All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2012 // Damage from last year’s record spring floods could leave many people along the Mississippi River in even more danger this year, the Army Corps of Engineers said.The Corp said it’s assessing the damage to...
Feb 5 2012 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said he is working with legislators on a bill that would require insurers to offer discounts to homeowners who have strengthened homes against wind damage.State officials told...
Feb 3 2012 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was ordered by a federal judge to face a securities class-action lawsuit accusing it of defrauding investors about a 2006 offering of securities backed by risky mortgage loans from a now-defunct...
Feb 1 2012 // A Jones County man waited too long to file a lawsuit over exposure his exposure to workplace asbestos, attorneys told the Mississippi Supreme Court this week.The Mississippi Supreme Court heard arguments from Conoco...
Jan 31 2012 // Members of Mississippi’s wind pool board are in London this week to seek low reinsurance rates — a key factor in the cost of policyholders’ premiums.The Mississippi Press reported that they left Saturday and...
Jan 30 2012 // A former BP employee has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the company, claiming he was fired for airing concerns about the cleanup of Mississippi’s shoreline after the Gulf oil spill.In a federal suit filed last...
Jan 30 2012 // Damage from last year’s record spring floods could leave many people along the Mississippi River in even more danger this year, the Army Corps of Engineers said.The Corps said it’s assessing the damage to...
Jan 30 2012 // A Hinds County judge will decide if Mississippi governmental agencies are liable for the wounding of a bystander during a 2008 shooting.The Clarion-Ledger reported that Circuit Judge Winston Kidd presided over a four-day...
Jan 23 2012 // The Kroger Co. has appealed a jury award of $2.5 million to a Jackson woman who lost sight in one eye when purse-snatchers beat her in a supermarket parking lot.The case is among dozens before the Mississippi Supreme Court...
Jan 18 2012 // Eight Mississippi educators have surrendered their licenses after being notified that they had violated a state standard against sexual misconduct with students.A ninth educator’s license has been revoked, and 11...
Jan 12 2012 // Jackson County supervisors have approved a payment of $500,949 to Island Winds Title Co. to close on seven homes.According to The Mississippi Press, the action brings the county closer to completing its role in a federal...
Jan 11 2012 // Members of a south Mississippi high school baseball team participated in a hazing ritual that left one teenager hospitalized after being held from behind and punched in the chest, according to a lawsuit filed by the...
Jan 9 2012 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has overturned an insurer’s victory in a wind vs. water case involving a home hit by 6.3 feet of storm surge during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.The National Flood Insurance Program paid...
Jan 6 2012 // Mississippi inaugurated seven of its eight statewide elected officials on Thursday — everyone except the new governor.The swearing-in ceremony in the House chamber included Tate Reeves as lieutenant governor, Jim Hood as...
Jan 5 2012 // A Mississippi judge has thrown out a $322 million lawsuit verdict that had been hailed as the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in U.S. history.The case began to unravel last year after defense lawyers asked...
Jan 4 2012 // Conoco Phillips Corp. has appealed a $15.2 million jury award to an oil and well drilling worker who claimed have gotten lung disease from exposure to asbestos.The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the...
Jan 3 2012 // Larry Benefield didn’t attend Louisiana State University. He has been to only one football game there in his life, a matchup against Kentucky in the 1980s or 1990s.But the Gulfport, Mississippi resident owns one of...
Dec 28 2011 // Officials in Pascagoula, Mississippi are asking lawmakers to amend a state law and allow local governments to enforce federal floodplain codes at hunting and fishing camps so they can qualify for the National Flood...
Dec 27 2011 // A levee isn’t perfect, but it exists and that should count for something when deciding if a property is at risk for flooding.That’s the position of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in a new proposal that...
Dec 26 2011 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has overturned a judgment for an insurance company in a wind vs. water case involving a Pascagoula home hit by 6.3 feet of storm surge during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.The National Flood...