All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 13 2013 // City residents annexed by Tupelo, Miss., in 2012 may see two charges for fire protection when they open their tax bills in less than a month.Property owners living in seven of the 17 volunteer fire departments in Lee...
Oct 21 2013 // A new study shows 137,800 low-income Mississippians fall into a health insurance “coverage gap.”They’re currently uninsured. They earn too much to enroll in Medicaid but too little to qualify for...
Oct 16 2013 // Florida officials plan to file a brief in support of Mississippi’s lawsuit against the federal government in an attempt to block flood insurance rate hikes called for under recent reform legislation.Gov. Rick Scott...
Oct 10 2013 // First Light Program Managers of Dania, Florida, said it has acquired substantially all of the assets of wholesale broker Frontline Underwriters Inc. of Madison, Mississippi. Details of the transaction were not...
Oct 8 2013 // The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from disbarred Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The high court on Monday decided not to hear from the architect of the multi-billion dollar tobacco...
Oct 7 2013 // After days of slowing moving toward the Gulf Coast, the storm system Karen dissipated over the weekend.The National Hurricane Center in Miami says that as of Sunday morning, only remnants of Karen remained, and were moving...
Oct 7 2013 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has ordered a public reprimand and fine for a judge who was accused of failing to disclose a potential conflict in a Smith County asbestos case that resulted in a $322 million verdict.In May...
Oct 3 2013 // Tropical Storm Karen may bring more than 7 inches (18 centimeters) of rain, isolated tornadoes and power outages to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where it is expected to go ashore over the weekend, forecasters said.Karen, with top...
Oct 3 2013 // The law on all-terrain vehicle use in Mississippi has gotten a little tighter over the past three years.Helmets are now required, as are certification courses for underage operators. But many law enforcement officials say...
Sep 29 2013 // The Mississippi Department of Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the federal government to try to block rates from increasing Oct. 1 in the National Flood Insurance Program.State Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said...
Sep 23 2013 // A Philadelphia, Miss., man has been charged with multiple counts of insurance fraud. Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release that 46-year-old Phillip Willis was indicted in Neshoba County on three counts of false...
Sep 20 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney is prepared to sue the federal government to stop the flood insurance rate hikes triggered by a recent reform law, but it remains to be seen if he can move forward because the...
Sep 20 2013 // A former code enforcement officer in Natchez has been sentenced to two years’ probation for insurance fraud.The Natchez Democrat reported that 58-year-old Willie B. Jones was sentenced this past week by Circuit Judge...
Sep 20 2013 // A federal judge has scheduled a hearing next week on Greyhound Bus Lines Inc.’s motion to throw out a lawsuit related to a 2008 accident in south Mississippi.Megan Clancy sued Greyhound in Jackson County Circuit...
Sep 18 2013 // A Washington County, Mississippi man has been charged with three counts of insurance fraud involving property claims. Attorney General Jim Hood said in a news release that 31-year-old Oliver Johnson of Greenville was being...
Sep 13 2013 // Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn’t spent almost $1 billion in federal money dedicated to recovery from the storm.The remaining $872 million is part of $5.5 billion...
Sep 12 2013 // Huntington Ingalls Industries and its insurer have reached cash settlement for $180 million for the shipbuilder’s losses from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 at facilities in Pascagoula and Avondale, La.The Mississippi...
Sep 11 2013 // A Jasper County, Miss., man has been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud.Attorney General Jim Hood said 55-year-old David Myrick Cox, of Louin, surrendered to investigators with his office’s...
Sep 9 2013 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney plans to move ahead with a health insurance exchange for small businesses after federal officials approved regulations to allow the move.The Department of Health and Human...
Sep 6 2013 // The Ocean Springs Board of Aldermen has dropped plans to pursue a $3.4 million grant to build a city storm shelter which would have doubled as a gymnasium.Citing budget concerns, aldermen voted 5-1 this week to abandon the...