| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Investigating an investigator: When she headed up the New Orleans Police Department’s internal affairs bureau, Arlinda Westbrook oversaw investigations of police officer activity. But an internal probe from last year is questioning some of her actions, John Simerman writes today. Off the education map: A new report reveals that nearly 20,000 Louisiana students who should be in school are not. They've "fallen off the education map," the report says. Dancing Grannies: Milwaukee’s Dancing Grannies will march in next weekend’s Thoth parade. Doug MacCash writes about them, and the tragedy they're trying to overcome. Which brings us to . . . this weekend. The chaos of Carnival is here, with a host of parades across the region scheduled for the coming days. From parade updates to feature stories, you can find all of our Mardi Gras coverage here. And if you can’t make it out to the show, our popular parade cam will bring it to you live. Along the route: For a while, the city’s well-publicized police officer shortage threatened to trim some parade routes. But the longer routes were saved with an influx of officers from outside the city. Ben Myers has some of the details. And here’s more from our partners at WWL-TV. Thanks for reading Lunch Line. If you're not a subscriber, check out this great deal. Bob | 