Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Rising River Closes Mississippi Casino
Apr 15 2008 // The rising Mississippi River is causing the Isle of Capri Casino to temporarily close its doors in Natchez, Miss. Assistant City Engineer David Atkins said it was decided at a Saturday evening meeting that the casino would...
Mississippi Bar Forms Task Force on Heels of Scruggs Guilty Plea
Apr 15 2008 // One member of a task force the Mississippi Bar recently appointed to improve public confidence in the legal system said action is part of the answer. “I think when the public sees that we’re cleaning up our own...
Mississippi Woman Jailed on Insurance Fraud Charge
Apr 14 2008 // A 43-year-old Gautier, Miss. woman has been arrested and charged with one count of insurance fraud, according to Attorney General Jim Hood. Hood said in a statement that Eva Pierce was arrested on April 8. Hood’s...
Mississippi Asks for Federal Disaster Declaration in Hinds County
Apr 14 2008 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour asked the federal government to declare Hinds County a major disaster area after the county sustained large amounts of damage from severe weather and a tornado on April 4. In Barbour’s...
Rains Continue to Swell Mississippi River, Force Evacuations
Apr 14 2008 // With a quarter million acres of farmland already under water and scores of residents forced from their homes, predictions now call for the Mississippi River to crest late this week at levels not seen since the 1973...
Mississippi Wind Pool Rate Reduction on the Horizon
Apr 11 2008 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner, Mike Chaney, approved an average 11 percent rate reduction request filed by the Mississippi Windstorm Underwriting Association. The reductions will vary according to geographic zones and...
Mississippi Gov., Attorney General, Haggle over Product Liability
Apr 11 2008 // Gov. Haley Barbour’s conservative allies sided with him as the House tried, and failed, to override his veto of a bill that would’ve required the state attorney general to keep a list of toys with lead paint or...
State of Emergency Issued for 12 Mississippi Counties after Tornadoes
Apr 11 2008 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour declared a state of emergency for 12 Mississippi counties Monday after a severe weather system and tornadoes hit parts of Central Mississippi, including the Jackson Metro area on April...
Appeals Court Vacates $1 Million Award in Mississippi Katrina Case
Apr 10 2008 // A federal appeals court threw out a $1 million punitive damage award Monday to a Mississippi couple who sued the nation’s largest insurance company over Hurricane Katrina damage. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
Mississippi: Insurer Wants Sisters to Pay for Providing Katrina Claims Records to Scruggs
Apr 10 2008 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. wants a federal judge to sanction two sisters who secretly copied Hurricane Katrina claims documents and gave them to a Mississippi lawyer whose clients were suing the company. Cori and...
Mississippi River Traffic Limited after 2 Accidents at Old Vicksburg Bridge
Apr 9 2008 // Towboats in single file slowly negotiated their line of barges past a Mississippi River bridge in Vicksburg Monday, a safety measure ordered after weekend accidents scattered barges in the swift current of the swollen...
Court Says Policy Excluded Mississippi Official’s Leak To Media
Apr 7 2008 // A federal appeals court has found that business exclusions in Allstate Insurance Co.s policies held by former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director Frank Melton meant the insurer was not bound to provide coverage for,...
Mississippi Katrina Litigator Scruggs asks Court to Dismiss Bar Complaint
Apr 3 2008 // Mississippi plaintiffs’ attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs has asked the Mississippi Supreme Court to dismiss a petition that seeks to take his license to practice. Scruggs filed his motion on March 28, 10...
Appeals Court: Insurance Policy Excluded Mississippi Official’s Actions
Mar 31 2008 // A federal appeals court has found that business exclusions in Allstate Insurance Company’s policies held by former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director Frank Melton meant the insurer was not bound to provide...
2,000 Katrina-Affected Mississippi Families Move from Trailers to Cottages
Mar 31 2008 // Thousands of Mississippians who lost their homes during Hurricane Katrina have moved out of federally-provided travel trailers and mobile homes and into Mississippi Cottages, according to Gov. Haley Barbour The 2,000th...
Mississippi High Court Suspends Judge Involved in Scruggs Case
Mar 31 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court suspended a prominent judge last week who is being investigated for his role in a dispute over fees involving attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The court sided with the...
Flooding in Mississippi Affects Wildlife, Creates Driving Hazard
Mar 28 2008 // Authorities say drivers should use extra caution as the rising Mississippi River forces deer and other wildlife to seek higher ground. Many of the deer, opossums and armadillos could cross roads and create safety hazards...
Flooding Continues in Arkansas
Mar 26 2008 // Forecasters issued flash-flood warnings for parts of Arkansas’ prairie as the state’s largest water surge in a quarter-century continued its way downstream. Swollen by last week’s storms that devastated...
Mississippi Officials Say Flooding Conditions Ripe
Mar 25 2008 // Authorities are concerned flooding could become a problem in the coming weeks as the Mississippi River neared flood stage in Natchez, Miss., Sunday. Flood stage near Natchez is 48 feet above gauge zero. At 47 feet, water...
$200M Set Aside for Post-Katrina Coastal Recovery in Mississippi
Mar 25 2008 // Federal legislators joined Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour last week to announce that $200 million in federal funds is set aside for major recovery projects in Hancock County – ground zero for the destructive force of...
