Latest Mississippi Headlines
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Mississippi County to Spend $3M on Flood Study
Jun 28 2018 // Governments in DeSoto County, Mississippi will spend more than $3 million to study flooding. WHBQ-TV reports that half the money will come from the federal government, while half will come from DeSoto County and local...
Mississippi Gov Appoints Michel as Director of Emergency Management Agency
Jun 22 2018 // Gov. Phil Bryant is naming another retired military leader to run Mississippi’s Emergency Management Agency. Bryant said on Monday said he was appointing Gregory Michel as the agency’s director. Gregory...
Mississippi Highway Patrol to Pay $500K in Lawsuit Over Fatal Wreck
Jun 19 2018 // The Mississippi Highway Patrol is paying $500,000 in a lawsuit over a fatal wreck that happened when a state trooper was driving fast on a dark highway without his blue lights flashing. The crash happened about 1:30 a.m....
Mississippi Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Crash Suit by Helicopter Pilot
Jun 18 2018 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed over a 2009 helicopter accident that left its pilot partially paralyzed. Justices ruled 6-2 that a proper complaint was not filed by Rob Hammons of...
Mississippi Agent Accused of Not Forwarding Premiums to Insurers
Jun 11 2018 // A cease and desist order has been issued to a Mississippi insurance agent accused of failing to forward premiums to the respective insurance companies. The Mississippi Insurance Department said Friday that it had issued...
6 Tornadoes Confirmed in Mississippi from Weekend Storm
Apr 19 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms six tornadoes hit Mississippi on Saturday. Tornadoes were reported in Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Rankin and Winston counties. Surveyors say damage in Lowndes County was caused by a...
Mississippi Governor Signs Bill to Shift Wind Pool Fees to the Treasury
Apr 17 2018 // Mississippi may be thought of as conservative small-government state, but the state’s consumers pay higher taxes on their insurance products than in all but two other states. Unfortunately, under a bill just signed...
Mississippi County Installs 11 Weather Warning Sirens
Apr 13 2018 // Over a year after a tornado tore through an east Mississippi county without warning, the county is installing weather sirens that will extend warning coverage by over 300 miles. The Meridian Star reports that Lauderdale...
National Weather Service: Storms Spawned 8 Tornadoes in Mississippi
Apr 11 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms eight tornadoes hit Mississippi last week. Nobody was injured by the twisters, which damaged trees, power lines and some buildings on Friday. Tornadoes were reported in Rankin, Warren,...
Judge Dismisses State Farm Car Crash Suit Against Mississippi U.S. Senate Appointee
Apr 10 2018 // A lawsuit against U.S. Senate appointee Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi has been permanently dismissed. The Daily Leader reports Mississippi Circuit Judge David Strong dismissed the case with prejudice April 3. That means...
Study: Mississippi River Flood Control Work Likely Worsened Downstream Flooding
Apr 6 2018 // Flood control engineering on the Mississippi River and its tributaries has likely made floods worse in Mississippi and Louisiana, researchers say. Using 500 years of data from tree rings and from sediment in oxbow lakes...
Severe Thunderstorms Injure 1, Cause Damage in Alabama
Apr 6 2018 // Officials say one person has been injured after severe weather caused damage in a northern Alabama city. City of Decatur spokeswoman Emily Long said Wednesday the person was taken in for evaluation, but did not provide any...
Weather Service: Recent Storms in Mississippi Spawned 4 Tornadoes
Apr 4 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms three more tornadoes hit Mississippi last week. No one was injured in the twisters, which mainly caused tree damage on Wednesday. The longest was in Choctaw County, striking near...
Weather Service Confirms 2 Tornadoes in Mississippi
Mar 15 2018 // The National Weather Service confirms two tornadoes touched central Mississippi Sunday. No one was injured. A survey shows a twister with top winds of 90 mph (145 kph) struck Bentonia at 1:37 a.m. Sunday. The tornado,...
Residents of Mississippi City Threaten to Sue Over Flooding
Mar 13 2018 // Some residents are threatening to sue a Mississippi Delta town following recent flooding, saying the town failed to maintain its drains. The Delta Democrat-Times reports that Ashley Harris, a lawyer, says she’s...
Texas Agencies TCOR, Legacy, MS&B Merge
Mar 6 2018 // New Braunfels, Texas-based TCOR Management announced a merger with Legacy Insurors Group LLC, and MS&B Bonds and Insurance Services LLC, effective March 1. The operations of these two entities will continue under TCOR...
Mississippi’s Coldwater River Reaches Record Flood Level
Mar 5 2018 // Volunteers are sandbagging homes in the Mississippi Delta, as heavy rains push a river toward a record flood. Pastor Anthony Dean tells WREG-TV that at least one home has already flooded in Quitman County, as the Coldwater...
Former Nationwide Agent in Mississippi to Serve 10 Years for Embezzling $117K
Mar 5 2018 // A former Mississippi insurance agent will serve 10 years in prison for embezzling $117,863.74 from a customer and converting the money for his own use, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced in January. Charles...
Arson Arrest Made For Fire At Mississippi Delta Community College
Mar 5 2018 // A joint investigation between the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office, Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) Police Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Sunflower County Sheriff’s...
Former Nationwide Agent in Mississippi Gets 10 Years for Embezzling $117K
Feb 26 2018 // A former Mississippi insurance agent will serve 10 years in prison for embezzling $117,863.74 from a customer and converting the money for his own use, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood announced last month. Charles...
