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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…

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…

Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor is laid to rest, at last

CHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old sailor was laid to rest Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War…

Casket of Queen Elizabeth II returns home to London

LONDON (AP) — The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II returned to a drizzly London on Tuesday evening, making its way toward the monarch’s home Buckingham Palace as crowds lined the route to catch a glimpse of the hearse and to…

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…

MBI investigating officer-involved shooting in Jackson

Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer involved shooting in Jackson. The state Department of Public Safety says the shooting which happened about 10 p.m. Monday near Northside Drive, involved a Capitol Police officer. MBI is assessing the incident…