Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi Parking Lot Caves-In, Swallows 12 Cars
Nov 10 2015 // A cave-in of a restaurant parking lot in Mississippi swallowed 12 cars and now experts have begun work to determine the cause of the weekend collapse, authorities said. No one was reported injured when the pavement gave...
Surge in Auto Break-Ins Bumping up Crime Rate in Mississippi City
Nov 6 2015 // Hundreds of vehicle break-ins are a big part of the reason that major crimes are up in Hattiesburg. There were 376 vehicle break-ins during the first nine months of this year, compared to 114 a year ago, The Hattiesburg...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Chaney Re-Elected for Third Term
Nov 5 2015 // Mike Chaney, photo courtesy of Mississippi Insurance Department Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, a Republican, was reelected to a third term in the office on Nov. 3, according to the Associated Press. A...
Federal Drought Aid Expanded in Louisiana, Mississippi
Nov 2 2015 // About 70 percent of Mississippi counties and Louisiana parishes – 57 of 82 counties and 45 of 64 parishes – are now eligible for drought disaster aid, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. The department has added...
Mississippi Insurance Agent Pleads Guilty to Stealing $33K in Premiums
Nov 2 2015 // A former insurance agent in Jackson County, Mississippi’s St. Martin community has pleaded guilty after pocketing more than $33,000 in customers’ money. The Sun-Herald reports that 38-year-old Chad Michael...
Mississippi Governor Issues Indefinite Burn Ban for Entire State
Oct 22 2015 // The entire state of Mississippi has been put under a burn ban because of dry conditions. Gov. Phil Bryant issued the ban Tuesday at the request of the Mississippi Forestry Commission. It will last indefinitely. Much of the...
Multi-County Mississippi Prescription Drug Fraud Sting Leads to 8 Arrests
Oct 22 2015 // An investigation by several Mississippi police agencies has led to multiple arrests in an alleged multi-county prescription drug forgery ring and the discovery of a suspected human trafficking victim. The Clarion-Ledger...
Mississippi Court: Apartment Complex Can be Sued Over Resident’s Murder
Oct 20 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court says the family of a man killed in 2008 can sue his apartment complex’s owners for failing to warn him that his roommate might have violent tendencies. The Commercial Dispatch reports...
Mississippi Insurance Department Adds Tina Parker to Consumer Team
Oct 20 2015 // The Gulf Coast office of the Mississippi Insurance Department is expanding its services to coastal consumers with the addition of Tina Parker to its staff, Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney has announced. Parker, a...
USDA Offers Drought Disaster Aid to 41 Mississippi Counties
Oct 18 2015 // The USDA is offering drought disaster aid in 41 Mississippi counties. U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has designated 14 Mississippi counties as primary natural disaster areas because of...
Mississippi Doctor Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Prescription Pill Ring
Oct 8 2015 // A Waveland, Miss., doctor accused of running a prescription pill mill has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance outside the scope of a medical practice. The Sun Herald reports...
York Risk Services Group Acquires Mississippi-Based Quick Cat
Oct 2 2015 // York Risk Services Group, a provider of claims management, managed care and risk management services, has acquired Brandon, Miss.- based Quick Cat LLC. Quick Cat provides commercial daily and catastrophe claims services on...
Mississippi Farmers Eligible for Disaster Loans as Drought Parches State
Sep 30 2015 // Farmers hit by the drought gripping central Mississippi are now eligible for federal aid. The U.S. Small Business Administration says it’s offering low-interest disaster loans to small businesses and nonprofit...
Mississippi Drivers Warned to Slow Down as Deer Season Begins
Sep 30 2015 // Mississippi has the eighth highest rate of collisions with deer. Mississippi Highway Patrol Sgt. Criss Turnipseed tells The Commercial Dispatch there were 3,438 vehicle collisions with deer in the state last...
Chicken Company Recalls 550K Pounds of Products from Mississippi Plant
Sep 28 2015 // Sanderson Farms, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 551,090 pounds of chicken products produced at its plant in Hazlehurst, Miss. Officials say a sample of the products analyzed by a customer of the company and the USDA was...
Texas Goes From Drought to Flood to Drought in 60 Days
Sep 23 2015 // Across eastern Texas, parts of Louisiana and Mississippi the land went from moist to parched in a matter of weeks. Drought, which had been eradicated in Texas last spring, returned and spread across the South, reaching as...
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner to Run Unopposed in November
Sep 16 2015 // State election officials removed the Reform Party candidate for Mississippi insurance commissioner from the Nov. 3 ballot, saying it was impossible to know whether he had lived in the state long enough to run. The decision...
Mississippi Highway Patrol Issued Nearly 5,000 Citations Over Labor Day
Sep 11 2015 // Officials with the Mississippi Highway Patrol have released the numbers for the 2015 Labor Day enforcement period. Captain Johnny Poulos tells The Sun Herald the highway patrol issued 4,925 citations with 109 DUI arrests....
Insurance Costs to Decrease in Mississippi County After Fire Ratings Lowered
Sep 10 2015 // The Mississippi Rating Bureau has lowered the fire ratings in two areas of West Jackson County, Miss., a move that can lower fire insurance costs for homeowners and businesses. The Sun Herald reports the Mississippi State...
Kentucky Stretch of Mississippi River Reopens After Oil Spill
Sep 8 2015 // A 17-mile stretch of Mississippi River in Kentucky has reopened with restrictions after it was closed following a collision between two tow boats that spilled more than 120,000 gallons of oil into the waterway, the U.S....
