Today is the one-year anniversary of the opening of the Amtrak Mardi Gras line connecting New Orleans to Mobile. New Orleans and Company President and CEO Walt Leger says the fact that you don’t need a car to get around New Orleans makes taking the line for a day or weekend trip to the city very easy.

Cut 6 (13) “…in the Riverfront.”

Louisiana State Police cited 26 commercial truckers for driving in the left lane along the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge last week. The operation came after police received several complaints about truckers violating the 23-year-old law preventing them from passing or driving in the left lane on the bridge. Renee Amar, the executive director of the LMTA, says the state law is in place to protect drivers and prevent traffic delays.

Cut 11 (09) “…every other day.”

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America has launched a study to examine the impact caring for a spouse or partner with dementia has on physical and mental health. A-F-A spokesman Chris Schneider says this is a groundbreaking study because most of the research on Alzheimer’s is to benefit the person suffering from this disease. He says there’s very little research to help the more than 11-million Americans who serve as caregivers to a loved one living with dementia.

Cut 15 (13) “…that caregivers face.”

Saints’ eighth-overall draft pick, wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, will be sidelined for the next two months with a right hamstring strain suffered in practice last week. Head coach Kellen Moore said the injury is unrelated to the hamstring strain that ended his final season at Arizona State early and hampered him through the draft process. If Tyson does return in the two-month timetable, he could be back for New Orleans’ week six game at the Giants.