All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 22 2014 // New data from the Mississippi Office of Highway Safety shows the observed belt usage rate is at 74.4 percent. That’s compared to 83 percent in 2012, officials said in a news release.Fatalities also increased last...
May 21 2014 // The National Mobile Disaster Hospital has opened in a Mississippi city where the local hospital was heavily damaged by an April 28 tornado.It opened Monday in Louisville, and will be used until Winston Medical Center is...
May 19 2014 // Exxon Mobil Corp. isn’t responsible for alligators overrunning a rural dump site it owns in Mississippi, the state supreme court ruled, because the global oil explorer can’t control wild animals.The family that...
May 12 2014 // The Mississippi Legislature met in a three-hour session Thursday approved $17 million to help pay for recovery from disasters, including tornadoes that recently pounded the state.Republican Gov. Phil Bryant signed the...
May 8 2014 // Gov. Phil Bryant has called the Mississippi Legislature into special session starting Thursday to help pay state government’s share of recovery costs after the deadly April 28 tornadoes.The governor said Tuesday that...
May 7 2014 // Gov. Phil Bryant may call the Mississippi Legislature into special session to help pay state government’s share of tornado recovery costs.Speaking in Louisville, Bryant told reporters that the state believes that it...
May 4 2014 // Rescuers were still looking for people missing after Monday’s tornado when Louisville and Winston County officials started thinking about long-term recovery.The county of 19,000 people in east Mississippi faces three...
May 1 2014 // This time of year, those living on the Mighty Mississippi can’t help but fret the water’s annual, inevitable rise.Yet, it is a fear confronted year-round by those in charge of the elaborate flood-control system...
May 1 2014 // People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet of rain fell on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast in the span of about 24 hours, the latest bout of...
Apr 30 2014 // The National Weather Service said the tornado that hit the Louisville, Miss., area Monday night has a preliminary rating of EF-4. Mike Edmonston, senior meteorologist at National Weather Service in Jackson, Miss.,...
Apr 30 2014 // The Florida Panhandle and the Alabama Gulf Coast are dealing with severe flooding from torrential rains as a storm system continues to batter the Southeast.The death toll from the dozens of tornadoes, heavy rains and other...
Apr 29 2014 // Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms are expected to sweep across the U.S. South, threatening more damage to a region where dozens died in the past two days.There’s a moderate risk of severe storms, high winds and hail...
Apr 25 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court will consider May 15 whether to hear an appeal over whether a Mississippi fire protection district can charge a fee for its services to local property owners.Court officials say a decision could be...
Apr 23 2014 // Mississippi growers at some point this fall will have to make a momentous, one-time decision on how best to insure their livelihood over the next five years.In arriving at that decision, they will depend in large part on...
Apr 20 2014 // 17 Apr 2014 09:00Democrats are exploring a new attack line against the Koch brothers and Republican allies, telling voters the billionaire energy executives want to let home flood insurance premiums soar to help corporate...
Apr 17 2014 // Mississippi’s insurance regulator is withdrawing his lawsuit against the federal government after Congress voted to delay changes to the federal flood insurance program.Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney...
Apr 13 2014 // A dispute over how much an insurance company owes Webster County for its burned courthouse has moved into federal court.The Webster County Board of Supervisors and Atlantic Specialty Insurance Co. have sued each other,...
Apr 8 2014 // A former utility worker who lost his hands when he was shocked by power lines can receive workers’ compensation, even though officials argued he tried to hurt himself to avoid a homicide investigation, the...
Apr 7 2014 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said a 28-year-old Pontotoc County man will serve at least a year in prison after filing an insurance claim for a nonexistent four-wheeler accident.He said in a news release that Eric...
Apr 7 2014 // Mississippians will see uniform rules about when hurricane deductibles apply to their homeowners insurance under a law Gov. Phil Bryant signed last month. House Bill 756 requires Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney to rule...