All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 2 2016 // Wherever you travel in South Mississippi throughout this week, chances are you will see safety checkpoints or officers pulling over motorists.Police, deputies and state troopers across the Coast are making a unified effort...
May 24 2016 // Out-of-state physicians could get licensed to practice in Mississippi more quickly, under a new law.Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 41 on May 16, and it became law right away. It adds Mississippi to an agreement among...
May 11 2016 // Northeast Mississippi farmers have had to replant some of their corn and soybeans more than once because of spring downpours.It’s the third year in a row that farmers have had to fight excess water, Charlie Stokes,...
May 6 2016 // A North Carolina law limiting protections to LGBT people violates federal civil rights laws and can’t be enforced, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday, putting the state on notice that it is in danger of being...
May 6 2016 // Mississippi victims of March flooding now have more time to file their required Proof of Loss form, according to a statement from the Mississippi Insurance Department.Mississippi’s Commissioner of Insurance Mike...
May 4 2016 // A new group trying to reduce metal theft from agriculture operations in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas.Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann said his office is creating a Mississippi Delta Agricultural Theft...
May 3 2016 // MS Amlin announced it is now operating as one brand in the Lloyd’s market, as a single managing agency, MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd.Operating from 22 locations across three continents, the MS Amlin business will...
May 2 2016 // The mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi, has declared a state of emergency because of heavy rain and widespread flooding in the largest city on the state’s Gulf Coast. Gulfport emergency managers say 5 to 12 inches of...
Apr 18 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Co. in...
Apr 18 2016 // Mississippi’s disaster declaration due to the March flooding and severe storms has been extended to 13 additional counties.Gov. Phil Bryant said at the beginning of April that 11 counties were added, followed by two...
Apr 15 2016 // Tickets for texting while driving may start to rise in Harrison County.Since Troy Peterson became sheriff in January, deputies have written a total of 22 tickets — 13 citations filed in Justice Court and nine...
Apr 13 2016 // The first three months of 2016 were more active than usual in terms of severe weather in Mississippi. Ed Tarver, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson, tells The Hattiesburg American the cause is...
Apr 11 2016 // Google can’t duck an investigation by the Mississippi attorney general into objectionable search engine content that the company calls a threat to Internet freedom.A U.S. appeals court said Friday that a judge was...
Apr 7 2016 // Mississippi and West Virginia have become the 30th and 31st states to pass legislation to create a statewide regulatory framework for ridesharing services offered by transportation network companies like Uber and...
Apr 7 2016 // Mississippi will regulate Uber, Lyft and other ride-hailing services on a statewide basis.Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 1381 Monday, which puts the state Insurance Department in charge of overseeing the services....
Apr 4 2016 // Strong storms plowed through Georgia on their way to the Carolinas Friday, spawning at least one confirmed tornado, after setting off tornadoes that swirled through Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.The National Weather...
Apr 4 2016 // Gov. Phil Bryant says 11 additional counties have been added to Mississippi’s most recent disaster declaration due to the March flooding and severe storms.In a news release, Bryant said Clarke, Forrest, Greene,...
Mar 29 2016 // President Barack Obama has declared a disaster in three Mississippi counties following flooding this month.Residents in the Bolivar, Coahoma and Washington counties can apply for individual assistance, including grants for...
Mar 24 2016 // Mississippi officials say the damage from floods this month is the most widespread the state has had since Hurricane Katrina.Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Director Lee Smithson tells The Clarion-Ledger federal...
Mar 22 2016 // Deputies in Harrison County, Mississippi, have arrested two relatives in an ongoing case of worker’s compensation fraud that occurred at a Gulfport business.The Sun Herald reports Sheriff Troy Peterson said...