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Popular Gulfport restaurant closes its doors

A popular Mexican restaurant in downtown Gulfport has closed its doors for good. Owner Mercedes Carranza posted on the restaurant's Facebook page today that the restaurant is closing. A sign on the locked doors of the eatery on Highway 49…

Tropical Depression 7 forms in Atlantic Ocean

Tropical Depression 7 has formed in the Atlantic Ocean near the Leeward Islands. At 10 a.m., the depression was located about 800 miles east of the Leeward Islands with maximum winds of 35 mph moving 14 mph in a westerly…

AARP offers help with voter registration

The Pascagoula Public Library will host AARP Voter Registration Drive on Thursday from 2 to 6 p.m. in the meeting room.   Guest presenter, Irma Martin with AARP, will be at the library to help people register to vote and educate…

EPA inspector general probes Mississippi capital water woes

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An independent watchdog in the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday it’s being brought in to investigate the troubled water system in Mississippi’s capital city. Emergency repairs are underway after problems at Jackson’s main water treatment plant caused most…