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Teen charged in fatal Biloxi shooting following argument

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Police say a 16-year-old boy is accused of murder in the shooting death of a Biloxi man, police said. Lt. Christopher De Back tells multiple news outlets the teenager was arrested […]

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Body found in vehicle at Biloxi truck stop

BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) — Authorities are investigating the discovery of a body in a vehicle parked at Love’s truck stop. Biloxi Police Chief John Miller says somebody walked around the vehicle Wednesday afternoon and noticed […]

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Police: Rapper Afroman punches female fan on stage

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Rapper Afroman punched a female fan on stage during a concert and was charged with simple assault, police said. Afroman, who is best known for his Grammy-nominated hit “Because I Got […]

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Ella Mae Barq of root beer family dies at 90 in Biloxi

BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) — Ella Mae Barq, the granddaughter of the founder of Barq’s Root Beer and the company’s vice president, has died at the age of 90 in Biloxi. Gary Dubaz with Bradford O’Keefe […]

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Beach bacteria warnings up from last year

BILOXI – (AP) Mississippi’s Department of Environmental Quality has posted more warnings of high bacteria levels along Mississippi beaches so far this year than in all of 2011. But there have been fewer sewer-related problems […]