Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi Reports No Fatal Crashes Over Holiday Weekend, 61 DUIs
Dec 27 2017 // The Mississippi Highway Patrol says nobody died in traffic accidents on roads they monitored during the long Christmas weekend. The holiday enforcement period on state and federal highways began Friday evening and ended...
Weather Service Reports Possible Tornado in Southern Mississippi
Dec 22 2017 // The National Weather Service says a possible tornado has touched down in southern Mississippi. Forecaster Robert Ricks says people saw a funnel cloud north of the Salem community in Walthall County. Ricks says radar...
Mississippi to Stop Suspending Driver’s Licenses Over Unpaid Fines
Dec 21 2017 // A top Mississippi official said Tuesday that the state will stop suspending people’s driver’s licenses purely because they haven’t paid court fines and fees, meaning tens of thousands of people who lost...
Fire at Mississippi Community College Believed to be Arson
Dec 19 2017 // Surveillance video shows that an intruder lit the fire that damaged a building at a Mississippi community college. The predawn Thursday blaze damaged more than half of Mississippi Delta Community College’s...
Feds: Mississippi City Owes $850K in Police Officer Back Pay
Dec 18 2017 // A Mississippi city will pay more than $850,000 in back wages to more than 100 police officers following a federal investigation of payment practices. Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton’s administration released a statement...
Heavy Snow Causes Problems Across the Southeast
Dec 11 2017 // An unusually heavy December snowfall across much of the Deep South tapered off Saturday, but icy road conditions left problems and thousands remained without electricity throughout the region. Forecasters warned that...
Hospitals in Mississippi, Alabama Sue Opioid Manufacturers Over Addiction Costs
Dec 5 2017 // Hospitals in Mississippi and Alabama are suing more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies, claiming the companies deceptively marketed and sold opioids. The Clarion Ledger reports the class-action federal lawsuit was filed...
Insurer Says Policy Doesn’t Cover Mississippi Building Collapse
Dec 4 2017 // Hudson Specialty Insurance has sued in federal court in Natchez, Miss., to nullify a policy covering a building that collapsed July 23 in the City of McComb, saying coverage was voided after the building owner took money...
Neon Names Heppell from MS Amlin as CFO
Nov 27 2017 // Neon has announced the appointment of Richard Heppell as chief financial officer, effective Nov. 20. Most recently CFO at MS Amlin, Heppell oversaw the complex integration of the Amlin and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance...
Insurer Says Policy Doesn’t Cover Collapse of Mississippi Building
Nov 27 2017 // An insurer says it shouldn’t have to pay for the collapse of a building in a southwest Mississippi city. Hudson Specialty Insurance has sued in federal court in Natchez to nullify its policy, saying the policy was...
Fire Caused by Ventilation Fan Destroys Mississippi Factory
Nov 20 2017 // An electrical fire inside a ventilation fan is believed to have fed a Thursday fire that destroyed a northeast Mississippi factory. Alcorn County Deputy Fire Coordinator Jackie Farr tells The Daily Cornithian that...
Large Mississippi Auction Company Building Destroyed by Fire
Nov 16 2017 // An early Monday morning fire in Mississippi has destroyed a 15,000-square-foot (1,394-sq. meter) auction company. Corinth Fire Department Training Officer Jerry Whirley told news outlets that five units responded to the...
Accident on Mississippi Fair Ride Injures 2 Children
Oct 25 2017 // An accident on a ride at the South Mississippi State Fair has injured two children. Fair representative Pam Holyfield told WDAM-TV that 7-year-old Jayden Busby was on a ride called “Up, Up and Away” on Friday...
Mississippi Woman Arrested Over Attempt to Defraud Geico
Oct 18 2017 // A Mississippi woman accused of attempting to defraud an insurance company out of thousands of dollars has been arrested. News outlets report 30-year-old Kyomi M. Fulton, of Fayette, was arrested Oct. 11 and charged with...
Mississippi Woman Arrested in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Oct 13 2017 // A Mississippi woman has been arrested in a workers’ compensation fraud case. Attorney General Jim Hood said Wednesday, in a news release, that 35-year-old Francine Owens is accused of giving misleading statements to...
Mississippi Insurance Agent Arrested for Embezzling Customer Premiums
Oct 9 2017 // A Mississippi insurance agent was arrested last month for allegedly converting customers’ premium payments for his own use. Attorney General Jim Hood said Sept. 12 that a Lamar County Grand Jury indicted 30-year-old...
Sunday Update: Weakened Tropical Storm Nate Brings Rain, Tornado Warnings to South
Oct 7 2017 // Hurricane Nate weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday after coming ashore in Mississippi, flooding roads and buildings but sparing the state from catastrophic damages. Maximum sustained winds from Nate, the fourth...
Japan’s MS&AD to Invest $1B in Swiss Re’s UK Unit, ReAssure Jersey One
Oct 6 2017 // Japan’s MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc said on Friday it had agreed with Swiss Re AG to invest 800 million pounds ($1.05 billion) to take a stake of up to 15 percent in UK-based ReAssure Jersey One...
Mississippi City Wants Insurer to Pay Up for Building Collapse Clean Up
Oct 3 2017 // A southwest Mississippi city is trying to get paid for $370,000 it’s spent cleaning up a building that collapsed July 23. McComb city attorney Wayne Dowdy tells the Board of Selectmen that the building’s owner...
7-Car Pileup Involving 18-Wheeler in Mississippi Leaves 2 Dead
Sep 13 2017 // A multi-car pileup on Interstate 55 in southern Mississippi has left two people dead. Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Cpl. Brandon Fortenberry tells local media that seven vehicles, including an 18-wheel truck were...
