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Mississippi House and Senate approve own redistricting

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House and Senate voted by wide margins Tuesday to approve plans to redraw legislative districts to account for population changes revealed by the 2020 Census. The House has 122 districts, and the Senate has…

Escatawpa man dies in mobile home fire

An 81-year-old Escatawpa man died in a fire that started Thursday night and destroyed his home. Jackson County firefighters and sheriff's deputies responded to a call of a house fire on Wolf Ridge Road about 8:16 p.m. When they arrived,…