All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 21 2016 // Hail and damaging thunderstorms raked southern parts of Mississippi on Thursday as people across the state tried to recover from flooding earlier in the week.The National Weather Service counted 44 hail reports in 15...
Mar 15 2016 // Emergency officials in Louisiana and Mississippi were watching the rise of the Pearl River that divides the two states on March 14 amid widespread flooding that has damaged thousands of homes.In north Louisiana, the water...
Mar 14 2016 // As the Leaf River rose north of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 26-year-old Rebecca Bruce and her fiancé grabbed what they could and left the shed where they live. The water was more than 2 feet deep indoors when they left, she...
Mar 7 2016 // Two taxicab drivers are suing the city of Jackson, Mississippi, claiming the city has imposed restrictive regulations on the taxi industry. The Mississippi Center for Public Policy announced March 2 that taxicab drivers...
Mar 2 2016 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.A review of 2015 natural hazard events revealed an overall reduction in property damage for the year. While this does not minimize the local impact of individual events...
Feb 26 2016 // A major storm system hit several Southeast states this week, bringing high winds and tornadoes to multiple regions and killing at least one person in Mississippi. Injuries and damage were also reported in Florida from an...
Feb 24 2016 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against St. Dominic Hospital and two doctors who treated the late Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba (SHOW’-kway Lu-MOOM’-bah).The Clarion-Ledger reports at 9 a.m. on Feb. 25,...
Feb 23 2016 // Homeowners in Jackson, Miss., will be allowed to purchase blighted properties in their neighborhoods for $10 to $250, under an order passed by a City Council committee.The panel on Feb. 16 approved the Neighbors First Lot...
Feb 18 2016 // Weather service experts are assessing damage from storms that caused problems in several Southeast states.At least six south Alabama counties suffered damage from storms on Monday. The Johnsonville Volunteer Fire...
Feb 5 2016 // The National Weather Service says at least four tornadoes struck rural areas of western Alabama on Tuesday. NWS reports four tornadoes also touched down Tuesday in eastern Mississippi.Officials say an EF2 tornado struck...
Feb 4 2016 // Tornadoes touched down in Mississippi and Alabama as thunderstorms swept through the area Tuesday, while a powerful snowstorm buried parts of Colorado and Nebraska in more than a foot of snow before crawling into the Upper...
Feb 2 2016 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Amlin plc announced the completion of its acquisition by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., following receipt of...
Jan 25 2016 // Call it the tale of two storms: Just as about 2 inches of snow was about to fall in northern Mississippi, two tornadoes tore through parts of south Mississippi.The National Weather Service in Jackson confirmed Friday that...
Jan 25 2016 // Results of Mississippi’s Clarity Act Data Call are in and they confirm what insurance experts in the state say they already knew: insurers are not overcharging coastal residents in Mississippi. In fact, many...
Jan 14 2016 // The threat of flooding is subsiding across the lower Mississippi River region just two weeks after high waters devastated parts of the St. Louis area.The Mississippi probably won’t rise as high from Arkansas to New...
Jan 12 2016 // Results of Mississippi’s Property Insurance Clarity Act Data Call are in and they confirm what insurance experts in the state say they already knew: insurers are not overcharging coastal residents in Mississippi. In...
Jan 11 2016 // Mayors along the Mississippi River say their cities are ready for the rare winter flood taking place in the Mississippi valley after recent storms dumped large amounts of rain.At a meeting in Vicksburg, Miss., on Jan. 8,...
Jan 8 2016 // Sewage overflows during heavy rains have fouled a poor neighborhood in Centreville, Miss., for years because the city has failed to fix its sewage system, a lawsuit alleges.The lawsuit was filed against Centreville on Jan....
Jan 8 2016 // Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Gathings Insurance Services, LLC of Ridgeland, Miss. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Gathings specializes in providing a variety of employee benefits, and...
Jan 6 2016 // As floodwaters move south along the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers is weighing steps it could take to prevent widespread flooding from southern Missouri down to the Gulf Coast.In Louisiana, the Corps...