All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 30 2016 // The Mississippi Highway Patrol says two people died on state and federal highways over the Thanksgiving weekend.Monday, the agency said it worked 171 crashes, which included 67 injuries. State Troopers wrote more than...
Nov 22 2016 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Company has partnered with Cabrillo Coastal General Insurance Agency, LLC to offer coastal homeowners insurance in Mississippi. Palomar Specialty is currently offering homeowners coverage...
Nov 22 2016 // It’s a different concept, a way to build at ground level in a flood zone. And it’s working for a business in Jackson County, Miss.DaBayou Bar & Grill may look thrown together, but there is a lot of planning...
Nov 10 2016 // A judge in Mississippi has thrown out a $107,100 judgment against Jackson State University stemming from an unlawful termination lawsuit filed by the school’s former head trainer. The Clarion-Ledger reports U.S....
Nov 8 2016 // Residents in Saltillo, Miss., are closer to having a large, safe place from storms.A crew from Supercell Shelters, in Decatur, Alabama, delivered the city’s community storm shelter Thursday. The 10-foot wide and...
Nov 7 2016 // A Mississippi attorney has dropped his lawsuit against Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen after he says he choked on a piece of chicken when the fast-food restaurant failed to provide him a knife in the drive-thru.Paul Newton Jr....
Nov 4 2016 // Somebody set the fire that heavily damaged an African-American church that was also spray-painted with the phrase “Vote Trump,” and an $11,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the conviction...
Oct 31 2016 // Six months into a deepening drought, the weather is killing crops, threatening cattle and sinking lakes to their lowest levels in years across much of the South.The very worst conditions – what forecasters call...
Oct 26 2016 // Mississippians are preparing for the tornado season to begin in November.The Clarion-Ledger reports forecasters are looking at shifts in weather conditions – such as El Nino and La Nina – as indicators that this...
Oct 25 2016 // Officials say two people were killed in a house explosion in Newton County.Coroner Danny Shoemaker tells The Clarion-Ledger that an 81-year-old man and 78-year-old woman died in the explosion Saturday night. Irven Skinner,...
Oct 19 2016 // The U.S. Small Business Administration says federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available in Mississippi as a result of a drought that began Aug. 9. The SBA said in a news release the loans would be available to...
Oct 18 2016 // Pioneer Underwriters announces that Graeme Rayner has commenced his role as group director of underwriting, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Darren Doherty.Rayner, whose appointment was first announced in August 2016,...
Oct 17 2016 // A division of the federal government says the city of Louisville, Miss., should repay a $25.4 million grant awarded for recovery from a 2014 tornado.However, state Auditor Stacey Pickering said he is working with federal...
Oct 12 2016 // LCTA Workers’ Comp (LCTA), a Louisiana’s workers’ compensation provider, has expanded its geographic reach to include Mississippi. The company has also secured a license to write insurance in Arkansas.On...
Oct 11 2016 // LCTA Workers’ Comp announced that it will be expanding its geographic reach to include Mississippi and Arkansas.LCTA at the start of the month began writing lines of workers’ comp coverage to small-to-mid-sized...
Oct 6 2016 // Clothed in the power of the law, the federal government is again suing a Mississippi strip club, saying black strippers should be treated equally when they take it all off.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Sep 14 2016 // An insurance agent from Jackson, Miss., is the latest person indicted in a corruption case tied to the former head of the Mississippi prison system.Guy E. “Butch” Evans, 61, appeared Aug. 24 in U.S. District...
Sep 8 2016 // Coastal American Insurance Co. has introduced a combined wind and flood insurance policy for policyholders in Mississippi. The new private flood endorsement is designed to eliminate disputes over concurrent causation,...
Sep 6 2016 // Federal officials say a Mississippi physician offered to illegally trade prescriptions for escort services and later sold prescriptions for money to the escort and an undercover agent.Dr. Michael Loebenberg of Ocean...
Sep 1 2016 // Investigators from the Mississippi Insurance Department have issued a Cease and Desist Order to LaDonna Carlisle Lightsey and the Carlisle Agency, LLC operating in Waynesboro, Miss. Lightsey is a nonresident insurance...