| By DREW BROACH | Staff writer |
EYESORE: It’s been 16 months since Paul Flower, CEO of construction firm Woodward Design+Build, acquired the shuttered Lindy Boggs Medical Center, with plans to redevelop the blighted, former hospital into an elderly care center. But the project is stalled, and the Mid-City New Orleans eyesore continues to sit idle, attracting graffiti and vandals, undeterred by the fencing and window boards Flower has put up to keep them out. (Want more articles like this? Sign up for our free NOLA Business Insider newsletter, emailed weekday mornings.) LOST AT SEA: Federal investigators on Tuesday largely blamed the Seacor Power catastrophe, one of the deadliest Gulf of Mexico mishaps in decades, on a faulty weather warning system. The vessel flipped in a sudden and violent storm on April 13, 2021, killing 13 people, while under way from Port Fourchon to do work on an oil rig. OFF SCHEDULE: Tulane’s football team is off to its best start since 1998, having won six of its first seven games to sneak into The Associated Press Top 25. LSU, 5-2, put together its best offensive performance of the season Saturday in a 45-35 win at Florida. Though only 81 miles apart, the two schools haven’t met on the gridiron on a regular basis since 2009. Here’s why. (Get your Tigers fix by subscribing to our free LSU Sports Updates newsletter.) Thanks for starting your Wednesday with Morning Headlines. Catch the latest news all day on NOLA.com. D.B. | 