Metro Council OK's flood aid, other spending, from EBR's federal pandemic aid

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with Kelly P. Kissel | Metro editor

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FLOOD MONEY: Metro Council members have approved a $73 million spending plan for one-time funds distributed to the city as pandemic aid. More than a quarter of it, $20 million, has been earmarked for drainage projects. We have the breakdown here.

ROCK BOTTOM: It's been two years since LSU beat Alabama in Tuscaloosa on the way to the national championship. How will tomorrow's game go between the Tigers and the Tide. Our experts say it won't be pretty.

WRAP IT UP: A Bogalusa rapper has been arrested for the fourth time since August. This time around, it was ATF agents who picked him up.

BAD CRASH: A particularly nasty crash on Siegen Lane last night left a bicyclist dead. State Police say the rider was thrown from his bike by one car, and then struck by two cars.