All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 29 2012 // Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney issued a statement urging coastal homeowners to take steps to protect their homes until the danger of Hurricane Isaac has passed.A satellite image of Isaac approaching...
Aug 29 2012 // Hurricane Isaac lashed southern Louisiana with high winds and heavy rains on Wednesday and was set for a late-morning arrival in New Orleans, seven years to the day after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city.Isaac is the...
Aug 28 2012 // The National Hurricane Center says the center of what is now Hurricane Isaac may make landfall on the southeast Louisiana coastline as early as this evening.Not all forecasters share that timeline, however. Dr. Tim...
Aug 28 2012 // As Tropical Storm Isaac moved steadily toward Louisiana, residents geared up Monday for what has become an almost familiar Labor Day week event.On Sunday, Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency, and officials in...
Aug 28 2012 // Tropical Storm Isaac was near hurricane force as it bore down on the U.S. Gulf Coast on Tuesday and was expected to make landfall in the New Orleans area seven years after it was devastated by Hurricane...
Aug 27 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court says it does not have enough information to decide whether the state’s limit on non-economic damages — as applied to a federal lawsuit — is constitutional.The 5th U.S. Circuit Court...
Aug 27 2012 // Tropical Storm Isaac closed in on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast on Monday, triggering some mandatory evacuation orders and disrupting U.S. offshore oil production as it threatened to make landfall between Florida and...
Aug 23 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has order a trial in a lawsuit over a George County accident involving a car and a horse.The personal-injury case involved a 2008 automobile collision between Diana Ladnier and Diego, a horse...
Aug 22 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has let stand a ruling that a Hinds County judge erred in determining how the much the city of Jackson was liable in a case involving a police chase.Last December, the state Court of Appeals...
Aug 21 2012 // A Southaven, Mississippi woman has been arrested for fraud and charged as a habitual offender. Authorities accuse her of faking a fall at the Ramada Inn in Horn Lake to collect insurance money. The Mississippi attorney...
Aug 20 2012 // A Columbia, Mississippi man is under federal indictment for allegedly filing $10,000 worth of false claims for Deepwater Horizon oil spill relief funding.The Clarion-Ledger reported that Jermaine Ball has been charged with...
Aug 20 2012 // Government officials closed last week on the purchase of the last single-family home in Jackson County, Mississippi, a house that belonged to former Sen. Lent Trott, who now lives in Canada.The sale was part of the...
Aug 17 2012 // Mississippi no longer ranks among the top 10 states for deaths caused by drunk drivers, thanks to a big drop in alcohol-related traffic fatalities in 2010.Gov. Phil Bryant and law enforcement officials announced this week...
Aug 13 2012 // A federal jury has awarded a Madison resident more than $93,000 in a lawsuit against three city police officers for excessive force and for violating his constitutional rights.The Clarion-Ledger reported that the verdict...
Aug 6 2012 // Mississippi residents along the state’s coastline who are building new homes or chose to strengthen their current homes against hurricane damage can now qualify for premium credits from their property insurer.Under a...
Jul 26 2012 // A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of seven women accuses Virginia College’s Jackson branch of fraud, breach of contract and negligence in its medical assistants program.The lawsuit was filed last week in U.S....
Jul 18 2012 // A federal appeals court has reinstated Keri M. Towns’ wrongful termination case against Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association.The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported that the 5th U.S. Circuit...
Jul 17 2012 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said work has been completed on a plan for an online marketplace for Mississippians to shop for insurance policies and nothing more needs to be done for now.Chaney spokesman...
Jul 16 2012 // U.S. Gulf Coast states have a higher stake in the amount of money the U.S. government can wring out of BP Plc for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill due to a new law that would divert billions of dollars in potential BP...
Jul 13 2012 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said he’s going to continue with plans for a state-run insurance exchange, despite opposition from some in the Tea Party.More than 30 Tea Party members attended a...