Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi Study: Most Residents Ignore Wireless Emergency Weather Alerts
Jul 19 2016 // A study by two University of Southern Mississippi researchers on the effectiveness of emergency alerts has revealed some surprising results. David Cochran and Bandana Kar, associate professors in the Department of...
SBA Sets August Deadline for Mississippi Disaster Loans From Spring Floods
Jul 18 2016 // People whose south Mississippi homes or businesses flooded in late April or early May have until Aug. 8 to apply for Small Business Administration disaster loans. The low-interest loans are available in Harrison, Hancock,...
Climate Change Exposes U.S. Infrastructure to Natural Hazards, Rand Corp. Says
Jul 14 2016 // Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part column. A follow up column will focus on how catastrophe modelers are being asked to create products that take into account potential climate change impacts. A report...
Jury Award Against Mississippi School District Results in Higher Insurance Rates
Jul 7 2016 // After a $660,000 lawsuit, the Natchez-Adams School District will pay more for liability insurance in the coming school year. The Natchez Democrat reports the district will spend nearly $306,000 on insurance compared to...
No Injuries Reported From Explosion at Southern Mississippi BP Plant
Jun 30 2016 // A late-night explosion and fire broke out at a natural gas plant in southern Mississippi, but there were no injuries or fatalities reported, police said early Tuesday. Pascagoula Police Capt. Shannon Broom said authorities...
Mississippi Tractor Wheel Factory Gutted by Fire
Jun 27 2016 // A fire at a factory in Tupelo, Miss., that makes lawn tractor wheels may have caused millions in damage. Local media report no one was injured by the fire at Custom Engineered Wheels, which broke out late Thursday....
Bodies of Mississippi Workers Recovered From Gravel Pit
Jun 14 2016 // Rescuers have recovered the body of a second man who disappeared in a landslide at a gravel pit in southern Mississippi earlier this month. The second body was found around 9:50 p.m. Friday and removed Saturday morning,...
SBA Approves Disaster Loans for Southern Mississippi After Spring Floods
Jun 13 2016 // The U.S. Small Business Administration has approved disaster assistance for South Mississippi counties that saw torrential rains and flash flooding April 28 through May 2. The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency...
Mississippi High Court Allows Negligence Suit Against State DOT to Proceed
Jun 7 2016 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has decided not to throw out a negligence lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Transportation over the death of a Gulfport Bandidos Chapter officer when he crashed his motorcycle in a...
Search Ongoing For 2 Mississippi Workers Trapped In Gravel Pit Landslide
Jun 7 2016 // A search for two workers who went missing after a landslide at a gravel pit in southern Mississippi is underway, according to a spokeswoman for the Mine Safety and Health Administration. Amy Louviere said Monday the search...
Mississippi Business Owner Sentenced to 5 Years for Arson
Jun 3 2016 // The owner of a construction company in Pascagoula has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to set fire to his business. The Sun Herald reports a judge also fined 53-year-old Michael Eugene Slater and...
Mississippi Stepping Up Police Patrols, Checkpoints Through June 5
Jun 2 2016 // Wherever you travel in South Mississippi throughout this week, chances are you will see safety checkpoints or officers pulling over motorists. Police, deputies and state troopers across the Coast are making a unified...
Mississippi Passes Law to Speed up Physician Licensing Across State Lines
May 24 2016 // Out-of-state physicians could get licensed to practice in Mississippi more quickly, under a new law. Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 41 on May 16, and it became law right away. It adds Mississippi to an agreement among...
Too Much Rain Hampers Mississippi Farmers
May 11 2016 // Northeast Mississippi farmers have had to replant some of their corn and soybeans more than once because of spring downpours. It’s the third year in a row that farmers have had to fight excess water, Charlie Stokes,...
U.S. Justice Dept. to North Carolina: LGBT Law Violates Federal Civil Rights Act
May 6 2016 // A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday, putting the state on notice that it is in danger of being...
FEMA Extends Deadline for Mississippi Flood Victims to File Proof of Loss Form
May 6 2016 // Mississippi victims of March flooding now have more time to file their required Proof of Loss form, according to a statement from the Mississippi Insurance Department. Mississippi’s Commissioner of Insurance Mike...
Gulf States Fighting Metal Thefts from Ag Operations
May 4 2016 // A new group trying to reduce metal theft from agriculture operations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said his office is creating a Mississippi Delta Agricultural...
MS Amlin Now Operating at Lloyd’s Under One Brand: MS Amlin Underwriting
May 3 2016 // MS Amlin announced it is now operating as one brand in the Lloyd’s market, as a single managing agency, MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. Operating from 22 locations across three continents, the MS Amlin business will...
Homes on Mississippi Coast Hit by Flooding
May 2 2016 // The mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, has declared a state of emergency because of heavy rain and widespread flooding in the largest city on the state’s Gulf Coast. Gulfport emergency managers say 5 to 12 inches of...
A.M. Best Revises Outlook for Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance
Apr 18 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. in...
