WESTERN TEN FEET OF THREE (W-10' OF 3) AND THE WESTERN ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FEET OF TWELVE (W-130' of 12), SQUARE TWO HUN‐ DRED TWENTY-FOUR OR TWENTY (224 or 20), said subdivision; said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said subdivision map; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rigs of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $237.23 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 767060 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/KIA QUICKEN LOANS, LLC vs TRIMANI AN‐ THONY RILEY, SR. A/K/A TRIMANI A. RILEY, SR. A/K/A TRI MANI AN‐ THONY RILEY A/K/A TRI‐ MANI A. RILEY A/K/A TRI‐ MANI RILEY Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, September 16, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: TRIMANI AN‐ THONY RILEY, SR. A/K/A TRIMANI A. RILEY, SR. A/K/A TRI MANI AN‐ THONY RILEY A/K/A TRI‐ MANI A. RILEY A/K/A TRI‐ MANI RILEY One certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as Bonaire, and being designated ac‐ cording to the official map of said subdivision, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder for that parish and state, as Lot 58, said lot subject to those servitudes as shown on the said offi‐ cial subdivision map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $237.23 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 767857 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION vs ANGELA YVETTE SPEARS TRUSTEE OF THE JOSEPH CHARLES SPEARS REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, October 15, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described d b

ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $285.74 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 768389 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION vs CHARLES MCMANUS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, December 02, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: CHARLES MC‐ MANUS One (1) certain tract or parcel of ground situated in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, in that subdivision thereof known as Copper Oaks Subdivision, Mickens Road PUD, Phase Ill, First Filing, and being known and designated as Lot Thirty-Eight (38), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as set forth on the official subdivi‐ sion plat dated May 9, 2013 and recorded as Original 205, Bundle 12505 of the official records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining (the "Property") TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $229.60 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 768550 NEXBANK VS CHARLETT LATRICE ADAMS, IN HER CAPACITY AS INDEPEN‐ DENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF EDSON KOFI OPPONG AKA EDSON KOFI OP‐ PONG AKA EDSON K. OP‐ PONG AKA EDSON OP PONG Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, October 28, 2025 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: CHARLETT LA‐ TRICE ADAMS, IN HER CA‐ PACITY AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE SUCCESSION OF EDSON KOFI OPPONG AKA EDSON KOFI OPPONG AKA EDSON K. OPPONG AKA EDSON OPPONG One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as Klein‐ peter Terrace, Second Fil‐ ing and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as lot number forty-three (43), said sub‐ division, said lot having such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servi‐ tudes and restrictions as are more particularly shown on-said map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $257.67 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 768884 LOAN FUNDER LLC vs LA C.E.E. INVESTMENTS LLC AND LA FERN AN‐ TOINETTE REYNOLDS Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above

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entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 08, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: LA C.E.E. IN‐ VESTMENTS LLC AND LA FERN ANTOINETTE REYNOLDS That certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereon be‐ longing or anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as SOUTH‐ ERN HEIGHTS, and being designated on the offi‐ cial plan of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT NINETY-THREE NUMBER (93) AND THE EAST ONEHALF OF LOT NINETY-TWO (E/2 OF 92), said subdivi‐ sion, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such restrictions and servitudes as shown on said subdivision map and/or of record. Said lot further being subject to a servitude of eleven feet along the East side of Lot 93. Tax ID: 481157 & 481149 NOTE: The property ad‐ dress and tax parcel identification number listed are provided solely for informational pur‐ poses, without warranty as to accuracy or com‐ pleteness and are not hereby insured. Being that parcel of land conveyed to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff, by that Deed dated 3/27/2023 and recorded 4/10/2023 in Official Records Book 770, at Page 13247 of the Public Records of East Baton Rouge County, LA. Parcel Number(s): 481157 & 481149 TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $301.03 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 769345 CMG MORTGAGE INC vs TYREE WALKER AKA TYREE WALKER Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, December 03, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: TYREE WALKER AKA TYREE WALKER One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as Ashley, First Filing, and being designated according to the official plan thereof on file and of record in the office of the clerk and recorder of the parish as lot fifty-nine A (59A), and lot fifty-nine 8 (598), said subdivision; said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions as shown on said map. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $214.27 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 769631 DEUTSCHE BANK NA‐ TIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED TRUST, SERIES IN ABS 2005-B, HOME EQUITY MORT‐ GAGE LOANN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES IN ABS 2005-B vs ROBERT LUGETTE AKA ROBERT JAMES MICHAEL LUQUETTE Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, November 07, 2025 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: ROBERT LUGETTE AKA ROBERT JAMES MICHAEL LUQUETTE ALL OF DEFENDANTS RIGHT, TITLE AND INTER‐ EST IN Tl-IE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY, INCLUDING, BUT NOT NECESSARILY LIMITED TO, AN UNDIVIDED ONEHALF INTEREST IN SUCH PROPERTY: THAT CERTAIN LAND WITH ALL BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS LO‐ CATED IN THE SUBDIVI‐ SION OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH KNOWN AS BRIDLEWOOD SUBDI‐ VISION AND BEING DE‐ SCRIBED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS OFFICIAL MAP OF RECORD IN THE OF‐ FICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICO RECORDED OF CON‐ VEYANCES AS LOT THIRTY- THREE (33); sub‐ ject to restrictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $252.56

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GROUP LLC, QUINCY TIM‐ OTHY QUIETT AND TIFFANY ROCHELL QUIETT A.K.A. TIFFANY RICHELL YOUNG BRACKINS QUIETT Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, February 26, 2026 and to me di‐ rected, I did seize and will, beginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www. bid4assets.com/EBRS0sh eriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the fol‐ lowing described mort‐ gaged property belong‐ ing to: EPIPHANY REALTY GROUP LLC, QUINCY TIM‐ OTHY QUIETT AND TIFFANY ROCHELL QUIETT A.K.A. TIFFANY RICHELL YOUNG BRACKINS QUIETT ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurte‐ nances ana advantages thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in Section 62, T6S, R1 E, and .being designated as LOT TWO-A (2-A), containing 1;42 acres, on a map enti‐ tled "Map Showing Ex‐ change of Property of Lots 1, 2, 3, & 4 of the Harold Davis Venn, Jr. Property into Lots 1-A& 2A Located in Section 62, T-6-S, R-1-E Greensburg Land District, City of Cen‐ tral, East Baton Rouge Parish, LA for Theresa Martin", prepared by Todd Harris, Professional Land Surveyor, dated February 8, 2012, a copy of which map is recorded 567, Bundle Original 12398, of the ofﬁcial records of the Clerk and Recorder for East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; said Lot 2-A, having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes and restrictions as are more particularly shown on said map. MUNICIPAL ADDRESS: 9680 Comite Dr., Baker, LA 70714 TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITH Appraisernent and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $288.29

SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 774627 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC vs ERNEST BUTLER Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, March 06, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ERNEST BUT‐ LER certain lot or parcel of ground, together with all the buildings and im‐ provements thereon. and all of the rights, ways. privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and ad‐ vantages thereon be‐ longing or anywise ap‐ pertaining, situated in the Parish of EAST BATON ROUGE, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as CRESTAIRE, and being designated on the offi‐ cial plan of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT NUMBER TWENTY-SIX (26), said subdivision, said lot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such restrictions and servitudes as shown on said subdivision map and/or of record. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $219.38 SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 775570 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC FKA QUICKEN LOANS LLC vs AARON ROFF Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 13, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐

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ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: AARON ROFF One certain lot or parcel of ground together with all buildings and im‐ provements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, appur‐ tenances and advan‐ tages thereunto belong‐ ing or in anywise apper‐ taining, being situated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in the subdivi‐ sion known as Red Oak Subdivision, Third Filing, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the clerk and recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as lot num‐ ber one hundred twentyone (121 ), said subdivi‐ sion, said Jot having such measurements and di‐ mensions and being sub‐ ject to such servitudes as are shown on said subdivision map; subject to restrictions, servi‐ tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $229.60

Public Notices Sheriff Sales pp and advantages there‐ unto belonging or in any‐ wise appertaining, situ‐ ated in the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as THE ES‐ TATES AT MYRTLE HILL, and designated on the official plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, as LOT NUMBER TWO (2), said subdivision, said lot hav‐ ing such measurements and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes and restric‐ tions as are more partic‐ ularly shown on said map (the "Property"). TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law.

Public Notices Sheriff Sales y September 10, 1962, which map is attached to Original 18, Bundle 5247, of the ofﬁcial records of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, entitled "Map Showing the Survey and Division of the Northern 59.52 acres of the Origi‐ nal RANDOLPH WHITE PROPERTY 100 acres, lo‐ cated in Section 23, Township 5 South, Range 1 East, East Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana". TERMS OF SALE: Cash to the highest bid‐ der, at Public Auction WITHOUT Appraisement and according to law. Sid J. Gautreaux, Sheriff East Baton Rouge Parish ADVERTISED DATE September 04, 2026 October 05, 2026 $242.34

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SHERIFF'S SALE Suit No: (17) 775635 HOMETOWN EQUITY MORTGAGE, LLC vs 9815 MYRTLE LANE RE LLC Baton Rouge, LA 19th Judicial District Parish of East Baton Rouge State of Louisiana Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, May 18, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: 9815 MYRTLE LANE RE LLC One (1) certain lot or par‐ cel of ground, together with all the building and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servi‐ tudes, appurtenances d d h

Acting under and by virtue of Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the honorable court aforesaid, in the above entitled and numbered cause, dated, April 07, 2026 and to me directed, I did seize and will, be‐ ginning at 10:00 o'clock a.m. on October 07, 2026, via an online auction site at www.bid4assets.com/ EBRS0sheriffsales, offer for sale at public auction the following described mortgaged property be‐ longing to: ROOSEVELT ANTHONY BURKS, JR. AND ARETHA DENISE SAMUEL

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