Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Gulf States Prepare Together for Hurricane Season
Apr 29 2009 // Officials from three states of the Gulf Coast are meeting this week to discuss preparations for hurricane season. The 2009 Gulf States Hurricane Conference is being held Wednesday through Friday at the Coast Coliseum and...
Mississippi to Study Hurricane Mitigation Efforts’ Costs, Benefits
Apr 24 2009 // Mississippi has hired a wind engineering firm to assess the various steps that property owners might take to reduce damage from hurricanes. Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney and wind engineering firm AIR...
Katrina Flooding Victims’ Lawsuit Against Corps of Engineers Begins
Apr 21 2009 // Arguments began April 20 in a lawsuit filed by New Orleans residents and a business who claim the Army Corps of Engineers owes them damages because of the massive flooding after Hurricane Katrina that stirred up the waters...
Injured Workers’ Suit Against Mississippi Furniture Maker Upheld
Apr 20 2009 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a $3.76 million verdict against a Mississippi furniture maker sued by employees who alleged they were injured from a hazardous glue that the manufacturer made them use. The Supreme...
Mississippi to Twitter Disaster Information to Evacuees
Apr 17 2009 // Too busy fleeing from a hurricane to decide which evacuation route to take in Mississippi? You may want to check your cell phone or laptop for a tweet. Mississippi Department of Transportation officials will use the...
Mississippi Recovers $1 Million for Policyholders in Q1
Apr 13 2009 // Consumers in Mississippi have received nearly $1 million in recovered claims payments and premium refunds in the first three months of 2009 thanks to the efforts of the Consumer Services Division of the Mississippi...
30 Injured, Homes, Businesses Damaged By Mississippi Twister
Mar 31 2009 // Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour surveyed tornado damage in Simpson County yesterday. Nearly 30 people were injured and dozens of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed Thursday when a twister ripped through the town...
Mississippi Buyers Caught In Stolen Car Scam Must Return Vehicles
Mar 24 2009 // Normally, a 2008 BMW M3 or 3 Series sedan in excellent condition would sell for between $35,000 and $42,000 in a private party transaction, depending on mileage and equipment. For some Jones County buyer who possibly...
Mississippi’s Olive Branch to Contest FEMA Flood Maps
Mar 19 2009 // Olive Branch, Mississippi officials have agreed to hire a firm to help the city challenge Federal Emergency Management Agency maps that identify a number of homes as being in flood zones. Being inside a flood zone results...
Mississippi Homeowners Urged to Buy Flood Insurance Now
Mar 17 2009 // Mississippi residents cannot afford to ignore the reality that 90 percent of all natural disasters in the nation involve flooding, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. Chaney said that Flood Safety Awareness...
Mississippi Officials Warn Against Buying Cottages in Auction
Mar 13 2009 // The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is discouraging people from purchasing Mississippi Cottages for housing at an auction in Louisiana next month because the units were damaged by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. MEMA...
Mississippi House Passes Ban on Teens Texting While Driving
Mar 12 2009 // A bill that has passed the Mississippi House would ban newly licensed teenage drivers from sending text messages from behind the wheel. House members pushing for the texting-while-driving prohibition said inexperienced...
Mississippi Considers ‘Fire-Safe’ Cigarettes Law
Mar 11 2009 // Mississippi might join three dozen other states in requiring that cigarettes extinguish themselves if left unattended. The so-called “fire-safe cigarettes” are made with two or three bands of less-porous...
Wildfire Threat in Mississippi High
Mar 11 2009 // A Mississippi forestry official says property owners should be cautious when burning leaves or brush because conditions are ripe for wildfires. Jimmy Mordica, director of conservation education and public outreach for the...
Readiness of Some Rebuilt Levees in Midwest Questioned
Mar 10 2009 // With the prospect of another season of spring flooding fast approaching, the Army Corps of Engineers insists the earthen flood levees outmatched by the Mississippi River last summer are rebuilt and ready. Not...
Mississippi’s Rep. Taylor Renews Push for Federal Wind Insurance Policy
Mar 10 2009 // Rep. Gene Taylor, D.-Miss., isn’t letting opposition by major insurance companies keep him from pushing his plan to make wind coverage for properties available through the federal flood insurance...
Louisiana, Mississippi Among Highest Homeowner Rates in 2006
Mar 5 2009 // Louisiana homeowners paid the third-highest home insurance rates in 2006, while Mississippi was hit with the sixth-highest average bill for coverage, according to a report by a national group of state insurance...
Scruggs Moved From Mississippi Halfway House to Prison
Mar 3 2009 // An attorney for Zach Scruggs, who along with his once-powerful lawyer father was convicted on a charge related to a judicial bribery conspiracy, says his client was not late reporting to a halfway house in Tupelo. Cal Mayo...
Allstate, State Farm Dismissed from Case Charging Katrina Overbilling
Feb 20 2009 // A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of Allstate Corp. and State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. from a lawsuit accusing them of overbilling the U.S. government for flood damage in Louisiana related to the 2005 storm...
Mississippi Bill Requires Expert Opinion at Filing of Negligence Suit
Feb 17 2009 // A bill that cleared the Mississippi Senate on Friday would make it more difficult to file a negligence lawsuit. Under the bill, an expert’s statement of merit would have to be included in any complaint alleging...
