Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Low Levels of Radioactive Tritium From Minnesota Energy Company May Be Near Mississippi River
Jul 24 2023 // Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River, the energy company responsible for the leak from its nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota, announced...
Tokio Marine HCC Acquires Mississippi-Based Medical Plan Administrator
Jul 19 2023 // Tokio Marine HCC today announced it has agree to acquire Gulf Guaranty Employee Benefit Services, Inc., a Jackson, Mississippi-based third-party administrator and managing general underwriter that designs, underwrites and...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Police by Mississippi Woman Hit by Stray Bullet
Jul 19 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi woman who says she was hit by a stray police bullet while lying in bed. Latasha Smith, 49, was in bed on Dec. 11 when an officer from the state-run Capitol...
Hail and Wind from Thunderstorms Caused $5.5 Billion in Damage, KCC Says
Jul 17 2023 // Severe weather created when a stationary front trapped warm, humid air over Texas and the Southeast caused an estimated $5.5 billion in insured losses, Karen Clark & Co. said in a briefing in late June. KCC said there...
Heavy Rainfall Floods Homes, Businesses in East Mississippi, West Alabama
Jul 14 2023 // Extreme rainfall flooded roads and property in east-central Mississippi Thursday, leading authorities to rescue three people from vehicles and homes. Water pushed a car into a ditch, and the driver escaped before the car...
Mississippi Farms To Pay Back Wages After Favoring Immigrants over Local Workers
Jul 5 2023 // Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday. The department announced...
Using Forklift to Tow Vehicle at Night Not Covered by Shop’s Liability Policy – MS Court
Jul 5 2023 // Using the boss’ forklift to tow a personal vehicle to a welding shop at night is not work-related and is not covered by a Penn-Star Insurance commercial liability policy, the Mississippi Supreme Court has...
Hail and Wind from Thunderstorms Caused $5.5 Billion in Damage, KCC Says
Jun 21 2023 // Severe weather created when a stationary front trapped warm, humid air over Texas and the Southeast caused an estimated $5.5 billion in insured losses, Karen Clark & Co. said in a briefing on Tuesday. KCC said there...
Southern US Hit by Power Outages as Heat Wave Grips Texas
Jun 20 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday following damaging storms, leaving residents searching for relief as sweltering temperatures continued to scorch the...
Multiple Tornadoes in Mississippi Kill One, Leave Severe Damage
Jun 20 2023 // Multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi over the weekend, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen, officials said. State emergency workers were still working with counties Monday morning to assess the damage from...
Texas Panhandle Storm Blamed for 3 Deaths, Wrecked Mobile Homes and Main Street
Jun 19 2023 // PERRYTON, Texas (AP) – As Sabrina Devers watched what would turn out to be a deadly storm approach her ranch just north of the Texas Panhandle town Perryton, she first spotted golf ball-sized and then softball-sized...
For Groups Fighting Opioid Crisis, Settlement Money Can Be Hard to Come By
Jun 19 2023 // Companies accused of fueling the U.S. opioid crisis have so far paid out more than $3 billion to compensate states, but has any of the money reached the people who need it? It depends where you live. Yes, if you’re...
Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ Forecasted to be Smaller Than Average
Jun 9 2023 // EW ORLEANS (AP) – The oxygen-depleted “dead zone” that forms each year in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana and Texas is forecast to cover about 4,155 square miles (10,761 square kilometers) this...
Plane had Mechanical Problems Before Crash That Killed Founder of Morgan White Insurance Group
Jun 7 2023 // WINSLOW, Ark. (AP) – A small plane had mechanical problems with its autopilot system before it crashed in Arkansas last month and killed a former Mississippi state senator who was flying it, according to a...
2 Killed in Small Plane Crash at Airport in Mississippi
Jun 5 2023 // A small twin-engine aircraft crashed Saturday near hangars at Tupelo Regional Airport in northeastern Mississippi, killing two people, authorities said. The plane banked sharply after takeoff, witnesses told WCBI-TV, and...
After Years of Bitter Delay, Federal Agencies Unveil Flood Plan for Mississippi Delta
Jun 5 2023 // Federal officials have offered a proposal to control flooding in the Mississippi Delta, a move that comes after months of work from government agencies and decades of delays and disputes over potential environmental...
Miss. High Court: Law Firm Not Liable for ‘Negligent’ Subro Action in Car Wreck
Jun 1 2023 // A collections law firm for State Farm Insurance cannot be held liable for a poorly handled subrogation claim against a Mississippi driver, but the insurance company must still face trial in the matter, the Mississippi...
Three Former Mississippi Officers Indicted in Death of Man Repeatedly Tased
May 26 2023 // A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man who was pinned to the ground and repeatedly tased during an...
Mississippi Woman Pleads in Scheme to Steal Ownership of USDA-Mortgaged Homes
May 25 2023 // A Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal houses that were mortgaged by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, federal prosecutors said. Ella Martin, 69, of Jayess, pleaded guilty Thursday before U.S....
Crum & Forster Policy Covered Accidents, Not Intentional Pollution, Appeals Court Says
May 25 2023 // Greasy, toxin-laden wastewater discharges by a Mississippi animal feed maker were not accidents and thus are not covered by a Crum & Foster pollution policy, a federal appeals court decided this week in a case that...
