Best Read Mississippi Headlines
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#1 In Miss. Case, Federal Appeals Court Shakes Up Qualified Immunity for Police Officers
Mar 11 2025 // Judges for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals raised questions this week about the high court’s qualified-immunity doctrine, which critics say has long protected bad law enforcement officers. The 5th Circuit panel...
#2 Mississippi Grand Jury Declines to Indict Deputy Who Shot Man Yelling ‘Shoot Me’
Jul 31 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi grand jury decided not to bring criminal charges against a sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man who was yelling “shoot me,” the state attorney general’s...
#3 Miss. Supreme Court Orders USAA to Pay $15M in Hurricane Katrina Bad-Faith Claim
Dec 9 2024 // When hurricanes hit coastal areas, property insurers often breathe a sigh of relief when much of the damage appears to be the result of storm surge and flooding – losses that aren’t covered by most...
#4 Lawyers Say Other Victims Could Sue Mississippi Sheriff Over Brutality Claims
Sep 25 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for two Black men who were tortured by Mississippi law enforcement officers said Monday that they expect to file more lawsuits on behalf of other people who say they were brutalized by...
#5 While FEMA Faces Overhaul, Mississippi Tornado Survivors Wait for Assistance
May 22 2025 // More than two months after a tornado demolished his Mississippi home, Brian Lowery still sifts through the rubble, hoping to find a tie clip his mother gave him, made from the center stone of her wedding band. “I...
#6 Can Comp-Exempt Sub Owner Sue Contractor for Work Injury? Miss. Court Says ‘No’
Dec 18 2024 // It’s a question that has cropped up in state courts only on rare occasions: If the owner or officer of a subcontractor firm opts out of workers’ compensation coverage for himself, can he then sue the general...
#7 Push for Flood Mitigation Draws Concerns Over Impact in Mississippi and Louisiana
Aug 5 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Flooding left squishy, stinky messes in hundreds of homes in Mississippi’s capital city in 2020 — a recurring problem when heavy rains push the Pearl River over its banks. The U.S. Army...
#8 Largest Miss. Seafood Company Sentenced for Mislabeling Fish as Local
Dec 16 2024 // GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The largest seafood distributor on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and two of its managers have been sentenced on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish, weeks...
#9 Judges Dismisses Former Governor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Miss. News Outlet
Apr 9 2025 // A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that claimed a local news outlet defamed him in public comments about its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the misspending of $77 million in federal...
#10 Tornadoes in Texas and Mississippi Kill 2 and Injure 6
Dec 30 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and...
#11 Mississippi Police Officer Suspended After Chase That Ended in Three Deaths
Jan 13 2025 // BYHALIA, Miss. (AP) — A north Mississippi police officer whose pursuit ended in a crash that killed three people has been suspended from duty without pay. Byhalia aldermen voted on Wednesday to suspend William Langham,...
#12 Another Bus in Mississippi Blows a Tire and Crashes, Killing 7 and Injuring 37
Sep 3 2024 // BOVINA, Miss. (AP) — Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were collecting evidence Sunday at the scene of a commercial bus crash in Mississippi that killed seven people and injured dozens of...
#13 Mississippi Worker Killed When Hot Asphalt Falls from Dump Truck
Nov 6 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Police in Mississippi’s capital said a man died Monday when he was trying to repair a dump truck and asphalt poured onto him. Darrell Sheriff, 41, was underneath the truck working on a...
#14 Mississippi River Dries Up Again at Worst Time for US Farmers
Oct 25 2024 // The Mississippi River is suffering from low waters for the third straight autumn, a crucial time of year when American farmers rely on the route to deliver their crops to the world. Months of limited rainfall — with few...
#15 Mississippi Senate’s University DEI Ban Goes to Negotiations With House
Feb 13 2025 // The Mississippi Senate passed a bill Thursday that would eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion programs from the state’s universities, a priority elevated by Republican President Donald Trump. Senate Republicans...
#16 Drought Shrivels the Mississippi River and Threatens to Disrupt US Food Exports
Sep 6 2024 // Drought across the central US is shrinking the Mississippi River, sending barge rates soaring and threatening to roil shipments of everything from corn to gasoline. Dry conditions across the Ohio River basin, which feeds...
#17 Mississippi City Drops Lawsuit Over Editorial That Judge Had Ordered Removed
Feb 26 2025 // A Mississippi city dropped its lawsuit Monday against a newspaper that had its editorial criticizing local leaders removed by a judge in a case that sparked widespread outrage from First Amendment advocates. The city of...
#18 MS&AD Insurance Group Announces Merger of 2 Non-Life Subsidiaries
Mar 28 2025 // MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc. announced it will merge two of its non-life insurance company subsidiaries – Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co. Ltd. This merger will establish a...
#19 Low Mississippi River Water Levels Force Barge Companies to Cut Cargo
Sep 13 2024 // ST. LOUIS (AP) — The water level of the Mississippi River is unusually low for the third straight year, forcing barge companies to put limits on how much cargo they can carry and cutting into farm profits. It was just...
#20 Four Fatal Shootings by Officers Were Justified, Mississippi Attorney General Says
Aug 30 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The use of force was justified in four fatal shootings by Mississippi law enforcement officers last year, Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Wednesday. Fitch based her findings on investigations...
