Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mississippi House Reintroduces Texting-While-Driving Ban
Feb 9 2015 // House members are moving ahead with a ban on texting and social media use while driving, after killing a similar bill in the closing moments of the 2014 legislative session. The House voted 98-20 Friday to approve House...
Mississippi Again Weighs Making Insurers Disclose Area Costs
Feb 9 2015 // A group of lawmakers and residents from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are again pushing a bill that would require insurance companies to disclose, by geographic area, how much they are charging to insure property. The idea,...
Mississippi House Rejects Bill Limiting Attorney General’s Power to Sue
Feb 6 2015 // Mississippi House members are rejecting new restrictions against Attorney General Jim Hood’s ability to file lawsuits or hire outside lawyers. The House voted 66-49 Wednesday to reject a House Bill 1201, which would...
Industry Groups Back Google’s Effort to Block Mississippi Attorney General Inquiry
Feb 4 2015 // Computer industry groups are joining Google’s effort to block an investigation by Mississippi’s attorney general. Industry groups filed court papers on Jan. 30 saying federal law should block Attorney General...
OSHA Fines 4 Companies After Omega Fish Plant Explosion in Mississippi
Feb 2 2015 // Fines totaling $187,620 have been proposed against four companies related to a deadly explosion at Omega Protein last year. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says in a news release that two temporary...
Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear Katrina Case of Home Hit by Casino Barge
Jan 26 2015 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will consider whether a judge was wrong in finding that an insurance company was not liable for damage caused when the Grand Casino barge was torn from its moorings during Hurricane Katrina...
Mississippi Residents, Lawmakers Pushing Bill to Disclose Insurance Costs by Area
Jan 23 2015 // A group of lawmakers and residents from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are again pushing a bill that would require insurance companies to disclose, by geographic area, how much they are charging to insure property. The idea,...
Mississippi Attorney General Asks Court to Dismiss Google Suit
Jan 22 2015 // Mississippi’s attorney general says a suit against him by Google should be dismissed. In court papers filed Jan. 12, Democrat Jim Hood claims the Internet search giant’s assertion that it is protected by...
Mississippi Police Officer Loses Facebook Firing Lawsuit
Jan 13 2015 // A federal appeals court has upheld the firing of a Greenville, Miss., police officer who alleged she was dismissed over comments posted on a social networking site. Former Sgt. Susan Graziosi was fired in 2012 after...
Sisters’ Whistleblower Case Over State Farm’s Katrina Claims Nears Court Date
Jan 5 2015 // State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. has appealed an order that it pay legal fees and damages of $3 million in a whistleblower lawsuit in which a jury found the insurer defrauded the government in a policyholder claim after...
Supreme Court Weighs Hearing Mississippi DUI Blood Test Case
Jan 5 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Jan. 16 whether to hear an appeal from a Mississippi man seeking to a new trial for an aggravated DUI conviction related to a 2012 accident that left a woman in a coma for weeks. Court...
Mississippi Hoping for FEMA Aid for Tornado Victims
Jan 1 2015 // Earlier this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Small Business Administration joined Mississippi and local officials on a tour of the Columbia area, as well as Jones and Lamar counties that were hit by...
Mississippi City’s Rescue Workers Welcome New Hydraulic Tools
Jan 1 2015 // New hydraulic rescue tools will let crews extract people from smashed cars much faster, says Olive Branch Fire Capt. Dave Taylor. “They could probably do an extraction in half the time now,” he told The Memphis...
Trial Scheduled in Mississippi Casino Drug Ring
Dec 30 2014 // A federal judge has scheduled for Jan. 26 the trial of a Georgia doctor accused of recruiting casino workers in Biloxi to run a prescription pill ring. Dr. Sanjay Sinha of Woodstock, Georgia, is charged with one count of...
Mississippi Man Faces Prison for Lying to Get Oil Spill Funds
Dec 30 2014 // A Mississippi man has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges of lying about his past employment to get $25,800 in oil-spill recovery money. The Sun Herald reported that Shawn Albert Townsel will be sentenced March...
Consltants Say Mississippi City Hail Damage Worse Than Expected
Dec 29 2014 // Consultants for the city of McComb said damage they’ve seen so far from a 2013 hailstorm was worse than they expected. The Enterprise-Journal reported that NewPath Strategy Consultants has examined roof damage and...
Mississippi Pre-Christmas Storm Takes 4 Lives, Damages Properties
Dec 29 2014 // State officials said the initial numbers from the Dec. 23 storms show 241 total homes and 77 businesses suffered some damage in three Mississippi counties. There were four deaths and 50 injuries from the storm. In Marion...
Mississippi Police Officers’ Wrongful Firing Suit Returned to Court
Dec 29 2014 // A wrongful termination lawsuit filed by two Shelby, Mississippi, police officers who said they were fired for refusing to ignore an alderman’s criminal activity is headed back to federal court in Oxford. The U.S....
Mississippi City Receives Funds to Build Domed Storm Shelters
Dec 24 2014 // Tupelo, Misissippi has received money for architectural design and engineering of domed storm shelters able to hold a total of 2,300 people in two city parks. The domes are designed to withstand winds up to 250 mph, The...
Deer Out in Force, Collisions on Rise in Mississippi
Dec 22 2014 // Mississippians aren’t the only ones bustling about this time of year. It’s a common sight to see herds of deer standing alongside — and even crossing — busy highways and roads. During December and...
