All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2014 // Aldermen in Ocean Springs, Mississippi are considering writing laws to regulate ice cream trucks.Officials told The Sun Herald that a mother recently watched her child, along with the others, leave a birthday party in a...
Aug 4 2014 // A former Greenville, Mississippi police officer wants a federal appeals court to reinstate her wrongful firing lawsuit against city.Oral arguments are Sept 3 before the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans....
Jul 30 2014 // One person has been killed and three others were injured in an explosion Monday at a fish processing plant in Moss Point on the Mississippi coast. Omega Protein spokesman Ben Landry said the incident occurred about 9:30...
Jul 23 2014 // A federal appeals court has declined to allow the family of Bryan Lee Glenn to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges a Biloxi, Mississippi, casino kept serving drinks to the man while he was drunk.Glenn, 30,...
Jul 17 2014 // Total federal assistance approved for survivors of the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred from April 28 through May 3, 2014 in 12 Mississippi counties is close to $19.7 million, according to the...
Jul 16 2014 // Annual vehicle safety inspections continue to be required in Mississippi, but there has been confusion among drivers who may have read the headlines about the law’s demise in the Legislature.It is likely that some of...
Jul 7 2014 // Oklahoma and Kansas may have the reputations as tornado hot spots, but Florida and the rest of the Southeast are far more vulnerable to killer twisters, a new analysis shows.Florida leads the country in deaths calculated...
Jul 2 2014 // A man convicted of misdemeanor drunk driving is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court if law enforcement, acting on a tip, can lawfully pulled him over.Carl Richard Cook argues an anonymous tip was the only reason he was...
Jun 30 2014 // Rising flood waters were expected to make 11 locks and dams impassable on the mid- and upper-Mississippi River and force the closure of the river later on Monday from Bellevue, Iowa, to Saverton, Missouri, the U.S. Army...
Jun 25 2014 // The Norman Regional Health System in Oklahoma has donated $48,000 to the Winston County Medical Center in Louisville, Mississippi.Norman Regional Health System President and CEO David Whitaker says the company wanted to...
Jun 25 2014 // Home and business owners served by the Beaver Lake and Rock Hill volunteer fire departments in Lamar County, Mississippi, could see their fire insurance premium payments fall as much as 35 percent to 45 percent.The...
Jun 24 2014 // MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest non-life insurer, will seek acquisitions in Southeast Asia to expand its overseas business, said President and Chief Executive Officer Yasuyoshi...
Jun 16 2014 // Experian Plc, the largest of the three credit reporting companies in the U.S., was accused by Mississippi of failing to ensure that its consumer credit reports are accurate.Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood alleged in...
Jun 13 2014 // A former Mississippi insurance agent is asking a federal judge for speedy consideration of his motion to vacate his conviction related to an insurance scam involving Lafayette County.Ken Nowlin of Ecru pleaded guilty in...
Jun 13 2014 // A federal appeals court has upheld an $82,000 award to a white attorney who argued he was a victim of discrimination by the black-majority Greenwood Leflore Hospital board.George Dulin argued he was pushed out of his job...
Jun 9 2014 // Attorneys for a northwest Mississippi shooting range are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal in case involving the death of a Naval SEAL during a training exercise.The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled in...
Jun 5 2014 // Before April 28, two suppliers of storm shelters reported an average of four to 10 orders a month in 2014.They say that since then they’ve each sold more than 100 and that it could be several months before they catch...
Jun 4 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of Iowa-based Toyota Motor Insurance Company (TMIC), both with stable outlooks. Best said...
Jun 3 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal over whether a Mississippi fire protection district can charge a fee for its services to local property owners.The Supreme Court made no comment in denying the petition May...
Jun 3 2014 // Adams County residents with strong opinions about building codes are going to have to wait a little longer to put those opinions on the record.The Natchez Democrat reported that the Adams County Board of Supervisors had...