with Jennifer Wadsworth | Assistant metro editorGood morning. Here's what our reporters have been writing about lately …
To fee or not to feeAfter scrapping a plan to divert library money on flood prevention, East Baton Rouge is eyeing a utility fee instead. While Metro Council has yet to hammer out a formal proposal, city-parish leaders discussed the matter Wednesday night. Paul Cobler has the story.
New counts against gunmanMatthew Mire — the gunman who led police on a daylong search after back-to-back double shootings this past weekend — was hit with additional criminal counts Wednesday, as Lea Skene writes about here.
Family feudEdwin Edwards' ashes rest on his third wife's nightstand after she had him exhumed and cremated, much to his children's chagrin. His oldest child said she was "astonished and horrified" about the news, which she found out about in a text message, as Tyler Bridges and Mark Ballard report.
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