Latest Mississippi Headlines

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Xcel Energy to Construct Underground Barrier to Prevent Radioactive Water from Reaching Mississippi River

Aug 22 2023 // MONTICELLO, Minn. (AP) – The energy company responsible for leaking radioactive material from its nuclear plant in Monticello, Minnesota, in recent months has announced that it will build an underground metal barrier to...

People Moves: AXA XL Names Hopkinson Canada Country Mgr; BHSI Promotes Leandri for Risk Control; Coalition Taps MS Amlin’s Wynne Davies as UK Special Projects Lead

Aug 22 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), and the cyber insurer Coalition.AXA XL Names Hopkinson as Canada Country Manager AXA XL announced...

Sweltering Heatwave Grips Central US, Record High Temperatures Recorded

Aug 21 2023 // HOUSTON (AP) – Sweltering temperatures lingered Sunday in a large swath of the central U.S., causing misery from the Gulf of Mexico almost to the Great Lakes.Record high temperatures were recorded in Texas and other...

‘Smart Window’ Firm to Pay Almost $5M for Illegal Dumping of Wastewater in Mississippi

Aug 18 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A California-based company will pay just under $5 million in fines for discharging wastewater into a publicly owned sewage treatment plant in Mississippi without obtaining a valid state permit,...

Six Former Mississippi Law Officers Plead Guilty in Torturing of Two Men

Aug 16 2023 // BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty on Monday to state charges for torturing two Black men in a racist assault. All six had recently admitted their guilt in a connected...

$3 Billion BP Deepwater Horizon Settlement Funding Massive Ecosystem Restoration in Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish

Aug 14 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Nearly $3 billion in settlement money from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster that devastated the Gulf Coast and killed hundreds of thousands of marine animals is now funding a massive ecosystem...

Former Mississippi Governor Sues News Site Over Welfare Fraud Comments

Aug 1 2023 // Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is suing a local news organization, claiming it defamed him in public comments on the misspending of $77 million of federal welfare funds intended to help some of the poorest people in...

People Moves: Lockton Taps Swiss Re’s Wright to Lead UK Commercial Wholesale, Succeeding Lee; MS Amlin Names Ross From Sedgwick as Product Recall Senior U/W

Jul 31 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lockton and MS Amlin.A summary of these new hires follows here. Lockton Taps Swiss Re’s Wright to Lead UK Commercial Wholesale, Succeeding...

Ways to Mitigate Mobile Home Wind Damage Often Ignored, Even as Deaths Rise

Jul 31 2023 // Rolling Fork, Mississippi (AP) — Many were not just killed at home. They were killed by their homes.Angela Eason had visited Brenda Odoms’ tidy mobile home before. It was a place where Odoms, who had many...

Mississippi Governor Asks for Federal Assistance After Tornado Damage

Jul 26 2023 // Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has requested financial assistance from the federal government for 16 counties hit by tornadoes and damaging storms that hammered the state over a five-day period in June, he announced...

Low Levels of Radioactive Tritium From Minnesota Energy Company May Be Near Mississippi River

Jul 24 2023 // Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River, the energy company responsible for the leak from its nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota, announced...

Tokio Marine HCC Acquires Mississippi-Based Medical Plan Administrator

Jul 19 2023 // Tokio Marine HCC today announced it has agree to acquire Gulf Guaranty Employee Benefit Services, Inc., a Jackson, Mississippi-based third-party administrator and managing general underwriter that designs, underwrites and...

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Police by Mississippi Woman Hit by Stray Bullet

Jul 19 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Mississippi woman who says she was hit by a stray police bullet while lying in bed.Latasha Smith, 49, was in bed on Dec. 11 when an officer from the state-run Capitol...

Hail and Wind from Thunderstorms Caused $5.5 Billion in Damage, KCC Says

Jul 17 2023 // Severe weather created when a stationary front trapped warm, humid air over Texas and the Southeast caused an estimated $5.5 billion in insured losses, Karen Clark & Co. said in a briefing in late June.KCC said there...

Heavy Rainfall Floods Homes, Businesses in East Mississippi, West Alabama

Jul 14 2023 // Extreme rainfall flooded roads and property in east-central Mississippi Thursday, leading authorities to rescue three people from vehicles and homes.Water pushed a car into a ditch, and the driver escaped before the car...

Mississippi Farms To Pay Back Wages After Favoring Immigrants over Local Workers

Jul 5 2023 // Forty-four farms in Mississippi exploited local Black workers by paying higher wages to immigrants who were in the United States on temporary work visas, the U.S. Labor Department said Wednesday.The department announced it...

Using Forklift to Tow Vehicle at Night Not Covered by Shop’s Liability Policy – MS Court

Jul 5 2023 // Using the boss’ forklift to tow a personal vehicle to a welding shop at night is not work-related and is not covered by a Penn-Star Insurance commercial liability policy, the Mississippi Supreme Court has...

Hail and Wind from Thunderstorms Caused $5.5 Billion in Damage, KCC Says

Jun 21 2023 // Severe weather created when a stationary front trapped warm, humid air over Texas and the Southeast caused an estimated $5.5 billion in insured losses, Karen Clark & Co. said in a briefing on Tuesday.KCC said there...

Southern US Hit by Power Outages as Heat Wave Grips Texas

Jun 20 2023 // AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – More than 100,000 customers in the southern U.S. remained without power Monday following damaging storms, leaving residents searching for relief as sweltering temperatures continued to scorch the...

Multiple Tornadoes in Mississippi Kill One, Leave Severe Damage

Jun 20 2023 // Multiple tornadoes swept through Mississippi over the weekend, killing one and injuring nearly two dozen, officials said.State emergency workers were still working with counties Monday morning to assess the damage from...