Latest Mississippi Headlines
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3 Mississippi Groups Share $99K in Housing Preservation Funds
Dec 10 2014 // Three Mississippi organizations will share in $99,000 housing preservation program funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., announced the grants on Dec. 3. Thompson says the Warren...
Mississippi’s Lafayette County Expands Fire District
Nov 24 2014 // Residents living along Mississippi Highway 30 and on several county roads extending off the highway may soon see a reduction in their homeowners insurance after the area was included in the Lafayette County Fire...
Mississippi City Balks at Insurance Settlement for Hail Damage
Nov 13 2014 // Officials in McComb, Mississippi have hired a consultant to review its damage claims from a 2013 hail storm. City Administrator Quordiniah Lockley and City Clerk Jeannette Butler told The Enterprise-Journal that the...
Mississippi Police Wrongful Firing Case Revived by U.S. High Court
Nov 13 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated 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. The ruling...
Mississippi Man Faces Gulf Oil Spill Claims Fraud Trial
Nov 12 2014 // A South Mississippi man faces trial in a federal fraud case alleging he lied about his past employment to get $25,800 in oil spill recovery money. Court records showed Shawn Albert Townsel received the money after claiming...
Wrongful Death Claim Against Mississippi Apartment Complex Dismissed
Nov 11 2014 // The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against a Starkville apartment complex over a beating death which took place six years ago. Authorities said Bob Batiste killed his roommate Andreas...
Mississippi Commissioner Chaney Offers Heating Safety Tips
Nov 5 2014 // With the arrival of this season’s first cold front, now is the time to make sure to be smart about heating safety when trying to stay warm, says Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike...
Mississippi Reviewing 3.2% Workers’ Comp Rate Cut
Nov 3 2014 // Employers in Mississippi could be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance as early as next March, pending approval of a rate filing at the Mississippi Insurance Department. The National Council on...
Mississippi County Rejects State Building Code
Nov 3 2014 // The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors has voted to opt out of state building codes and instead draw up their own. The board said it will hold a public hearing on Nov. 17 to gather input from the community. A law that...
Mississippi’s Leflore County Adopts New Statewide Building Code
Oct 31 2014 // The Leflore County Board of Supervisors has adopted the 2012 International Building Code, which means new construction will have to adhere to a set of uniform standards. Under a new state law, Mississippi counties have a...
Mississippi to Test Guardrails After Texas Jury Finding
Oct 30 2014 // State transportation officials are investigating where faulty guardrails have been installed along Mississippi roadways. Trinity Industries Inc. stopped shipments of its ET-Plus guardrails after Texas jury ordered to pay...
Mississippi City Opposes Ridesharing Firm Uber
Oct 30 2014 // Officials in Oxford, Mississippi are trying to stop the ridesharing company Uber from operating in the city. Uber Technologies Inc. provides a smartphone app that allows people to order rides in privately driven cars...
Mississippi County Seeks to Turn April’s Tornado Tragedy Into Opportunity
Oct 29 2014 // Six months after a devastating tornado, Winston County’s hospital is still operating out of tents and shipping containers, home rebuilding is sputtering along and it may be another year before a new plywood mill...
Mississippi County Rejects State Building Code
Oct 27 2014 // The Lafayette County Board of Supervisors has voted to opt out of state building codes and instead draw up their own. The board will hold a public hearing on Nov. 17 to gather input from the community. A law that took...
Mississippi County Expects Insurance to Cover $165K Embezzlement
Oct 24 2014 // Officials in Adams County, Mississippi are expecting an insurance policy to cover the $165,000 allegedly embezzled from its juvenile justice center. Board of Supervisors Attorney Scott Slover tells The Natchez Democrat the...
Mississippi Regulator Reviewing 3.2% Workers’ Compensation Rate Cut
Oct 20 2014 // Employers in Mississippi could be paying less for workers’ compensation insurance as early as next March, pending approval of a rate filing at the Mississippi Insurance Department. The National Council on...
Mississippi Businessmen Seek $7.9M from Texas Lawyers for BP Claim Referrals
Oct 17 2014 // Three Mississippi businessmen argue in a federal lawsuit that Texas attorneys owe them $7.9 million for steering to them thousands of people seeking to resolve claims against BP from the 2010 Gulf oil spill. Gulf Coast...
Judge Dismisses Mississippi Death Claim Against Omega Protein
Oct 12 2014 // The mother of a 24-year-old Mississippi man who died in 2012 during a machinery incident at Omega Protein plant in Moss Point will appeal the dismissal of her wrongful death lawsuit against the company. The suit was filed...
Mississippi Regulators Announce Online Search Tool for Rate Filings
Oct 10 2014 // The Mississippi Insurance Department announced that certain property/casualty rate and form filings are now available online for public review through a new search tool implemented by the department. The department said...
Way Cleared for Mississippi Trial in Navy SEAL Wrongful Death Case
Oct 9 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from operators of a northwest Mississippi shooting range in a case involving the death of a Navy SEAL during a training exercise. The Supreme Court denied the petition of...
