Latest Mississippi Headlines

All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Declarations

Feb 19 2024 // Personal E&S “I wish we could serve this customer base on an admitted basis to give them what they need and what they want to buy.”— Remarked Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg, referring to the...

Mississippi Governor Announces Law Enforcement Ops to Stem Capital City Crime

Feb 15 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have surged local, state and federal resources to Mississippi’s capital city for a new operation aimed at curbing violent crime, drug trafficking and other offenses,...

Mother of Teen Killed at Mississippi Poultry Factory Sues Company for Negligence

Feb 8 2024 // (AP) — The mother of a 16-year-old who died in a workplace accident at a Mississippi poultry factory is suing the companies that hired and employed him, accusing them of failing to follow safety standards that could have...

Mississippi Lawmakers Approve Incentives for 2 Large Amazon Data Centers

Jan 30 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers met in special session last week and quickly approved job training money and other state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to spend $10 billion to build two...

Mississippi Businesses, Cities Sue to Protect Dolphins From Louisiana Spillway

Jan 26 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Opening a spillway as a flood-control measure in 2019 sent polluted fresh water from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico and killed bottlenose dolphins that live in saltwater, according to...

Mississippi Investment Firm Launches Insurance Agency

Jan 25 2024 // A Mississippi investment firm is braving a tight market and entering the commercial property/casualty world with a startup insurance agency.Twain Capital, formed in 2021, has launched Twain Insurance Agency, based in...

19 Dead, Hundreds of Auto Accidents from Ice Storm in Tennessee, Mississippi

Jan 19 2024 // Tennessee health officials have confirmed at least 14 weather-related deaths from the icy storm that has gripped much of the country. Memphis-Shelby County Schools, the state’s largest public school system with about...

OSHA Fines Mississippi Poultry Plant $212,646 in Death of 16-year-old Worker

Jan 17 2024 // The Occupational Health and Safety Administration this week fined a Mississippi poultry processor $212,646 – an amount set by law – after a 16-year-old was pulled to his death inside a deboning machine last...

Allstate Doesn’t Owe for Diminished Value; Farm Bureau Barred from Subro, Courts Say

Jan 17 2024 // Two court rulings in Southeastern states have underscored insurers’ responsibilities under uninsured motorist laws.In a Mississippi class-action lawsuit, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals found that Allstate...

Mississippi Health Department Retesting Some Medical THC Products for Toxins

Dec 29 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Health said Wednesday that “a large number” of medical marijuana products are on hold so they can be retested.The department first issued the hold on...

5th Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Standard of Evidence for Negligence Award Against River Boat Pilots in Mississippi River Collision Case

Dec 6 2023 // As maritime accidents go, the collision between the M/V Strandja and the M/V Kieffer E. Bailey on the Mississippi River was hardly a catastrophe. A jury determined that damages amounted to only $114,000.But the accident...

Miss. Sheriff Sets New Policies After Torture Episode. Victims Say it’s to Avoid Consequences

Dec 5 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Attorneys for the victims of an episode of police torture say new policies unveiled by a Mississippi sheriff`s department this week were introduced so the sheriff can escape liability in a civil...

Mississippi Delivery Driver Sues FedEx, This Time in State Court, After Shooting Incident

Dec 1 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Black former delivery driver in Mississippi who says two white men shot into his work van and then pursued him in a high-speed chase last year has filed a new lawsuit against the men and his...

People Moves: MS Amlin Promotes Forsyth to Head of Marine, Succeeding Humberstone; Generali GC&C Names Mediterranean, LatAm Managers as Part of Business Reorg

Dec 1 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at MS Amlin and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial (GC&C).A summary of these new hires follows here. MS Amlin Promotes Forsyth as Head of Marine,...

Murder, Arson Charges on Hold in Killing of Former Mississippi Legislator

Nov 28 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi prosecutors have dismissed indictments against a man in the shooting death of a former state lawmaker and the earlier burning of a building, saying they need more time to...

Justice Department Investigating Lexington, Mississippi Police Practices

Nov 22 2023 // The Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into the city of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police Department (LPD) seeking to determine whether there are systemic violations of...

Mississippi Loosens Burn Ban After More Rain and Fewer Wildfires

Nov 17 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Recent rain has helped improve drought conditions enough for Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves to partially lift a statewide burn ban.Reeves, the Mississippi Forestry Commission and the Mississippi...

Marijuana Dispensary Sues Over Mississippi Regs that Bar Advertising

Nov 16 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The owner of a Mississippi medical marijuana dispensary filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging state regulations that he says censor business owners by preventing them from...

NOAA: U.S. Withstands Record 25 Disasters in 2023

Nov 15 2023 // Another billion-dollar disaster was confirmed in October, bringing the total to a record 25 such disasters in the first 10 months — the largest number of disasters for any year since NOAA began tracking the events. These...

Whistleblower Says Southern Co. Should Repay $382M for Failed Clean Coal Plant

Nov 1 2023 // (AP) — A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million that the federal government gave to build a failed coal- fueled power plant.Kelli Williams, a former construction manager for...