All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 2 2021 // Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when seven vehicles plunged, one after another, into a deep hole where a dark, rural highway collapsed as Hurricane Ida blew through Mississippi, authorities said...
Sep 1 2021 // Global reinsurer MS Amlin AG announced that Christopher Beazley has stepped down as chief executive officer.According to the announcement, Beazley will “pursue opportunities outside of MS Amlin” after serving...
Aug 25 2021 // A Mississippi city will require many businesses and shopping centers to install video cameras to help law enforcement officers identify people who commit crimes.The Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen last week approved...
Aug 16 2021 // The evening before Hurricane Zeta made landfall, Vicki Dean and her husband, Kenny, were curious to see if the distant storm was already churning up Biloxi’s Back Bay.Like they did many evenings when Vicki...
Aug 12 2021 // Mississippi is approaching its record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations as the virus continues spreading rapidly in a state with one of the lowest vaccination rates in the U.S.The state Health Department reported Tuesday...
Jul 30 2021 // Mississippi’s top public health official said that intensive care units are filling up in some hospitals and COVID-19 outbreaks are expanding in nursing homes as the delta variant of the virus continues to spread...
Jul 22 2021 // Mississippi’s top public health official said Monday that the state is seeing a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases in July.“4th wave is here,” Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state health officer, wrote on Twitter....
Jul 20 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at a new reinsurance broker, Ardonagh’s Inver Re; The Hartford’s Global Specialty business unit, and the aviation reinsurance division of MS Amlin...
Jul 2 2021 // These International People Moves include appointments at AXIS Re, Zurich Insurance Group and MS Amlin.Details of these new hires follows. AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced...
Jun 30 2021 // Two prominent Mississippi physicians urged lawmakers Monday to put “guardrails” in place if medical marijuana is legalized in the state, warning that officials should be careful about making a product available...
Jun 30 2021 // Federal prosecutors say a Mississippi woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling a total of more than $600,000 from two Louisiana employers.Christy Bartholomew, 39, of Hattiesburg, pleaded guilty earlier this week to wire...
Jun 25 2021 // These international People Moves detail new hires at two Lloyd’s insurers (Ascot and MS Amlin) and broker Howden.A summary of these appointments follows here. Insurer Ascot Group announced the expansion of its U.S....
Jun 24 2021 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty...
Jun 17 2021 // A barge is stuck against a dam in Alabama, causing flooded yards in Mississippi, officials said.The barge can’t be removed from the Tom Bevill Lock and Dam in Aliceville, Alabama, until the water goes down, Lowndes...
Jun 16 2021 // JACKSON, Miss. — A managed care company has agreed to pay Mississippi $55.5 million to settle a lawsuit that accused one of its subsidiaries of overcharging the state’s Medicaid program for pharmacy benefits...
Jun 16 2021 // LIBERTY, Miss. — On June 2, Tom Lewis left his office at Liberty Insurance Agency to serve as guide for a group of bear hunters.In this case, the “hunters” were researchers from Mississippi State University...
Jun 9 2021 // Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he wants legislators to put a medical marijuana program into state law after the state Supreme Court recently overturned one that voters approved.“I support the will of the voters....
Jun 8 2021 // Federal investigators are offering $2,500 rewards for tips leading to people who set fires inside Walmart stores in Alabama and Mississippi. The FBI posted Saturday security camera photos of masked people inside stores in...
Jun 2 2021 // McCOMB, Miss. — A massive fire wrecked a Mississippi city’s train depot and museum, a beloved restored landmark that dates back to McComb’s founding as a railroad town.No cause has been immediately determined...
May 27 2021 // People protested Tuesday near the Mississippi Capitol and the state Supreme Court building to demand that Gov. Tate Reeves call legislators into special session to restore a medical marijuana initiative that voters...