Latest Mississippi Headlines
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House Balks at Senate Plan for Mississippi Oil Spill Damage Account
Mar 10 2017 // Mississippi lawmakers may be unable to decide this year how to spend $750 million in oil spill damage payments, with sniping between House and Senate members after a bill died at a Tuesday deadline for action when the...
Paid Claims from Mississippi Tornado Damage Top $31M, And Growing
Mar 6 2017 // Insurers have paid out more than $31.6 million on 2,801 claims from tornadoes that hit Mississippi in January. The Mississippi Insurance Department reported the figures through Feb. 3. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner...
Paid Claims from Mississippi Tornado Damage Top $31M, And Growing
Feb 27 2017 // Parts of mobile homes and other property lay strewn throughout a neighborhood Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017, on Green loop Road in Lauderdale, Miss., after a tornado passed through the area late Saturday. (Paula Merritt/The...
Mississippi Mayor Wants City Workers Handling Money to Take Polygraphs
Feb 9 2017 // Vicksburg, Miss., Mayor George Flaggs Jr. says he wants all city workers who handle money to be required to take polygraph tests. Flaggs told The Vicksburg Post that “taxpayers need to know we’re not losing...
Mississippi Estimates More Than $1M in Timber Damaged by Tornado
Jan 31 2017 // More than $1 million worth of timber was destroyed by the tornado that hit Lamar, Forrest and Perry counties. The Mississippi Forestry Commission announced the estimate Friday based on aerial damage assessments. The...
Mississippi, Georgia Commissioners Call on Industry to Assist Residents Affected by Tornadoes
Jan 26 2017 // Insurance commissioners in Mississippi and Georgia, two of several Southeast states hit over the weekend by devestating tornadoes that damaged thousands of homes and caused millions of dollars in insured losses, are...
Mississippi Tornado Damaged At Least 1,100 Homes
Jan 25 2017 // A tornado that tore a 31-mile path across south Mississippi over the weekend killed four people and damaged or destroyed more than 1,100 homes, state officials said Monday, as the governor assured residents that federal...
Mississippi Tornado Kills 4, Causes At Least $200M in Insured Damage
Jan 23 2017 // Rain was pouring down in the pre-dawn darkness, and the wind was picking up as Darryl McMorris ran for his daughters’ bedroom. The windows started blowing out as he dove on top of his girls, grabbing one under each...
Round 2: Mississippi AG Picks New Fight With Google Over Student Privacy
Jan 19 2017 // Mississippi’s Democratic attorney general is once again tangling with Google, alleging in a lawsuit that the company is illegally violating student privacy, even as some Republicans seek to muzzle his ability to file...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Urges Passage of Fire District Bill
Jan 18 2017 // A bill making its way through the Mississippi State Legislature that could change the way fire districts in the state are drawn is being praised by Mississippi’s insurance chief. House Bill 469 would amend Section...
Mississippi House Passes Bill to Enforce Mandatory Auto Insurance Requirement
Jan 17 2017 // House members are approving a bill that would require county tax collectors to check whether Mississippians have auto insurance before renewing their license tags. Representatives voted 82-33 Jan. 11 to approve House Bill...
Mississippi Fast Food Worker Accused of Serving Contaminated Food
Jan 17 2017 // Police in Columbus, Miss., have launched a criminal investigation into whether a fast-food worker intentionally served contaminated food. The Commercial Dispatch reports that a Tupelo resident who may have received...
Mississippi Gov Orders Sexual Harassment Prevention Training for State Workers
Jan 12 2017 // Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant announced Tuesday that by executive order, he’s requiring all state employees to take online training in sexual harassment awareness and prevention. “This should be a low-cost...
NWS Reports At Least 9 Tornadoes Hit 12 Mississippi Counties in 1 Day
Jan 6 2017 // The National Weather Service has counted at least nine tornadoes hitting Mississippi on Monday. Survey teams conclude storm damage was caused by twisters in Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson, Lamar,...
Mississippi Officials Worry About Future Opioid-Related Problems
Dec 30 2016 // Mississippi officials are worried that the state could end up with an opioid problem like other states that have battled with drug addiction. The Daily Journal reported that Gov. Phil Bryant issued an executive order...
Mississippi Supreme Court Weighing Injured Contract Workers’ Right to Sue
Dec 16 2016 // A worker is fighting one of Mississippi’s largest industries in a skirmish over who can be sued when employees suffer on-the-job injuries. The Mississippi Supreme Court Tuesday heard arguments in a suit by Quindon...
Deadly Tornadoes Rip Through Mississippi, Alabama
Nov 30 2016 // At least three people were killed and four children in a daycare center were injured as tornadoes tore through the U.S. south overnight and into Wednesday morning, forecasters said. Three people were killed in Rosalie in...
Storms Across Southeast to Help Fight Wildfires, But Risk Still Remains
Nov 30 2016 // Storms roaring across the South appeared to be taking aim at some of the largest wildfires burning across the region, which could finally help firefighters in their efforts to subdue the blazes, authorities said...
Thanksgiving Weekend Auto Accidents Kill 2, Injure 67 in Mississippi
Nov 30 2016 // The Mississippi Highway Patrol says two people died on state and federal highways over the Thanksgiving weekend. Monday, the agency said it worked 171 crashes, which included 67 injuries. State Troopers wrote more than...
Palomar Specialty, Cabrillo Coastal Launch Homeowners Program in Mississippi
Nov 22 2016 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Company has partnered with Cabrillo Coastal General Insurance Agency, LLC to offer coastal homeowners insurance in Mississippi. Palomar Specialty is currently offering homeowners coverage...
