Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Police Officer Awarded $20K by Jury in Mold Complaint Suit
Jul 27 2018 // A police officer in Mississippi has been awarded $20,000 in damages after a federal jury ruled his police department retaliated against him for complaining about mold in his office. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal...
Mississippi Insurance Producer Surrenders License After Cease & Desist Order
Jul 23 2018 // A Mississippi insurance producer has surrendered his licensed after being served a cease and desist order by the Mississippi Insurance Department. According to a statement from MID, James Michael Brand surrendered his...
Mississippi County to Spend $3M on Flood Study
Jul 16 2018 // Governments in DeSoto County, Mississippi will spend more than $3 million to study flooding. WHBQ-TV reports that half the money will come from the federal government, while half will come from DeSoto County and local...
Mississippi Highway Patrol to Pay $500K in Lawsuit Over Fatal Wreck
Jul 16 2018 // The Mississippi Highway Patrol is paying $500,000 in a lawsuit over a fatal wreck that happened when a state trooper was driving fast on a dark highway without his blue lights flashing. The crash happened about 1:30 a.m....
Former Mississippi Agent Gets 6 Months for Role in Tax Evasion Scheme
Jul 12 2018 // A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a former insurance broker to six months in prison for helping former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps evade taxes. In handing down the sentence, U.S. District Judge...
Mississippi Agent Accused of Not Forwarding Premiums to Insurers
Jul 2 2018 // A cease and desist order has been issued to a Mississippi insurance agent accused of failing to forward premiums to the respective insurance companies. The Mississippi Insurance Department said that it issued the order...
Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Crash Suit by Helicopter Pilot
Jul 2 2018 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over a 2009 helicopter accident that left its pilot partially paralyzed. Justices ruled 6-2 that a proper complaint was not filed by Rob Hammons of...
Mississippi County Authorities Searching for Car Thieves on ATVs
Jun 29 2018 // Investigators in one north Mississippi County are looking for thieves who have been riding all-terrain vehicles to break into cars at night. WHBQ-TV reports that at least two dozen vehicles in a rural area of southern...
Mississippi County to Spend $3M on Flood Study
Jun 28 2018 // Governments in DeSoto County, Mississippi will spend more than $3 million to study flooding. WHBQ-TV reports that half the money will come from the federal government, while half will come from DeSoto County and local...
Mississippi Gov Appoints Michel as Director of Emergency Management Agency
Jun 22 2018 // Gov. Phil Bryant is naming another retired military leader to run Mississippi’s Emergency Management Agency. Bryant said on Monday said he was appointing Gregory Michel as the agency’s director. Gregory...
Mississippi Highway Patrol to Pay $500K in Lawsuit Over Fatal Wreck
Jun 19 2018 // The Mississippi Highway Patrol is paying $500,000 in a lawsuit over a fatal wreck that happened when a state trooper was driving fast on a dark highway without his blue lights flashing. The crash happened about 1:30 a.m....
Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Crash Suit by Helicopter Pilot
Jun 18 2018 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over a 2009 helicopter accident that left its pilot partially paralyzed. Justices ruled 6-2 that a proper complaint was not filed by Rob Hammons of...
Mississippi Agent Accused of Not Forwarding Premiums to Insurers
Jun 11 2018 // A cease and desist order has been issued to a Mississippi insurance agent accused of failing to forward premiums to the respective insurance companies. The Mississippi Insurance Department said Friday that it had issued...
6 Tornadoes Confirmed in Mississippi from Weekend Storm
Apr 19 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms six tornadoes hit Mississippi on Saturday. Tornadoes were reported in Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Rankin and Winston counties. Surveyors say damage in Lowndes County was caused by a...
Mississippi Governor Signs Bill to Shift Wind Pool Fees to the Treasury
Apr 17 2018 // Mississippi may be thought of as conservative small-government state, but the state’s consumers pay higher taxes on their insurance products than in all but two other states. Unfortunately, under a bill just signed...
Mississippi County Installs 11 Weather Warning Sirens
Apr 13 2018 // Over a year after a tornado tore through an east Mississippi county without warning, the county is installing weather sirens that will extend warning coverage by over 300 miles. The Meridian Star reports that Lauderdale...
National Weather Service: Storms Spawned 8 Tornadoes in Mississippi
Apr 11 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms eight tornadoes hit Mississippi last week. Nobody was injured by the twisters, which damaged trees, power lines and some buildings on Friday. Tornadoes were reported in Rankin, Warren,...
Judge Dismisses State Farm Car Crash Suit Against Mississippi U.S. Senate Appointee
Apr 10 2018 // A lawsuit against U.S. Senate appointee Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi has been permanently dismissed. The Daily Leader reports Mississippi Circuit Judge David Strong dismissed the case with prejudice April 3. That means...
Study: Mississippi River Flood Control Work Likely Worsened Downstream Flooding
Apr 6 2018 // Flood control engineering on the Mississippi River and its tributaries has likely made floods worse in Mississippi and Louisiana, researchers say. Using 500 years of data from tree rings and from sediment in oxbow lakes...
Severe Thunderstorms Injure 1, Cause Damage in Alabama
Apr 6 2018 // Officials say one person has been injured after severe weather caused damage in a northern Alabama city. City of Decatur spokeswoman Emily Long said Wednesday the person was taken in for evaluation, but did not provide any...
