All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Oct 30 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The heating element removed from Monique Plaisance`s water heater in September was disintegrating, streaked with rust and covered in a dry crust. She blamed the corrosion on the water piped in from the...
Oct 25 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Incomplete homicide autopsy reports have continued to pile up in Mississippi – despite tough-on-crime talk by state leaders ahead of the Nov. 7 general election.Police officers and...
Oct 24 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh, Lockton and MS Amlin.A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Names Thurston CEO, UK Risk Mgmt, Mistry as CEO of FINPROMarsh, the insurance...
Oct 19 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Water is flowing again to nearly all of Mississippi’s capital city.It’s a stark contrast from a year ago, when Jackson’s 150,000 residents could never be sure what, if...
Oct 17 2023 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled that an insurer misunderstood when a three-year statute of limitations begins in dismissing the insurer’s claims relating to a fire on an insured’s property.The high...
Oct 16 2023 // The Mississippi sheriff who leads the department where former deputies pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for the torture of two Black men has asked a federal court to dismiss a civil lawsuit...
Oct 12 2023 // Alliant Insurance Services, a major American distributor and brokerage headquartered in California, continues building its Southeastern US presence. It has named attorney Bobby Coleman of Mississippi as vice president of...
Oct 5 2023 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, announced a strategic partnership with Japan’s MS&AD Insurance Group to provide cybersecurity monitoring solutions for...
Oct 4 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at DUAL Europe and Generali.A summary of these new hires follows here. DUAL Launches Marine Hub in Rotterdam, Hiring 2 Former MS Amlin UnderwritersDUAL Europe...
Oct 3 2023 // Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their groves alive.The latest...
Oct 2 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their...
Oct 2 2023 // McConkey Insurance & Benefits, Gallen Insurance AgencyMcConkey Insurance & Benefits, an independent insurance agency based in York, Pennsylvania, has acquired Gallen Insurance Agency, located in Berks County....
Sep 28 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A mass inflow of salt water from the Gulf of Mexico creeping up the drought-stricken Mississippi River is threatening drinking water supplies in Louisiana, prompting Gov. John Bel Edwards to ask...
Sep 20 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Utah-based private prison company has returned $5.1 million to the Mississippi Department of Corrections after an investigation found it failed to provide enough workers at one of the prisons...