with Jerry DiColoThe investigation into LSU's handling of sexual misconduct complaints has unearthed a long buried settlement that former LSU head football coach Les Miles reached with a former student after he was accused of harassment, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the situation have confirmed to The Advocate | The Times-Picayune. Andrea Gallo and Brooks Kubena reported that the episode goes back about a decade, and relates to accusations that Miles hit on a former LSU Athletic Department student intern. In other news, Hurricane Katrina knocked out train travel along the Gulf Coast, but sixteen years later a portion of it looks to be returning. Amtrak on Wednesday said they plan to bring back service between New Orleans and Mobile starting in 2022, with stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula. Because of the pandemic, train trips to casinos and beaches won't likely be much of a draw until then, but on Wednesday there were at least some heartening updates on the pandemic. Cases continue to fall in Louisiana and New Orleans, and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine appears to be closing in on its emergency use authorization from the FDA. On Thursday, Gov. John Bel Edwards will answer questions on the pandemic and Louisiana's response during a live discussion on NOLA.com. Submit a question here. After Entergy Corp.'s New Orleans subsidiary was berated by New Orleans City Council members Tuesday for its missteps during rolling blackouts last week, on Wednesday the utility that serves customers across Louisiana reported $1.4 billion in profits for 2020, helped by cost-cutting. And in other news, Xavier University gave it the college try in its first baseball game in 60 years, New Orleans' public schools are asking for the public's help to rename some of its historic school buildings, and columnist Will Sutton weighs in on the tragedy at the Jefferson Gun Outlet. All this and much more in today’s Lunch Line and on NOLA.com. Thanks for reading. JD |