Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Report: Southeast States Unprepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 11 2015 // Source: States at Risk Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme...
Mississippi Capitol Moves Closer to Regulating Ridesharing Entities
Dec 8 2015 // Jackson has taken a step toward regulating ride-hailing services such as Uber after the Rules Committee of the Jackson City Council voted to send a suggested ordinance to the full council. The suggested regulations include...
Report: Southeast States Not Prepared for Future Risks from Climate Change
Dec 7 2015 // Many states across the country, particularly in the Southeast, are unprepared to face the risks posed from extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to...
Mississippi Gas Station Sued for Violating ‘Larry the Cable Guy’ Trademark
Nov 29 2015 // The company that owns trademark and merchandising rights for Larry the Cable Guy says the Giterdone convenience store in Diamondhead, Mississippi, is violating the trademark on the catchphrase Git-R-Done. The store’s...
Tornadoes, Heavy Rain Cause Damage in 10 Mississippi Counties
Nov 20 2015 // At least two tornadoes and heavy rainstorms in Mississippi destroyed a mobile home, partially tore a roof off a house, and left a truck driver injured after he drove into a downed tree, state officials said...
States Graded ‘A’ to ‘F’ for Extreme Weather Preparedness
Nov 20 2015 // Many states across the country are unprepared to face the risks posed extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland flooding, coastal flooding and other extreme weather events, according to a new report card. Only a small...
Report: Jackson, Mississippi Tops List of Windiest Cities
Nov 16 2015 // Jackson, Miss., is the windiest city in America, according to catastrophe modeling firm CoreLogic’s rankings of the windiest cities in the country, released in October. The CoreLogic Windy City Ranking report, which...
People – Southeast
Nov 16 2015 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, a Republican, was re-elected to a third term in the office on Nov. 3, according to the Associated Press. A Mississippi native, Chaney is the state’s 11th Commissioner...
Engineers Investigating Cause of Collapsed Parking Lot in Mississippi
Nov 11 2015 // Cars rest at the site of a cave-in in the parking lot of a Meridian, Miss., IHOP restaurant, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015. Engineers are trying to determine what caused a drainage structure to collapse beneath the parking lot of...
Mississippi Parking Lot Caves-In, Swallows 12 Cars
Nov 10 2015 // A cave-in of a restaurant parking lot in Mississippi swallowed 12 cars and now experts have begun work to determine the cause of the weekend collapse, authorities said. No one was reported injured when the pavement gave...
Surge in Auto Break-Ins Bumping up Crime Rate in Mississippi City
Nov 6 2015 // Hundreds of vehicle break-ins are a big part of the reason that major crimes are up in Hattiesburg. There were 376 vehicle break-ins during the first nine months of this year, compared to 114 a year ago, The Hattiesburg...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Chaney Re-Elected for Third Term
Nov 5 2015 // Mike Chaney, photo courtesy of Mississippi Insurance Department Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, a Republican, was reelected to a third term in the office on Nov. 3, according to the Associated Press. A...
Federal Drought Aid Expanded in Louisiana, Mississippi
Nov 2 2015 // About 70 percent of Mississippi counties and Louisiana parishes – 57 of 82 counties and 45 of 64 parishes – are now eligible for drought disaster aid, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The department has added...
Mississippi Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $33K in Premiums
Nov 2 2015 // A former insurance agent in Jackson County, Mississippi’s St. Martin community has pleaded guilty after pocketing more than $33,000 in customers’ money. The Sun-Herald reports that 38-year-old Chad Michael...
Mississippi Governor Issues Indefinite Burn Ban for Entire State
Oct 22 2015 // The entire state of Mississippi has been put under a burn ban because of dry conditions. Gov. Phil Bryant issued the ban Tuesday at the request of the Mississippi Forestry Commission. It will last indefinitely. Much of the...
Multi-County Mississippi Prescription Drug Fraud Sting Leads to 8 Arrests
Oct 22 2015 // An investigation by several Mississippi police agencies has led to multiple arrests in an alleged multi-county prescription drug forgery ring and the discovery of a suspected human trafficking victim. The Clarion-Ledger...
Mississippi Court: Apartment Complex Can be Sued Over Resident’s Murder
Oct 20 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court says the family of a man killed in 2008 can sue his apartment complex’s owners for failing to warn him that his roommate might have violent tendencies. The Commercial Dispatch reports...
Mississippi Insurance Department Adds Tina Parker to Consumer Team
Oct 20 2015 // The Gulf Coast office of the Mississippi Insurance Department is expanding its services to coastal consumers with the addition of Tina Parker to its staff, Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney has announced. Parker, a...
USDA Offers Drought Disaster Aid to 41 Mississippi Counties
Oct 18 2015 // The USDA is offering drought disaster aid in 41 Mississippi counties. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has designated 14 Mississippi counties as primary natural disaster areas because of...
Mississippi Doctor Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Prescription Pill Ring
Oct 8 2015 // A Waveland, Miss., doctor accused of running a prescription pill mill has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance outside the scope of a medical practice. The Sun Herald reports...
