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N.O. council rejects property tax appeals Consultant ‘blindsided’ by move

BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday rejected tax assessment appeals for dozens of properties, overriding a consultant’s recommendations after Assessor Erroll Williams objected to the consultant’s ﬁndings. The consultant, Hammerman

“We would have made and Gainer Inc., hears appeals from property owners who think settlement agreements on their assessments are too high and these appeals had we agreed makes recommendations to the with their recommendations. council. The Assessor’s Ofﬁce and We objected in the hearings HGI are now offering contrasting and we maintain our position.” versions of what happened during the appeal hearings. ERROLL WILLIAMS, HGI CEO Louis Resweber told Orleans Parish assessor the council on Thursday he was “blindsided” by Williams’ Oct. 8 letter to the council objecting to 41 of HGI’s recommended reductions during the recent hearings at tions. He said Assessor’s Office Delgado Community College. “We had no idea because we were staffers never raised those objec-

working with the Assessor’s Ofﬁce on site through the whole process. There’s a better way to communicate,” Resweber told the council. In written responses to questions, Williams apologized for failing to copy HGI on his letter. But he said Resweber’s claim that Assessor’s Ofﬁce staffers didn’t object to the reductions during the hearings is “patently false.” “We would have made settlement agreements on these appeals had we agreed with their recommendations. We objected in the

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hearings and we maintain our position,” Williams said. In his letter, Williams said the 41 properties lack documentation to justify reductions, including some that have already gotten reductions in recent years and haven’t undergone any physical changes. And he highlighted more than two dozen properties that were represented by a tax consulting ﬁrm with an employee who also serves as an HGI hearing ofﬁcer.

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Short-term rental fees increase in N.O. Move a bid by city to help close budget shortfall

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

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A giant Buddha statue takes on a bold blue-and-gold look as artist Frankie Ford paints it Thursday while crews put the finishing touches on preparations for this weekend’s NOLA Funk Fest. The three-day celebration of music, food and art begins Friday at Woldenberg Riverfront Park along the Mississippi River, with festivities running from noon to 9:30 p.m.

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday agreed to raise nightly fees for short-term rentals in a bid to narrow a $100 million budget hole and recoup money long owed to the city for its lodging program. The council voted unanimously to raise the rates paid by tourists from $5 for residential units and $12 for commercial to $20 a night. The move is expected to generate between $3 million and $5 million in additional annual revenue and help offset enforcement costs and other expenses accrued when providing municipal services in the tourist-centric city. The money represents a drop in the vast bucket of additional funding needed to close a $100 million budget gap that the city would otherwise close by cutting $77 million in city services and spending $22 million in one-time funds. “This new rate better reﬂects the costs of city services associated with short term rental guests,” said coun-

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Trump says execution of Fort Hood shooter won’t be livestreamed BY SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the ﬁring squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it. Trump said on social media that pub-

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licly airing the execution “might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan.” But, he continued, “many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device.” The Pentagon has said Hasan’s execution is scheduled for Dec. 3. Trump said the execution can be viewed in person by immediate families of the

victims, “if they so choose.” The announcement earlier this month from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that Hasan’s execution would be public — and subsequent conﬁrmation from the Pentagon that it would be livestreamed — prompted signiﬁcant blowback from both Republicans and Democrats, with many pointing out that the images could be used to fuel

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BBC wants Trump to sit for deposition in lawsuit

NEWYORK — Lawyers for the BBC say President Donald Trump is trying to delay sitting for a deposition in the defamation case he brought against the British broadcaster until January 2027. In a filing this week, they asked a Florida court to compel the president to appear in the $10 billion case after they say he canceled an agreed-upon date this week, citing “matters of national importance.” “Two months of discovery remaining, the BBC still has not been able to depose, and does not even have a schedule to depose, the most central figure in this case: Plaintiff himself,” attorney Charles D. Tobin wrote in the filing. “Those delays have flouted the cooperative spirit of discovery and precluded the BBC from obtaining the evidence necessary to robustly litigate its defense.” Trump, who has a history of avoiding depositions, filed the lawsuit against the BBC last December, seeking $10 billion in damages as he accused the British broadcaster of defamation as well as deceptive and unfair trade practices related to a documentary, “Trump: A Second Chance.”

Giant inflatable pumpkin takes flight CARY, N.C. — Call it the Great Pumpkin escape. A two-story-high inflatable jack-o’-lantern took a tumble through Cary, North Carolina, Sunday, just as the remnants of Hurricane Isaias passed through. And social media loved it. “It’s the best advertising we could ask for,” Michael Phillips, owner of Phillips Farm, said of his bright orange fugitive. With a tornado warning in effect Sunday afternoon, workers had decided to forgo blowing up the oversized lawn ornament. Sure enough, a twister reportedly touched down about a quarter mile away. But when the sun peeked out, Michael’s dad Lee Phillips decided to pump up the pumpkin, complete with its classic black triangular eyes and a lopsided grin. “All of a sudden, we started getting like 35-, 40-mile-an-hour wind gusts out of nowhere,” Michael Phillips said. “And then, ‘Bam.’ It just started going.” The giant pumpkin took ﬂight, rolling along a post-and-rail fence, past a church and on down the road.

Bird flu caused death of California bald eagle

BIG BEAR LAKE, Calif. — Bird flu caused the death of a bald eagle named Jackie who had become an internet sensation and a symbol of the species’ recovery in California, ofﬁcials said. A necropsy and additional testing found that the primary underlying cause of Jackie’s death in August was highly pathogenic avian influenza, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday in a news release. In the weeks before she died, Jackie was being treated at the Ojai Raptor Center for various ailments, including anemia. Chris Eksteen, the center’s director, said in the news release that the necropsy results “have helped connect many of the ﬁndings” they saw during her hospitalization. For more than a decade, nature lovers watched via an online video feed as Jackie and her partner, Shadow, tended to their nest each year atop trees near Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains east of Los Angeles. There’s no evidence Shadow is ill, according to the news release.

CORRECTIONS A story Thursday incorrectly said that the City Council would still need to make roughly $32 million in cuts if millages are rolled forward. It is closer to $48 million. That story also said the Downtown Development District and the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center were private partners. They are public agencies. The Times-Picayune regrets the errors.

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Federal authorities are investigating letters with ‘suspicious substances’ that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide.

Letters with ‘suspicious substances’ probed Authorities say mailings sent to sent to congressional, election offices

BY LISA MASCARO and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as “potentially hazardous.” The investigation by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and U.S. Capitol Police was first disclosed in a message from the Senate Sergeant at Arms obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The notice, sent to Senate offices, said that law enforcement officials were working to intercept any additional letters, but “it is possible that some letters may reach their destinations.” In Congress, the threat appeared limited to the Senate, though the House was monitoring the situation, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly. The office of Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Delaware Democrat, said in a statement that it was sent a letter with a “suspicious substance” that was intercepted by Capitol Police. An FBI statement said the bureau and the Postal Inspection Service were “investigating a series of suspicious mailings sent to various addresses nationwide, including Secretary of State offices and their related election offices.” “Some of the letters contained an unknown substance and we are working closely with our law enforcement partners to respond to each incident,” the statement read. “We are also working with our partners to identify the individual or individuals responsible for the letters.” Mailed packages containing a pow-

dery substance led to the evacuation this week of election offices in at least two states, Louisiana and Oklahoma. The Ohio secretary of state said the Postal Service intercepted a package containing a white powder intended for its office and noted that similar mailings had been sent to election officials in multiple states. Numerous states, from Idaho to Florida, said their election offices either received letters or had them intercepted by the Postal Service. The Wisconsin Elections Commission said in a statement that it received a letter and the white powder enclosed in it was not hazardous, according to tests. “Let this be very clear: this incident will not shake us,” Wisconsin elections administrator Meagan Wolfe said. News of the letters comes just three weeks before Election Day and is reminiscent of a similar threat in 2023, when election offices in six states received mailings that contained a white powder. In some cases, the incidents disrupted work around local elections. Some of those letters contained threats and traces of the powerful opioid fentanyl, leading some election offices to stock up on the overdose reversal medication naloxone. The National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors issued a joint statement condemning what they said were threats against election staff. “Those who administer our elections should never fear for their safety while carrying out their essential duties,” they said in their statement. Deputy Postal Inspector Brendan Donahue told reporters Thursday that “any threat or attack on election officials is unacceptable” and that “we are also working with our partners on identifying the individual or individuals responsible for the letters.” Associated Press writers Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin; Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Virginia; and Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this report.

Pope resumes working, sees top aide in hospital Doctors say Leo XIV’s lung recovered from surgery

had resumed working from the hospital. Rudelli handles much of the day-to-day administrative work of the Holy See. For a second day Leo celebrated Mass with other priests in a special chapel set up near his room on the 10th floor of the hospital, spokesman Matteo Bruni said. BY NICOLE WINFIELD The 71-year-old Leo had the lower right and COLLEEN BARRY lobe of his right lung removed on TuesAssociated Press day after doctors identified a suspected ROME — Pope Leo XIV met with a top cancerous nodule. The surgery conaide on Thursday and resumed work- firmed he had adenocarcinoma, the most common type of lung cancer. ing from the hospital, as doctors Doctors are still awaiting the reported his lung had recovered results of tests to understand well from surgery to remove a the precise molecular makeup of cancerous nodule. the cancer, whether it has spread Leo’s postoperative tests rebeyond the lobe and whether any mained within normal levels and further treatment is necessary. his physiotherapy session ThursAsked if any changes to Leo’s day involved full mobility exerplanned trip to South America cises, with the pope going about from Nov. 6-17 were expected, his daily activities independently, Leo XIV Bruni pointed to Leo’s words on said the update from Leo’s personal doctor, Dr. Luigi Carbone, and the Sunday when he announced the discovhead of thoracic surgery at Gemelli hos- ery of the nodule and impending surgery. “Thank you for your prayers for the pital, Dr. Stefano Margaritora. “The chest X-ray revealed good recov- pastoral visit I will make to Peru,” Leo ery of the operated lung,” they reported. said Sunday in Spanish, in a greeting de“Overall, his postoperative recovery is livered to a Peruvian group. The trip is proceeding as expected.” also scheduled to include stops in UruSeparately, the Vatican said Leo had re- guay and Argentina. Leo is expected to remain hospitalized ceived the Vatican chief of staff, or “substitute,” Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, and until at least Oct. 20.

CHICAGO — Illinois authorities believe a 19-year-old man charged with planning a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in suburban Chicago entered the building’s parking lot on Sunday, hours before police arrested him near his home after receiving a tip about the alleged attack plan. Authorities announced Wednesday that they had arrested Alexandros Paporakis and provided the additional detail about his suspected movement during a news conference Thursday. The leaders of Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in a statement said a security threat had “targeted our Temple” and announced an increased security presence. Palatine Police Chief William Nord said a red Acura RDX registered to Paporakis entered a temple parking lot on Sunday around 12:25 p.m. and left less than 15 minutes later. He was seen alone inside the car around 2 p.m. near his home in another suburb. Paporakis faces felony charges of making a terrorist threat and unlawfully possessing a riﬂe. Prosecutors have said his co-workers at a Taco Bell location called 911 after Paporakis told them he “couldn’t wait to kill Indian people” and said Sunday would be the “special day.” Sri Venkateswara Swami (Balaji) Temple in Aurora, around 40 miles west of downtown Chicago, said leaders were in contact with police. “Please know that the safety of our devotees, employees and volunteers is our highest priority, and we have implemented additional security measures effective immediately, including increased armed

security presence at the Temple,” a statement said. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, who represents Illinois’ 8th congressional district, said he was at the Hindu temple on Sunday. “I visited not knowing that there was an attacker lying in wait with a sinister motive to commit a mass shooting, and only because his AR-15 weapon jammed was he not able to commit a massacre that day,” Krishnamoorthi told The Associated Press on Thursday. Krishnamoorthi said he had increased his security in response to the alleged planned attack. He called on the FBI to “investigate and prosecute this particular matter as a hate crime,” and the Trump administration to release federal nonprofit security grants to bolster security at religious institutions. “People are really shaken up,” he added. Aurora Mayor John Laesch said at a Thursday news conference at the Council on American Islamic Relations’ Chicago office that police were “made aware” of other scheduled celebrations and are reaching out to other temples in the area “to make sure that they know they have a number to call.” Paporakis told a co-worker on Sunday afternoon that his gun jammed and he left quickly, but promised to “retry,” according to prosecutors. He sent the coworker a video showing an AR-style rifle and a photo of himself wearing a tactical vest, they added. Paporakis also sent the co-worker an eight-page document in which he used racial slurs to describe nonWhite people and outlined a plot to kill as many of them as possible, according to prosecutors. He also described himself as a White supremacist and a neo Nazi who fantasized about mass murder. Police arrested Paporakis later that day near his home in Palatine, which is located about 40 miles northeast of the temple.

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Police: 3 children, teacher killed in school shooting BY ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press

A 16-year-old opened ﬁre at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot by a person at the scene who pursued him into the school, authorities said. Authorities found the suspect dead inside the school minutes after the shooting was ﬁrst reported, Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz said. The three children killed were aged 5, 8 and 11. Another child, 7, and a teacher, 54, were injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition, Krantz said. The attacker, identified as a Bend resident, forced his way into the school by shooting at locked doors,

police said. He was shot and went down inside the school shortly after officers arrived, police spokesperson Sheila Miller said. The first 911 call came just before 1 p.m. from a person in a vehicle outside Silver Rail Elementary who reported being shot at by someone with a long gun, Krantz said. Further 911 calls came from inside the school, and officers arrived on scene within minutes, Miller said. Police said they did not know if the attacker knew anyone at the school or whether he had attended. The attacker used a pumpaction shotgun that was purchased by his mother, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the shooting. The official spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they were not au-

thorized to publicly discuss the investigation. The school in Bend, Oregon, which is more than 100 miles southeast of Portland, had 459 enrolled students as of last year, according to the Oregon Department of Education. The school serves students in kindergarten through ﬁfth grade. At a news conference Thursday night, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said her heart was “absolutely broken” and thanked the civilian who pursued the shooter. “To the community member who heroically intervened to stop further loss of life: Your actions carry a heavy emotional burden, and I just want you to know that my thoughts are with you as well,” she said. Reuniﬁcation of children with their parents was ongoing early Thursday evening.

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Ukraine abandons truce, attacks Russian refinery Zelenskyy says he feels betrayed by Trump

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KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery Thursday, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The drone strike started a ﬁre at the reﬁnery about 180 miles southeast of Moscow in Russia’s Ryazan region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry and Ryazan Gov. Pavel Malkov. Russia’s Astra online news outlet posted what it said was a photograph of the blaze. The strike could further complicate Kyiv’s relations with Trump, which have soured again in recent days amid deepening tensions between Ukraine and Washington. Zelenskyy said he was out-

side’s claims. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov labeled Ukraine’s strikes on oil facilities as a “direct and crude challenge to President Trump.” Another point of tension with Ukraine is a deal Trump made with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import Russian diesel, despite international efforts to sanction Russia for its invasion and PHOTO PROVIDED BY UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE diplomatically isolate Putin. Emergency services personnel work Thursday in a residential Zelenskyy slammed the neighborhood after a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. agreement, saying it would allow Russia to press on raged by Russia’s continu- run out, telling the Financial with its full-scale invasion ing aerial bombardment of Times in an interview pub- of Ukraine that began more energy infrastructure in ap- lished Thursday that Ukrai- than 4½ years ago. U.S. efparent defiance of Trump’s nian attacks on Russian oil forts under Trump to end the war have made no progdemand on Sunday for both refineries would resume. “We’re done,” Zelenskyy ress. sides to halt those attacks. Despite going along with was quoted as saying. In an interview late A senior Ukrainian official, Wednesday with Piers MorTrump’s demand for a truce, Zelenskyy complained, who spoke on condition of gan on the British journalUkraine in recent days was anonymity because he wasn’t denied the usual Western authorized to speak publicly, intelligence on Russian bal- confirmed that Ukraine had listic missile strikes, and hit the refinery. Kremlin spokesperson limits were placed on its use of U.S.-made Starlink com- Dmitry Peskov said Thursmunication terminals. Both day that Ukraine never are vital for the Ukrainian stopped its strikes on refinmilitary. eries. It wasn’t possible to He said his patience had independently verify each

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CALGARY, Alberta — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday there “couldn’t be a worse time” for oil-rich Alberta to start down a path toward a future referendum on separation from Canada, as he campaigned for national unity in Calgary during advance voting. Monday’s vote is not a direct referendum on independence. Alberta, which

our side. But we are OK that he’s in the middle,” he said. Zelenskyy said someone is pushing Trump into a stance that is “not the right side of history.” Elon Musk noted on X that the military version of Starlink, called Starshield, is controlled by the U.S. military and Trump. A Ukrainian official said the country has not received an explanation from SpaceX, the company that maintains the Starlink satellites, or the Pentagon, on the slowdown. The ofﬁcial spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation.

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Poll: Voters frustrated with Trump, seeking change BY STEVE PEOPLES and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in the upcoming midterm elections, according to a new AP-NORC poll that raises serious warning signs for the Republican Party at a critical moment. The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, conducted less than four weeks before Election Day, ﬁnds that registered voters who identify as Democrats are more enthusiastic than Republican voters about casting a ballot. More voters want Democrats to win control of Congress and have a more negative view of Republicans. The Democratic advantage is small in some cases, but, taken together, the ﬁndings paint a challenging picture for Republicans, who are clinging to control of Congress under the weight of an unpopular war with Iran and surging prices at home. About 8 in 10 voters overall say the economy or the cost of living is among their top issues for the upcoming election, while about two-thirds say this about healthcare and the war in Iran. Other issues that are stronger for Trump

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President Donald Trump departs a campaign rally on Wednesday at the Laughlin Bullhead International Airport in Bullhead City, Ariz. — like immigration or crime — are lower priorities. “The world is going backwards. We can barely afford anything,” said Diana Walker, a 65-year-old Democrat from Decatur, Georgia. “Everybody’s down. I don’t care if you’re a Democrat or Republican, we’re all catching hell.” Less than a month before the ﬁnal midterm votes are cast, the poll ﬁnds that Democratic voters are more motivated to vote. Overall, about two-thirds of registered voters say it’s “extremely” important to vote in the upcoming election, while about 2 in 10 say it’s “very” important. But about three-quarters of Democratic voters say that voting in this November’s midterm elections is “extremely” important,

compared with roughly 6 in 10 Republicans. Ryan Longbrake, a 52-yearold Democrat from Columbus, Ohio who works in technology marketing, said he’s especially excited about casting his ballot, and he’s already taken steps to ensure that his wife and two collegeage daughters will vote as well. “I believe that there is change on the horizon and there is an excitement within our party,” he said, pointing to Democrats’ momentum in Ohio’s elections for governor and U.S. Senate. The party is also investing resources in Republican-leaning states, like Iowa and Kansas, where the political environment has put Democratic candidates on friendlier footing. Republicans have controlled Congress for the past

two years, but about half of registered voters now say they’d prefer to see the Democratic Party control the House or the Senate. A smaller percentage, roughly 4 in 10, say they want the Republican Party to control each chamber, while 15% are undecided. One thing is crystal clear on the eve of the 2026 midterms: Voters want change. About half of voters say they want “substantial change,” and roughly 3 in 10 want “complete and total upheaval” in the way the country is run. Democrats and independents are much likelier than Republicans to want a full overhaul of the country’s direction. But even Republican voters are still looking for something different. Slightly fewer than half, 45%, want substantial change, while 13% want upheaval. “I’m kind of tired of sending people there and nothing gets done,” said Krista Kohles, a 70-year-old Republican from near Davey, Nebraska. “Nothing’s changing.” Voters are deeply frustrated with Trump and his leadership on the issues they say matter most. Only about one-third of registered voters overall have a “very” or “somewhat” favorable view of the Republican president, and a similar share approve of his performance as president.

Voters continue to be frustrated by the high cost of living, an issue that Trump vowed to address before winning a second term in the White House. Nearly two years after his successful election, about 8 in 10 registered voters disapprove of how Trump is handling the cost of living, in line with a September AP-NORC poll. About three-quarters disapprove of his performance on the economy. Even among Republican voters, only 44% approve of Trump’s performance on the cost of living, while 54% approve of his leadership on the economy. That’s a sharp contrast with other issues, like crime, on which Republican approval is much higher. There are cracks in Trump’s Republican base on other issues, too. Just 69% of Republican voters support Trump on foreign policy as the war in Iran stretches into its eighth month, despite his promises that it would only last four or ﬁve weeks. DonnaJean Weber, a 72-year-old Republican from Manistee, Michigan, says she will continue to support Republican candidates this fall, but she’s not happy with the state of the economy under Trump’s leadership. “Everything’s going up,” she said, pointing to the impact of the war with Iran, among other Trump decisions. “I don’t agree with him

fully on all of these tariffs, either. It’s making this country look bad.” The economy and the cost of living are high priorities for voters on both sides of the aisle. The survey found that the vast majority of Republican and Democratic voters say both issues are among the most important for the upcoming election. Voters aren’t any higher on one of Trump’s potential successors in the next presidential election, Vice President JD Vance: About half have a “somewhat” or “very” negative view of Vance, compared with about one-third who have a positive opinion. Trump’s struggles do not mean that voters are particularly excited about the direction of the Democratic Party. Overall, about 4 in 10 voters have a “very” or “somewhat” favorable view of the Democrats, while about half view the party unfavorably. That’s roughly similar to views of the GOP, although about 6 in 10 voters view the Republicans unfavorably. Democratic and Republican voters are equally enthusiastic about their own side, with about 8 in 10 saying they have a favorable view of their own party. But the critical bloc of voters who identify as independents is much more likely to have a negative view of the Republicans than of the Democrats.

New White House press secretary defends legal background, short first briefing BY SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press

WASHINGTON — New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia defended her legal background and justified her truncated inaugural briefing as she navigates a rocky first week as the president’s chief spokesperson. Zacharia sat down for an interview Thursday with the conservative Human

Events outlet. In it, she said she did not have time to get fully prepared ahead of her first briefing on Tuesday and that it was always the plan to keep it short because President Donald Trump would field questions from journalists later that morning. “It was absolutely my goal to keep it short, considering he is his own best spokesperson, and he would love

— and does love — gaggling with the media as he goes to Marine One,” Zacharia said. “So I wanted to give ample deference and not barge into his time.” The initial brieﬁng materials were given to Zacharia on Monday evening, then completed on Tuesday at 8 a.m., less than two hours before she would appear before the White House press corps. She had been up since

3 a.m. preparing, Zacharia said. “I never had a full brieﬁng beforehand, and I went out and I effectuated the briefing,” she said. As for her legal background, Zacharia said she was preparing to take the bar exam in California at a time that she had just gotten married and was readying a move to China to join her new husband, who had been

working in private equity in Beijing. She said the results of the bar exam, which she did not pass, were “somewhat inconsequential” because she would not need to be a barred attorney while living in China. Zacharia, who has been under scrutiny for calling herself a “lawyer,” said she consulted several legal experts to ensure that title

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City Chief Administrative Ofﬁcer Joe Giarrusso said last week that the administration found an additional $3 million revenue from the Wisner Trust that was mistakenly excluded from Moreno’s budget proposal. “We know the public wants us to look for every source available to ﬁnd money,” Giarrusso said then. The last time the council imposed a short-term rental fee increase was in 2019.

The council technically sits as the city’s Board of Review when STAFF FILE PHOTO BY BRETT DUKE voting on assessment appeals, Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams said 41 properties recommended for assessment adjustments lack which were heard from Sept. 15 to documentation to justify tax reductions. Oct. 5. Property owners dissatisﬁed with the Board of Review decisions can take their case to the They will be eligible for refunds if million in assessment reductions appeals cited by Williams, which Louisiana Tax Commission next the Tax Commission ﬁnds in their on 233 properties after the recent were primarily commercial propyear, but their assessed tax pay- favor. hearings. The council rejected erties. The largest of the rejected apment will still be due on Jan. 31. HGI recommended a total of $17 $11 million in reductions on the 41

peals was for VCAY Suites at 1000 Howard Avenue, a formerly vacant building that was recently renovated. Williams increased the assessment to $3.6 million, nearly quadrupling it over last year, reflecting $19 million in permitted work. The Assessor’s Office failed to notify the property owner of the increase, which came after the rolls were opened for review. That left the owner to discover the change on their own and didn’t allow time to challenge it with evidence, according to a hearing officer’s note. The hearing officer determined the Assessor’s Office violated multiple state notification laws and recommended restoring last year’s assessment for VCAY Suites. “The proper notification and the proper timing wasn’t met,” Resweber said after the meeting on Thursday. A message left with a VCAY Suites receptionist was not returned on Thursday. The deadline for filing an appeal was Aug. 21, and state law requires notification of changes within 30 days of then. Williams said the VCAY Suite permit, which helped determine the assessment, didn’t close until the end of July, so “naturally notice would be late.” He said the Board of Review appeals should be strictly focused on property values, while “process disputes are the jurisdiction of the courts.” “This property was renovated to the tune of nearly $19 million and HGI wants to pretend like that didn’t happen. We stand by our value here,” Williams said.

the city cracked down on sites like Airbnb, requiring them to list only Continued from page 1A licensed units. Other related costs the increase aims to offset include permitting, litigation, sanitation, public safety cil member Aimee McCarron. The money will help enforce and trafﬁc and parking enforcegreater oversight of illegal list- ment. The city for years has struggled ings that have been “unacceptably high,” the new rules state. A to monitor illegal units or expired transient lodging study released short-term rental permits. It also in October reported more than 900 had a backlog of pending permit illegal short-term listings after applications. A 2022 Ofﬁce of In-

spector General report found that the issues caused the city to lose out on the $500 daily ﬁne that is supposed to apply to illegal operators. Higher short-term rental fees were one of several recurring revenue-generating measures proposed in Mayor Helena Moreno’s 2027 budget pitch to the council. Her budget plan also proposed a property tax millage “roll forward” to ease what would other-

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Continued from page 1A Williams acknowledged the hearing officer didn’t preside over any of her client’s appeals, but he said the appearance of a conflict jeopardized the integrity of the appeals. District A council member Aimee McCarron agreed. “We have an elected official and his team pointing out considerable concerns on a small number of specific properties,” McCarron said before the 7-0 vote to reject the appeals in Williams’ letter. “While we can’t independently verify these concerns at this time, I believe it’s wise for the council to take heed of these issues and the perceived conflict of interest.” Resweber said the hearing officer has been hearing appeals for four years, and HGI ensures she doesn’t preside over appeals from her firm’s clients. He also said she previously worked for the Assessor’s Office. “They all know her. They’ve all interacted with her,” Resweber said after the meeting.

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Continued from page 1A radicalization. Pentagon chief spokesperson Sean Parnell said Trump and Hegseth discussed the decision to drop the livestream plans before the president’s announcement on social media. “The Secretary supports the President’s decision, and they are completely aligned,” Parnell said.

Plan called ‘barbaric’ When asked how the public execution comported with his Christian faith earlier this month, Vance said, “I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen.” “So whatever the controversy is about the method of the execution, I hope that people don’t forget that this is a guy who brutally murdered a lot of innocent people,” Vance said, adding, “Now, that said, I mean, look, if it’s ultimately livestreamed, I’m not going to be watching it.” Vance is Catholic, and the church has long opposed capital punishment. The head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

“So whatever the controversy is about the method of the execution, I hope that people don’t forget that this is a guy who brutally murdered a lot of innocent people. Now, that said, I mean, look, if it’s ultimately livestreamed, I’m not going to be watching it.” VICE PRESIDENT J.D. VANCE had condemned the Trump administration’s decision to livestream Hasan’s execution, with Archbishop Paul S. Coakley saying the move was a “barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.” Other top Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, voiced similar sentiments. For his part, the president has defended his decision to approve the use of a ﬁring squad, but had for days distanced himself from Hegseth’s announcement that it would be public. “Well, they’re making a determination about that,” Trump said Friday when asked about the livestream.

As for Hasan and the method of execution, Trump said then: “He will be killed. He will be, through ﬁring squad. I really don’t care how he goes, as long as he goes. And I think the death penalty is a very worthy way of going for him.” Hasan, an Army psychiatrist who held the rank of major, walked into a medical building on Nov. 5, 2009, where soldiers were waiting in long lines to receive immunizations and medical clearance for deployment. He shouted “Allahu akbar” — Arabic for “God is great!” — and opened fire with a lasersighted handgun. He also shot at the backs of soldiers fleeing toward the parking lot. Hasan said it was an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims. A military judge barred him from presenting that as a defense during his 2013 trial. Hasan was left paralyzed from the waist down after being shot in the back by law enforcement and now uses a wheelchair. Hasan could seek a lengthy delay of his execution, though given his behav-

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More roller coasters shut down amid probe Authorities investigate fatal fall at Georgia amusement park

BY RUSS BYNUM and SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press

ATLANTA — A growing number of amusement parks have shut down roller coasters as police and state regulators investigate what caused a man to fall out of his seat and plummet to his death at a Georgia park. Sea World Orlando in Florida and La Ronde theme park in Montreal, Canada, conﬁrmed on Thursday they had temporarily closed rides, bringing the total number of roller coasters halted to 12. Police and a state regulatory agency are investigating what caused Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, a 42-year-old school employee from Atlanta, to fall from the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday. Witnesses described seeing him ejected from the coaster; some people who rode the Goliath before him raised

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A growing number of amusement parks have shut down roller coasters as police and state regulators investigate what caused a man to fall out of his seat and plummet to his death at Six Flags Over Georgia. concerns about its restraints. Ten of the roller coasters taken out of service have the same manufacturer and a similar restraint system as the Goliath at Six Flags. Erica Billups said her son and daughter rode Goliath about an hour before Kariem’s death and encountered a problem with the restraint on one seat. Her son initially sat in that seat and tried to lock it, but then

moved when it repeatedly became unlocked. The roller coaster embarked with the seat empty and the harness up, she said in a post on X. She conﬁrmed the post in a text message to The Associated Press on Thursday. She said staff did not tell her kids there was a problem. Summer Bates, who was at the Georgia park with her husband and three children

and saw Kariem fall, told the AP previously that her older two children kept trying to push their restraints down tighter while on the ride. She understood why they were doing that later when she was on the coaster, she said, because the restraints didn’t feel secure. Six Flags did not immediately respond to an email for comment on any issues with restraints.

La Ronde in Montreal said one of its coasters — also named Goliath — is ofﬂine “while we conduct a thorough safety review in collaboration with the ride’s manufacturer.” Neither La Ronde nor Sea World Orlando said why those specific rides were closed. Both were manufactured by the Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard, which also built the Goliath ride in Georgia and eight of the other coasters that Six Flags closed. Bolliger & Mabillard declined Thursday to answer questions about the shutdowns. Online photos and videos of 10 of the closed coasters show each equipped with so-called “clamshell” restraints, mounted in front of each seat on a vertical bar that sits between the rider’s knees. The bar locks the padded restraint into place over the rider’s lap and upper legs. It’s unclear from the images whether any of those coasters also have seat belts or other secondary restraints. Goliath in Georgia has no such backup restraints. Dennis Speigel, a theme

park consultant and past president of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, a trade group, said the similar restraint systems are almost certainly why most of the coasters were closed. Speigel said they’re likely to remain shut down until investigators have determined what went wrong on the Georgia coaster, but he said that “obviously it was something with the restraint.” Roller coaster manufacturers decide what type of restraints to use after considering speed, force and the track’s transitions, said Brian D. Avery, a University of Florida professor and amusement ride safety expert. He advocates the use of a backup restraint for riders, but there is a long-running debate in the industry over whether that would increase wait times, Avery said. The company said in an email it would have no further comment until it had a “better understanding of what transpired” on Monday. Kariem was thrown from his seat and struck other patrons before landing below the ride.

FBI agents, analysts Suit challenges DHS effort to collect voter data sue to get jobs back BY ALI SWENSON Associated Press

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WASHINGTON — FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate sued Thursday to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “political retribution.” The complaint adds to the growing list of legal challenges to the mass terminations under FBI Director Kash Patel of agents who participated in investigations of the Republican president or are seen as opposed to Trump administration interests. The suit was filed in federal court in Washington on behalf of nine agents, intelligence analysts and staff operations specialists who were fired in February following earlier dismissals of agents who had worked on the probe into Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Patel has said in congressional testimony that the fired employees had “weaponized” the FBI and that terminations at the bureau follow internal investigations that turn up inappropriate conduct. But the agents deny that claim in the lawsuit, noting that that they were fired without any investigation, notice or hearing. They said that between them they had more than a century of distinguished and apolitical FBI service that involved responding to the Boston Marathon bombing, hostage recoveries and the investigation into the 2024 assassination attempt of Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Their firings, the lawsuit says, create an “immeasurable loss” to “America’s national security.” “In return for their service, they were fired because they did their jobs, as they always did, to follow the facts and law without bias or favor. To this administration, this is an offense. To the rest of us, it is heroic,” said a statement from their attorneys, Margaret Donovan, Abbe Lowell and Rebecca Tinio. “This lawsuit will prove their unlawful dismissal and hold the administration accountable for this blatant attack on the rule of law,” the statement added. The suit include a detailed recitation of the allegations against Trump, describing

showed them to people not authorized to see them and obstructed FBI efforts to get them back. The investigation resulted in a 2022 FBI search of Mar-a-Lago that recovered classified records, and a federal indictment in Florida charged Trump with dozens of felony counts. Trump denied wrongdoing, and the case was dismissed in 2024 by a Trumpappointed judge, Aileen Cannon, who ruled that the special counsel who filed the charges, Jack Smith, had been illegally appointed by the Biden administration Justice Department. The nine fired FBI employees did not volunteer for the investigation but were rather assigned to it as part of their work on counterintelligence and counterespionage squads, according to the lawsuit, which says they were terminated because of baseless perceptions that the performance of their law enforcement duties had run “afoul of the political and personal loyalty to Trump that Defendants demanded.” “By casting Plaintiffs’ work on the Plasmic Echo investigation as ‘politically weaponized,’ Defendants incorrectly presumed to know the personal political convictions of Plaintiffs and took unlawful action based on that presumption,” the lawsuit says, using the FBI code name for the classified documents investigation. “Worse still, Defendants incorrectly concluded that those personal political convictions affected or drove their work.” Several of the fired employees participated in the search, and one signed the affidavit that was presented to a magistrate judge for approval, the lawsuit says. But beyond that particular case, the suit says, the agents and analysts had a diversity of career experience, including expertise in the counterintelligence threat from Iran and instances of helping recover American hostages held abroad. At least one participated in the investigation into pipe bombs placed in January 2021 near the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national committees. The investigative team was praised at a news conference by Patel, who shook the hand of one of the employees who would later be fired, Harrison Kaufman, and thanked him for his work, the complaint says.

NEW YORK — A lawsuit filed Thursday challenges the Trump administration’s sprawling effort to collect and analyze Americans’ voter data, alleging the government has obtained voter ﬁles from at least 47 states and handled the data in a way that violates federal law. The 42-page complaint filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., claims the Department of Homeland Security’s secretive probe of the voter data, including a policy to combine it with commercial datasets, disregards federal safeguards and ﬂouts the privacy rights of millions of Americans. The case, brought by the League of Women Voters, the

Feds push ahead with plan for peptide drugs BY MATTHEW PERRONE AP health writer

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are moving ahead with a plan to allow specialty pharmacies to produce certain peptides, a class of largely unregulated injections that have become popular among followers of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other wellness influencers. Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services submitted a peptides “interim access policy” to the White House for review, according to a posting Thursday on a government website. The plan was sent to the Office of Management and Budget, which reviews federal rules and regulations with the potential for significant economic impact. HHS officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment Thursday afternoon. Peptides are the building blocks of more complex proteins, triggering hormones inside the body needed for growth, metabolism and healing. Drug companies have brought several to market as medications, including mainstay treatments for diabetes and weight loss. But the ones at issue here haven’t gone through that rigorous vetting process. Nevertheless, they have gained a foothold among Americans interested in bulking up, looking younger or boosting energy. Those uses are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration and most of the data on peptides comes from animal studies.

Electronic Privacy Information Center and the League of United Latin American Citizens, is the latest in a torrent of legal challenges that have emerged in response to President Donald Trump’s crusade against noncitizen voting, a concern he views as a serious problem but which research shows is exceedingly rare. The Trump administration has consistently sought to exert more power over elections, even as the Constitution grants that authority to states and, in some cases, Congress. Judges have consistently upheld states’

rights to decline to hand over their lists to the federal government. DHS didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Thursday’s lawsuit alleges the Trump administration has obtained voter lists from 47 states, even as 30 states refused to turn them over to the administration. It calls for the court to declare the administration’s collection of voter data illegal, block the policy and order DHS to delete and stop using the voter information it already has collected.

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Houthis strike near site used by Yemen’s government At least 2 killed in explosions

BY AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press

ADEN, Yemen — At least six explosions struck Thursday near the palace used by Yemen’s internationally recognized government in the port city of Aden, witnesses said. An official said at least two people were killed, and Iran-backed Houthi rebels based in northern Yemen quickly claimed responsibility. It was a rare attack on the palace area, as fighting has escalated between the rebels and a Saudi-led coalition in the latest front in the Iran war. The explosions caused panic among residents, who fled the area. At least two people were killed and six wounded, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press. The government said the

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People crowd a minibus station used by displaced residents to leave the city on Thursday in Taiz, Yemen. Houthis attacked with missiles and drones, the Adenbased SABA news agency reported. A security ofﬁcial said at least two explosions were on top of the hill near the Maas-

hiq palace, and two others were near the security gate. Many of Yemen’s government leaders are living in exile, and those in Aden were safe, a government official said. Both officials

spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. A video circulating on social media and analyzed by The Associated Press shows smoke rising

from the area where the palace is located. The Houthis said they attacked a military operations headquarters with the “Saudi enemy,” part of their strategy of attacking Saudi targets that has included a series of attacks on airports and oil infrastructure inside the kingdom. The escalation has complicated efforts to end the wider Iran war and further rattled global markets as Saudi Arabia, one of the world’s top oil exporters, faces repeated attacks. Regional aviation is affected, too, as the rebels have warned airlines about their use of Saudi airspace for attacks. Thousands of flights across the kingdom have been disrupted. Earlier Thursday, the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis said it intercepted a cruise missile over the province of Medina. Flightradar 24, a tracking platform, said dozens of flights were canceled or delayed at Jeddah airport. The coalition statement

did not assign blame for the attack. The Houthis’ military spokesperson, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, denied the rebels carried it out. The group previously pledged not to attack airports in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia also said it destroyed a drone over the country’s Eastern province, a major oil-producing region, and intercepted a drone in Khamis Mushait, near a major military air base. Inside Yemen, the ﬁghting has revived a devastating civil war after four years of relative calm. One focus of alarm is the Houthi-besieged city of Taiz. Residents of Yemen’s third-largest city are running short of basic necessities. Where goods can be found, prices have soared. Gas stations sit empty or out of service. The World Food Program said it can no longer reach more than 600,000 people in Taiz who depend on aid.

Hot weather, winds raise States sue AI giant OpenAI Suit says chatbot California wildﬁre threat hurting children and deceiving adults

BY OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Tens of thousands of people in California were without electricity Thursday as utilities tried to reduce the risks of hot, windy weather that could blow over power lines and spark wildfires. In Northern California, nearly 62,000 customers in 26 counties in the Sierra Nevada foothills, wine country and the central coast had no electricity, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which began proactively turning off power Wednesday night. An additional 19,000 customers in Los Angeles, Kern and Ventura counties lost power Thursday, Southern California Edison said. Weather conditions that increase the fire risk were expected to last through Saturday. Some of California’s worst wildfires have been sparked by power equipment, and utilities in recent years have begun proactively shutting off power during dry, windy weather in an effort to prevent blazes. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who faced criticism for her city’s response to deadly fires in 2025, said she’s directed the fire department to deploy personnel and equipment ahead of the winds. The fire department has also requested assistance from the state’s office of emergency services, she said. “It’s a pretty widespread

BY MARC LEVY Associated Press

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Water is dropped by helicopter on the Palisades Fire Jan. 7, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. event of elevated ﬁre weather, so the whole SoCal region should really be on alert,” said Rose Schoenfeld, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. Dry, warm and gusty northeast winds known as Santa Anas, which blow from the interior of Southern California toward the coast and offshore, are expected, with the strongest winds forecast for Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon. The winds could reach 20 to 40 mph, with gusts from 50 to 70 mph, in the San Gabriel mountains in Los Angeles County and the Santa Susana mountains, which are mostly in Ventura County, Schoenfeld said. Elevated, though brief, critical ﬁre weather conditions are also forecast for portions of the Santa Lucia mountains in San Luis Obispo County. Dangerous conditions began earlier in Northern

California, with some communities in the Sierra Nevada and its foothills experiencing strong winds, high temperatures and low humidity starting Wednesday night, the National Weather Service said. The service issued a Red Flag Warning for parts of central and Northern California starting Thursday and lasting through Friday morning, saying any fires would spread rapidly. Such warnings are issued when weather conditions create an increased risk of wildﬁres. Pacific Gas and Electric Company said Thursday it has notiﬁed 90,000 customers in 29 counties that they may lose power. The potential interruption in service to customers from the Central Coast to the upper corners of the Sierra Nevada could last through Saturday afternoon, the company said.

HARRISBURG, Pa. — At least eight states are suing artificial intelligence giant OpenAI, saying the company’s popular chatbot model violated state consumer protection laws by hurting children and deceiving adults. The company’s chatbot model, ChatGPT, is giving dangerous medical advice, encouraging paranoia and coaching people to hurt

others or commit suicide, Iowa’s lawsuit said. At the same time, the chatbots are pretending to be agreeable and compassionate while preying on the vulnerable, according to the lawsuit. “OpenAI is hurting kids and they are lying to Iowans,” Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird said in a statement. In a statement, OpenAI said it has already built safety protections into ChatGPT for children, and that it would continue to do so to improve the model. The wave of lawsuits are the latest ﬁled by states under their consumer protection laws, accusing tech giants that offer AI chatbots and social media platforms of harming children. The

states that filed separate lawsuits Wednesday in state courts are Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska and West Virginia. In its lawsuit, Arizona said ChatGPT encourages teens to share personal information with it and, at times, discourages them from sharing that information with parents, authorities or friends. ChatGPT is the most popular chatbot in the world, commanding nearly half the American marketplace, according to the lawsuits.

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Police: Pa. man who killed family had controlled their movements, finances BY JOHN RABY Associated Press

A Pennsylvania man who fatally shot eight others, including seven family members, before killing himself had exercised strict control over his relatives, including their finances and interactions with others, police said Thursday. Investigators still don’t know why family patriarch Matthew Stone Sr. gunned down his wife, their three children, two grandchildren and two women who had rushed to the home and were shot outside, Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said at a news conference. Lorah painted a picture of a family living in a home in isolated, filthy conditions. He said the authoritarian behavior of Stone, 45, started after his wife became pregnant with their first child more than two decades ago. The adult victims of the Oct. 9 shooting previously were identified as Stone’s wife, Michelle Stone, 44; their daughter, Angelina

Stone, 24, who was due to give birth Monday, three days after the shooting; sons Jonathan Stone, 19, and Matthew Stone Jr., 21; and two women who lived at other addresses: Lora Roberts, 37, and Twila Tanner, 51. Roberts was Michelle Stone’s sister. A 5-year-old boy and a 22-month-old girl who were identified by relatives as Angelina Stone’s children also were killed. State law prevented authorities from releasing their names. Family members told detectives that the elder Stone “restricted when family members could leave the residence or spend time with relatives,” Lorah said. In addition, Michelle Stone “stopped maintaining contact with friends.” The elder Stone also kept a tight grip over the family’s money, including supplemental government income received for one of the grandchildren, Lorah said. In 2019, Stone was arrested and charged with threatening his wife with the same

.40-caliber handgun that he used in the Oct. 9 shootings. However, at a preliminary hearing, Michelle Stone “changed her original statement and those charges were withdrawn,” Lorah said. A year ago, daughter Angelina filed a petition to change her last name, citing concerns about the elder Stone’s “declining mental health,” according to Lorah. She had planned to pursue a career in medicine and didn’t want her last name associated with her father. But that application was closed in April 2026. Angelina Stone posted ultrasound photos of her unborn child on social media on Sept. 25. Lorah said she had been sending messages to others indicating she was going to leave the home after giving birth. She also said her father had been physically abusive toward her brothers. After the shootings, detectives found bags and boxes that were packed in Angelina Stone’s bedroom.

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Mignon Faget moving from longtime space

a move that the iconic jewelry the street as company executives ing for approximately $2.5 million that Mignon Faget was pushed out, New landlord turns to brand’s CEO said was prompted search for a permanent home else- in September. and said efforts were made to keep by a new landlord who is bringing where on the six-mile commercial “We believed we would be of- the store on the property. ‘regional’ brand a bigger retailer into the property. strip. “Mignon is an important part of fered a lease and accepted every-

BY RICH COLLINS Staff writer

Mignon Faget is leaving the Magazine Street retail space it’s occupied for the past 27 years,

Maghan Oroszi, who has run the jeweler since 2024, said this week it will move out of its ﬂagship retail space at 3801 Magazine at the end of October. The store will set up a temporary location across

In a prepared statement, Oroszi said the shop was “pushed out” of its current location to make way for “a national brand in place of Mignon Faget” after local investor Logan Levy purchased the build-

Magazine Street,” Schmitt said. “We presented creative ideas to keep them on the site, but at the end of the day it didn’t work out, so

thing that was asked of us, to no avail,” Oroszi said. Eugene Schmitt, managing director at global commercial real estate ﬁrm Newmark, who represented Levy in the sale, disputed

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Attorney sentenced in staged crash scheme Only lawyer to plead guilty receives 32 months in prison

BY JOHN SIMERMAN Staff writer

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DEMOLITION DAY

ABOVE: A pedestrian walks past the former Sugar Mill event venue as demolition continues in New Orleans on Tuesday. The site will make way for a planned $600 million Omni hotel with about 1,000 rooms. RIGHT: A demolition crew tears down the former Sugar Mill event venue across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on Tuesday.

The only attorney to plead guilty to charges from an investigation into staged vehicle crashes involving big-rig trucks on New Orleans roadways, called “Operation Sideswipe,” was sentenced Thursday to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced Danny Patrick Keating Jr. to 32 months in federal custody followed by three years of supervised release. Keating’s sentence came more than ﬁve Keating years after he pleaded guilty in New Orleans’ federal courthouse to a wire and mail fraud conspiracy. Keating, 57, admitted that he helped orchestrate numerous vehicle crashes into big rigs to score bogus insurance payouts and represented 77 plaintiffs from 31 collisions that were staged by Damian Labeaud, a proliﬁc “slammer” behind the wheel in many of those collisions. Brown credited Keating for “substantial” assistance against several defendants convicted in the scheme, and for his early decision to admit his crimes. She veered below a federal sentencing guideline for Keating of 57 to 60 months, the maximum for the charge. But Brown denied prosecutors who’d asked her to hand Keating two years in prison. Brown said she found the government’s recommendation “a bit generous” given the impact of Keating’s crimes. She also ordered Keating to pay about $657,000 in restitution.

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Landry praises approval City Council member, real estate of New Orleans water investor face off in mayoral race treatment plant upgrades Term limits bar current for improvements to the CarState Bond rollton Water Treatment Plant, hasn’t been upgraded in Commission approves which nearly 70 years. The water util$7.5M line of credit ity is juggling funding shortfalls

BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

Gov. Jeff Landry and other state ofﬁcials heralded the state’s approval of a $7.5 million line of credit for water treatment infrastructure in New Orleans on Thursday as an olive branch to city residents, even as Landry continues to give some local ofﬁcials the cold shoulder. The $7.5 million request is part of a $50 million funding push

for a range of infrastructure needs, with ofﬁcials saying that the agency needs more than $700 million for urgent repairs to its water distribution network. “We made a commitment to the people of Louisiana to address critical infrastructure needs, and we’re keeping it,” said a joint statement from Landry, state Senate President Cameron Henry and state House Speaker Phillip DeVillier posted on Landry’s X

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mayor from seat

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

Harahan sits on the Mississippi River’s curve on the east bank of Jefferson Parish, with a land area of 2 square miles and a population of roughly 9,000 residents. Early voting will take place Tuesday through Oct. 27.

A Harahan City Council member and a real estate owner-oper- Eric Chatelain ator are vying to become HaraChatelain has served two stints on the Harahan han’s next mayor. City Council, one Eric Chatelain, an 11-year counfrom 2012 to 2014 cil member and business owner, and another from is running against Carol Logreco, 2019 to now. He a real estate investor, Realtor and left the council in property manager, in the Nov. 3 2014 for an unsucelection. Both are Republicans. The current mayor, Tim Baudier, cessful mayoral is barred from running for the seat Chatelain campaign against again due to term limits. He has anTina Miceli before nounced plans to run for Jefferson returning the following term. He cannot run for Harahan City Parish Council District 2 next year.

Council again due to term limits. Chatelain declined an interview and instead provided written responses to a list of questions. Chatelain is a lifelong Harahan resident who co-owns an electrical contracting company with his brother, called Chatelain Services. He also co-owns a property holdings company and Uncle Matt’s Bar & Patio on Hickory Avenue, he said. Chatelain said he would be able to use his previous political experience to advance ongoing city projects and launch new initiatives from the start of his term without a learning curve. If elected, he said he would focus on securing additional parish, state, federal and private

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Continued from page 1B Keating’s attorney, Brian Capitelli, pleaded for probation Thursday, citing both Keating’s support for the federal probe, the explosive impact of his cooperation and poor health. The judge ordered Keating to report to prison by Jan. 11. Keating gave up his law license after his indictment in 2020. He went on to testify that Labeaud brought his law ofﬁce staged crash after crash, at times more than he could manage. They targeted 18-wheelers for their million-dollar insurance coverage, and New Orleans roadways in particular for the city’s generous juries. Keating implicated attorney Jason Giles and others at The King Firm, including uncharged cofounders Anthony Milazzo and Brian King, as federal prosecutors pressed a sprawling fraud case against Giles, The King Firm and personal injury attorney Vanessa Motta. Giles and Motta were charged, along with their ﬁrms, and found guilty. They have not been sentenced yet. In his testimony at the trial in March, Keating said he offered La-

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beaud the same amount the slammer said he was charging Giles for staging crashes: $1,000 for each adult passenger, $500 for kids. They texted in code. Crashes were chicken or fish, Keating told the jury. When Labeaud texted about “Big Reds,” it meant adult passengers. Children were “lil trout.” Surgeries were the way to big insurance payouts, he added. “With the young people, you’re not going to ﬁnd anything positive on an MRI, anything that’s going to entail treatment beyond two or three months,” Keating said. “An older person, regardless of how they feel, is probably going to get a positive MRI in their neck or back.” In a separate trial in August, a jury deadlocked on murder conspiracy charges against two men, Sean Alfortish and Leon “Chunky” Parker, who were accused of engineering the murder of another slammer, Cornelius Garrison III, to stop him from cooperating with the feds. The jury convicted Alfortish on charges related to directing the staged wrecks scheme. Keating did not testify at that trial.

ments. Keating said he accepted responsibility and expressed remorse, saying he “betrayed my personal values when I made this decision, and I absolutely violated my oath as an attorney.” He said he’s learned since to ask for help. “I just wasn’t wired like this by my parents,” Keating said. “It was probably the most difficult thing to figure out on my own and understand. … I wish I’d simply asked them for help (initially) instead of making the decisions I’d made.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Brian Klebba went to bat for Keating. Prosecutors filed a motion to veer below the sentencing range, and Klebba insisted that Keating earned it. “When faced with a choice, Mr. Keating chose to admit to his misdeeds, forfeit his law license and tell the truth about the crimes that he and others committed,” he said. Keating put a lawyer’s face on a scandal that roiled the legal community across the New Orleans area, affecting Louisiana’s already high insurance premiums and scarring the state bar. The killing of a ‘Betrayed my personal values’ federal witness in September 2020 On Thursday, Keating stood in added a disturbing new vector. Klebba credited Keating’s “coma navy suit, his hair now white, coughing from a respiratory ill- mitment to the search for truth” ness that his lawyer told Brown with dozens of convictions since required intensive weekly treat- he came forward in 2020 during

the COVID-19 pandemic. “Mr. Keating’s cooperation made clear that plaintiffs attorneys were actually paying people to stage automobile wrecks with 18-wheelers,” the prosecutor said. “Would attorneys really coach slammers on how to avoid detection? Would attorneys really teach people to lie? … As Mr. Keating has told us over and over again: yes.”

‘Substantial’ cooperation Capitelli described his request for probation as a big “ask” that was warranted given how early Keating decided to come clean and his impact on the federal case. “This case is unique, and what he did is unique, and he’s very sorrowful for it,” Capitelli said. “The government cannot make cases against lawyers like Vanessa Motta and Jason Giles without cooperation from people like Patrick Keating.” He said Keating early on deposited $97,000 toward restitution. But one insurance defense attorney for trucking companies who helped build the federal case against Keating and others stood up from the gallery to ask Brown to consider the damage to a familyowned trucker tagged with a bogus wreck claim. “I’ve seen lawyers exaggerate damages. I’ve seen lawyers exaggerate facts. I’ve never seen

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we decided to go in another direction. They are a great brand and can’t wait to see what they have in store.” Schmitt said the new tenant at 3801 Magazine, which will be announced soon, is a regional brand. Levy, a local investor who owns other real estate on Magazine, was able to buy the property after Mignon Faget waived its right of first refusal to make the purchase from longtime owner Adam Marcus. Sami Deville, Mignon Faget’s chief information officer, said that was because of bad timing — the jeweler recently sold its nearby production facility and headquarters — and a belief that the new property owners wanted them to stay. “We were already in the process of relocating our production facility, a decision we made to support our overall growth strategy,” Deville said. “Adam relayed to us that the new purchasers wanted us to remain as tenants, and that the Mignon Faget brand was part of the value of the investment.” “Had we known our location was at risk, we would have made an offer,” said Deville.

funds to help with infrastructure rehabilitation, parks, public safety and accessibility to the city’s senior center. His goals include a “better venue” for the Harahan Farmers Market, currently at Zeringue Park, and a new dog park. “I am running to be the next mayor for Harahan because the city cannot afford to lose any momentum right now,” Chatelain said. “I have built the partnerships it takes to keep the city moving forward towards additional progress in terms of infrastructure, recreation for our young families and seniors and public safety.” Chatelain reported last week that he had about $30,000 on hand for the ﬁnal month of his campaign, according to a campaign ﬁnance report. That report, which covered finances from April 28 to Sept. 24, said he earned $13,900 in addition to $41,300 on hand, and spent about $25,100.

Changes along Magazine Magazine Street’s history as a commercial corridor dates back to the late 19th century. For decades, it has attracted visitors and residents to a stretch of shops, galleries and restaurants — mostly small, locally owned boutiques and antique stores. But more national retailers have moved in over the past decade, particularly near Mignon Faget’s current location. Warby Parker, Marine Layer, Indochino, Free People and UnTuckit are all operating in Magazine’s 3900 block, which is part of a

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Continued from page 1B proﬁle on Thursday. “Through the Bond Commission, we will fund the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board because infrastructure matters and the people of New Orleans deserve results. We will stand by the people of New Orleans while continuing to demand accountability from their leaders.” The State Bond Commission, which can approve municipalities’ requests to incur debt or levy taxes, agreed Thursday to allow the city to borrow $7.5 million for planning and construction. The funds were approved by the Legislature this year, and the bond commission’s signoff is typically a routine procedure.

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Mignon Faget is leaving its Magazine Street location. dense cluster of businesses between Louisiana and Napoleon avenues. Since the pandemic, they’ve been joined by Reformation, Gorjana, Greyson Clothiers, The Shade Store and Visual Comfort. Schmitt said Magazine Street thrives on a combination of local, regional and national brands, citing the way Esom art gallery in the 3900 block benefits from being between two wellknown brands.

Half-century of design

4300 Magazine Street two months ago to the French immersion school École Bilingue. The retailer closed its Lafayette location a decade ago and its location at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge earlier this year. Faget, now in her early 90s, handed over the reins of the company in 2024 to Orozsi, an architect, sculptor and designer who had been working for the business since 2010. Mignon Faget’s Magazine Street gallery will close temporarily Oct. 26-29 for moving and reopen with an event on Oct. 30 at the new location. The gallery will be inside the Magazine Court building at 3806 Magazine St., home to several local businesses. It will take a space previously occupied by local fashion designer Sue Sartor. Marcus, the seller of the former retail building, said he made the move because it was time for him to retire, but he wishes the Mignon Faget team well. “I had a wonderful 30year relationship with Mignon Faget,” Marcus said. “It was a pleasure to work with her, and she was a great tenant.”

New Orleans jewelry designer Mignon Faget founded her namesake company in 1969 and grew it into a successful jewelry design house known for creations inspired by local plants, architecture and cultural touchstones. She opened her first location on Dublin Street in the Riverbend, where she had retail space on the ground floor and a studio above. In the late 1990s, Faget expanded by moving her headquarters to a former Hibernia Bank building she purchased in the 4300 block of Magazine and establishing the flagship retail store at the corner of Magazine and Peniston. There is also a Mignon Faget store in Lakeside Shopping Center. Faget sold the company’s Email Rich Collins at rich. headquarters building at collins@theadvocate.com.

The funding comes as political tensions have cost the city millions of dollars in recent months. Landry vetoed more than $33 million in state funding lawmakers intended to send to New Orleans in June in a move local ofﬁcials derided as political retribution. In July, Mayor Helena Moreno in July withdrew her request for State Bond Commission approval of a $110 million bond sale, citing warnings that Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill would not support it. In a statement Thursday, Moreno said: “I appreciate the collaboration with Gov. Landry, Commissioner (Taylor) Barras, and legislative leadership on this effort and other key priorities for New Orleans. … The more we invest in New Orleans, the stronger, safer, and more prosperous our

city will become. I look forward to continuing to work together to deliver real results for the people of New Orleans.” Landry reiterated in September on WBOK’s “Good Morning” show that he would not speak with Moreno and the other ﬁve city leaders involved in proceedings related to the indictment of Murrill until an investigation is complete. The charges have since been tossed. It also agreed to let the city borrow more than $8 million aimed at improvements of the Monticello Canal and $300,000 for the rebuild of the West Bank Ferry Terminal, moves Moreno highlighted as wins for the city. Email Sophie Kasakove at sophie.kasakove@ theadvocate.com.

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lawyers decide to fabricate entire accidents,” said attorney Doug Williams. “This was a decision to move from, let me exaggerate a case as much as I can, to let me fabricate an accident and create a fraud not only upon the defendant but on the courts. We would suggest perhaps a more stringent sentence is justified.” He said Keating only came forward after being confronted with video evidence. In sentencing Keating, Brown said that he’d managed to live a “relatively uninterrupted life” for the past five years, traveling extensively since his guilty plea. The request for two years behind bars was “extremely generous for the government in a white collar crime case,” Brown said. She also downplayed Capitelli’s claim that Keating took a personal risk coming forward. “In many instances we’ve seen more cooperation,” she said, “and more risk of defendants than there was in this case.” She credited Keating for “substantial” cooperation but also said his fraud added up to $1.5 million. “We do want Mr. Keating to benefit from coming forward. However, he does have to bear some amount of responsibility that should still be appropriate to the level of his involvement.”

Carol Logreco Logreco is a former ﬂight attendant who owns and manages properties in Harahan. A city resident since childhood, she said a motivation for her mayoral campaign is to offer future generations the “small town feel” that she had growing up. Logreco serves on the city’s Board of Adjustments, which handles zoning variances and appeals. She unsuccessfully ran for Harahan City Council against eight other candidates, Logreco including Chatelain, in 2022. If elected, Logreco said she would prioritize trans-

AGE, BORN, LIVES: 49, born in Harahan, lives in River Turn in Harahan EDUCATION: John Curtis High School PROFESSION: Electrician; Co-owner, Chatelain Services; Co-owner, Uncle Matt’s Bar & Patio PARTY, RELEVANT POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OR CAMPAIGN WORK: Republican; Harahan City Council member, 20122014 and 2019-2026; former candidate for Harahan mayor, 2014

AGE, BORN, LIVES: 63, born in New Orleans, lives in Imperial Woods in Harahan EDUCATION: Archbishop Chapelle High School; Bachelor of Arts in communications, LSU New Orleans PROFESSION: Real estate investor and property manager; Realtor; former flight attendant and customer service agent, Southwest Airlines PARTY, RELEVANT POLITICAL EXPERIENCE OR CAMPAIGN WORK: Republican; Harahan Board of Adjustments parency and accountabil- member; former Harahan City ity by hiring a forensic ac- Council candidate, 2022

countant to audit the city’s ﬁnances and hosting regular town hall meetings. She would also work to launch a Harahan business association to address business owners’ needs with the city. She said that while she lacks political experience, she believes her business background and community support will allow her to improve Harahan city government. Logreco said in an interview that she’s also running because she alleges that city leaders have used their positions to favor their friends in recent years. “We have to be responsible to our citizens, not to our buddies,” she said. Logreco referenced a lawsuit she ﬁled against the city last year for issuing a building permit for a property next to one of hers that she said was rife with ordinance violations. Chatelain said in response that the lawsuit was resolved through council action and that he was “not aware of any facts that support” her allegations regarding city leaders favoring their friends. Baudier did not respond to a request for comment.

Logreco reported earning $13,700 for her campaign and spending about $10,800 from the start of the year to Sept. 24, according to a campaign finance report filed last week. Of those earnings, Logreco lent $11,000 of her own money to her campaign. The report said she had about $2,900 on hand as she enters the ﬁnal month of her campaign.

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NEW YORK — U.S. stock indexes muscled higher Thursday, led by companies delivering bigger profits. They pulled closer to their records even as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry kept swinging on worries about how much longer their boom will last. Marsh & McLennan helped lead the way and rallied 4.6% after the insurance and professional services firm that updated its brand name to Marsh reported a stronger profit for the summer than analysts expected. Expectations are high for growth in profits from all kinds of companies this reporting season, which began in earnest this week. Kimberly-Clark climbed 4.7% after the company behind Huggies, Kleenex and Kotex said it expects to report revenue and profit for the latest quarter above what analysts had been expecting. Bank of New York Mellon rose 3.2% after reporting a stronger profit than analysts expected, and CEO Robin Vince said BNY saw strength across its regions. Nvidia, the chip company that’s ridden the AI boom to become Wall Street’s most valuable company, fell 1.8% and was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500. It came into the day with a nearly 1,415% gain since the end of 2022. But the losses for AI stocks moderated as the day progressed, which helped broad U.S. indexes to steady. Nvidia more than halved an earlymorning loss that had reached 3.8%. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s stock that trades in the United States dropped as much as 5.3% in the morning before finishing with a more modest loss of 1.8%. The bellwether for the AI industry reported a profit for the latest quarter that topped analysts’ high expectations, and Chief Financial Officer Wendell Huang said it expects strong demand to continue in the final three months of 2026. CoreWeave, which offers AI computing power to customers over the cloud, fell as much as 9.5% in the morning after tumbling 15.5% a day earlier. It later flipped to a gain and finished 5.9% higher.

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rate at 7.4% Mortgage rates held steady this week, keeping the average long-term U.S. home loan rate at its highest level in nearly three years. The benchmark 30-year fixedrate mortgage was unchanged from last week at 7.40%, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.27%. The latest reading ends a seven-week climb for the average rate, which is at the highest level since Nov. 16, 2023, when it was at 7.44%. The recent string of mortgage rate increases snapped as the 10-year Treasury yield pulled back from its highest level since 2002. The yield was at 5.10% at midday Thursday on the bond market, well above its 3.97% level from before the war with Iran began. The U.S. housing market has been in a slump since 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes were essentially flat last year, stuck at a 30-year low. This week, the National Association of Realtors said that existing U.S. home sales rose in September from the previous month, but slowed compared to a year earlier amid rising mortgage rates and home prices. Faced with higher borrowing costs, more homebuyers are opting for adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs. Such loans, which typically offer lower initial interest rates than traditional 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages, accounted for 10.5% of all mortgage applications last week — the highest level in a year, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.

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NEW YORK — Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September even after a better-than-expected splurge in August. But a big chunk of their purchases last month went toward paying the bills at the gas pump, according to the Commerce Department’s latest snapshot on retail sales released Thursday. Retail sales increased 0.8% last month, after a revised 1.3% gain in August, the Commerce Department said. Economists were anticipating a 0.3% increase for the month, according to FactSet. Excluding business at gas stations, retail sales rose 0.2% in September. The government ﬁgures aren’t adjusted for inﬂation, which accelerated last month as gasoline and many other goods and services became more expensive. In fact, business at gas stations rose 6.4%, according to the Commerce Department’s report.

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A shopper shops at a retail store in Northbrook, Ill., on Wednesday. Elsewhere, business at furniture and home furnishings stores rose 1.3%, while electronics and appliance stores saw a 0.6% increase. Business at online retailers rose 0.3%, according to the report. Clothing and accessories stores saw business unchanged from the previous month. The data offers only a snapshot of consumer spending and doesn’t

include activities like travel and hotel stays. But the lone services category — restaurants — registered a solid 1.1% increase. “The large jump in headline retail sales in September was almost entirely due to rising gasoline prices,” Michael Pearce, chief U.S. economist at Oxford Economics, wrote in a note. Pearce noted that consumer

spending is still on track for a 3.3% annualized gain during the third quarter, but he expects spending to lose momentum as the drag from higher prices weighs more heavily on consumers. Many Americans have continued to spend despite skyrocketing gas prices that have accompanied renewed fighting in the Middle East. The average price for regular gasoline rose overnight to $4.33 per gallon Thursday, according to motor club AAA. Before the war began, the cost of gas per gallon was less than $3. On a monthly basis, costs jumped 0.6% from August to September, the biggest gain in five months, up from a 0.4% increase the previous month. The cost of toys, new and used cars, sporting goods, and shoes all rose at a rapid clip last month, the government said. Natalie Kotlyar, national leader of BDO’s retail and consumer products practice, noted that strong sales alongside paychecks that aren’t keeping pace with prices can’t last forever, so retailers need to protect their profit margins and keep inventory flexible as they head into November and December.

Consumers are muscling through higher prices, but for how long? People ‘aren’t happy, but they’re still spending’

BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP economics writer

WASHINGTON — High gas prices are intensifying inflation and vacuuming up more of Americans’ dollars, yet consumers are still digging deep to spend, powering the economy, at least for now. A slew of economic data Thursday showed that inflation accelerated last month as more expensive oil and gas began to lift prices in other parts of the economy, including shipping and warehousing, before the increases reach most Americans. Wholesale food prices jumped, which could make groceries more expensive in the months ahead. At the same time, consumers also ramped up their spending, according to data released Thursday. Though much of the increase reflected higher prices, consumer resilience is powering solid U.S. economic growth. Workers are enjoying an unusual degree of job security despite scattered layoffs, which likely encourages spending despite surveys showing that many Americans have a gloomy economic outlook. It all adds up to an economy in which people are spending money but don’t feel good about it. “Consumers may have gritted their teeth and looked through higher gas prices,” said Jim Baird, chief investment officer at Plante Moran Financial Advisors. “They’re not happy, but they’re still spending.” Consumer price figures released Wednesday showed inflation rising to 3.7% in September, far above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. “The jolt to transportation prices affects every good in the economy, since inputs to manufacturing move to factories and goods at all stages of production move from producer to wholesaler to retailer by truck, train or rail,” wrote Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics. “This is how increases in energy prices ‘bleed through’ to prices of core goods.” Economists say that as long as unemploy-

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A shopper looks at the meat section of a grocery store in Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct. 7.

And September hiring slowed to a disapment stays low and Americans continue working, spending will likely stay resilient. pointing 29,000 jobs from a revised 133,000 Hiring has been sluggish, but layoffs are in August, according to the Labor Departalso unusually low. ment early this month. The unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.2% from the previJob market remains relatively strong ous month, which is still low. Yet economists Another report Thursday showed that the had expected September payrolls to come in number of people seeking unemployment around 90,000. benefits stayed below 200,000 last week, a historically low figure. Applications for un- Inflation may soon boost other costs employment aid are a proxy for layoffs. Stubbornly elevated inflation also means “If the unemployment rate remains low, the Federal Reserve will likely raise its key meaning consumers have a job, they will interest rate in the coming months in an efcontinue to spend, even if more cautiously fort to slow spending and bring down inflaand leaning increasingly on savings and tion. When the Fed raises its rate, that can credit,” Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist raise borrowing costs for mortgages, car at Nationwide, said in an email. loans, and credit cards over time. Many economists worry, however, that According to minutes released from the as inflation stays high, it will steadily erode most recent meeting, most Fed officials exAmericans’ spending power and start to pect that another interest rate increase will weigh on the economy. Weekly paychecks, likely be needed this year to combat inflation. adjusted for inflation, actually declined in The Fed increased its key interest rate by September compared with a year ago for the a quarter-point to about 3.9% in September, first time since May. its first increase in three years.

Wholesale inflation reaches levels last seen in 2022 BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER

AP economics writer

WASHINGTON — Wholesale inflation rose more than expected last month on a big jump in fuel costs as rising prices become a bigger economic challenge for millions of Americans, and a growing political problem for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. The Labor Department’s producer price index — which captures inﬂation before it reaches consumers — soared 6.3% in September from a year ago, up from 5.6% in August and the biggest increase since December 2022, the government said Thursday. On a monthly basis, wholesale

prices rose 1.3% from August to September, marking the largest increase since March 2022, after a 0.5% gain the previous month. The data indicated that rising fuel prices, particularly for the diesel fuel used by long-haul trucks and freight trains, is pushing up the cost of shipping and warehousing goods. That is starting to lift the cost of food, one place where prices appeared to have cooled this year. Wholesale food prices jumped 1.2% just from August to September, though they are still unchanged from a year ago. Transportation and warehousing prices climbed 3.4% last month and are 16% higher than a year

ago, the report showed. “The jolt to transportation prices affects every good in the economy, since inputs to manufacturing move to factories and goods at all stages of production move from producer to wholesaler to retailer by truck, train or rail,” Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote in a client note. “This is how increases in energy prices ‘bleed through’ to prices of core goods.” Farmers also rely on diesel to power most of their equipment, which could also push up food prices. Diesel prices averaged $6.32 a gallon nationwide Thursday, according to AAA, up from just $3.66 a year ago.

Thursday’s report amplifies the consumer price index released Wednesday, which also accelerated in September as gas prices jumped. But a broad range of goods and services became more expensive. Both inflation reports raise pressure on the inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve to hike their key interest rate. Inflation has remained above the central bank’s 2% target for five and a half years. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices rose 0.7% from August to September, up sharply from 0.2% in the previous month. Compared with a year ago, core prices rose 5%, up from 4.6% in August.

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Obituaries

Atkins, Lawrence Larry 'Spec'

relatives and friends. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend her Homegoing Celebration Service on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church, 2100 Saint Roch Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Interment Providence Memorial Park & Mausoleum, 8200 Airline Drive, Metairie, LA 70003. You may sign the guest book on www.gertrudeged deswills.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, Inc., in charge (504) 522-2525.

Lawrence Larry Atkins "Spec", passed away on October 3, 2026. He was born to the union of Lawrence & Mary Atkins. Lawrence graduated from Booker T. Washington and was later drafted to the U.S Army where he fought in the Vietnam war and earned a bronze metal. After the military he worked at The Department of Veteran's affairs, Tulane Hospital and Times Picayune until he became disabled in 2003. In 1978 he was united in Holy Matrimony to Joycelyn Atkins and to that union a daughter was born ,Tranicia Atkins Whitaker (Armon). Lawrence had 3 more children: Karl Joseph (Sylena), Tina Harrington (Rodney) and Monique Bell (Nathaniel). He was proceeded in death by his parents: Lawrence Atkins and Mary Atkins King of Jeanerette, LA, his sister Lisa A Cain, and nephew Percy Atkins. He survived by his siblings Lydia Quillens (Belford), Lynette Washington (Eric), Lorna McGee ( Daral) and Leonard Atkins. 11 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. A host of nephews, niece's relatives and friends Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veteran Benefit Administration, The Corp of Engineer, Eisenhower Elementary and Sophie B Wright, relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Services Friday October 16, 2026, at First Agape Baptist Church 3219 Thalia St. New Orleans, LA 70125 Visitation 9:00 am Service starts at 10

Brady, Katie Mae

Geneva Brown Horton peacefully entered eternal rest at home on October 4, 2026, at age 86. Born January 27,1940, to the late Mitchell in Elmer Pearl Brown, she was a devoted wife to the late Leon Horton Jr. and dedicated her life to serving the Lord. She was employed by the Orleans Parish School Board and later became co -owner of HSWP screen printing. She leaves to cherish her memory, her children, Cynthia H Simon, Leon Horton III (Cathy), Earl Horton, Sr. (Ashlie) and Darlene H Scott; sisters Brenda Spears (Craig) and Carolyn Pichon; brothersin-law Ronald Horton, (June), Randolph, Horton (Victoria), and Raymond Horton sisters-in-law Pamela Horton, Viola H. Jackson and Lynn Brown; 12 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren, one greatgreat grandchild and a host of relatives and friends. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service on Saturday October 17, 2026, for 10:00 a.m. at The Asia Baptist Church, 1400 Sere St., New Orleans, LA. Visitation begins at 9:00 a.m. Rev. Kendrick Allen will officiate. Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park, 10400 Old Gentilly Rd., New Orleans, LA. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins .com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Directors.

Gaten, Nathaniel

Katie Mae Brady, age 81 was born on September 11, 1945 in Batchelor, LA, entered eternal rest on Friday, October 2, 2026. She was a member of Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church and will be remembered for her joyful spirit, humor, love of gospel music, and dedication to family. Katie was the loving and beloved mother of David Brady (Yolanda), Patricia B. Champagne (Joe), Mary Ann Brady Collins (Donald), Cynthia Brady, and Jeremie Brady (Catina), doting and devoted grandmother of 39, great-grandmother of 78, great-great-grandmother of 1, and a host of other

Nathaniel Gaten, Sr. peacefully transitioned to his heavenly home on Thursday, September 24, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at Victory Church, 5708 Airline Dr., Metairie, La on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. Visitation will begin at 8:00 a.m. Arrangements by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Please visit

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Lastie, Blessed Taylor

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Alexcee, Sarah

Sarah Alexcee departed this life on Sunday, October 03, 2026 at the age of 91. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at First Zion Baptist Church, 1221 South Causeway Blvd Jefferson, LA 70121 on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 11:00a.m. Visitation will begin at 10:00 a.m. Arrangements by Duplain W. Rhodes Funeral Home, New Orleans, Louisiana. Please visit

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Malcolm Harris, Jr. departed this life at Ochsner Medical Center Kenner on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at the age of 63. Beloved husband of Ira Dugar-Harris. Loving father of Meisha (Monteal) Green, Dominic (Erica) Harris, Malcolm Harris, III, Yehmonii Harris, and Jameeson Williams. Malcolm is also survived by a host of other loving family and friends. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at Rock of Ages Baptist Church, 6533 Acre Road, Marrero, LA on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 10:00a.m. Pastor T. A. Ranson, host pastor; Rev. Dr. Gregory Davis, pastor of New Light Baptist Church, officiating. Visitation will begin at 8:00a.m. until service time at the church. Interment: Woodlawn Park Memorial Cemetery, Westwego, LA Arrangements by Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St. Gretna, LA To view and sign the guestbook, please go to www.da vismortuaryservice.com.

Jackson, Lawrence

Kevin Joseph departed this life at West Jefferson Medical Center on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at the age of 54 surrounded by his family. Beloved husband of Denetra Q. Pate Joseph. Loving father of Qian Marie Joseph. Kevin is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Relatives and friends of the family, also pastors, officers, and members of Harvest Ripe Church, New Salem Church of Christ Holiness USA, and all neighboring churches are invited to attend the Celebration of Life at New Salem Church of Christ Holiness USA, 1540 Mansfield Ave. Marrero, LA on Saturday, October 17, 2025, at 10:00a.m. Elder George Taylor, Host Pastor -Elder Jesse Pate, Sr, officiating. Visitation will be held from 8:30a.m. until service time at the above named church. Interment: Restlawn Park CemeteryAvondale, LA. Arrangements by Davis Mortuary Service 230 Monroe St. Gretna, LA. To view and sign the guestbook, please go to www.da vismortuaryservice.com.

Knox, Beatrice

"Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Deacon Lawrence Jackson Sr. answered the Master's call on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Born to James and Alice Jackson, he grew up on San Francisco Plantation, where his remarkable 96-year journey began. He was the husband of the late Ernestine Jackson and the father of Mercedes Stewart, Olivia Dickinson, Nelson, Edward, and Apostle Nathan Jackson, as well as the late Alice Mae Gardner, James, Harold, Robert, and Lawrence Jackson Jr. Deacon Jackson leaves to cherish his precious memory his children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, bourgeois town (back the track), cousins, church family and friends. Celebration of life will be held on Saturday. October 17, 2026, at 11:00am at True Light B.C. 244 S. Little Hope St. Garyville, LA., All are invited to attend, Reverend Sam Jones Pastor, Apostle Nathan Jackson Officiating.

On September 30, 2026, at the age of 72, our happiest, best hugging, and most loving mother, Blessed Taylor Lastie, went home to be with the Lord. She was the heartbeat of our family, loving each of us unconditionally. Blessed helped raise not only her own children and grandchildren, but many others throughout our extended family; teaching and loving as if they were her own. Her love shaped us, and her spirit—true to her name—was Blessed. She is survived by her daughter Ayana Lain; son Derrick Lain Sr. (Jameka); daughter-in-law: Tara (Raymond Jr-deceased), sister; Pat Simon; brothers; Michael and Reginald Taylor; nine grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and a host of relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents Helen and Edgar Taylor Sr.; eldest son Raymond Lain Jr., brothers; Edgar Jr., Timothy and Terence Taylor; sister-in-law; Chonia, brother-in law, Rodney Sr. and nephew Rodney Jr. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2026, for 10:00 a.m. at The Boyd Family Funeral Home, 5001 Chef Menteur, New Orleans, LA 70126. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery. Guestbook Online: www.an ewtraditionbegins.com or crematenola.com (504)2820600. Linear Brooks Boyd

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Beatrice Knox, 77, entered eternal rest on Sunday, September 27, 2026, at Los Angeles General Medical Center. She was born on September 18, 1949, in New Orleans, LA to the late Gertrude and Chaney Knox and was a native of Metairie, LA. She leaves to cherish her memories 1 sister, Irene Kennedy; 1 brother, Jerry Knox (Zula Ann) and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. Visitation begins at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2026; the funeral service begins at 10 a.m. at Richardson Funeral Home, 11112 Jefferson Hwy, River Ridge, LA 70123, officiated by Rev. James E. Turner. Interment: Jefferson Memorial Gardens, St. Rose, LA.

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Leon, Nathaniel Vincent 'Natural Natt'

Nathaniel Vincent Leon, Jr., devoted father, loving son, brother, cousin and friend, entered eternal rest in September 26,2026 at the age of 44. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Alvin Leon Sr, Ursula Jacques Leon, Joseph Barnes, Jr and Cleopatra Mitchell Barnes. He leaves to cherish his memory his son Nathaniel V Leon, III, his parents Nathaniel V Leon, Sr and Lauren Barnes Leon, a sister Fallon Leon, nephews Taurus Alexander, Liam Lewis, great nephew Ares Alexander, devoted companion Torrie Myers and lifelong friend and son's mother Shawanda Hicks as well as numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Family and friends are invited to attend a Mass of Christian burial on October 17, 2026 11:00 AM at St Maria Goretti Catholic Church, 7300 Crowder Blvd, N O, LA 70127. Visitation at 9:00. Interment at Mount Oliver Cemetery & Mausoleum. Services entrusted to Professional Funeral Services

Lyons III, Vernal E.

Vernal E. Lyons III departed this life on

Thursday, October 8, 2026 at the age of 67. A native of New Orleans, LA. Son of Elaine Lyons and the late Vernal E. Lyons Jr. Brother of Paula Laurent (Byron Sr.) and Heidi Chatman (Edward). Friend of Gail Deroussele. Relatives and friends of the family, also employees of Times Picayune, are invited to attend a Memorial Service at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, 5621 Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70122 on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 11:00AM. Visitation will begin at 9:00AM. Internment: Private. Arrangements by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook. Funeral can be live streamed @ www.facebook.com/ D.W.RhodesFuneralHome/ live.

Mansfield, Donnie Carl

Donnie Carl Mansfield, Sr. departed this life on Sunday, October 4, 2026 at the age of 64. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. New Orleans, La 70125 on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Officiating: Reverend Freddie Frazier. Interment: Restlawn Park Cemetery (Avondale). Arrangements by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook.

St. Ann, Jade Nichole

Ragas. Services will be held on Saturday, October, 17, 2026 at Cross Community Church, in Marrero, LA 70072, for 11AM. Repast to follow at same location. Funeral planning entrusted to Robinson Family Funeral Home (504) 208 2119.

Jade Nichole St. Ann was born on May 2, 1982, in New Orleans, Louisiana, and transitioned on September 29, 2026. She touched many lives and will be dearly missed. Jade was a voracious reader, always waiting for the next book in a series to drop. She had "the biggest heart" and was deeply caring and compassionate, especially toward the elderly, always showing them kindness, patience, and genuine concern. She showed a special love for babies and small children, whose innocence and joy brought out her tender, nurturing spirit. Her gentle heart and compassion for others were a beautiful part of who she was and will always be remembered by those who knew and loved her. Jade leaves to cherish her memory: Father/Stepmother Joseph, Jr. and Patricia St. Ann; sister, Tori St. Ann; sister and brother-in-law, Jokota and Shakeil Lucas; nieces, Samara & Jamie Lucas. Mother/Stepfather Stacy Porche Ward and Michael Ward; brother, Alexander Espadron, Sr.; sister, Micah Ward; nephew, Ace Espadron; nieces, Amaya & Jordan Espadron. Aunt/ Uncle Victoria and Rudy Pichon; great nephew/ niece Cairo & Cali Sutton. Aunt, Toni Porche and Uncle, Derek Porche. Great Aunts/Uncles Myrtle Toulouse, Peggy RagasMatthews, Barbara Ragas, Lydia & David Lewis, Joyce & Danny Ragas, Benjamin Ragos, and Morris St. Ann, Sr. Her one-call-that's-all "always" on-call since forever hair stylist, Dedria Rogers, as well as, an abundance of cousins, extended family, and friends who loved her dearly. Jade was preceded in death by her grandparents Joseph, Sr. and Earlie Mae St. Ann; Anthony and Joyce Porche; brother, Jordan Miceal Espadron; cousins/ride-ordie partners Lil Dave Lewis and Stephen "Cheeze"

Thomas, Willie Pearl Campbell

THOMAS, Willie Pearl Campbell, 78, of Kenner, LA, peacefully departed

this life on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Born in Shellman, GA, she was the daughter of the late Mattie Pearl Price and Lucious Marcus, Sr. She graduated from Shellman Vocational High School and worked for Jefferson Parish Public Schools and provided childcare in her home. Willie Pearl leaves to cherish her memories her son, Curtis (Tara); grandchildren, Johnnie, III, Jasmine, Mechel'le, Courtney, Valencia, Joseph, Curtis, Autymn, Jai, and Trey; 8 great- grandchildren; siblings Virginia Price and Isaiah (Elizabeth) Price of Dawson, GA, Brenda (Terrence) James of Columbus, GA, Linda Lily, Cassandra (Anthony) Pearman of Shellman, GA, and Eddie Price of Atlanta, GA; godchild, Nayanka Vinet Nero and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, grandparents, her husband, Henry, son, Vincent; siblings, Willie Campbell, Clifford Campbell, Bernice Price, and Raye Jean Price. Relatives, friends, and employees of Dynamic

Auto & Towing, ShareCare, Ochsner, OTS Construction, Baumer Foods, St. Charles Parish Public Schools, Mt. Zion B. C. -Ama, LA, New Mount Bethel B.C. are invited to join our family for a Celebration of Life on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at 11am at Little Zion B. C., 2200 Kenner Ave., Kenner, LA. Visitation at 10 am. Pastor Sha'Teek A. Nobles, Sr. Officiating. Interment: Providence Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Richardson Funeral Home of Jefferson, River Ridge, LA. www.richa rdsonfuneralhomeofjeffers on.com.

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Nuclear power offers opportunity for ports

When nearly 1,000 maritime Ports must also operate through leaders gathered recently in New extreme weather, grid disruptions Orleans for the American Assoand other emergencies. So how do ciation of Port Authorities’ annual we power these 370 ports spread convention, discussion focused on across 41 states, especially with how small modular reacgrowing demands? SMRs for ports are a tors, or SMRs, can help new type of nuclear reacpower U.S. ports and the maritime industry. This tor that can be manufacconversation featured top tured faster, are far safer, federal ofﬁcials, port leadare easier to transport than typical large-scale ers from around the counSang nuclear power plants and try and leading industry H. Yi would reduce competition executives. GUEST for electricity with other Currently, nearly 22 COLUMNIST critical sectors. Given million workers help the nexus of energy and move more than 2 billion ports, there was no better place to metric tons of cargo every year have this conversation than New through U.S. ports. Everything Orleans. in the average American home, Fortunately, there is an undenifrom laptops to couches to medicine, moves through ports. It’s able momentum for nuclear enno surprise that American ports ergy at ports. For example, under contribute $2.9 trillion to the U.S. the leadership of U.S. Transportagross domestic product. To move tion Secretary Sean Duffy and the goods for a growing economy Maritime Administrator Stephen and population, ports need more Carmel, the ports of Long Beach cranes, more terminals and and Corpus Christi recently bemore workers. Ports are adding came the ﬁrst U.S. ports to sign electric cargo-handling equipagreements with the Maritime Administration, or MARAD, to ment, power for docked vessels explore SMR technology for both and cold storage for perishables.

commercial vessels and port operations. These partnerships will examine port microgrids, shoreside power and emerging vessel propulsion technology applications. While nuclear energy may propel cargo ships across oceans, these partnerships envision broader potential for SMRs. A barge-mounted reactor at a port could power cranes during the day and an entire neighborhood at night. A reactor based at a port could also power communities impacted by a hurricane. SMRs will undoubtedly create new jobs for American workers. One of my proudest accomplishments during my tenure as deputy maritime administrator was helping to lay the groundwork for the Port of Long Beach’s historic memorandum of cooperation with MARAD. While visiting ports across the country, I saw ﬁrsthand what can happen when federal ofﬁcials, port leaders and private-sector innovators come together with an open mind. A room with the right people, the right ideas and enthusiasm is a recipe for creative solutions.

Sale of unregulated weight-loss drugs online must be stopped Throughout my career in nursing actively directing teens to unverified, and medical malpractice, I have witforeign-manufactured reta sold by anonymous online sellers. nessed how the safety of any medical We spend enormous amounts of entreatment depends entirely on the integrity of the system that delivers it. ergy in Louisiana keeping cigarettes, The Food and Drug Administration alcohol and even cold medicine out has established a gold standard system of the hands of minors. Meanwhile, a to ensure that patients receive safe, ef- 16-year-old anywhere in our state can watch a video, click a link and have fective, properly labeled medications from a legitimate, trusted source. That an unregulated, unverified injectable GLP drug delivered to their front door system pipeline depends on a chain by the end of the week. No ID, of accountability — from the questions or idea what’s in the manufacturer to the clinician, syringe. That’s not a black-marthe pharmacist and then to a patient. ket kind of thing kids must hunt This pharmaceutical pipefor in some back alley. That’s a silver platter, polished and line involves years of clinical handed to them by an app they trials, strict manufacturing Kerr protocols and the expertise Vidrine check dozens of times a day. U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy has of prescribing clinicians and GUEST spent real time pressing TikTok pharmacists in order to proCOLUMNIST and other platforms on how vide the utmost protection. their algorithms physically and These safeguards ensure that mentally affect kids, and he’s pushed when the medication finally reaches you, it is prepared under sterile condi- legislation to rein in how social media tions and there is complete knowledge targets young users. He’s asked the right questions. But now there’s a new of exactly what the dose or syringe question: Why is TikTok’s algorithm contains and how it will interact. promoting unverified, unregulated GLP1 medications, the “magical shots” that everyone talks about, have injectable drugs to minors, and what is the FDA, as well as the social media emerged as a game-changer in the platform, doing to stop it? realm of weight loss, providing new Dr. Heidi Overton is currently awaithope for people with obesity. Now, Eli Lilly is in the final clinical ing Senate confirmation to lead the trials with retatrutide, inaccurately FDA, and that confirmation process dubbed “GLP-3.” Retatrutide is deruns through the very committee Casscribed as a next-generation weightsidy chairs. Before she’s confirmed, loss drug that beats everything before Cassidy and Overton should discuss it. In fact, publications go as far as how the FDA can successfully protect stating it achieves body weight rechildren from ordering unregulated drugs online based on an algorithm ductions that rival bariatric surgery. that places such videos in front of As of this date, it is anticipated that retatrutide will be available sometime them. In the meantime, we can’t wait for in 2027 after obtaining FDA approval. Washington to take action. It is imporCurrently, it is not legally available, except for those clinical trial particitant for us to get educated: Look at what our kids are watching. Ask them pants. directly, especially if the household Yet there is a thriving and alarmuses dietary supplements to control ing growing trend of “black market” diabetes or weight issues, if they’ve reta and other GLP-1 drugs being specifically marketed to teens through seen these videos or know classmates who’ve ordered anything like this fake TikTok, Instagram, X and other social “reta” or “GLP-3.” media platforms. I’ve seen firsthand the damage that In fact, there are more than 300,000 videos on TikTok showing step-by-step can happen when anyone uses mislatutorials, detailing dosing schedules beled drugs that came from a foreign and even showing people injecting lab or unauthorized seller. Let’s hope themselves with so-called “reta” to there is still time to prevent our famiupbeat music. lies from ending up in a hospital or These “fake” GLP-1/reta copies — lawyer’s office seeking relief from a produced without any clinical testing, problem that started with a simple manufacturing oversight or safety video on the internet about how to lose monitoring, at times using unregulated weight. chemicals from unknown sources — bypass every safety check. UnforKerr Vidrine is a licensed Louisiana attorney and registered nurse. tunately, social media algorithms are

That spirit of collaboration, as demonstrated in New Orleans, is exactly what America needs as our ports continue to consider the next generation of maritime infrastructure. The Port of New Orleans highlighted the critical importance of investment in our ports. In 2024, marine cargo activity through the port supported 342,150 U.S. jobs and generated $101.5 billion in economic value nationwide. Looking to the future, the port’s CEO, Beth Ann Branch, and her team sought and secured federal permitting from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct the $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal, or LIT, in St. Bernard Parish, which will signiﬁcantly expand Gulf Coast container capacity. Projects like LIT raise the important question of how additional energy requirements will be met. This question confronts ports across the country. A diverse energy portfolio, including expanded grid connections, energy storage, microgrids and other emerging technologies like

SMRs, will be the answer. Undoubtedly, nuclear technology must meet rigorous safety, security, environmental and regulatory standards. AAPA has called for clear federal permitting responsibilities and strong emergency-response protocols developed with the U.S. Coast Guard through meaningful public and stakeholder engagement. America’s ports are gateways to the global economy. They support jobs, manufacturing, agriculture, energy and national security. Our ports, however, require reliable, resilient and sufﬁcient power to keep American commerce moving. New Orleans demonstrates the regional and national beneﬁts of investment in port infrastructure. With nearly 1,000 maritime leaders together in New Orleans, it was clear that we have an opportunity to think through revolutionary energy systems to power America’s ports for the future. Sang H. Yi is president and CEO of the American Association of Port Authorities.

Keeping L.B. Landry open, strengthening our schools

Uncertainty surrounding L.B. Landry while nearby schools struggle with low High School has hit home in Algiers. enrollment. We should examine placeParents are worried about where their ment rules’ role in those experiences children will go. Alumni fear losing an and whether stronger neighborhood priinstitution that helped shape their lives. orities could help. Long bus rides affect Students need reassurance that their edu- children’s days and families’ schedules. Transportation costs affect school budcation and their future come first. Algiers Charter’s decision not to seek gets. another Landry operating contract Parents should have choices, inpresents a serious challenge. We can cluding a meaningful opportunity address it without closing this histo choose a good school in their own neighborhood. toric school. That takes hard work, We must also examine facilihonest conversations and openness to different approaches. ties built for more students than I respect the School Board, district they serve. They still require U.S. leadership and current and prospeccooling, heating and mainteRep. Troy nance. Shared services, energy tive operators. School governance Carter is their responsibility, not mine as a improvements and better use of member of Congress. I respect their space could reduce expenses and GUEST COLUMNIST authority and understand their difleave more money for teaching. The Landry-O.P. Walker school ficult decisions. merger deserves another look, too. Could I also represent these families and care both school communities’ renewed indeeply about their children’s future. I will roll up my sleeves alongside our local volvement strengthen enrollment and leaders and help. support? Their alumni have much to conMy concern runs deep. My commitment tribute. to helping runs deeper. We need businesses, nonprofits, univerThis is not a knock on traditional public sities, faith leaders and other stakeholdschools or charter schools. I want the best ers working with parents, students, educafor our kids: good teachers, safe classtors, alumni and school leadership. Each should be ready to help and stay involved. rooms, strong academics and opportuniBusinesses can offer internships, apties that prepare them for life. Landry is personal to me. My mother, prenticeships and career opportunities. Eartha Mae Flemings-Carter, graduated Nonprofits can expand tutoring and famfrom Landry and devoted more than 40 ily support. Universities can assist with years to teaching. While raising six chilteacher preparation and academic prodren, she returned to college. We saw the grams. Community organizations can help sacrifices she made, believing education schools reach families and rebuild neighcould change our family’s future. She was borhood connections. right. We need commitments that last, with Growing up in Algiers, I understood funding, clear responsibilities and a way what our schools meant to the West Bank. to measure whether it helps students. The They were places where families gathgoal must be a lasting, systemwide resoluered, friendships began and children tion that strengthens all our schools. discovered what they could become. That Strong operators could help make that history matters. So does the education stu- possible. Thoughtful incentives, transidents receive today. tion support and creative management Landry’s situation should move us to deserve serious consideration. examine the whole system. Enrollment, This isn’t easy. Neighborhood enrolltransportation, academic performance ment alone will not solve every problem. and operating expenses affect one anKeeping Landry open requires a plan that improves learning and makes financial other. We need a comprehensive review sense. and resolve to make substantial changes I’m ready to bring people together, exbefore these pressures become harder to manage. plore available federal support and work OneApp, now called the NOLA-PS Comwith local and state partners. I offer my time and effort because I believe we can mon Application Process, belongs in that move forward. review. Its algorithm matches students Landry deserves that effort. So does using families’ ranked choices, available seats, eligibility and placement priorities. every school and every child in our comBut requesting a school near home does munity. Let’s get to work. not guarantee admission. Parents have described the frustraCongressman Troy Carter represents U.S. House District 2. tion of children traveling across town

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Alonzo Hughes participates in a March 4 Mercy protest against the death penalty at the Tennessee State Capitol on Sept. 27 in Nashville, Tenn., ahead of the Sept. 30 scheduled execution of Christa Pike.

ISSUE OF THE WEEK THE DEATH PENALTY Two stories recently in the news have revived debate over the death penalty in America. Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate convicted in the brutal murder of a classmate in 1995, survived a botched execution attempt last month that landed her in the hospital. She regained consciousness and was returned to prison, but the Tennessee Department of Corrections’ lethal injection protocols have come under scrutiny. Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the execution of a man involved in a 2009 terrorist attack at Fort Hood would be streamed live online. Nidal Hasan, a former U.S.Army major who was convicted of killing 13 unarmed soldiers in the attack, is scheduled to face a firing squad on Dec. 13. Some have questioned how such events will shape the opinion of country toward the death penalty. Here are two perspectives.

Think ﬁring squad is barbaric? Remember Christa Pike saga.

A botched execution shakes our attitudes toward the death penalty

Americans like to keep their deaths ing on death row for the appointed tucked away and medicalized so we hour, we like to imagine them quietly can fool ourselves that the Grim drifting off to sleep at the last moment. Reaper is rather kind. As long as we do Yet it’s hardly peaceful to be strapped not confront certain brutal realities, to a gurney in front of witnesses who we can keep imagining that death are there to watch you die. looks like the peaceful portrayals As Pike’s case shows, in television and movies, where we’re still botching them. patients apparently suffering from Her attorneys say the exExtreme Paleness murmur loving ecutioners struggled to get final words and quietly close their the needle seated in a vein, eyes. and the New York Times Megan ega Anyone who has spent time in McArdle reported that as the drugs hospitals and nursing homes knows went in, “she described a that this is a lie. Death is frequently burning spot in her arm painful, undignified and pitiful. But we that felt like it was going to burst.” Acare comfortable ignoring this truth, cording to her attorneys, when Pike provided that it happens behind closed arrived at the hospital, her arms were doors, in a sanitary fashion. “swollen, burned and blistered” from Consider the saga of Christa Pike. the drug. On Sept. 30, she was set to become the This is not obviously less barbaric first woman executed by Tennessee than a firing squad, as Judge Alex in more than 200 years, but the state Kozinski pointed out in a blistering botched the execution and sent her 2014 dissent in a death penalty appeal. to an intensive care unit instead. It is You could argue that the guillotine bizarre to think of doctors laboring to is the most humane method, with a revive her, knowing that they might be firing squad a close second. Both are simply giving the executioner another comparatively difficult to botch and chance to finish her off. But this is the mercifully fast, resulting in rapid insane logic of the death penalty as it unconsciousness. We have had those is practiced in 21st-century America: methods available for centuries. Why, fine to kill her, but only in the officially then, did we stumble from the electric appointed manner, with all the procechair, through the gas chamber and into lethal injection? dures followed and the correct forms Because those methods seemed more filled out. gentle. They left the bodies looking The reaction to the news that Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan would intact; they felt less like an act of war. be executed by firing squad — with the But as Kozinski eloquently argues, judicial killings are inherently “brutal, execution livestreamed — took on an savage events.” We destroy the body equally surreal tone. The U.N. human rights office proclaimed that this would and extinguish the unique universe that exists inside a person’s head. What be “tantamount to a public execution and would breach the absolute prohibi- we are doing is a desecration, even if tion of torture.” It seems disgusting to you think it is merited. Torn between our desire for venme for the state to cold-bloodedly kill a person who poses no imminent threat. geance and the uncomfortable reality But once the authorities have decided of what that entails, we have sought to to do this, I’m not clear on why it’s so ease our discomfort more than theirs. much worse to let people watch. The prisoner will still, at a minimum, Yes, one could argue that making be forced to wait years for an official death a spectator sport degrades both to declare the hour of their death. our society and the condemned. But Then they have to choose their final one could also argue that our refusal meal, march to the execution chamber to confront the reality of executions is and face their last breath before an what allows them to continue. audience. For decades, Gallup polling on the But the illusion of a peaceful lethal death penalty has shown that more injection minimizes our own mental Americans support capital punishment distress about the end that we have than oppose it. Yet we have always collectively willed but are unwilling to been uncomfortable with the actual face in its full, irreducible brutality. process. We want to believe that the act itself can be something other than Megan McArdle is on X, @asymbrutal. metricinfo. Email her at Megan. Whatever inmates suffer while wait- McArdle@washpost.com.

Almost a week after receiving a double into the woods and proceeded to torture shot of a lethal execution drug, Christa and kill her, allegedly in the heavily disPike woke up in a Nashville, Tennessee, puted belief that she had tried to steal hospital, handcuffed to a bed and, acPike’s boyfriend. Pike crushed her skull with a chunk of cording to one of her lawyers, “angry and blacktop. confused.” Of the three involved in the murder, Indeed, anger and confusion are pretty only Pike was sentenced to death. much where this horrifying episode Apart from the cruelty of the leaves most of the rest of us, redeath penalty, my main objection gardless of where we stand on the to it is the possibility of human ervolatile issue of capital punishment. The details of the execution atror in the justice system. Humans make mistakes. tempt and its aftermath are appallThere is no question that Pike ing, compounded by the fact that Clarence murdered Slemmer. The human Pike’s lawyers had warned that she Page error in her case may be that she suffered from a blood-clotting conwas not given adequate considdition that makes any intravenous injection, including a lethal one, more eration during her trial and sentencing prone to failure. for the trauma and abuse she suffered as Failure is what happened in the execua child, nor is it clear that undiagnosed tion chamber at the Riverbend Maximum mental issues were duly considered. That was an argument her lawyers made in a Security Institution in Nashville on Occourt filing to quash her death sentence. tober 30, as Pike, after the first injection, The “immature, traumatized brain” of raised her head and asked a question to an 18-year-old, they argued, “made her the officials conducting the execution. exceptionally vulnerable to impulses and That first, insufficient injection of penextremely poor decisions.” tobarbital was followed by a second one, This appeal failed to spare Pike from and members of the press were horrified her fate, yet the lingering question reto observe that Pike remained “alive and loudly snoring,” according to the Associmains: How well can we help our young ated Press, before the microphone was cut people break the cycles of poverty, abuse, addiction and neglect for which capital off in the execution chamber. Then she punishment remains such a seemingly was taken by ambulance to a hospital. necessary but persistently unsatisfying Believed to be brain dead last Monday and scheduled to be taken off life support, remedy? Less then two months from now, the on Tuesday Pike astonishingly regained public’s attention will be drawn to another consciousness. scheduled execution, that of Nidal Hasan, As an opponent of capital punishment, I by firing squad. find the unintended gruesomeness of this A firing squad? I haven’t heard much episode deeply disturbing, to say nothing about that alternative since Gary Gilmore, of the cruelty that capital punishment brings when the execution method works. by his own request, was executed by a firLethal injection, a procedure intended ing squad at the Utah State Prison in 1977. to offer a less objectionable alternative to, Since then, I have learned that four say, the electric chair, appears to have led more states — Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoto an outcome even more gruesome for ma and South Carolina — have authorized having failed to accomplish its purpose. firing squads for executions. Pike’s botched execution has also afHasan, an American soldier who killed 13 people, including fellow soldiers, at forded another opportunity to consider Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, will be the first whether her punishment fit the crime service member executed by firing squad she committed, which was gruesome and since 1945. Secretary of Defense Pete cruel in its own right. Hegseth announced that Hasan’s execuHer story, the subject of an impressive list of televised true-crime shows over tion will be livestreamed, but President recent years, offers a tragic profile of a Donald Trump later reversed that deciyoung woman whose impoverished childsion. Considering what Pike’s plight shows us hood in a small rural West Virginia town about the hazards of lethal injection, quick put her on a path to ruin. and simple death by firing squad may Now 50, Pike was 18 years old when sound more effective. But I don’t expect it she murdered her classmate, 19-year-old will edify or satisfy the American public. Colleen Slemmer, with the help of her boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, and their friend Email Clarence Page at clarence47page@ Shadolla Peterson. gmail.com. The three reportedly lured Slemmer

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Turnovers a major reason for Saints’ slow starts BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

‘FLIP THE SCRIPT’

Here is how to lose football games: In their last nine quarters of football, the New Orleans Saints have turned the ball over on eight of their 23 possessions. Starting with the fourth quarter against the Las Vegas Raiders and ending with their final possession ä Saints at against the Vikings, the Giants NOON Saints have thrown three interceptions and fumbled SUNDAY, FOX the ball away five times while forcing only two of their own turnovers in that same span. Their opponents have made those takeaways count. Four of them have turned into touchdowns, and two others — Juwan Johnson’s fumble against Las Vegas and quarterback Tyler Shough’s second interception against Minnesota — allowed the opponent to kneel out the remainder of the game clock. Last week against Minnesota, New Orleans took a lead into the halftime break only to give the ball away on three of their ﬁve second-half possessions — a fumble on the opening kickoff, and a pair of interceptions thrown by Shough. “Obviously that’s going to steer the

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Tulane looks to alter narrative as it faces must-win game vs. Memphis BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

Coming off a crushing last-second loss to Army, Tulane cannot wait any longer to turn its season around. First-year coach Will Hall knows it. His players know it. Everyone around the program knows it. If Tulane (2-3, 0-1 American Conference) loses to Memphis (5-1, 2-0) on Friday at Yulman Stadium (6:30 p.m., ESPN), all of the Green Wave’s preseason goals will be on life support two weeks before Halloween. That is a scary thought for a team that has gone 31-5 in league play over the past four seasons, winning bookend championships in 2022 and 2025 while losing in the title matchup in 2023 and 2024. “The biggest thing is not living in the past,” senior linebacker Makai Williams said. “We can’t focus on our record. We can’t focus on Army. We can’t focus on woulda, coulda, shoulda. The urgency that we have this week is top-notch. I love the way that our guys are ﬂying around, and I really just can’t wait to see it all come together Friday.” It certainly has not come together yet for Tulane, which

began the season with much more continuity than Memphis but has struggled with poor quarterback play, too many drops by the receivers and the defense’s inability to get off the ﬁeld on third down or force turnovers. Transfer-portal-infused Memphis, which returned only four players who started a game last season, won at UNLV to open the year and has been a big-play machine on offense under new coach Charles Huff. The Tigers have 14 touchdowns of more than 20 yards, including 74- and 80yard runs from Southern Miss transfer Jaylin Carter and passes of 93, 87 and 76 from Division II transfer (West Florida) Marcus Stokes to three different receivers. “They are off to a great start this year,” Hall said. “We haven’t played our best yet. We continue to work hard in practice to get better, and our team is anxious to play again because we know we can be better. We’re looking forward to Friday night.” Despite losing to Army, Tulane can build on some positives. Running back Jamauri McClure, a difference-maker in the second half of 2025, played for the ﬁrst time since injuring a foot in preseason drills and should be more

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Ehrhardt, Romig families get day in spotlight

The spotlight shined on two of New Orleans’ most beloved and respected families Thursday. In recognition of their decades of invaluable service and behind-the-scenes work, the Ehrhardt and Romig families were inducted into the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation’s Hall of Fame at the foundation’s annual honors luncheon at the Superdome. A who’s who of New Orleans sports, business and hospitality leaders turned out to honor the Ehrhardts and Romigs, who have been key players on the New Jeff Orleans sports scene since Duncan their family patriarchs, Malcolm P. Ehrhardt III (1947–2022) and Jerry Romig (1929-2015), began their respective careers in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their efforts in various communications, public relations and operational roles have shaped the fan experience, communications and operations behind some of New Orleans’ most iconic teams and sporting events, including the New Orleans Saints, Super Bowls, NCAA championships and other major events. Marc and Malcolm Ehrhardt have been

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Saints quarterback Tyler Shough throws the ball while under pressure from Minnesota Vikings linebacker Blake Cashman on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome.

Assessing LSU defense’s uneven start under Baker

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LSU will begin the second half of its season on Saturday ranked top 10 nationally in total defense. That’s an impressive number. But while it signals that Blake Baker’s unit is on track to improve ä Mississippi its overall statistics for State at LSU the third year in a row, it 11 A.M. SATURDAY, doesn’t quite tell the full story. ESPN The Tigers are 4-2, and they need to win a home game against Mississippi State at 11 a.m. Saturday (ESPN) to make sure they don’t slip outside College Football Playoff contention for good. LSU has found itself in that position at this point in the season, in part because it gave up 32 points to Ole Miss in Week 3 and 28 to Kentucky last week in overtime. Baker’s defense has been dominant otherwise, albeit against lesser competition: two overmatched nonconference opponents (Louisiana Tech and McNeese) and two high-level programs with struggling offenses (Clemson and Texas A&M).

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Fears lifts Pels past Mavs on birthday BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

Jeremiah Fears celebrated his birthday in style Wednesday night. Fears, who turned 20, led the way in the New Orleans Pelicans’ best showing of the preseason. Fears finished with 16 points and 5 assists in the Pelicans’ 10197 victory over the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center. Fears also had 3 steals and 3 rebounds. It was the second straight year Fears had a big game on his birthday. He finished with 20 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals last season in a loss to the Houston Rockets. This year he stuffed the stat sheet and got the win to go with it. “It’s just a great feeling being able to step on the court and play the game I love on a special day to me,” Fears said during a postgame television interview. The Pelicans improved to 2-1 in the preseason. Mosley used his third different starting lineup. The goal is to get his players accustomed to different roles. “There were 31 different starting lineups last year,” Mosley said. “So these guys need to understand and we all have to keep seeing how these combinations work together. I think that’s so important.” Wednesday’s starters were Fears, Bennedict Mathurin, Saddiq Bey, Karlo Matkovic, and Yves Missi. It was the first preseason start for Bey and Matkovic. Missi, the only Pelicans player to start all three games, finished with 6 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks. Matkovic made 3 of his 4 3-pointers and finished with 11 points. In the first preseason game

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New Orleans Pelicans guard Jeremiah Fears talks with the media during media day at the Smoothie King Center on Sept. 28. Fears scored 12 points off the bench as the Pelicans reserves shined in the preseason opener on Tuesday. against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Pelicans started Dejounte Murray, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy, Zion Williamson and Missi. When they played the Miami Heat, the starters were Murphy, Missi, Williamson, Fears and Mathurin. “Guys that originally started need to know what it’s like to come off the bench,” Mosley said. “And guys that come off the bench need to know what it’s like when you have to start a game. The intensity you have to have. The focus that you have to have. Those are

great ways to do that now in the preseason.” Fears understood the assignment, scoring his team’s ﬁrst seven points. Murray missed his second straight game dealing with a toe injury. But he was able to practice Thursday and do some light shooting. Even with the seasoned point guard out, the Pelicans put forth their best defensive effort. They forced 25 turnovers and limited the Mavs to 35.3% shooting from the ﬂoor. “I thought our guys were very

connected,” Mosley said. “They were communicating with one another. Flying around, covering for one another. Doing it without fouling. We had two or three shot clock violations. That’s just their ability to sit down and take on the challenge of being the most physical team early to set the tone of the game. The Pelicans wrap up preseason play Friday when they host the Washington Wizards at the Smoothie King Center. The regular season begins Wednesday at home against the Indiana Pacers.

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To the finals in Year 2 It’s a matchup of second-year coaches: Smesko in Atlanta and Natalie Nakase in Golden State, which is in just its second year of existence. The Valkyries went 3-0 against the Dream this season, making them just the second team to sweep Smesko’s club in his tenure there. Las Vegas did it last season, and the Aces went on to win the WNBA title as well. But in Smesko they trust, and the Dream have gone 5-0 in the playoffs to earn their ﬁnals berth.

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles have ruled out quarterback Jalen Hurts for Sunday’s game against Carolina because of a superficial blood clot in his calf. The Eagles said in a statement Thursday that Hurts was injured in an Oct. 4 game against the Los Angeles Rams when he took a cleat to his calf area. “Out of an abundance of caution, an ultrasound was performed on Saturday following the team’s flight to London and walkthrough,” the Eagles said in a statement. “The ultrasound revealed a superficial blood clot.” Hurts completed 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards and one touchdown in a 19-17 loss to the Jaguars. The Eagles will likely turn to backup Tanner McKee against the Panthers.

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Smesko’s leap from FGCU to the Dream paid off Karl Smesko built an absolute women’s basketball juggernaut at Florida Gulf Coast. His teams led the country in 3-pointers made almost every year. He had eight 30-win seasons there, took the school to the NCAA tournament 10 times in a 13-year span and was basically an annual lock for his conference’s coach of the year award. But there was a ceiling. And the Atlanta Dream called him at the right time. Smesko had come to grips with the fact that winning a national championship at FGCU was highly unlikely. Highly, highly unlikely. So, when the Dream called two years ago with an offer — leave the campus that has a beach and come take over a WNBA club — Smesko stepped out of his comfort zone. The result: Another pair of 30win seasons, and now a trip to the WNBA Finals. The championship he was never going to get at FGCU is now four wins away, with the title series against the favored Golden State Valkyries set to begin on Saturday. “As good as we were at Florida Gulf Coast, the odds were very stacked against us to make that type of championship run,” Smesko said. “In the pros, I deﬁnitely thought there was more of an opportunity. It’s a more equal playing ﬁeld to win the whole thing and that was appealing to me.”

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Atlanta Dream coach Karl Smesko yells toward his players during Game 2 of a WNBA first-round playoff series against the Washington Mystics on Sept. 30 in Washington. “He’s a coach that really believes in you and he knows what’s best,” Dream center Angel Reese said. “And I’m really thankful for him, for being able to help me with my career and help me be better for the team — because I don’t think I would be in this situation and thriving as I am individually without him.” Smesko is quiet in many ways, and fiercely loyal. The offer from the Dream came as FGCU was starting its 2024-25 season; he wound up leaving after two games that year, though some at the school believe he was tempted to try to handle both jobs at once for a few months and ﬁnish that season. He ended up turning the keys to FGCU over to longtime top assistant Chelsea Lyles, who did what her mentor does — won 30 games and got the Eagles to the NCAA tournament. Lyles wound up following Smesko to Atlanta after that season, as

did others with FGCU ties. He has made clear that the familiarity has made life easier, and the Dream have back-to-back 30-14 regular season records as proof of how it paid off. “It’s been huge,” Smesko said, “because we think about the game a little differently.” They do, indeed. FGCU, in the Smesko era, had an offense like few others in college basketball.

How the system works Midrange shots were essentially banned. The only acceptable shots were layups, 3-pointers and free throws. It wasn’t a gimmick. It was math. Layups and free throws are the easiest shots to make in basketball, and if his teams could make more than one-third of their 3-point tries then that would lead to more points than making half of their midrange shots. It doesn’t work quite that way at the WNBA level; a 24-second shot

clock has forced Smesko to grudgingly accept that some midrange shots will have to be tried. But he still preaches the taproots of what he used in college: layups, 3s and free throws. “The moment that Karl and the coaching staff got here, we were working on 3s,” Dream guard Jordin Canada said. “He just talked about how making one more 3 every 25 shots would increase your percentage. Like, something that small. And we constantly worked on it, worked on it, worked on it. ... I think it’s just a testament to him believing in that everybody can shoot the 3 and working on it consistently.” Part of the annual schedule at FGCU, it seemed, was frustration over how the NCAA selection committee would seed the Eagles. There were a number of years that school officials, conference officials and even other coaches felt that the committee didn’t give FGCU its deserved spot on the bracket and seeded them far lower than what was merited. But in the WNBA, that’s not an issue. Teams earn their seed. There’s no subjective system. Everybody plays everybody. Smesko — who went 611-112 at FGCU and won 25 games in each of his last 14 seasons there, a run matched by only mighty Geno Auriemma and UConn in that span — took the leap into the pro world. And a trip to the finals shows he made the right move. “First, I was ready for a new challenge, and two, the WNBA was something that I would have never thought I would be able to do,” Smesko said. ’I am a big fan of the WNBA, and to me, it seemed like the most exciting move was to get to work with the best athletes in the world and do it against the best competition and see if you could make something work at that level.” He made it work.

Jon Rahm will be able to leave LIV Golf and pursue other opportunities under a separation agreement ﬁled in a New Jersey bankruptcy court. A week after Rahm’s attorney told the court his client would not play on the beleaguered tour in 2027, the agreement was ﬁled Wednesday and is scheduled for a judge’s approval Nov. 5. The agreement says Rahm owes no further service or performance obligations under any contract, is not bound by league regulations or team rules and policies and may join or contract with any tour, league, or sponsor without notice to or consent from LIV. The Spaniard also was granted his name, image and likeness rights under the agreement.

World Gymnastics regrets ‘confusion’ over Russian visas

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — World Gymnastics says it regrets “confusion” ahead of the world championships starting on Saturday after three top Russians were denied visas to enter the Netherlands for the event. Former Olympic champions Angelina Melnikova and Viktoria Listunova, along with teammate Anna Kalmykova, were not allowed to travel to Rotterdam for the weeklong worlds that are a team qualifying event for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, the Russian team has said. Other members of the Russian team have been given visas. The cases illustrate how efforts in the sports world to lift many restrictions on Russian athletes and teams don’t always mean host governments allow travel for events.

Indiana Fever star Boston had surgery to repair meniscus

INDIANAPOLIS — Aliyah Boston underwent arthroscopic surgery to repair the lateral meniscus in her right knee, the Indiana Fever announced Thursday. The team said their star forward will begin rehabilitation and updates will be provided as they become available. Boston played in 40 of the Fever’s 44 games during the regular season and averaged 16.1 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. She raised her scoring in the playoffs, averaging 19.7 points during a ﬁrst-round series loss to the Las Vegas Aces. Boston helped the U.S. win its fifth consecutive women’s FIBA World Cup title in September. The No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft and the 2023 WNBA Rookie of the Year.

Cabrera agrees to $1M, 1-year contract with Reds

CINCINNATI — Infielder/outfielder Oswaldo Cabrera and the Cincinnati Reds agreed Thursday to a $1 million, one-year contract. The 27-year-old Cabrera can earn $200,000 in performance bonuses for plate appearances: $50,000 each for 200, 300, 400 and 500. He was eligible for arbitration. Cabrera was claimed by the Reds off waivers from the Yankees on Sept. 18. He was 0 for 9 with the Yankees and was 4 for 13 for Cincinnati, playing under a $1.2 million, one-year contract. He spent most of the season at Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and batted .288 with 19 homers, 69 RBIs and 12 stolen bases in 122 games. Cabrera has a .233 average with 20 homers, 95 RBIs and 16 stolen bases in parts of ﬁve major league seasons.

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Saints sticking by kicker Carlson amid struggles BY MATTHEW PARAS and LUKE JOHNSON Staff writers

After Sunday’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings, coach Kellen Moore said the Saints would consider moving on from Daniel Carlson after the kicker missed a pivotal extra point. But Moore and the Saints ultimately decided it was Notebook worth giving Carlson another chance. Why? Special teams coordinator Phil Galiano said Thursday that Carlson’s accuracy hasn’t been an issue in practice and the team’s pre-game warmups, giving the team confidence he can translate that to the field. “Knowing the work ethic, seeing the practice part of it is what gives you the confidence and patience with it,” Galiano said. “I think you can go back and say, ‘OK, well, anytime a player doesn’t do something well, should we just cut him and go get someone else in a short period of time?’ There’s not going to be many players left. That’s just not the way that it works. “He knows that he needs to make the

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Continued from page 1C So, how good is the LSU defense, really? It’s a tricky question to answer, but let’s dive in ahead of what could be a tough test against the Bulldogs.

The bad LSU ranks sixth among FBS teams in total defense (251 yards per game) but 32nd in scoring defense (19 points per game). Those numbers signal to coach Lane Kiffin that the Tigers aren’t defending the red zone well enough. They’ve allowed only eight red-zone touchdowns all year, but seven of them came in their losses to Ole Miss and Kentucky. The Rebels reached the end zone on four of the five red-zone drives they built against LSU, while the Wildcats did it on three of their eight. “We do really good things,” Kiffin said, “and then we don’t finish drives on both sides of the ball well enough. “A lot of times we’re just missing plays ... so, it’s a problem.” And LSU isn’t making very many plays either. Its defense forced one turnover against Ole Miss and zero against Kentucky. The Tigers have forced only eight giveaways all season — two fewer than the first six games played last season. LSU is also struggling to bring quarterbacks to the ground. The Tigers sacked Ole Miss’ Trinidad Chambliss twice and Kentucky’s Kenny Minchey just once, even though Pro Football Focus data says they pressured the two passers a combined 41 times. Because LSU didn’t create many negative plays in the two losses, Ole Miss and Kentucky could stay ahead of the chains and march into the red zone, where they usually found ways to score touchdowns. “We have to play more consistent,” Kiffin said. “Too high and low, too up and down in all phases of the game.”

The good Kifﬁn doesn’t think that LSU tackled well in its loss to Kentucky, but he can take sol-

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Continued from page 1C key members of the New Orleans public relations and communications sector for decades. Through their ﬁrm, The Ehrhardt Group, the Ehrhardts have coordinated high-proﬁle public relations campaigns and communication strategies for many of the major sporting events in the city, including Super Bowls, NCAA Final Fours and WrestleManias. Former St. Augustine High School, LSU and New Orleans Saints standout Tyrann Mathieu was recognized with the legacy award. Mary Boler, the founder of the Parents Outreach Network for Youths program, received the volunteer award for her decades of volunteer service. And the 18th Ward received the in service of sports award. “Today, the tables are turned,” said David Sherman, a founding member and longtime member of foundation’s executive committee. “Today we are not asking the Ehrhardts or the Romig family to stand up and make somebody else look good. Today several of us on this stage have the true honor and privilege of making all of them look good.” The Ehrhardt and Romig families join a prestigious group of previous Hall of Fame honorees that includes Gayle and Tom Benson, John Alario, Jay Cicero and Dennis Lauscha.

kick and we believe in him that he’s going to make the next one. … Sometimes, overreactionary (moves) may not be the best.” Galiano added there are “so many guys out there that you feel confident in.” And though the Saints still have Charlie Smyth, last year’s kicker, on the practice squad, Carlson won the job after being a late addition in training camp. The 31-year-old has also demonstrated plenty of consistency throughout his nine-year career, making two All-Pro teams with the Las Vegas Raiders. That said, Carlson has struggled to begin the season. He ranks fourth-to-last in field goal percentage at 71.4% (5 of 7) — with his two misses coming from 62 and 52 yards. He also ranks in the bottom five in extra point percentage, making just 11 of 13. Outside of the Vikings game, he missed another extra point in a Week 3 loss to the Raiders.

ics about what Olave is going through, but he’s one of multiple players who have been battling an illness in the past week. Defensive tackle Nathan Shepherd, who missed last week’s game with an illness, also missed both Wednesday and Thursday’s practice sessions with the issue. Olave has been one of the few bright spots for the Saints as they’ve gotten off to a 1-4 start. Through ﬁve weeks, he ranks second among NFL pass catchers in both receptions (39) and receiving yards (537). Olave also ranks among the NFL leaders in explosive catches, with nine of his 39 catches going for 20 or more yards. New Orleans is also currently thin at receiver while rookie Jordyn Tyson remains on injured reserve. At Thursday’s practice, the Saints only had three available receivers on their 53-man roster, with three more on the practice squad. Linebacker Kaden Elliss (calf) continued to Olave misses practice again miss practice, casting doubt on his availabilAn illness kept All-Pro wide receiver ity for the third consecutive game. The Giants are dealing with their own Chris Olave off the practice ﬁeld for the secinjury issues: Top pass rusher Abdul Carter ond straight day. The Saints have not offered any specif- (groin) missed his second consecutive prac-

ace in the fact that the Tigers are actually the SEC’s top tackling team. They’ve missed only 41 tackles this season, according to PFF, which is the fewest in the league. Ole Miss broke nine tackles against LSU, and Kentucky slipped through five. LSU is also one missed assignment away from having some truly eye-popping run defense numbers. The Wildcats broke off a 77-yard rush on their first play from scrimmage, then managed to pick up only 78 more yards on their next 31 carries (2.5 yards per carry). Ole Miss ran into some similar problems on the ground in Week 3: its offense scrounged together just 63 yards on 25 carries (2.5 ypc). Even with Kentucky’s long run factored in, LSU ranks fifth nationally in rushing defense. It’s ceding only 75 yards per game on the ground. Kiffin has also signaled hope that linebacker Whit Weeks could return at some point this season from the leg injury he suffered in Week 4 against Texas A&M. His presence would give the defense a boost: across the last two seasons, LSU’s opponents have scored an average of 13 points in the 12 games Weeks has played and 30 in the seven contests he’s missed. “I don’t like that I looked that up and then he got hurt,” Kiffin said with a chuckle on Monday. “That’s probably why I felt so much that day (after Texas A&M) about it.”

Looking ahead Both Kentucky and Ole Miss are entering Week 7 ranked top 50 nationally in scoring offense. LSU has three such teams left on its schedule: Mississippi State (20th), Alabama (3rd) and Tennessee (44th). The Bulldogs have scored at least 30 points in four of the five games they’ve played, but they could face the Tigers on the road Saturday without star quarterback Kamario Taylor or lead running back Fluff Bothwell. Both were listed as questionable to play in the ﬁrst availability reports the SEC released this week. Still, the LSU defense is in for another challenge. This one will double as a chance to start proving that its top-10 national rank is more than just a mirage.

“It was a no-brainer to induct these two amazing families,” Sherman said. “We have the best sports foundation in the country, and the Romigs and Ehrhardts have played an instrumental role in promoting the foundation and enhancing its reputation.” Jerry Romig worked for decades as a sports journalist at The Times-Picayune and WDSU-TV, where he eventually became program director. He served as the in-stadium publicaddress announcer for New Orleans Saints home games for 44 years and 446 consecutive home games, one of the longest tenures in NFL history Since 2013, Mark Romig has been the public address announcer for Saints’ home games, succeeding his father in that role. A board member of the Sports Foundation, Romig has a long history of service to the organization and its events. He’s also a member of the Fore!Kids Foundation, which produces the Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Mary Beth Romig Haskins currently serves as associate vice president of communications and public relations for New Orleans & Company, where she has helped promote and showcase New Orleans during some of its biggest sporting events, including Super Bowl LIX in 2025. Since 1992, she has served as a spotter for the in-house announcing team at Saints’ home games. Jay Romig joined the Saints in 1977 as an assis-

tant athletic trainer before taking on leadership roles across football operations, business operations and technology. He has served as the clock operator at UNO men’s and women’s home basketball games for decades and the scoreboard operator at the Superdome for multiple Super Bowls. He is in his 50th year with the Saints, making him the organization’s longesttenured employee. “That family is so uniquely New Orleans and to have it associated synonymously with the Saints football and with the Superdome since 1969 is remarkable,” said longtime Superdome manager Doug Thornton, during a video tribute to the Romigs. Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson presented the Romigs for induction and endearingly referred to Jay Romig as the Saints’ “vice president of everything,” adding “there is no one more beloved, entrusted or respected” in the Saints organization. “It is especially ﬁtting that we recognize the Romig family because their love for New Orleans and commitment to serving this community have always been a family tradition,” Benson said. “The Romigs are synonymous with sports in New Orleans and their many contributions are too numerous to list. … That sense of commitment and passion is part of the DNA of the Romig family, not just when it comes to sports, but in service to New Orleans and its

tice Thursday. Both of New York’s starting tackles — left tackle Andrew Thomas (groin) and right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor (calf) have also been held out all week.

Here we go again

After struggling with Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores’ blitz-heavy approach last week, the Saints aren’t likely going to get a breather this week against the New York Giants. Since New York lost edge rusher Brian Burns for the season with a torn ACL back in Week 3, it has blitzed opposing passers at a 57 % rate — second only to Flores’ Vikings, according to Next Gen Stats. That includes their highest blitz rate of the season last week against the Washington Commanders, at 62.2 % — the most any non-Vikings team has blitzed this season. The Giants rank near the bottom of the NFL in both sacks (8) and pressure rate (30.9 %), but those numbers have spiked in the last two weeks as they’ve started to blitz more. New York sacked Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels ﬁve times last week.

SAINTS

Drake Maye and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert have more, Continued from page 1C with nine. “It’s a growing experience for Tyler,” Moore said. “He’s done a lot of good things. outcome of the game very quickly,” coach Unfortunately, we’ve had a couple turnovers Kellen Moore said. “We’ve got to do a bet- we get to learn from. … We talk about every ter job in those situations, learn from them, turnover, how it happened and why it hapand understand sometimes that it’s not bad pened and how we can move forward.” to punt in certain situations.” There have been lessons within those Only the Los Angeles Chargers (13) turnovers. have turned the ball over more than the Some of them, Shough said, were simply Saints (11) this season, and only the In- a product of the situation. His last intercepdianapolis Colts can match New Orleans’ tion against Minnesota, when he chucked minus-6 turnover margin through five a prayer deep downfield for Chris Olave, weeks. Unsurprisingly, the Saints, Colts came on a third-and-12 from the Saints’ own and Chargers have a combined 3-12 re- 18-yard line with about three minutes to go in a game the Saints trailed by 10. It was cord this season. Unsurprising because few statistics are desperation time. In fact, half of the Saints’ better predictors of win/loss 10 offensive turnovers this outcome than turnover mar“It’s a growing season have occurred on gin. Eighteen NFL teams are experience for Tyler. ... third or fourth down. But currently on the positive side Unfortunately, we’ve even on some of those, there of the turnover ledger, and of those, 14 have a winning had a couple turnovers are teaching moments. Take Shough’s first interrecord. The NFL’s three rewe get to learn from. ception against Minnesota, maining undefeated teams — … We talk about a once-promising the Vikings, 49ers and Chiefs every turnover, how it when Saints drive had been torpe— are a combined plus-13 on happened and why it doed by multiple penalties. turnovers this season. happened and how we On the second-and-26 play, What has made the turnShough bailed to his right overs hurt even more is the can move forward.” with linebacker Eric Wilson situations in which they ocKELLEN MOORE, in hot pursuit and attempted curred. All but two of the Saints coach to fit a ball to Bryce Lance Saints’ 11 turnovers have between high and low decome in the second half this season, and even more strikfenders. It was an extremely low-percentage ingly, eight of them have come with the throw with high potential for disaster, and Saints trailing by one score. Shough has been one of the few consistent the pass was easily intercepted by Byron bright spots for the Saints offense this sea- Murphy and returned into Saints territory. son. Through five weeks, he ranks among The score at the time was 13-7. “Whenever you get in these situations, the NFL’s top 10 passers in yards (1,299), completion percentage (66.8%) and touch- don’t try to get it all back,” Shough said. “I don’t need to be Superman and try to make down passes (nine). But ball security has been a problem for up for a previous play. I think I can be a little more detailed when it comes to that. the second-year signal caller. “I’m never going to shy away from ripHe has nearly matched his interception total from last season’s 11-game debut al- ping it; in all those situations you’ve got to ready, having thrown five interceptions be able to be confident, be firm. But there through five weeks. Shough has also lost are a couple times where I can go find a three fumbles. His eight total turnovers running lane or just take a sack. That’s part are only one shy of the league high so far of it, part of the growth process for me as this season; only New England quarterback well.”

people.” Jay Romig grew emotional during his acceptance speech, while recognizing his parents, the late Jerry Romig, and the family matriarch, Janice, 95, who was seated in the front row of tables on the Superdome ﬂoor. “All three of us (children), different jobs, different paths, but the same lesson from mom and dad: Serve your community; Do your job well; And leave the place a little better than you

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FOUR DOWNS: Christopher Dabe looks at four things to watch in Week 7

1 VS. 2; 3 VS. 4 The four teams atop the Division I select power ratings will play each other this weekend, with No. 1 Rummel (6-0) facing No. 2 Edna Karr (6-0) on Friday and No. 3 St.Augustine (6-0) facing No. 4 Jesuit (5-1) on Saturday.

TOUGH SCHEDULE Entering Week 7, the four losses for John Curtis came against teams with a combined 25-0 record.Two of the teams — Karr and North Shore (Texas) (7-0) — are reigning state champions.

PERFECT (SO FAR) Other remaining undefeated teams along with Karr, Rummel and St.Augustine are Patrick Taylor (6-0), Booker T. Washington (5-0), Haynes (6-0), Mandeville (6-0) and Northshore (6-0).

KEY DISTRICT GAME No. 2 Riverside (Division IV select) and No. 3 South Plaquemines (D-IV nonselect) are in District 10-1A together but will be in different playoff brackets.They’ll play a key district game Friday in Buras.

TOP OF THE HEAP

STAFF FILE PHOTO BY SOPHIA GERMER

Rummel defensive players tackle Edna Karr’s Jermond Macklin on Nov. 6 at the Shrine on Airline. The unbeaten Raiders and Cougars will collide again Friday night in a key Catholic League showdown at Morris Jeff Stadium.

Karr-Rummel battle will help shape Catholic League race BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

Rummel coach Nick Monica hadn’t walked off the ﬁeld at Tad Gormley Stadium last week when the topic turned toward the next week’s game against Edna Karr. Asked about the two-time reigning state champions — a team that has won 33 consecutive games — Monica said he had already seen Karr’s two most recent games against Brother Martin and John Curits. The Karr team Monica saw on video carried many of the same characteristics of the dominant squads of the past two seasons. “They’re still extremely talented,” Monica said. “All 22 players that they’re going to put on the ﬁeld are college Division I football players, and you can’t beat yourself. When you show up to play them, you know you’re going to be up against it, and you have to execute.” In other words, Monica knows his Rummel team will be in for a challenge when it faces Karr in a matchup between unbeaten teams Friday at Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Stadium in Algiers. Karr (6-0, 3-0 District 9-5A) graduated 25 college signees after last season, leading to several lineup changes on both

WEEK 7 REPORT All games at 7 p.m. unless noted.

Thursday’s games

District 6-5A Warren Easton vs. East Jefferson, n District 9-5A Brother Martin vs. John Curtis, n District 11-3A Patrick Taylor vs. L.B. Landry, n Nondistrict Haynes vs. Higgins at Memtsas, n Ben Franklin vs. Morris Jeff, n McMain at Acadiana Renaissance, n

Friday’s games

District 6-5A Fontainebleau at St. Paul’s Mandeville at Ponchatoula Northshore at Hammond Slidell at Covington District 7-5A Hahnville at Destrehan Thibodaux at East St. John District 8-5A Bonnabel vs. West Jefferson at Memtsas John Ehret vs. Riverdale at Yenni District 9-5A Chalmette vs. Holy Cross at Gormley Rummel vs. Edna Karr at Morris Jeff District 7-4A Lakeshore at Salmen Pearl River at Franklinton District 9-4A Kennedy vs. McDonogh 35 at Pan Am District 10-4A Belle Chasse at Shaw Willow vs. Kenner Disc. at Bertolino District 9-3A Patterson at St. Charles District 10-2A Pine at Northlake Christian District 11-2A Fisher at Country Day, 4:30 p.m. Newman at Houma Christian District 10-1A Ascension Catholic at St. Martin’s Riverside at South Plaquemines Nondistrict B.T. Washington at Young Audiences Covenant Christian at West St. John De La Salle at Jefferson Davis (Miss.) Hannan at Opelousas Catholic Sarah T. Reed at Abbeville

Saturday’s games

District 9-5A Jesuit vs. St. Augustine at Gormley District 9-4A Abramson vs. Carver at Gormley, 3 p.m. District 11-3A Cohen vs. Thomas Jeff. at Memtsas, 2 p.m. S.B. Wright vs. Jefferson Rise at Memtsas Open date: Pope John Paul II

sides of the ball. Now with a younger lineup than in the past two seasons, Karr’s remarkable winning streak has twice been tested this season. Tied with Ruston in the fourth quarter, quarterback Marlon Jones led a touchdown drive that ended with Jermond Macklin’s short touchdown run for a 21-14 victory in Week 2 at the Caesars Superdome. The Cougars also overcame an eightpoint deﬁcit in the fourth quarter against Brother Martin, when junior safety Ty Williams returned an interception 85 yards for the winning touchdown in a 2521 victory. In last week’s 40-28 win against John Curtis, Karr’s 12-7 edge quickly ballooned into a 28-7 advantage with sophomore defensive tackle Edward Dailey’s tackle in the end zone for a safety, Jones’ 17yard keeper for a touchdown and junior cornerback Juan Jasmin’s interception return touchdown on a pass batted into the air by senior defensive end Dalgen Massey — all in the span of 14 plays from scrimmage. Once viewed as an untested team that graduated much of its production from last season, Karr now has a young team that’s learning to win close games.

“You can’t give them anything,” Monica said. “They’ll take advantage of it. Even thinking back to last year, I thought we played really hard, really well in the first half, about as good as we can play and we were tied, so that says something about the talent level.” Rummel (6-0, 3-0) has been winning with smart play from four-star quarterback Colton Nussmeier, a Georgia commitment, and a defense that has allowed only 26 points over the past five games. All three touchdowns scored against Rummel in that span have come in the fourth quarter, including one last week against Rummel’s backups in a 33-10 victory over Brother Martin. Both coaches want to keep the score from getting out of hand. “We can’t play shootout games in the fourth quarter in the Catholic League,” Karr coach Brice Brown said after his team gave up three touchdowns in the fourth quarter last week. “This league is very disciplined, and it’s very cut and dried. Who they are is who they are. And who we are is who we are.” Karr, Rummel and St. Augustine are the three remaining undefeated teams in the Catholic League. All three schools will face each other over the final four weeks of the season.

TOP MATCHUPS HAHNVILLE AT DESTREHAN

7 p.m. Friday Standout running backs Malachi Dabney (Destrehan) and Fabian Celestine (Hahnville) are the headliners in this River Parish rivalry won by Destrehan the past eight seasons. Destrehan wide receiver Jaylan Ash could be the X-factor.

RUMMEL VS. EDNA KARR

7 p.m.Friday, Morris F.X. Jeff Sr. Stadium Four-star quarterback Colton Nussmeier has accounted for 12 total touchdowns (seven passing, five rushing) while getting picked off only once in 110 pass attempts this season. He’ll face an opportunistic Karr defense with five interceptions in the past two games.

JESUIT VS. ST. AUGUSTINE

7 p.m. Saturday, Tad Gormley Stadium Speaking of versatile QBs, St. Augustine’s Jaelle Noble has 22 total touchdowns (16 passing, six rushing). Key playmakers include Ole Miss commitment Miguel Whitley and Tulane commitment Ray’Quan Williams for St.Aug. Jesuit has Tulane commitment Ja’ir Burks.

THREE PLAYERS TO WATCH EVAN BERGERON

RB, Pope John Paul II A junior, Bergeron is closing on 1,000 yards rushing with 967 yards and 16 touchdowns in 105 carries for the 5-1 Jaguars. He’ll get a week to rest as Pope John Paul II has an open date.

JACK GRACE

QB, Country Day The sophomore has thrown for 2,205 yards and 30 touchdowns in his first season as a starter. He threw a state-record nine touchdown passes against Willow in Week 2.

No. 8 BYU look to build CFP résumé

BY JOHN COON Associated Press

PROVO, Utah — Both Notre Dame and BYU were denied at-large berths to the College Football Playoff a season ago. Now the two teams face one another in a top-10 matchup with a huge opportunity to build a case for a CFP bid this season. The No. 2 Fighting Irish (6-0) and the No. 8 Cougars (5-0) meet in Provo on Saturday in the first game of a two-year home-andhome series. Oddsmakers have made BYU a 10-point home underdog. Both teams have emerged as regular contenders for CFP bids since the playoff field expanded to 12 teams. With each team facing criticism for weak early schedules, this game represents a chance for both to make a statement that they’re not paper tigers. This is the first time in series history where both teams are ranked and it will be the first top-10 matchup ever played at LaVell Edwards Stadium. “You want to play against the best and you know this is going to be, on paper, the best opponent we’re going to see, to date,” Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman said. “I love it. They love it because they’re competitors. So let’s go do it.” Notre Dame and BYU last played one another in 2022 in Las Vegas. The Irish held off a second-half rally in a 28-20 victory to take a 7-2 lead in the alltime series. “We ended up losing that game, but I thought it was a really good experience for our players,” BYU coach Kalani Sitake said. “I’d like to think that we’re different as a program and a team now than we were in that game, but so is Notre Dame.” For BYU, Notre Dame is the highest-ranked opponent the Cougars have faced at home since hosting No. 1 USC in 2004. Ironically, that’s also the last time the Irish traveled to Provo, falling 20-17 to BYU in the season opener for both teams. Having a chance to play a team of Notre Dame’s caliber is a meaningful milestone to the BYU players and coaches. “I feel like everybody growing up just knows Notre Dame to be a powerhouse,” BYU defensive tackle Viliami Po’uha said. “They’re a name that has been in every household for every kid that wants to play football.”

Replacement series A series between Notre Dame and BYU was born out of necessity after both teams needed to ﬁll sudden holes in their respective schedules. The Cougars replaced USC on the Irish’s schedule after Notre Dame could not reach an agreement with the Trojans on a date for a game this season. It led to a temporary pause in the longtime rivalry, which will resume in 2030. BYU had to replace California when the Bears pulled out of a home-and-home series after the ACC moved to a nine-game conference schedule. “Notre Dame — they’re the ones that reached out and wanted this game, and so it’d be crazy for us to turn it down,” Sitake said. “When they reached out and wanted this series and wanted this game, I thought that was a huge opportunity for us to play them.” The two teams had a chance to meet last season when the Pop Tarts Bowl invited both Notre Dame and BYU to play in its bowl game. The Irish ultimately declined the invitation after their CFB snub.

Defensive battle SYLAS ROOD

QB, John Ehret The senior is having a productive season with 1,002 yards and nine touchdown passes, helping the Patriots to a three-game winning streak.

Notre Dame leads the nation in total defense, allowing 214.2 yards per game. BYU tops the Big 12 in the same category, yielding 254.4 yards per contest. Opponents are scoring 11.0 points per game against the Irish and 13.4 against the Cougars. Notre Dame linebacker Drayk Bowen expects the run game to decide which defense prevails. “They’re a run-heavy team,” Bowen said. “We’re a stop-therun team. It’s going to be who can establish the line of scrimmage ﬁrst, and who can set the other one back behind the sticks. If we can do that, you know we’re going to have a pretty good night.”

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SCOREBOARD Odds

East

Sports Betting Line NFL Sunday

FAVORITE OPEN at JAX 1½ at IND 3½ Carolina 6½ Pittsburgh 1½ at NE 9½ New Orleans 2½ Baltimore 7 Chicago 3 at LA RAMS 13½ at K.C. 2½ Buffalo 6½ at GREEN BAY 3

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 2½ (42½) Houston 6½ (44½) Tennessee 3½ (38½) at PHIL 2½ (39½) at TAMPA 7½ (43½) NY Jets 1½ (45½) at GIANTS 4 (41½) at CLE 1½ (51½) at ATLANTA 12½ (51½) Arizona 7½ (41½) Chargers 4½ (53½) at VEGAS 1½ (53½) Dallas

Monday

FAVORITE OPEN at SAN FRAN 5½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 7½ (51½) Wash

College Football Friday

FAVORITE OPEN Memphis 6½ App St 2½ at PURDUE 2½

TODAY O/U UNDERDOG 6½ (55½) at TULANE 1½ (49½) at C, CAR 3½ (50½)Washington

Pro basketball WNBA Playoff Glance Finals

(Best-of-5)

No. 2 Golden State vs. No. 4 Atlanta

Saturday, October 17: Atlanta at Golden State, 2:30 p.m. Monday, October 19: Atlanta at Golden State, 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 21: Golden State at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Saturday, October 24: Golden State at Atlanta, noon x-Monday, October 26: Atlanta at Golden State, TBA x-Thursday, October 29: Golden State at Atlanta, TBA x-Saturday, October 31: Atlanta at Golden State, TBA

Pro football

Buffalo New England N.Y. Jets Miami

W 4 3 2 0

L 1 2 3 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .800 164 141 .600 110 94 .400 93 96 .000 70 132

Jacksonville Indianapolis Houston Tennessee

W 4 2 1 0

L 1 3 4 5

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .800 123 70 .400 124 138 .200 110 112 .000 58 109

Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 4 3 3 3

L 1 2 2 2

T 0 0 0 0

Pct PF PA .800 146 119 .600 93 112 .600 111 109 .600 128 109

Kansas City Denver Las Vegas L.A. Chargers

W 4 3 3 0

L 0 2 2 5

T Pct PF PA 0 1.000 118 77 0 .600 97 111 0 .600 132 129 0 .000 84 129

South

North

West

L 1 3 3 3

T 1 0 0 1

Pct PF PA .700 109 106 .400 92 112 .400 138 136 .300 115 149

Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 2 2 1 1

L 2 3 4 4

T 0 0 0 0

Pct .500 .400 .200 .200

Minnesota Green Bay Detroit Chicago

W 5 3 3 3

L 0 2 2 2

T Pct 0 1.000 0 .600 0 .600 0 .600

PF PA 109 64 104 112 164 148 119 96

San Francisco Seattle L.A. Rams Arizona

W 5 3 2 1

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T Pct 0 1.000 0 .600 0 .400 0 .200

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North

West

Thursday’s Games

PF 121 119 100 118

PA 109 122 112 151

Seattle at Denver, n

Sunday’s Games

Houston vs Jacksonville at London, GBR, 8:30 a.m. Baltimore at Cleveland, noon Carolina at Philadelphia, noon Chicago at Atlanta, noon N.Y. Jets at New England, noon New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, noon Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Arizona at L.A. Rams, 3:05 p.m. Buffalo at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m. Dallas at Green Bay, 7:20 p.m. Open: Cincinnati, Miami, Detroit, Minnesota

Monday’s Games

Washington at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.

Major League Baseball MLB Postseason Glance LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

x-Monday, Oct. 19: Game 7: Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Late Wednesday Milwaukee 6, L.A. Dodgers 2 Milwaukee

Los Angeles

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(Best-of-7) American League (TBS, TruTV, HBO Max)

Cleveland 3, Tampa Bay 2

Monday, Oct. 12: Game 1: Cleveland 7, Tampa Bay 3 Tuesday, Oct. 13: Game 2: Tampa Bay 3, Cleveland 1 Thursday, Oct. 15: Game 3: Cleveland 3, Tampa Bay 2 Friday, Oct. 16: Game 4: Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17: Game 5: Tampa Bay at Cleveland, 8 p.m. x-Monday, Oct. 19: Game 6: Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. x-Tuesday, Oct. 20: Game 7: Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 8 p.m.

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Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay 2, Cleveland 1

NFL Glance AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Dallas Washington

W 3 2 2 1

National League (FOX, FS1)

Milwaukee 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

Sunday, Oct. 11: Game 1: Milwaukee 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 1 Monday, Oct. 12: Game 2: Milwaukee 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 4 Wednesday, Oct. 14: Game 3: Milwaukee 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 2 Thursday, Oct. 15: Game 4: Milwaukee (Drohan 7-5) at Los Angeles Dodgers (Glasnow 0-0), n x-Friday, Oct. 16: Game 5: Milwaukee at Los Angeles Dodgers, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 18: Game 6: Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Halpin’s go-ahead homer ﬂips Game 3

Cleveland

Overturned to Ball); Matz (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Matz (Ball-Overturned to Strike). Umpires_Home, Bill Miller; First, Jordan Baker; Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Adam Hamari; Right, Carlos Torres; Left, Nestor Ceja. T_2:28. A_30,101 (34,788).

College football All Times Central (Subject to change)

Tuesday SOUTH

Middle Tennessee 33, Delaware 30 Jacksonville St. 27, FIU 24

Wednesday MIDWEST

Missouri St. 24, Kennesaw St. 21

SOUTHWEST

W. Kentucky 16, Sam Houston St. 3

Thursday, Oct SOUTH

East Carolina (3-2) at UAB (3-3), n Georgia Southern (2-4) at Old Dominion (2-4), n

SOUTHWEST

Colorado St. (2-3) at Texas State (2-3), n

Friday EAST

Columbia (3-1) at Penn (2-2), 6 p.m.

SOUTH

Memphis (5-1) at Tulane (2-3), 6:30 p.m. Appalachian St. (3-2) at Coastal Carolina (2-4), 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

Washington (3-3) at Purdue (3-3), 7 p.m.

Saturday EAST

CCSU (2-3) at Mercyhurst (1-5), 11 a.m. Duquesne (1-4) at Stonehill (2-4), 11 a.m. Rhode Island (3-3) at Yale (3-1), 11 a.m. FAU (4-1) at Army (3-2), 11 a.m. Brown (2-2) at Princeton (3-1), 11 a.m. Cincinnati (4-1) at West Virginia (3-3), 11 a.m. New Haven (1-5) at Robert Morris (3-3), 11 a.m. Hampton (1-5) at Sacred Heart (2-4), 11 a.m. Pittsburgh (5-1) at Boston College (2-3), 11 a.m. Rutgers (1-4) at Maryland (2-4), 11:30 a.m. Bryant (4-2) at Maine (1-5), noon Merrimack (2-4) at Dartmouth (1-3), noon Holy Cross (2-4) at Harvard (4-0), noon Monmouth (NJ) (4-2) at New Hampshire (2-5), noon Charlotte (0-6) at Temple (2-4), noon Georgetown (1-4) at Colgate (4-2), noon UMass (4-2) at Buffalo (3-3), noon Lehigh (6-0) at Cornell (2-2), 1 p.m. Albany (NY) (3-3) at Stony Brook (4-2), 1:30 p.m. Lafayette (1-4) at Bucknell (1-5), 2 p.m. Villanova (2-4) at Fordham (2-5), 2:30 p.m. Morehouse (0-1) at Howard (2-4), 2:30 p.m. LIU Brooklyn (2-5) at Wagner (1-5), 4 p.m. Louisville (3-3) at Syracuse (2-3), 6:30 p.m.

SOUTH

Charleston Southern (3-3) at Clemson (3-2), 11 a.m. Mississippi St. (4-1) at LSU (4-2), 11 a.m. Georgia St. (4-1) at James Madison (6-0), 11 a.m. Chicago State (1-5) at NC A&T (2-5), 11 a.m. Morehead St. (1-5) at Davidson (2-5), noon McNeese St. (2-4) at Northwestern St. (0-6), noon VMI (0-6) at Wofford (4-3), 12:30 p.m. Presbyterian (3-3) at Stetson (1-5), 1 p.m. Austin Peay (5-2) at West Georgia (1-5), 1 p.m. E. Kentucky (2-4) at Tennessee Tech (5-1), 1:30 p.m. Bethune-Cookman (3-3) at MVSU (3-4), 2 p.m. Gardner-Webb (2-5) at UT Martin (2-4), 2 p.m. Florida A&M (2-4) at Jackson St. (5-1), 2 p.m.

Grambling St. (4-2) at Alabama A&M (5-2), 2 p.m. Georgia Tech (2-3) at Virginia Tech (4-2), 2:30 p.m. Auburn (3-2) at Georgia (6-0), 2:30 p.m. Missouri (5-1) at Mississippi (4-1), 2:30 p.m. Alabama (5-1) at Tennessee (5-1), 2:30 p.m. North Carolina (3-2) at Duke (4-1), 2:30 p.m. Towson (0-7) at Campbell (5-1), 2:30 p.m. Stephen F. Austin (6-0) at Nicholls (2-4), 3 p.m. Troy (3-2) at Louisiana-Lafayette (4-2), 4 p.m. West Alabama (0-0) at West Florida (3-2), 4 p.m. South Dakota (5-2) at Murray St. (1-5), 4 p.m. Lamar (5-1) at SE Louisiana (3-3), 4 p.m. Morgan St. (5-1) at Tennessee St. (1-5), 5:30 p.m. Arkansas (2-4) at Vanderbilt (3-3), 6 p.m. Florida St. (3-3) at Miami (5-0), 6 p.m. Arkansas St. (2-4) at Southern Miss. (1-4), 6 p.m. Kent St. (2-4) at South Florida (4-2), 6 p.m. Mercer (5-2) at Samford (1-5), 6 p.m. Abilene Christian (3-4) at North Alabama (4-2), 6 p.m. Louisiana Tech (3-2) at Louisiana-Monroe (0-5), 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

Kansas (2-3) at Kansas St. (3-2), 11 a.m. Ohio St. (5-1) at Indiana (6-0), 11 a.m. Ball St. (1-5) at Bowling Green (2-4), 11 a.m. Northwestern (4-1) at Michigan St. (2-4), 11 a.m. Dayton (4-1) at Butler (5-1), noon Marist (3-3) at Drake (2-4), noon W. Michigan (4-2) at Cent. Michigan (3-3), 12:30 p.m. S. Dakota St. (5-1) at North Dakota (5-2), 1 p.m. W. Illinois (3-3) at SE Missouri (3-3), 2 p.m. Lindenwood (Mo.) (1-4) at E. Illinois (2-4), 2 p.m. Toledo (4-2) at E. Michigan (4-3), 2:30 p.m. Penn St. (3-3) at Michigan (3-2), 2:30 p.m. Akron (1-5) at Miami (Ohio) (3-3), 2:30 p.m. Illinois St. (4-2) at S. Illinois (3-4), 3 p.m. N. Iowa (3-2) at Youngstown St. (5-2), 5 p.m. Nevada (2-3) at N. Dakota St. (5-1), 6 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

Florida (4-2) at Texas (4-1), 11 a.m. Virginia (4-2) at SMU (4-1), 11 a.m. The Citadel (2-4) at Texas A&M (3-3), noon Alabama St. (3-3) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (3-2), 2 p.m. Alcorn St. (4-3) at Prairie View (2-5), 2 p.m. Arizona St. (3-2) at Texas Tech (5-0), 2:30 p.m. Tulsa (3-3) at Rice (1-5), 3:30 p.m. Cent. Arkansas (2-4) at Tarleton St. (6-0), 6 p.m. TCU (2-3) at Baylor (4-1), 6 p.m. UT Rio Grande Valley (3-3) at Incarnate Word (2-4), 6 p.m. East Texas A&M (2-4) at Houston Christian (3-3), 6 p.m. Kentucky (5-1) at Oklahoma (3-2), 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma St. (4-1) at Houston (5-1), 6:30 p.m. Navy (2-3) at UTSA (5-1), 7 p.m. San Jose St. (3-3) at UTEP (1-5), 8 p.m.

FAR WEST

Idaho (1-5) at Montana (5-2), 2 p.m. Idaho St. (4-2) at Weber St. (4-3), 2 p.m. N. Illinois (0-5) at Wyoming (3-3), 2:30 p.m. UNLV (4-2) at Air Force (4-1), 2:30 p.m. Valparaiso (3-3) at San Diego (2-4), 3 p.m. Washington St. (1-5) at Oregon St. (4-2), 5 p.m. Portland St. (2-4) at N. Arizona (5-2), 6 p.m. Montana St. (5-1) at E. Washington (2-5), 6 p.m. Elon (4-3) at Stanford (2-4), 6:30 p.m. Wisconsin (4-1) at UCLA (5-0), 6:30 p.m. Notre Dame (6-0) at BYU (5-0), 6:30 p.m. Cal Poly (4-3) at N. Colorado (2-5), 7 p.m. UC Davis (4-2) at S. Utah (2-4), 7 p.m. Ohio (4-2) at Sacramento St. (1-5), 9 p.m. Utah (5-0) at Colorado (2-3), 9:15 p.m. Fresno St. (4-2) at San Diego St. (2-4), 9:30 p.m. New Mexico (4-1) at Hawaii (1-5), 9:30 p.m. Wake Forest (5-1) at California (3-3), 9:30 p.m. Nebraska (5-1) at Oregon (3-2), 10 p.m.

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Cleveland Guardians’ Petey Halpin celebrates after hitting a two-run home run during the fifth inning in Game 3 of the ALCS against the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday in Cleveland. won five of their last six playoff games since trailing the Chicago White Sox 2-0 in their AL Division Series. “When anyone does their job and gets the job done and puts on us in a position to win, everyone on the team’s juiced. It’s not about me or that home run, but it’s just the fact that we’re winning and we keep rolling,” Halpin said. Chandler Simpson had a two-run triple in the fourth inning for Tampa Bay, which was held to three hits and struck out 13 times. Game 4 is scheduled for Friday, though rain is forecast. Bailey’s infield single sets stage for Halpin Patrick Bailey started the fifth with a chop that Rays starting pitcher Griffin Jax was unable to cleanly field. Five pitches later, Halpin connected on a elevated 95.9 mph sinker on a 2-2 count and drove it 385 feet into the stands in right-center for a 3-2 lead. It was Halpin’s first postseason home run and only the fifth overall of his two year big league career. It was the first time Jax allowed a homer since Sept. 9, a span of five appearances. “I knew I hit it good. I thought I got more of it, I guess,” Halpin said. “I knew that he used a sinker in a few times to lefties before, kind of as a strikeout pitch. I

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GAMEDAY TEAM STATS OFFENSE PER GAME Yards gained: 333.4 PASS 180.6

RUSH 152.8

Plays: 59.0 PASS 26.6

RUSH 32.4

Turnovers: 0.60 INTERCEPTIONS 0.40

FUMBLES 0.20

DEFENSE PER GAME Yards allowed: 407.2 PASS 188.6

RUSH 218.6

Turnovers forced: 0.20 INTERCEPTIONS 0.00

FUMBLES 0.20

SCORING PER GAME 27.7

22.6

18.4

23.9

SCORED ALLOWED

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LEADERS PASSING Kadin Semonza 53.8%, 804 yards, 4 TDs, 2 INTs RUSHING Maurice Turner 26 carries, 277 yards, 10.7 avg, 2 TDs RECEIVING Destyn Hill 17 catches, 233 yards, 13.1 avg, 1 TD Anthony Brown-Stephens 13 catches, 170 yards, 13.1 avg, 1 TD Bredell Richardson 9 catches, 106 yards, 11.8 avg DEFENSE Dickson Agu 46 tackles Kevin Adams 45 tackles, 2 for loss Jack Tchienchou 35 tackles

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 5 at Duke L, 17-3 12 South Alabama W, 28-24 19 at Kansas State L, 31-20 26 Southern Miss W, 24-21 OCTOBER 10 at Army L, 20-17 16 Memphis 6:30 p.m./ESPN 24 UTSA TBD 30 at Charlotte 6 p.m./ESPN2 NOVEMBER 7 Tulsa TBD 14 at Rice TBD 21 North Texas TBD 27 at South Florida TBD

PREDICTION MEMPHIS 31,TULANE 24: Tulane

believes it is fully capable of correcting the issues that have plagued it, but seeing is believing. The Green Wave has not played well enough in any of its first five games to take down a team like Memphis. That said, we don’t really know the ceiling or the floor for the Tigers, who have feasted on a soft schedule since splitting early games at UNLV and Boise State. Their one constant has been huge touchdown plays in the air and on the ground, giving them a clear edge in this matchup regardless of which quarterback the Wave uses. Guerry Smith

AMERICAN STANDINGS East

Conf. All Games W L PF PA W Memphis 2 0 97 21 5 UTSA 2 0 47 38 5 N. Texas 2 0 95 54 4 FAU 1 0 38 30 4 E. Carolina 1 0 28 12 3 Army 2 1 65 62 3 UAB 1 1 37 58 3 Temple 1 1 34 34 2 South Fla. 1 2 65 72 4 Navy 1 2 84 88 2 Tulsa 0 2 70 79 3 Tulane 0 1 17 20 2 Rice 0 2 26 44 1 Charlotte 0 2 18 109 0

Thursday’s Games

East Carolina at UAB, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games

Memphis at Tulane, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

FAU at Army, 11 a.m. Charlotte at Temple, noon Tulsa at Rice, 3:30 p.m. Kent St. at South Florida, 6 p.m. Navy at UTSA, 7 p.m.

L 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 3 5 6

PF PA 231 125 188 155 253 175 186 133 124 113 153 96 133 155 149 158 157 104 135 117 165 140 92 113 102 165 96 253

MEMPHIS at TULANE

6:30 p.m. Friday, Yulman Stadium TV: ESPN | Radio: KVDU-FM, 104.1 Line: Memphis by 6½ (Over/Under: 55½)

Memphis remains atop ratings BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

The announcement this week that James Madison would join the American Conference — likely in 2028 — was the best news the league has received all year. The Dukes are a G6 powerhouse and have an athletic budget that ranks with the top of the conference. The American’s results on the ﬁeld have been unusually mediocre, with Temple’s home loss to Connecticut the latest example. Memphis, the only team in shouting distance of a CFP berth, lags well behind Boise State, which beat the Tigers 38-20 in September, and the aforementioned James Madison, which rules the Sun Belt.

1. Memphis Record: 5-1, (2-0 American) Previous rank: 1 Last week: defeated UAB 38-13 This week: at Tulane Friday 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Extra points: The Tigers spread the field horizontally, attack it vertically and boast a lethal ground game, ranking seventh nationally with 247.0 yards per contest. Sophomore Southern Miss transfer Jaylin Carter picks up 7.2 yards per carry and has eight touchdowns.

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Tulane quarterback Trace Johnson gets ready to throw the ball against Southern Miss on Sept. 26 at Yulman Stadium.

5. South Florida

Record: 4-2 (1-2 American) Previous rank: 5 Last week: lost to Texas-San Antonio 31-24 2. UTSA This week: vs. Kent State 6 p.m. Saturday (ESPN+) Record: 5-1 (2-0 American) Extra points: Athletic director Rob Previous rank: 2 Last week: defeated South Florida Higgins admitted in a post on X this week that results this fall 31-24 This week: vs. Navy 7 p.m. Satur- were not good enough but added the Bulls were on the right track. day (ESPNU) Extra points: After going 1-6 in Maybe. Maybe not. They nearly close games over the past two won both of the league games years, the Roadrunners are 3-0 they lost but needed a perfect, in ones decided by seven points last-minute, fourth-down TD pass or fewer this season heading into to beat Army. a tricky contest with preseason favorite Navy. The passing game 6. Army has not quite clicked as expected Record: 3-2 (2-1 American) with third-year starting quarterPrevious rank: 9 Last week: defeated Tulane 20-17 back Owen McCown. This week: vs. Florida Atlantic 11 3. North Texas a.m. Saturday (CBS Sports NetRecord: 4-2 (2-0 American) work) Previous rank: 4 Extra points: Make that 10 conLast week: defeated Charlotte 50- secutive regular-season games 10 that have gone down to the final This week: off. minute. The last nine have been Extra points: Even though quarter- decided by four of fewer points. back-whisperer coach Eric Mor- Every game is a toss-up for ris left for Oklahoma State, the Army, but another home win this Mean Green is flourishing behind Saturday would stamp the Black three-time transfer Tayven Jack- Knights as a contender. son, who is fourth nationally with 311.3 passing yards per game. 7. Navy Running back Jahiem White avRecord: 2-3 (1-2 American) Previous rank: 11 erages a league-best 114.5 yards Last week: defeated Tulsa 34-26 rushing (7.2 per carry). This week: at Texas-San Antonio 7 4. Florida Atlantic p.m. Saturday (ESPNU) Extra points: Backup quarterback Record: 4-1 (1-0 American) Jackson Gutierrez found his Previous rank: 3 groove while starting his third Last week: off This week: at Army 11 a.m. Satur- straight game in place of the inday (CBS Sports Network) jured Braxton Woodson, carrying Extra points: Five weeks after sur- 41 times (the most for Navy since prising Navy in their American 2008) for 232 yards and three TDs opener, the Owls return to league against Tulsa. The Midshipmen play with a trip to the other trailed 26-14 in the third quarter. service academy. Prolific quarterback Caden Veltkamp could 8. East Carolina thrive against Army’s leaky secRecord: 3-2 (1-0 American) Previous rank: 12 ondary in the most significant Last week: defeated Rice 28-12 game FAU has played since joinThis week: vs. UAB 6:30 p.m. ing the American in 2023.

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Continued from page 1C game ready on Friday night. A rejiggered offensive line graded out higher than in any game this year, with John Bock earning a particularly high score from Pro Football Focus after shifting to guard from center. “The last two games they played really well,” Hall said. “Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, we’ll have the same ﬁve from last week. (offensive line) Coach (Cody) Kennedy and (assistant) coach (Kanan) Ray are doing a great job with them. Those guys are playing hard.” Redshirt freshman guard Gresham Perry, the only lineman to start every game at the same spot, harkened back to Tulane’s 38-32 win at Memphis last year when a 38-17 fourth-quarter lead almost disappeared. It was the latest of three Wave victories in the past four meetings. Tulane also had won three in a row at home against the Tigers before falling on Thanksgiving night in 2024. “It’s an honor to play games like this,” Perry said. “It means

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a three-and-out on the ﬁrst series of the third quarter before reality set in. Memphis limited UAB to 56 yards the rest of the way and took over with back-to-back TD drives of 81 and 86 yards, avenging a stunning loss from a year ago.

Thursday (ESPN) Extra points: After needing a second-half comeback vs. Old Dominion to avoid an 0-3 start, the Pirates had stabilized against a 12. Temple weak schedule entering the UAB Record: 2-4 (1-1 American) game. The defense is solid. The Previous rank: 6 offense, though no juggernaut, Last week: lost to Connecticut 34has been better since Miami 20 transfer Emory Williams took This week: vs. Charlotte 12 p.m. over at quarterback. Saturday (ESPN+) Extra points: The Owls failed to be9. Tulane come bowl eligible in coach K.C. Keeler’s first year when they lost Record: 2-3 (0-1 American) four in a row after getting to 5-3. Previous rank: 8 If they fall short in season No. 2, Last week: lost to Army 20-17 This week: vs. Memphis 6:30 p.m. they will regret their dismal day vs. UConn, which rolled up 505 Friday (ESPN) Extra points: If Tulane loses to yards and got a career-high 114 on Memphis, it will be 0-2 in the seven carries from former Tulane American for the first time since back Trey Cornist. 2021. For that matter, the Green Wave has not lost two conference 13. Rice games in an entire season since Record: 1-5 (0-2 American) 2021. Saying this is a must-win Previous rank: 13 game would be the understateLast week: lost to East Carolina 28-12 ment of the week. This week: vs. Tulsa 3:30 p.m. Sat10. Tulsa urday (ESPN+) Extra points: Second-year coach Record: 3-3 (0-2 American) Scott Abell’s run-based, optionPrevious rank: 7 heavy offense is not working like Last week: lost to Navy 34-26 This week: at Rice 3:30 p.m. Satur- Navy’s and Army’s. The Owls have scored 14 or fewer points day (ESPN+) Extra points: The performance four times in six games, falling at Navy was embarrassing, not behind early with no chance to rebecause of the result but in the cover thanks to their anemic passway that it happened. The Mid- ing (82.7 yards per game, 48.8% shipmen ran roughshod over the completions). Golden Hurricane, piling up 386 yards on the ground and scoring 14. Charlotte touchdowns on four of five posRecord: 0-6 (0-2 American) Previous rank: 14 sessions after falling behind 20-7 Last week: lost to North Texas 50in the second quarter. 10 11. UAB This week: at Temple 12 p.m. SatRecord: 3-3 (1-1 American) urday (ESPN+) Previous rank: 10 Extra points: It is a shame CharLast week: lost to Memphis 38-13 lotte will not play Rice. ConsiderThis week: vs. East Carolina 6:30 ing the hapless 49ers have failed p.m. Thursday (ESPN) to surpass 10 points four times, Extra points: The Blazers led the Ti- that would be quite the pillow gers 13-10 at halftime and forced fight.

a strained hamstring as expected, Tulane will throw a loaded backfield at Memphis, which is allowing 4.9 yards per carry (fourth worst in the American). Turner and Jaylin Lucas each had a 200yard night in the Wave’s first two home games. McClure ran for 121 against North Texas in the finale at Yulman Stadium last year. Johnnie Daniels rushed for a team-high 67 yards on eight carries at Army. The question is at quarterback. The Wave ranks 11th out of 14 teams in the American in passing efficiency and is ahead of only Army in completion percentage (.541), prompting Hall to give freshman Trace Johnson plenty STAFF PHOTO BY SOPHIA GERMER of reps with the first-team offense during the shortened week of Tulane coach Will Hall walks on Whether or not Johnson the sideline during the first half of practice. supplants Kadin Semonza as the a game against Southern Miss on starter, Hall is looking for much Sept. 26 at Yulman Stadium. better production. “We have to complete passes everything. Just being here last when people load the box and take year, seeing how that turned out the numbers away from us in the at their place, it’s always such a run game,” he said. “We have to crazy game in these big rivalries. be able to make some off-schedule Everyone really wants this one, plays.” The key defensively will be and we know the value this game handling Memphis’ rapid pace. has for our season.” If Maurice Turner returns from The Tigers do not always operate

swiftly, but they have caught multiple opponents off guard when they snap the ball quickly. “It’s all about getting lined up,” Tulane safety Jack Tchienchou said. “The tempo is pretty fast, so we have to make sure everyone’s on the same page and then just doing your job.” Memphis is a touchdown favorite in the matchup of former Southern Miss coaches. Huff went 7-5 there last season as the fulltime successor to Hall, who was fired midway through 2024 with a 14-30 mark. A Tigers win would fit the narrative of one program on the rise (Memphis last reached the league championship game in 2019) and the other on a swift decline. This is Tulane’s opportunity to alter both and restore some optimism heading into the bulk of the conference schedule. “The Army game left a bad taste in our mouth and I’m just hoping everyone is still tasting it,” said Tchienchou, who was adamant at American Conference media days in August the Wave had lost none of its championship pedigree. “We can use that to go out this Friday and really flip the script on this season.”

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Mia Goth files for divorce from Shia LaBeouf Actors have been married nearly 10 years BY ANDREW DALTON Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Mia Goth has filed for divorce from Shia LaBeouf nearly 10 years after the two actors were married. The petition filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court says the 32-year-old Goth and the 40-year-old LaBeouf have been separated since July 2025. The two met and became a couple while filming “Nymphomaniac: Vol. II” in 2012, and married in 2016. They had previously split and said they were divorcing in 2018, but remained legally married, reunited in 2020 and had a daughter in 2022. Goth is seeking primary legal and physical custody of the 4-year-old, with visitation rights for LaBeouf. She also asked the court to deny either party spousal support. It was the first marriage for both. As with most U.S. divorces, irreconcilable differences were cited as the reason for the split. Representatives for Goth and LaBeouf did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.

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How to watch big-ticket movies before they hit theaters at the 2026 New Orleans Film Festival BY LESLIE CARDÉ Contributing writer

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When the 37th New Orleans Film Festival begins next week, viewers can expect an amazing number of films that have won prestigious awards all over the world, in addition to homegrown films that showcase local talent. This year’s cinematic crop includes 189 films, selected from nearly 4,000 submissions, on view at theaters around the city from Oct. 22-27. Consisting of 130 shorts and 59 features, many of these much-anticipated films can be seen months before they’re available in theaters or on streaming platforms. “We’re excited to bring some of the most talked about films of the fall festival season to New Orleans,” said Clint Bowie, artistic director of the New Orleans Film Society. “These are films that have been making waves from Cannes and Venice to Telluride and Toronto, and we can’t wait to share them with audiences.

Mia Goth, left, and Shia LaBeouf appear at the premiere of the film ‘Fury,’ during the BFI London Film Festival in 2014.

The actor, born Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth in London, most recently appeared as the unfaithful servant Melantho in this summer’s “The Odyssey,” and had a dual role in last year’s “Frankenstein.” She previously starred in the horror trilogy “X,” “Pearl” and “MaXXXine.” LaBeouf was a child star on the Disney Channel’s “Even Stevens” and in the 2003 film “Holes.” He later starred in “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull” and director Michael Bay’s first three “Transformers” films. The day before Goth filed for divorce, LaBeouf, for the second time, settled a lawsuit with singer, songwriter and actor FKA Twigs, whom he dated when he was split from Goth. FKA Twigs, whose legal name is Tahliah Barnett, had alleged in a suit filed in 2020 that LaBeouf emotionally and physically abused her during their relationship that began when she had a supporting role in the semi-autobiographical film “Honey Boy,” which he wrote and starred in. The two settled the lawsuit and had it dismissed last year, but she sued him again in March, saying nondisclosure provisions in the settlement illegally silenced her under California law. On Monday, she moved to dismiss the second lawsuit, saying in court documents that LaBeouf had agreed to void those provisions. In June, LaBeouf was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to punching three people outside a New Orleans bar during Mardi Gras.

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Desmond Stewart mixes up a drink while bartending at Bar Tonique on Rampart Street in New Orleans. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD

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On a typical Saturday afternoon in the French Quarter, you can find Desmond Stewart at Bar Tonique shaking cocktails and chatting up customers while keeping a close eye on various professional and personal side quests. He’s like “a mad scientist” in his element, regular and Bayou St. John resident Cary Porter said, steeping butterfly pea flower tea for drink specials, serv-

ing free bowls of chicken noodle soup or gumbo — his grandma’s recipe — to regulars, or spinning records from his personal vinyl collection just for fun. “It’s so much fun on a Saturday to just sit there and watch him do his thing,” Porter said. “He’s just a savant, it’s amazing.” Bar Tonique isn’t really a beer and shot kind of place, but, with a diverse clientele of both tourists and working locals, Stewart

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Dear Annie: I’ve been married only can get off work early and stay out late. a few short years. My husband It’s also gotten to where I feel and I used to go out and have fun; like I’m talking to myself. I try to we’d do things like day trips to the beach or going out to eat, just carry on a conversation with him, and he just sits and stares to get out of the house. straight ahead. He won’t Over the past few years, respond to conversational he has decided that his faquestions. He can’t even vorite pastime is sitting on be bothered to say yes, no the sofa. If I mention going or I don’t know. He has somewhere, he comes up never once even asked me with an excuse: it’s too hot, Annie how my day went. I’ve told gas is too expensive, he’s Lane him how I feel, but it does tired. Or if he agrees to go DEAR ANNIE no good. somewhere, he will cancel We both work full time, when the time comes to go, usually with one of the above- and when our days off coincide, I want to hang out with him like we mentioned excuses. used to. We are still fairly young However, if it’s something he and in good health (he works out wants to do, he can’t get there all the time), and I’d like to take quickly enough. Suddenly he has advantage of that while we are found an abundance of energy, still able. We are ﬁnancially in a he can deal with the heat, and he

good place, not rich by any means but not necessarily struggling, so lack of money is not an excuse. I just don’t know what to do at this point. I feel so alone. — Lonely Partner Dear Lonely Partner: You’ve already told him how you feel, so stop waiting on his mood. Plan your days off as you’d like to enjoy them, and then extend him an invitation to join. Don’t put them on hold for his excuses. The silence is the heavier issue. It might be checked-out disinterest, but it might also be something more serious, such as depression. Either way, you should ask him directly if something’s going on. If he’s willing to see a counselor, individually or together, that gives you something to work with. If he isn’t, that might tell you something, too.

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Continued from page 1D approaches his work with the kind of love and comforting generosity usually found at neighborhood bars. He keeps Tums on hand for Porter and wife Tanya Porter who have been visiting the bar each weekend for the past ﬁve years to take advantage of Bar Tonique’s spicy Saturday bloody mary special. He texts regulars if he’s running behind. And he’s more than happy to help customers navigate the bar’s sometimes intimidating menu of classic and specialty cocktails. “If I don’t know what I want that day, he’ll just come up with something,” Tanya Porter said. Stewart has been lead bartender at the 820 N. Rampart St. bar for the past two and half years, concocting new recipes, ensuring the classics are up to snuff, and training newbies in the art of tending bar. But it was at Cochon where the 30-year-old New Orleans East native got his

well enough to recognize when something isn’t right. Trust that instinct. Tell him gently what you’ve noticed and ask if he’s feeling OK or needs help. He may be embarrassed, so lead with concern, not criticism. If you’re still worried, ask to contact a sibling, his father or someone else he trusts. These changes could mean something much more serious is happening, so don’t be afraid to involve someone closer to him who can help. You’re looking out for someone you care about. It’s better to speak up now than to wish you had later. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators. com.

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life is upended when the 10-year-old son he never knew he had arrives unexpectedly. Screens at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the CAC Warehouse Theater. Oscar-nominated director Jesse Eisenberg’s “The Debut” is a comedy starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti that explores what happens when a novice actress begins to unravel and can’t ﬁgure out where her character ends and she begins. It screens at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the CAC Warehouse Theater. Director Marie Kreutzer explores a chilling topic in her ﬁlm “Gentle Monster,” which asks the question, “What if someone we love is actually someone we never knew?” Academy Award nominee Catherine Deneuve stars. It screens at 2:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Prytania Theatre Uptown. Two-time Oscar-winning director Peter Farrelly brings the much-anticipated story of an underdog who makes it big in this story of then-unknown actor Sylvester Stallone, who not only believed he should write his masterpiece, “Rocky,” but that he should also play Rocky Balboa on the big screen. “I Play Rocky” screens at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Prytania Theatre Uptown. Director Anton Corbijn’s “A Talent for Murder,” starring Tony Award winner Alden Ehrenreich and Academy Award winner Helen Mirren, seeks to bring one of literature’s most unforgettable sociopaths back to life. The twisted thriller delves into the darkness beneath the surface of high society. It screens at 7:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at the Prytania Theatre Uptown. Director Mike Leigh’s “Tender Loving Care” is the story of two women whose

Dear Annie: I’ve known one of my clients, who has a physical disability, for over 20 years. Four years ago, I started cleaning his house. Recently, I’ve noticed that he’s stopped showering, and I don’t think he’s eating very well, either. His family brings him good food, but he lets it rot and eats frozen or packaged foods instead. His skin looks a little gray, and the house is starting to smell. His siblings bring him the food he doesn’t eat, though I don’t know them or how involved they are otherwise. I have his father’s phone number, but he’s in his 80s, and I’m not sure how much he could do to help his son. Any ideas on how to handle this? — Concerned Cleaner Dear Concerned Cleaner: After 20 years, you know this man

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The cast of ‘La Bola Negra,’ a centerpiece film at the New Orleans Film Festival

Anthony Ippolito stars as Sylvester Stallone in ‘I Play Rocky,’ one of the Spotlight films at the film festival.

The Closing Night film is the world premiere of “Maestro,” in which local director Jackson Fager tells the story of beloved New Orleans band director Wilbert Rawlins Jr., who has spent more than 30 years using music to save lives at L.B. Landry High School in the historic neighborhood of Algiers. It reveals the reality of growing up amid gun violence, poverty and systemic neglect. It screens at 7:45 p.m. Oct. 27 at the CAC. The ﬁlm will stream on Hulu in 2027. One night before the festival begins, the New Orleans Film Society will host its annual gala on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the New Orleans Jazz & Blues Market, 1436 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. Award honorees include Jay Duplass, who stars in “I Play Rocky” and will receive the Celluloid Hero Award, and Josh Penn, who produced “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and will receive the Lumiere Award. The 37th New Orleans Film Festival is presented by Andscape. The New Orleans Film Society produces the Oscar-qualifying New Orleans Film Festival annually. To get tickets to individual events, an All Access Pass or to see the entire ﬁlm schedule, go to www. nofs.eventive.org/schedule.

personal lives are full of angst and details how having someone to share life’s most trying moments with can temper everything in this movie filled with heartbreak, humor and unexpected tenderness. Starring Kate O’Flynn, who just won an Emmy for “Widow’s Bay,” it screens at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Prytania Theater Uptown. Director Simon Stone’s “Elsinore” stars Andrew Scott (“Ripley”) as inspiring actor Ian Charleson, who faced incredible odds while preparing to give the performance of his life in “Hamlet” at The National Theatre in London. It screens at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, at the Prytania Theater Uptown. The festival kicks off with its Opening Night selection, “Victory,” a documentary from director Ben Chace about New Orleans icon Irma Thomas. It screens at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. Contact Leslie Cardé at 22, at the CAC Black Box lesliecardejournalist@ Theater. gmail.com.

first chance behind the bar, after years spent working almost every job possible, from dishwasher and busser to line cook and server, at various restaurants. His first specialty creation at Cochon was a play on a gin fizz featuring a strawberry balsamic reduction and egg white foam. “It’s funny,” he said, now that he works at a bar famous for its hand-shaken Ramos gin fizz. “I had to be extra for my first cocktail.” The vast menu at Bar Tonique is largely made up classic cocktails, including what Stewart calls “forgotten classics.” His favorite is a Trinidad sour, a tiki classic that — made with a whole ounce of Angostura bitters — tends to trip up new bartenders. But an ounce of rye whiskey, orgeat syrup made in house and lots of lemon juice help to bring out the bitters’ floral undertones. “It’s nice and light and pleasant,” he said, “even though it does still pack a punch.” The rotating drink specials and frozens at Bar Tonique allow for more creativity. A dedicated

home cook, Stewart loves finding new flavor combinations and all the hard work, knowledge and skill that go into making something delicious from scratch. Bartenders make many of their own syrups and tinctures in house, Stewart said, attracting both drink aficionados and professionals to the cozy bar. It’s a post-shift stop for many of the service industry workers leaving their jobs in the French Quarter and a must-see for tourists from around the world, including the thousands of bartenders and distillers who visit the city for Tales of the Cocktail each year. It’s rare, he said, to work somewhere that can be appreciated by everyone, from the connoisseurs to the average Joes. “This bar has always just been a special place,” Stewart said. “It’s just so magical.” This story is part of a new series highlighting local bartenders. Want to suggest one? Email Kasey Bubnash at kasey. bubnash@theadvocate. com.

use for them if they are Dear Miss Manners: I go out partnered, but not so much to bars and other places that they get themto meet a potential long-term partner. If selves in trouble. I strike up a converDear Miss Manners: I know it’s proper sation with someone for adults to cover and then ﬁnd out their mouths when that they are not they yawn, but what single, I don’t want Judith about children? I to waste any more Martin think it’s adorable time with them, MISS when young children but I don’t want to MANNERS yawn after a busy, abruptly stand up active day. They’re and walk away. so cute, and it clearly How much time should I means it’s nap time. At give them after I ﬁnd out they are partnered before I what age should children move away, and how do I do be taught to cover their mouths when they yawn? it gracefully? Gentle reader: Cute as it may Gentle reader: Enough time so that it is not screamingly be, you do not want to set a precedent for uncovered obvious that you have no

yawns. Miss Manners assures you that it will not be nearly as adorable when food falls from those open mouths — or stinky breath. Lucky for you, you will no doubt still be able to tell when they yawn, even when they cover their mouths. Because they won’t be very good at it. Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners. com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail. com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

Tips on cleaning vinyl flooring the weed killer dries. — Grace Dear Heloise: I also have O., via email plank-style vinyl flooring, and the nonslip texNo rolls for pets tured coating makes it difficult to clean Dear Heloise: Please effectively. After don’t use cardsweeping or vacuboard paper rolls for dog or cat toys; uming, I spray the this can result in floor with a cleaning Hints from a life-threatening agent and scrub it Heloise blockage and a very with a long-handled, expensive surgery stuff-bristled brush for your beloved pet. — D.T., (like a deck brush). It’s the in Colorado Springs, Colorado only way I’ve found that gets it really clean, short of getting on my hands and Potato chip cans knees with a scrub brush. Dear Heloise: Empty cans Many thanks to all your that stack potato chips are great hints over the years! great for storing knives in — Patti W., in East Texas the kitchen or garage. I also use one in the garage to Weed-killing method hold the little trowel that I use as a pooper scooper! — Dear Heloise: I use paper Linda S., via email towel tubes to kill weeds that come up in my plants. I feed the weed through the Pet-free hotels tube, which protects the Dear Heloise: In response to rest of the plant as I spray Janice, who has allergies the weed with weed killer. I and trouble traveling due leave the tube in place until to so many pet-friendly

hotels, she might ﬁnd the following resource helpful: PetFreeHotels.com. However, all hotels must allow service animals as required by law. — Marilyn M., via email

Service dog question Dear Heloise: I have a beautiful service dog, and the other day while I was grocery shopping with Ranger, my golden retriever, the store manager demanded to see paperwork showing that Ranger was a trained service dog. I was told that he couldn’t make a demand to see his paperwork. Or can he? — Mike B., in Oklahoma Mike, no one can demand to see proof or toss you out of public places if you use a service dog. The store manager had better brush up on state laws. — Heloise Send a hint to heloise@ heloise.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Oct. 16, the 289th day of 2026. There are 76 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 16, 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President John F. Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of Soviet nuclear missile sites in Cuba. Also on this date: In 1859, radical abolitionist John Brown and his small force raided the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry in what was then western Virginia. The attack failed to spark Brown’s intended slave rebellion but deepened North-South animosities leading to the Civil War. (Ten of Brown’s men were killed, others ﬂed, and Brown and six followers were caught and later executed.) In 1923, Walt and Roy Disney found the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, signing their ﬁrst contract for an animated series and launching what would become The Walt Disney Co.

In 1968, American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos sparked controversy at the Mexico City Olympics by giving “Black power” salutes during a victory ceremony after they had won gold and bronze medals in the 200-meter race. In 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to be the new pope; he took the name John Paul II. In 1984, Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his decades of nonviolent struggle for racial equality in South Africa. In 1987, 18-month-old Jessica McClure was pulled from an abandoned well in Midland, Texas, after being stuck there for more than two days. The efforts to rescue “Baby Jessica” captured the attention of the nation. In 1995, the Million Man March, a gathering of Black men meant to foster unity in the face of economic and social issues affecting African Americans, was held in Washington, D.C. In 2017, Army Sgt. Bowe

Bergdahl, who had been captured and held by the Taliban for ﬁve years after walking away from his post in Afghanistan in 2009, pleaded guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. He was subsequently given no prison time after submitting evidence of torture at the hands of the Taliban. A federal judge vacated his military conviction in 2023. Today’s birthdays: Actor Fernanda Montenegro is 97. Actor Barry Corbin is 86. Actor-director Tim Robbins is 68. Rock musician Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 64. Filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan is 64. Actor Terri J. Vaughn is 57. Singer John Mayer is 49. Former WNBA point guard Sue Bird is 46. Actor Caterina Scorsone is 45. Philadelphia Phillies outﬁelder Bryce Harper is 34.

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO QUOTE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: Department of Property Management TITLE: Public Works Trades: Roofing Services Zones 1-3 & 5 SOURCING EVENT NUMBERS: Roofing Services: 4822, 4823, 4824, & 4825 DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: October 16, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: October 30, 2026 at 11:00 AM PRE-BID CONFERENCE: October 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. https://teams.microsoft. com/meet/29541630937 4343?p=7ABNfKorEHk bTeTZAi The Bureau of Purchas‐ uses commodity ing codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): Roofing Services: 910-66 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ and nority-owned busi‐ women-owned nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ opportunities tracting pursuant to this solicita‐ tion. For more information this sourcing about event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ search “Open tal, Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Bureau of Purchasing

Public Notices Bids/Proposals

Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ bidder/respondent tive must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government the State of and Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ uses commodity ing codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 961-49 and 961-50 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly minorityencourages and womenowned owned businesses, so‐ cially and economically busi‐ disadvantaged nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information this sourcing about event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ search “Open tal, Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: October 16, 23 and 30, 2026 NOCP 9373 204067-oct 16-23-30-3t $114.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --BID NO.: 102026-001 HVLS FANS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA FLOOD PROTECTION AUTHORITY - EAST Notice is hereby given the Southeast that Louisiana Flood Protec‐ tion Authority - East will make (SLFPA-E) available a public bid so‐ licitation on October 16, 2026, for the purchase and delivery of nine (9) High Volume Low-Speed (HVLS) fans and one (1) common control system capable of controlling all nine fans.

Advertising Dates: October 16 and 23, 2026 NOCP 9374

This solicitation is for equipment only. Installa‐ tion services are not in‐ cluded.

204069-oct 16-23-2t $70.86

Bid Documents Available: October 16, 2026

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: TREASURY TITLE: LEGAL SERVICES FOR REAL ESTATE CLOSING AND CURATIVE TITLE WORK FOR ADJUDICATED PROPERTIES SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4834 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: October 16, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: NOVEMBER 6, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 23, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ bidder/respondent tive must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government the State of and Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ uses commodity ing codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 961-49 and 961-50 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly minorityencourages and womenowned owned businesses, so‐ cially and economically busi‐ disadvantaged nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information this sourcing about event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ search “Open tal, Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: October 16, 23 and 30, 2026 NOCP 9372 204066-oct 16-23-30-3t $117.39 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: TREASURY TITLE: FACILITATION OF THE MOW TO OWN PROGRAM SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4835 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: October 16, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: NOVEMBER 6, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: OCTOBER 26, 2026

Bid Submission Deadline: November 2, 2026, at 2:00 PM Central Time Sealed paper bids may be delivered to the Pur‐ chasing Department at 6920 Franklin Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70122. Email bids may be sub‐ mitted to dmatrana@ slfpae.gov, with all re‐ documentation quired attached. The complete solicitation will provide submission and bid opening instructions. Interested vendors may bidding docu‐ obtain ments and additional in‐ formation beginning Oc‐ tober 16, 2026, by con‐ tacting: Dominick Matrana Purchasing Department Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Author‐ ity - East 6920 Franklin Avenue New Orleans, LA 70122 Email: dmatrana@slfpae.gov The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all bids permitted by ap‐ plicable Louisiana law. Advertisement Dates: October 16, 2026 and Oc‐ tober 23, 2026 203497-oct 16-23-2t $393 PUBLIC NOTICE --Bids for Hurricane Francine Repairs – Tide‐ water Building D003, Tu‐ lane University, New Or‐ leans, will be received by the Owner on Thursday, November 12, 2026, 2:00 PM CST at the Offices of Tulane University, Capital Projects & Real Estate Group, 800 East Com‐ merce Rd., Suite 201, Harahan, LA 70123-3452. Proposals will be opened publicly after the time stated for receiving bids and the results of the bidding will be read aloud in a public meet‐ ing. Any bid received after the established time will be returned un‐ opened. The Owner has the right to reject any or all bids and to waive all informalities. A Copy of Bid Documents, the which consist of the Pro‐ ject Manual, Drawings and Addenda & Modifica‐ tions, are available at the office of the Architect, Studio West, at (504) 3809880 or by email to Jason jason@ Richards, studiowest.design. All bids shall be accompa‐ nied by a bid security in an amount of five per‐ cent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all al‐ ternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents. Per‐ formance and Labor and Material Bonds each in the amount of 100% of the total bid amount are required as stated in the Bidding Requirements. A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held at 1:00 pm on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 1440 Canal Street, New Or‐ leans, LA 70112. Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are li‐ censed under LA RS. 37:2150-2192 for the clas‐ of Building sification Construction. Advertisement Dates: Friday, October 16, 2026; Friday, October 23, 2026; Friday October 30, 2026. 203961-oct 16-23-30-3t $567.81 PUBLIC NOTICE --City of New Orleans New Orleans Aviation Board Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Request for Proposals For Investment Advisory Services CNO RFP No. 4819 Request for Proposals: The City of New Orleans (“City”), by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board (“NOAB”), is re‐ questing proposals from firms, and persons, teams of firms (“Pro‐ posers”) to provide In‐ vestment Advisory Ser‐ vices to the NOAB which will be subject to peri‐ di i f i f

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals j p odic review of satisfac‐ tory performance, nego‐ tiation of terms (includ‐ ing price) and the avail‐ ability of funds for the Louis Armstrong New Or‐ leans International Air‐ port. As provided below, and incident to City Charter Section 6-308(5) and Executive Order LC 20-01, it requests qualifi‐ from experi‐ cations enced firms to provide the needed services. It is imperative that all Proposers read, review, and understand this RFP and all attachments. At‐ tention should be di‐ rected to Attachment “B” – Professional Services Agreement. Specific terms and conditions of the Agreement to be awarded under this RFP are contained herein. Needed Services: The selected Proposer will be required to per‐ form all services as set forth in Attachment “A” Scope of Services. Minimum Qualifications: Please refer to attach‐ ment A of the RFP. Obtaining a Copy of the Solicitation: Copies of the solicitation and related information are available at the City’s website: purchasing https://nola.gov/viewbid-opportunities/. Instructions: PLEASE NOTE: Proposers are strongly encouraged to submit the following electronically via Email seth.leger@nola.gov to procurement@ (cc: flymsy.com), not later than, November 13th, 2026 at 4:00 PM C.T. a. One (1) digitally signed response in PDF format, titled “RFP #4819 “Invest‐ ment Advisory’ Services b. A signed cover letter including the company’s name, address and pri‐ mary contact for the re‐ quest for proposals. The primary contact informa‐ tion shall include submit‐ ter name, telephone, and email address. c. Proposers must com‐ plete all required attach‐ ments and submit along with the electronic pro‐ posal submissions. For proposals submitted via sealed envelope: Applicants should sub‐ mit the following to the of Fi‐ Department nance/Bureau of Pur‐ chasing, Attention: Chief Procurement Officer, As‐ sistant Purchasing Ad‐ ministrator, City Hall, 1300 Perdido St., Room 4W07, New Orleans, LA, not later than November 13, 2026 at 4:00 PM C.T. a. Proposers should pro‐ vide one (1) bound and tabbed copy of the pro‐ posal in a sealed enve‐ lope; envelope should be marked “RFP #4819: “In‐ vestment Advisory Ser‐ vices.” For additional informa‐ tion contact the NOAB Procurement Department at procurement@flymsy. com. Advertising Dates: October 16, 23 and 30, 2026 NOCP 9371 204057-oct 16-23-30-3t $150.75 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 2271 Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd. Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Louisiana, at Rouge, 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing: RFx No. 3000026742, Spike Rollers - DOTD, 11/05/26 Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and specifica‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour specified. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities. Amy Vincent Director of State Procure‐ ment FAX (225) 342-8688 203996-OCT 16-1T $11.48 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Jefferson Housing Services Development District (HSDD) is solicit‐ ing proposals to secure professional advisory services to assist it with strategic planning, asset modernization, and fed‐ eral compliance. The se‐ lected Consultant will play a critical role in sup‐ porting and expanding affordable housing op‐ portunities, optimizing operational perfor‐ mance, and ensuring strict adherence to the regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana. All interested parties can request a complete proposal packet with detailed in‐ structions by emailing D’Andre@jphsdd.org. Telephone and in person request will not be con‐ sidered. The deadline for submission of proposals is on or before November 10, 2026 by 2:00 p.m. (CST). 203242-oct 8-1t $118.71

PUBLIC NOTICE -- The Louisiana Ofﬁce of the State Museum is re‐ questing proposals for a Public-Private Partner‐ ship project to design, build, furnish, operate, and maintain an in‐ door/outdoor café at the New Orleans Jazz Mu‐ seum. For more informa‐ tion go to opportuni‐ tiesinlouisiana.com. 202695-oct 2-20-t $93.29

Legal Notices

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TITLE: RE-BID - DPW835 INSTALLATION OF SCHOOL ZONE FLASHING BEACONS UPGRADES CITYWIDE SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4821 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: OCTOBER 08, 2026

Legal Notices

Public Notices Sex Offenders

Scars/Tattoos:

DEADLINE TO RESPOND: NOVEMBER 06, 2026 @2:30 P.M.

TEXAS & LOUISIANA 204038, OCT 16-17 $250

PRE-BID CONFERENCE: October 23, 2026 @ 2:30 P.M. TEAMS ONLY:

1195?p=Z2GFMNaUoep Qm5SArh Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event:

For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. Kai Wells Assistant Purchasing Administrator

My Address is: 4941 RYE ST METAIRIE, LA 70006 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/13/1985 Height: 5'11" Weight: 240 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 204026, OVT 16-17 $250

LOUISIANA I, BRIAN J PELLEGAL aka BRIAN JAMES, have been convicted of 14:89.1 - Aggravated Crime Against Nature. Date Convicted: 05/01/2000. 14:45 Simple Kidnapping. Date Convicted: 05/01/2000. . My Address is: 1921 N PRIEUR ST, APT B NEW ORLEANS, LA 70116 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 9/4/1962 Height: 5'7" Weight: 139 Hair Color: BLONDE Eye Color: HAZEL Scars/Tattoos:

204046, OCT 16-17 $250

BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Monday, October 19, 2026 10:00 a.m. 8th Floor, Room 8E10, Conference Room City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, New Orleans, Louisiana The Board of Zoning Ad‐ justments, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance of the City of New Orleans, will hold a pub‐ lic hearing on the follow‐ ing items: Variances – Unﬁnished Business 1. BZA054-26 906 Philip Street / Charles and Sarah Anderson 2. BZA073-26 1037 Mazant Street / D T Home & Maintenance LLC, Dammond Lockhart, Ana Elizabeth Phelps 3. BZA076-26 5230 Pitt Street / Kurt and Leah Eischen, Lupin Architec‐ ture, Lawrence T. Lupin 4. BZA080-26 906 Dante Street / Dantes-Burthe L.C., Colin Rusovich, Made Design, LLC, David Merlin Variances – New Business 5. BZA082-26 1208 Web‐ ster Street / Peter An‐ dronaco and Mary San‐ tina, Eric McCutcheon, AIA, Datum Architects 6. BZA083-26 7301 Way‐ side Drive / Erica Lamp‐ kin Richardson and Donovan Richardson 7. BZA085-26 3322-24 Es‐ planade Avenue / JG2 Properties LLC, Jordan Gerard, Karsen Architec‐ ture LLC, Ross Karsen

I, THOMAS AARON HUNTER, have been convicted of 14:80 Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 08/28/2014. My Address is: 953 KINGSWAY DR E TERRYTOWN, LA 70056 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 07/16/1997 Height: 6'2" Weight: 241 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: HAZEL Scars/Tattoos:

204022, OCT 16-17 $250 I, ISAAC NETTER JR AKA NETTE ISAAC AKA JERRY JONES AKA TASSINE JONES AKA TERRY JONES AKA ASAAC METTS AKA ISAAC NEHER AKA BLACK NETTER AKA BLACKIE NETTER AKA IKE NETTER AKA ISAAC NETTER AKA ASAAD NETTER AKA ISSAC NETTER AKA LENNY TOL NUCKLUKIT AKA ISAAC TASSIN AKA JONES BLACK TERRY, have been convicted of 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Date Convicted: 09/07/2004. 15:542 - Failure to Register/Notify as a Sex Offender. Date Convicted: 11/13/2006. My Address is: 1806 LLOYD PRICE AVE KENNER, LA 70062 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 2/19/1955 Height: 6'2" Weight: 195 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 204007, OCT 16-17 $250

Any Other Matters – New Business 9. Consideration – Adop‐ tion of the 2027 Board of Zoning Adjustments Meeting Schedule Notice under the Ameri‐ cans with Disabilities Act: This meeting is ac‐ cessible to people with disabilities. Should you need further assistance, please contact the Front Desk in the Main Lobby or the ADA Administra‐ tor: (504) 658-4020 (voice), 711 LA Relay Ser‐ vice, or e-mail emhurst@ nola.gov. Please be ad‐ vised there is a courtesy telephone available for 711 calls for people with hearing or speech im‐ pairments at the wel‐ come desk of City Hall, First Floor, Main Lobby. This communiqué is available in alternative formats upon request. Advertisement Dates: September 25, October 2, 9 and 16, 2026 NOCP 9337 2-9-

My Address is: 16500 CHEF MENTEUR HWY NEW ORLEANS, LA 70129 Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 7/20/1993 Height: 5'7" Weight: 260 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: GREEN Scars/Tattoos: LOUISIANA 204051, OCT 16-17 $250

PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE On October 12, 2026, Bonnett Bour‐ Susan Secretary of geois, Louisiana Economic De‐ velopment, determined that records pertaining to an active negotiation for the purpose of retain‐ ing, expanding, or at‐ tracting economic or business development in the state, referred to as Project Astrology, shall be conﬁdential until con‐ clusion of the negotia‐ tion, in accordance with La.R.S.44:22. 203799-OCT 16-19-20-3t $44.86 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE On October 12, 2026 Bonnett Bour‐ Susan Secretary of geois, Louisiana Economic De‐ velopment, determined that records pertaining to an active negotiation for the purpose of retain‐ ing, expanding, or at‐ tracting economic or business development in the state, referred to as Project Golf, shall be con‐ ﬁdential until conclusion of the negotiation, in ac‐ with cordance La.R.S.44:22.

I, Tyrone William Moore AKA TYRONE MOORE AKA TYRONE W MOORE AKA TYRONNE W MOORE, have been convicted of 97-3-65 Statutory Rape. MISSISSIPPI. Date Convicted: 01/05/2017. State Equivalent: 14:80 - Carnal knowledge of a juvenile. My Address is: 4658 SANDALWOOD ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70127 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 1/19/1975 Height: 6' Weight: 168 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

204030, OCT 16-17 $250

I, JONATHAN WAYNE RIDLEN, have been convicted of 14:81 Indecent Behavior with Juveniles. Date Convicted: 05/05/2026. 14:81.3 - Computer Aided Solicitation of a Minor Date Convicted: 05/05/2026.

I, ULYSSES LAROCCO LEWIS AKA ROCKO LEWIS AKA ULYSSES LEWIS AKA ULYSSES LAROCO LEWIS AKA LEWIS ULYSSES, have been convicted of 14:42.1 - Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 02/22/1984. 14:89.1 Aggravated Crime Against Nature. Date Convicted: 02/22/1984. 15:542 - Failure to Register/Notify as a Sex Offender (attempted). Date Convicted: 03/12/2012. My Address is: 39 IMOGENE ST WESTWEGO, LA 70094 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 07/23/1952 Height: 5'11" Weight: 210 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

204024, OCT 16-17 $250

My Address is: 3324 PAUGER ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119 Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 7/29/1948 Height: 5'7" Weight: 148 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 879-204 JEFFERSON PARISH EMPLOYEES FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VERSUS JEREMIAH S. CAREY By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled August dated 25, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on No‐ vember 18, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ described ing property to wit:

Description: ONE (1) 2015 CHEVROLET CAMARO VIN: 2G1FK1EJ5F9288 200 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. JOSHUA P. MATHEWS Attorney for Plaintiff

LOUISIANA

I, LEO LUCIEN MERCADEL, have been convicted of 11990004 22.021(a)(2)(b) PC Agg Sexual Assault Child. TEXAS. Date Convicted: 02/05/2007. State Equivalent: 14:43.1 - Sexual Battery. 14:42.1 Forcible Rape. Date Convicted: 06/22/2018.

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

STORED AT: AVONDALE STORAGE 3110 HWY. 90 P. O. BOX 9150 AVONDALE, LA

MISSISSIPPI

Director of Safety and Permits Decision Appeals – New Business 8. BZA084-26 1616-18 Pry‐ tania Street / Gregory Lacy II and Gulsah Lacy, Benjamin Flaxenburg

203794-oct 16-19-20-3t $19.86

204029, OCT 16-17 $250

LOUISIANA

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

25-oct

I, RODNEY ANTHONY SCHEIDEL JR AKA DENNY ARIEL AKA DOM DENNY ARIEL AKA ARIEL DENNY AKA DENNY ROD AKA SCHEIDEL A RODNEY JR AKA RODRIGO AKA DAMIAN SCHEIDEL AKA DAMIEN SCHEIDEL, have been convicted of 14:43.3 - Oral Sexual Battery. Date Convicted: 12/11/1997. 14:81.1 - Pornography Involving Juveniles. Date Convicted: 06/24/1999.

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 11/5/1959 Height: 5'6" Weight: 125 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos:

103381-oct 8-16-22-3t $133.56

202007-sept 16-4t $145.76

Public Notices Sheriff Sales

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I, WILLIAM ASA NAMI AKA WILLIAM NAMI AKA WILLIAM A NAMI, have been convicted of 14:43 - Simple Rape Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 10/15/2001. 14:43.1 Sexual Battery Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 10/15/2001. 14:89 - Crime Against Nature Sexual Motivation. Date Convicted: 10/15/2001. My Address is: 7750 WESTBANK EXPY WESTWEGO, LA 70094 Race: WHITE

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: October 16, 2026 oct 16-1t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-155 INSTEP FEDERAL CREDIT UNION VERSUS CHARLIE J. ROSS, III By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated Septem‐ ber 1, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank

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Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on No‐ vember 18, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ described ing property to wit: STORED AT: AVONDALE STORAGE 3110 HWY. 90 P. O. BOX 9150 AVONDALE, LA Description: ONE 2023 H20 BAY EXPRESS I.D. NO. JBC078401223 ONE 2023 V115LA YAMAHA MOTOR I.D. NO. 6FNL1031643 ONE 2023 BLACK TRACH TRAILER I.D. NO. 5HEAH2215PH01 7891 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. JOSHUA P. MATHEWS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: October 16, 2026 oct 16-1t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 829-882 HOME POINT FINANCIAL VS TAMY T. NGUYEN A/K/A TAMY NGUYEN AND MUI T. LE A/K/A MUI LE By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated July 15, I have 2022, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: The property described in the Act of Mortgage is described as follows: One certain lot parcel of or to‐ ground, gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all of the rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part known Westgate as Subdivision, being a resubdivision of portion of a Park Highway Subdivision, ac‐ cording to a plan of bdi

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p Westgate Subdi‐ by vision Roessle & Gal‐ loway, Consult‐ Engineers, ing dated June 30, 1935, recorded in Plan Book 27, folio 29, revised 17, January 1956, recorded in Plan Book 28, folio 45, which portion of ground is desig‐ nated as fol‐ lows: Lot 25 of Square L of Westgate Subdivision and said portion of ground that has the same designa‐ tion on a certifi‐ cate of survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, dated March 1, 1957. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ELIZABETH CROWELL PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 821-168 GIROD TITLING TRUST VS REGINALD D. WAYNE AND REGGIE WAYNE ENTERPRISES, LLC By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated January 29, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, with together all the buildings improve‐ and ments thereon and all of the rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, advan‐ tudes, tages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, of State in Louisiana, STONEBRIDGE SUBDIVISION (formerly a part of Parcels FF-9 and FF-10, Lake Tim‐ Es‐ berlane in tates), 7 SQUARE desig‐ thereof nated as LOT NO. 169, which lot mea‐ sure 100.48 feet front on Lake East Aspen Drive, 100 feet in width in the rear, by a depth of 126.74 f h

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p feet on the North side line and a depth of 136.46 feet on opposite the sideline. All in accordance with a plan by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated August 31, 1981, in Plan filed Book 108, Folio 31-B approved by Ordinance No. 15014 adopted by the Jefferson Parish Council on January 6, 1982, registered in COB 1019, Folio 674, Entry No. 1001764, Parish of Jefferson on February 5, 1982, registered in COB 1031, folio 53. All as fully more shown on sur‐ vey by J.F. Ruello, Land Surveyor, dated July 20, 1983. Said measure‐ ments are more fully shown on Plat of Survey Wilton J. by Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated May 25, 1990, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to act of Cash Sale dated June 13, 1990, recorded at COB 2332, Folio 234, Entry No. 9024382, of‐ ficial records of Jef‐ Parish, ferson Louisiana, and according thereto said is square bounded by Lake Aspen East Drive, Lake North Aspen Drive, Lake Tim‐ Drive, berlane Lake Aspen South Lake Drive, Drive, Kristin Parcel B and Louise Lake Drive. Improvements thereon bear ad‐ municipal dress 3621 Lake Drive Aspen East, Gretna, Louisiana 700568302. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. SCOTT R. CHEATHAM Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 869-002 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC VS BLAKE A. BAYARD A/K/A BLAKE BAYARD AND ROXANNE MCKINNEY-BA‐ YARD A/K/A ROXANNE M. BAYARD A/K/A ROXANNE BAYARD By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated October 8, 2025, I have seized and will

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proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: That portion of to‐ ground, gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all of the rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, tudes, appurte‐ nances and ad‐ vantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Eighth Ward of the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the subdivision known as Air‐ line Park according to by H.E. plan C.E., Landry, dated October 26, 1950, revised September 13, 1951, revised September 13, 1951, both on and of file record in plan book 16, parish of Jeffer‐ son, Louisiana, to according which said por‐ tion of ground is described as follows: Lot 41, in Square "F", bounded by Av‐ Mitchell Mont‐ enue, gomery Avenue, Hodgson Avenue and Landry Henry mea‐ Avenue sures 53 feet front on Hendry Landry Avenue, 46.99 feet in width in the rear, by a depth of 110 feet be‐ tween side lines which are equal but not and parallel commences at a of distance 107.69 feet from the corner of Henry Landry and Avenue Av‐ Mitchell all as enue, fully more sketch shown by H.E. Landry, C.E., dated October 15, 1951. Also all as more fully shown on sur‐ vey by Gilbert, Kelly & Inc., Couturie, Surveyor, dated 23, January 1989. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 868-061 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS JORDAN TATE A/K/A JORDAN A. TATE, SR. AND RAYNETTE TATE A/K/A

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RAYNETTE BRUE TATE By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled August dated 26, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ OF TION to‐ GROUND, gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, part that thereof known as WESTMINSTER PARK, EXTEN‐ SION NO. 2, and is designated as LOT 12, SQUARE 9, said lot being by bounded Westminster Boulevard, Run‐ nymede Drive, Parcel C-1, and Rue Louis Phillipe. Said Lot 12 commences at a distance of 873.29 feet from the point of curva‐ ture intersect‐ ing Rue Louis and Phillipe Westminster Boulevard , and measures thence 60 feet front on West‐ minster Boule‐ same vard, width in the rear, by a depth of 150 between feet equal and paral‐ lel lines, all in accordance with survey of J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Sur‐ dated veyors, May 7, 1981, a copy of which is attached to an act dated 8, September 2010, registered Instrument in Number 11104473 of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; sub‐ ject to restric‐ servi‐ tions, tudes, rights-ofway and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the prop‐ erty. The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ No. 1732 pal Westminster Boulevard, Marrero, Louisiana 70072 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ELIZABETH CROWELL PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate:

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September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 869-965 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY, AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VERUS SECURITIZATION TRUST 2024INV1 VERSUS NEIGHBORS LOUISIANA, LLC, TIMOTHY JEHRROD HASSON A/K/A TIMOTHY J. HASSON A/K/A TIMOTHY HASSON AND TAJH A. HASSON A/K/A TAJH HASSON By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated October 29, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT LOT OF to‐ GROUND gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all the ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in Lincoln Shire, being a subdivision of a portion of Sec‐ tion 7, 87 and 88, Town‐ ship 14 South, Range 23 East, West of the Mis‐ River, sissippi Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, which portion of ground, accord‐ ing to a plan of subdivision by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc. dated Sep‐ tember 3, 1970, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council on No‐ vember 19, 1970, Ordi‐ under nance No. 9889 is designated as LOT NO. 29, of S; SQUARE by bounded Benedict Drive, Tuskegee Drive, Lincoln Shire Drive and Fisk Court (side) and said lot is more particularly de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows: LOT NO. 29 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 70 feet Benedict from Drive and Lin‐ coln Shire Drive and measures thence 60 feet front on Lincoln Shire Drive, the same in width in the rear, by a depth of 90 feet be‐ equal tween parallel and All as lines. more fully shown on survey made by Krebs & J.J. Sons, Inc., C.E. dated July 16, 1973, resurveyed July 14, 1975

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This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ELIZABETH C. PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 869-615 MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC. VERSUS GERARD WALKER AND BETRICE HUDSON WALKER (A/K/A BETRICE HUDSON) By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated October 20, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: ONE CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ OF TION to‐ GROUND, gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon all the and ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, advantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ talning, situated in the of State Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son in that part thereof known as Lake Timber‐ Estates, lane composed of a portion of De‐ Divi‐ strhan sion,formerly designated as Parcels D, E and M as shown on a plan of resub‐ division by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E.& S., dated September 18, 1980, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under No. Ordinance 14580, adopted 15, January 1981, filed in COB 996,folio 812 in the Records of Jefferson Parish, LA which said plan was last revised January 30, 1985 said Parcel D being further re‐ subdivided into Parcel D-1 as per plan of resubdi‐ vision by Rich‐ mond W. Krebs, Professional Land Surveyor, dated May 26, 1998, ap‐ proved by the ff i h

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p Jefferson Parish under Council No. Ordinance 20430, recorded in the Clerk of Court's Office for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son under In‐ strument No. 9852862, in COB 2991, folio 882; said prop‐ erty being fur‐ resubdi‐ ther vided as per plan of resubdi‐ vision by Rich‐ mond W. Krebs, Professional Land Surveying, L.S., dated July 2, 1998, last re‐ vised Septem‐ ber 23, 1999 and that plan enti‐ tled Privacy Entry Gate Plan Village for Green, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council on January 12, 2000 Ordi‐ under nance No. 20847 filed and regis‐ tered under In‐ strument No. 10005777 in COB 3024, folio 583 and accord‐ ing to which said property is designated as Green, Village 1 as Phase shown on plan subdivision of dated July 2, 1998 and re‐ vised as follows, June 30, 1999, August 11, 1999, August 19, 1999, September 2, 1999, September 7, 1999, Septem‐ ber 17, 1999, September 23, 1999 and December 15, 1999 and is particu‐ more larly described as follows: Lot 94 is by bounded Village North Street, Green Manhattan Boulevard (side),Harvey Boulevard and 116 foot access & utility servi‐ tude and mea‐ sures 50 feet front on North Village Street, Green has the same width in the rear by a depth of 108 feet between equal parallel and lines. All in ac‐ cordance with survey by John‐ son Professional Land Surveyors, Inc., dated Sep‐ tember 18, 2000, resurveyed Oc‐ tober 12, 2000 to lo‐ forms, cate resurveyed Oc‐ tober 16, 2000 to slab, locate resurveyed December 15, 2000, a copy of which is an‐ hereto nexed and made a part hereof. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. AMY R. ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-481 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS TERRICETIA

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HENDERSON (A/K/A TERRICETIA RICHARDSON) By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated May 11, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, with together all the buildings improve‐ and ments thereon, and all of the rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, tudes, appurte‐ nances, and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in that part thereof known as WESTWOOD TERRACE, as shown on a plan subdivision of by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated August 11, 1980, approved by the Jefferson Parish under Council Ordinance No. 14454, adopted September 10, 1980, filed at COB 989, folio 77, and accord‐ ing to which resubdi‐ vision said lot of ground is desig‐ nated and mea‐ sure as follows: LOT 14-C, B, SQUARE which measures 23.00 feet front DiMarco on Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 148.54 feet along the side‐ line nearer Lot 14B, and by a depth of feet 148.84 along the oppo‐ site sideline. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. WILLIAM S. TEBBE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-827 FREEDOM MORTGAGE COPORATION VERSUS DENISE LORRAINE KENNER By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the 24th Judicial

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District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated May 29, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TO‐ WITH GETHER ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND OF THE ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO AP‐ PLYING, SITUATED IN THE STATE OF IN LOUISIANA, THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, IN THE TERRY‐ TOWN SUBDIVI‐ SION, SECTION 4, BEING PART OF OAKDALE SUBDIVISION, SECTION B, WARD, FIRST ALL IN THE AC‐ CORDANCE WITH THE SURVEY OF ADLOE ORR, JR. & ASSOCIATES, C.E., DATED OC‐ TOBER 15, 1959, APPROVED BY THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐ CIL UNDER ORD. NO. 4546 ADOPTED APRIL 21, 1960, REGIS‐ TERED IN COB 510, FOLIO 491, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, ON JULY 20, 1960 AND IN PLAN BOOK 39: FOLIO 67, OFFICE OF THE OF CLERK COURT, PARISH OF JEFFERSON, LOUISIANA, WHICH SAID IS PROPERTY MORE FULLY DE‐ AS SCRIBED TOFOLLOWS, WIT: LOT NO. 33, IN SQUARE NO. 122, BY BOUNDED DIPLOMAT STREET, DEERFIELD ROAD, OAK‐ DRIVE WOOD DANIELS AND WHICH ROAD, SAID LOT COMMENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 312 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF DIPLOMAT STREET AND DEERFIELD ROAD, AND MEASURES THENCE 60 FEET FRONT ON DIPLOMAT THE STREET, SAME IN WIDTH IN THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 110 FEET BE‐ TWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. ALL IN ACCOR‐ DANCE WITH A BY SURVEY GILBERT, KELLEY & COUTURIE, INC., SURVEYING & ENGINEERING, DATED AUGUST 13, 1996, SAID PIECE OR PORTION OF HAS GROUND THE SAME LO‐ CATION, DESIG‐ NATION AND MEASURE‐ MENTS AS SET FORTH ABOVE This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ELIZABETH C. PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

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Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-411 SERVICEMAC, LLC VERSUS MEGAN DAVIS AND AMANDA PAIGE DAVIS, (A/K/A AMANDA PAIGE FLESHMAN DAVIS, AMANDA FLESHMAN DAVIS, AMANDA PAGE FLESHMAN, AMANDA FLESHMAN, AMANDA DAVIS) By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated June 10, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ OF TION to‐ GROUND, gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ there‐ nances unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, WILLOWDALE SUBDIVISION, SECTION 5, in SQUARE NO. 24, which is square by bounded Street, Margie Morton Stret, Ingrid Lane and Street, Marcie as designated LOT NO. 362, all accordance in with survey by Adloe Orr, Jr., & Asso‐ C.E., ciates, dated March 21, 1963, a copy of which is annexed to Act No. 267709; said lot com‐ One mences and Hundred Seventy feet (170’) from the of corner Street Margie Morton and and Street, measures thence Sixty feet (60’) front on Margie same Street, width in the rear, by a depth of One Hundred and Five feet (105’) between equal parallel and all as lines; more fully shown on a sur‐ vey by Sterling Land Mandle, Surveyor, dated May 1, 1974, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to Act No. 642480. All ac‐ cording to a sur‐ vey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated April 10, 1989. Improvements thereon bear Municipal the 2508 Number Street, Margie Metairie, LA

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70003. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-468 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. VERSUS LONG T. NGUYEN By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated June 9, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, TO‐ WITH GETHER ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND OF THE ALL RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF IN LOUISIANA, PART THAT THEREOF FOR‐ MERLY KNOWN AS LAKE TIMBERLANE ES‐ BEING TATES, KNOWN AS PAR‐ CEL L, AS PER THAT PLAN OF RESUBDIVISION BY J.J. KREBS & INC., SONS, DATED SEPTEM‐ BER 18, 1980, APPROVED BY JEFFERSON PARISH ORDI‐ NANCE NO 14580 ON JANUARY 16, 1981, REGIS‐ TERED IN COB 996, FOLIO 812; AS ALSO ON SHOWN PLAT OF SURVEY BY KREBS, LASALLE, LEMIEUX CON‐ SULTANTS, INC., L.S., DATED MARCH 31, 1994; SAID PROPERTY BEING RESUBDI‐ INTO VIDED SOUTHERN OAKS EXTEN‐ SION PER PLAN OF RESUBDIVI‐ SION BY KREBS, LASALLE, LEMIEUX CON‐ SULTANTS, INC., L.S., DATED SEP‐ 28, TEMBER 1995, REVISED DECEMBER 11, 1995, AND FUR‐ REVISED THER 21, DECEMBER 1995 APPROVED BY

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THE JEFFERSON PARISH COUN‐ CIL UNDER OR‐ DINANCE NO. 19575, AND REG‐ ISTERED IN COB 2932, FOLIO 627; SAID PROPERTY BEING FURTHER RE‐ SUBDIVIDED FOR THE ESTABLISH‐ MENT OF THE PRIVATE SUBDIVISION SOUTHERN OAKS EXTEN‐ SION, NOW RE‐ FERRED TO AS WILLOW POINTE, AS PER PLAN OF SUBDI‐ BY VISION KREBS, LASALLE, LEMIEUX CON‐ SULTANTS, INC., L.S., DATED SEP‐ 28, TEMBER 1995, REVISED DECEMBER 11, REVISED 1995, 21, DECEMBER 1995 AND FUR‐ THER REVISED OCTOBER 7, 1996, AS WELL AS THAT PLAN PRI‐ ENTITLED ENTRY VACY GATE PLAN FOR SOUTHERN OAKS EXTEN‐ SION, NOW RE‐ FERRED TO A WILLOW POINTE, DATED 10, DECEMBER 1996, APPROVED BY THE JEFFER‐ SON PARISH COUN‐ CIL ON JANUARY 22, 1997, UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 19927, AND REGISTERED ON 13, FEBRUARY 1977, UNDER OR‐ NO. DINANCE 9707328, IN COB 2955, FOLIO 421, AND AC‐ TO CORDING WHICH SAID LOT IS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOT 2, SQUARE A, WHICH IS BY BOUNDED ASPEN (PRIVATE STREET) DRIVE, COULLEE CANAL (SIDE), TIMBER‐ VILLAGE LANE PHASE 1 (SIDE), SOUTHERN OAKS DRIVE, TIMBERLANE VILLAGE PHASE 3, AND TIMBER RIDGE SUBDIVISION (SIDE), AND SAID LOT COM‐ MENCES AT A OF DISTANCE 65.00 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHERN DRIVE OAKS AND ASPEN DRIVE, AND A MEASURES ON FRONT ASPEN DRIVE OF FEET; 60.00 SAME WIDTH ACROSS THE REAR, BY A DEPTH OF 130.00 FEET BETWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES. ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT SUR‐ VEY BY JOHNSON PRO‐ FESSIONAL LAND SURVEY‐ INC., ORS, FEBRU‐ DATED ARY 5, 1998, RESUR‐ FEBRU‐ VEYED ARY 23, 1998, TO LOCATE FORMS, RESURVEYED MARCH 5, 1998 LOCATED TO SLAB, AND RE‐ CERTIFIED COR‐ RECT MAY 12, 1998 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-688 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC VERSUS BRENDA AUGUSTINE WIL‐ SON DUMAS, (A/K/A BRENDA W. DUMAS, BRENDA WILSON DUMAS) By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated May 14, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ OF TION to‐ GROUND, gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, all the and ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, part that thereof known as HARBOR ES‐ TATES SUBDIVI‐ desig‐ SION, nated as LOT 113, SQUARE 5, bounded by Heather Street, Emile Av‐ Dolly enue, and Street Wayne Avenue. Said Lot 113 begins 213 feet from the corner Heather of Street, the same width in the rear, by a depth of one (100) hundred between feet equal and paral‐ lel lines. All in accordance with a plan of survey by Mur‐ Engineer‐ phy ing, Inc., C.E., dated January 4, 1973, redated October 12, 1973, a copy of which is at‐ tached to the mortgage recorded at Instrument # 12019954. Improvements thereon bear Municipal the 7817 Number Heather Street, Westwego, LA 70094. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate:

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September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-879 STATES RESOURCES CORP. VERSUS RIVER OAKS ENTERPRISES, LLC By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated June 29, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: “PROPERTY 1 TWO CERTAIN OF LOTS to‐ GROUND, gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ there‐ nances unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner, in SQUARE NO. 40, which square is by bounded Williams Boule‐ 42nd vard, Street (formerly Street), 24th Florida Avenue and 41st Street (formerly Avenue), Lake said lots are as designated LOTS 30 AND 31, all in accordance with survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, Civil Engineers, dated June 24, 1959, said lots each adjoin other and mea‐ sure each 25 feet front on Williams Boule‐ same vard, width in the rear, by a depth of 120 feet between equal parallel and lines. And ac‐ cording to sur‐ vey made by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., Surveying & En‐ gineering, dated January 5, 1979, said lots have the same designa‐ tions, locations and dimensions mentioned as above and Lot 31 is shown to lie nearer to and commence at a distance of 425 feet from the corner of Williams Boule‐ vard and 42nd Street, and said lots are shown to measure to‐ gether 50 feet front on Williams Boule‐ same vard, width in the rear, by a depth of 127.5 feet between equal parallel and lines, and said lots are shown to be situated in Highway Park, Beach Heights View Subdivision. Improvements thereon bear Municipal the 4105 No. Williams Boule‐ vard.

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PROPERTY 2 CERTAIN TWO OF LOTS to‐ GROUND, gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ there‐ nances unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner, in part that thereof known as HIGHWAY PARK SUBDIVISION, in SQUARE NO. 40, which square is bounded by Williams Boule‐ 42nd vard, Street (formerly Street), 24th Florida Avenue and 41st Street (formerly Avenue), Lake said lots are as designated LOTS 32 AND 33, all in accordance with survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, Civil Engi‐ neers, dated June 24, 1959, and according said thereto, lots adjoin each other and mea‐ sure each 25 feet front on Williams Boule‐ same vard, width in the rear, by a 15 foot common alley running said through from square north to south, by a depth of feet be‐ 120 tween equal and paral‐ lel lines, said 32 com‐ Lot mences at a dis‐ tance of 375 feet from the corner of 42nd and Street Williams Boule‐ vard. And ac‐ cording to sur‐ vey made by Gilbert, Kelly & Inc., Couturie, Surveying & En‐ gineering, dated July 29, 1983, said lots have the same designa‐ tions, locations and dimensions mentioned as above, except 41st Street is now shown to be Vintage Street, and said lots are shown to be situated in that part of Highway Subdivi‐ Park sion known as View Beach Heights. In accordance with Ordinance No. 1599, ap‐ proved by the City of Kenner on December 26, 1973, registered in COB 806 folio 393, said alley way was re‐ voked and transferred to the abutting property own‐ ers in equal pro‐ portions of 7.50 feet thereby increas‐ ing the depth of lots to said 127.50 feet, all as more fully shown on a survey made by Gerald B. Dunn, Land Surveyor, dated April 28, 1977, copy of which is annexed to act passed be‐ Patrick fore Beauchamp, N.P., dated May 27, 1977. Subsequent to the adoption of No. Ordinance 1599, the City of Kenner adopted Ordinance No. 2161 on Septem‐ ber 26, 1977, in registered conveyance of‐ ﬁce, the revocation of the dedication of the alleyway repealed was thereby reduc‐ ing the depth of said lots to the original 120 feet, as shown on the survey made by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc. vendors The herein speciﬁ‐ cally transfer to

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y the purchasers, without warranty, any and all right, title and inter‐ est which they have or may have in and to the 7.5 feet of alleyway the abutting Lots 32 and 33, which were the ob‐ jects of the two ordinances hereinabove re‐ ferred to. Improvements thereon bear Municipal the 4107 No. Williams Boule‐ vard. Being the same ac‐ property quired by DE II LLC from Lin‐ torr, LLC by act dated September 20, 2021, filed Sep‐ tember 23, 2021 COB 3459 at 860 folio #12152563 of the records of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.” This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. GRAY H MCGRAW, III Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 878-047 STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS KEDRA ELIZABETH ROUSSELL By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled August dated 10, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ OF TION to‐ GROUND gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, tudes, appurtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining. situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, above in the Town of Westwego, Louisiana, in what is known as BELT BRIDGE SUBDIVISION. Said

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portion of ground is situ‐ ated in SQUARE TWENTYNO. FOUR (24), and according to survey by J. Wilton Land Dufrene, Surveyor, dated April 4, 1979, a copy of which is annexed to COB 1009, page 19, said square is by bounded Street, Tenth River Road, Eleventh Street and In‐ Street, dustry measures and ninety feet (90') front on Tenth Street, the same width in the rear, by a depth and front on River Road one hundred feet (100') and simi‐ lar depth on the opposite side‐ line, and is fur‐ ther designated as FORTYLOTS (43), THREE FORTY-FOUR (44), FORTY-FIVE (45) and FORTY-SIX in said (46) square. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-709 ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC VERSUS MICHAEL RESHARD LADLER A/K/A MICHAEL R. LADLER A/K/A MICHAEL LADLER By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated July 21, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: A certain piece or portion of to‐ ground, gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in part that thereof known Woodland as West

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Subdivision, Phase No. Two (2), all in accor‐ dance with the survey of S. K. Landry, Civil Engineer, dated June 15, 1965, approved by the Parish of by Jefferson, virtue of Ordinance No. adopted 7236, July 29, 1965, a copy of which is on file in the of‐ fice of the clerk of of the court Parish of Jeffer‐ son at COB 619, folio 497, said lot is designated as: Lot 255 of fortysquare four (44), which is square by bounded Colombo Drive, Saturn Street, Telstar Street and Vul‐ can Street. Lot 255 number commences at a distance of one hundred eighty-seven feet (187) from the corner of Telstar and Sat‐ urn Streets and measures 71.5 feet front Saturn on same Street, width in the rear, by a depth of 110 feet be‐ equal tween parallel and All as lines. fully more shown on sur‐ vey by Wilton J. Land Dufrene, Surveyor, dated April 27, 1977. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 878-327 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION AS TRUSTEE FOR FREDDIE MAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2022-1 VS MICHAEL P. BODIN A/K/A MICHAEL BODIN By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated August 5, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, on 70058, Wednesday, Oc‐ tober 21, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. following the described prop‐ erty to wit: One certain lot

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of ground, to‐ gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, and all rights, privi‐ ways, servi‐ leges, tudes, appurte‐ nances and ad‐ vantages there‐ unto belonging or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Unit 2, Section "D", Pontchar‐ Gardens train Subdivision, sit‐ uated in Section 44, 12 Township South, Range 10 East, Southeast‐ ern District of Louisiana, and more par‐ de‐ ticularly scribed in ac‐ cordance with map of said sec‐ tions of Pontchartrain Gardens Subdi‐ vision by J.L. Fontcuberta, Surveyor, dated December 9, 1958 and De‐ cember 30, 1959, copies of said maps being on file in the office of the clerk of court for the Parish of Jefferson, said lot of ground desig‐ being nated and described as follows: Lot No. 6 in Square No. 17, bounded by Rose, now Kent Avenue, and Street, Half Av‐ Kawanee enue and Love‐ Street, land commences 375’ feet from the corner of Kent and Avenue Loveland Street, measures and thence 50’ feet front on Loveland Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 160.49 ’ feet between equal parallel and lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. DENNIS F. WIGGINS, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: September 11, 2026, October 16, 2026 sep 11-oct 16-2t

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