Latest Mississippi Headlines
All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Smith Promoted to Mississippi Fire Coordinator
Aug 8 2014 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney has promoted Deputy Fire Coordinator Brad Smith to the position of state fire coordinator. The state fire coordinator works with volunteer and career...
Mississippi County Rejects Building Code
Aug 7 2014 // Mississippi’s Adams County won’t have building codes. The Natchez Democrat reported that the Board of Supervisors voted to opt out of a zoning ordinance the state legislature had instructed counties to...
Mississippi City Eyes Ice Cream Truck Regulations
Aug 6 2014 // Aldermen in Ocean Springs, Mississippi are considering writing laws to regulate ice cream trucks. Officials told The Sun Herald that a mother recently watched her child, along with the others, leave a birthday party in a...
Mississippi Police Officer to Appeal Over Facebook Firing
Aug 4 2014 // A former Greenville, Mississippi police officer wants a federal appeals court to reinstate her wrongful firing lawsuit against city. Oral arguments are Sept 3 before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New...
Mississippi Fish Plant Explosion Kills 1, Injures 3
Jul 30 2014 // One person has been killed and three others were injured in an explosion Monday at a fish processing plant in Moss Point on the Mississippi coast. Omega Protein spokesman Ben Landry said the incident occurred about 9:30...
Court Rules Mississippi Casino Not Liable for Death of Drunk Patron
Jul 23 2014 // A federal appeals court has declined to allow the family of Bryan Lee Glenn to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a Biloxi, Mississippi, casino kept serving drinks to the man while he was drunk. Glenn, 30,...
Federal Assistance to Mississippi for Spring Storms Near $20 Million
Jul 17 2014 // Total federal assistance approved for survivors of the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred from April 28 through May 3, 2014 in 12 Mississippi counties is close to $19.7 million, according to the...
Mississippi Reminds Drivers Inspection Stickers Still Required
Jul 16 2014 // Annual vehicle safety inspections continue to be required in Mississippi, but there has been confusion among drivers who may have read the headlines about the law’s demise in the Legislature. It is likely that some...
Southeast Has Higher Tornado Fatality Risk Than Midwest
Jul 7 2014 // Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputations as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows. Florida leads the country in deaths calculated...
Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear DUI Anonymous Tip Conviction
Jul 2 2014 // A man convicted of misdemeanor drunk driving is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court if law enforcement, acting on a tip, can lawfully pulled him over. Carl Richard Cook argues an anonymous tip was the only reason he was...
Upper Mississippi River Closed Due to Rising Waters After Heavy Rains
Jun 30 2014 // Rising flood waters were expected to make 11 locks and dams impassable on the mid- and upper-Mississippi River and force the closure of the river later on Monday from Bellevue, Iowa, to Saverton, Missouri, the U.S. Army...
Louisville, Mississippi, Gets $10M Insurance Check for Tornado-Damaged Plant
Jun 25 2014 // The Norman Regional Health System in Oklahoma has donated $48,000 to the Winston County Medical Center in Louisville, Mississippi. Norman Regional Health System President and CEO David Whitaker says the company wanted to...
Mississippi County’s Fire Insurance Rates Could Fall 45%
Jun 25 2014 // Home and business owners served by the Beaver Lake and Rock Hill volunteer fire departments in Lamar County, Mississippi, could see their fire insurance premium payments fall as much as 35 percent to 45 percent. The...
Japan’s MS&AD Planning on Insurance Acquisitions for Growth in Southeast Asia
Jun 24 2014 // MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest non-life insurer, will seek acquisitions in Southeast Asia to expand its overseas business, said President and Chief Executive Officer Yasuyoshi...
Mississippi AG Hood Sues Experian, Alleging Inaccurate Credit Reports
Jun 16 2014 // Experian Plc, the largest of the three credit reporting companies in the U.S., was accused by Mississippi of failing to ensure that its consumer credit reports are accurate. Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood alleged in...
Mississippi Agent Says He Was Forced to Plead Guilty in Insurance Scam
Jun 13 2014 // A former Mississippi insurance agent is asking a federal judge for speedy consideration of his motion to vacate his conviction related to an insurance scam involving Lafayette County. Ken Nowlin of Ecru pleaded guilty in...
Mississippi Court Upholds Race Discrimination Verdict Against Hospital Board
Jun 13 2014 // A federal appeals court has upheld an $82,000 award to a white attorney who argued he was a victim of discrimination by the black-majority Greenwood Leflore Hospital board. George Dulin argued he was pushed out of his job...
Mississippi Navy SEAL Shooting Appealed to Supreme Court
Jun 9 2014 // Attorneys for a northwest Mississippi shooting range are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal in case involving the death of a Naval SEAL during a training exercise. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled in...
Sales of Storm Shelters Surge in Mississippi
Jun 5 2014 // Before April 28, two suppliers of storm shelters reported an average of four to 10 orders a month in 2014. They say that since then they’ve each sold more than 100 and that it could be several months before they...
Ratings: Toyota Motor, Interstate Bankers, Medical Assurance Co. of Mississippi
Jun 4 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of Iowa-based Toyota Motor Insurance Company (TMIC), both with stable outlooks. Best said...
