All the headlines from our Mississippi Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 23 2008 // Walls and levees held back the cresting Mississippi River Sunday as requests for government aid poured in from homeowners and businesses swamped by the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years.Across from St. Louis, where the...
Jun 20 2008 // After a woman filed a $10 million lawsuit claiming she was sexually assaulted by the Rev. Jeffery Stallworth, the Jackson, Miss. pastor turned around and sued her for $200 million.Hinds County Circuit Judge William Coleman...
Jun 19 2008 // Hundreds of volunteers stacked sandbags atop a levee in small Missouri towns on the evening of June 18, hoping the extra few feet of protection would save the town from record-level flood crests expected to hit this week....
Jun 16 2008 // The U.S. Small Business Administration will open a disaster outreach loan center in Mississippi for Yazoo County flood victims. The SBA announced a disaster declaration for the county June 12. It’s in response to...
Jun 16 2008 // Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said.The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of...
Jun 16 2008 // Jackson County, Mississippi’s first Hurricane Katrina insurance lawsuit headed to the courtroom Monday.Admiral James W. Lisanby and his wife, Gladys Kemp Lisanby, are suing their insurance company, USAA, over damage...
Jun 16 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that a former Hinds County risk management consultant must repay the county $380,000.Hinds County sued Shappley Harris for making changes in invoices from the Mississippi...
Jun 16 2008 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wrongly conspired with prominent trial attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs to skirt a court order in a case involving Hurricane Katrina insurance claims, a federal judge...
Jun 13 2008 // The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing fines of $193,000 for 54 violations of federal safety laws at two Howard Industries locations in Laurel, Mississippi. OSHA officials cited the electrical power...
Jun 13 2008 // Mississippi officials arrested four more people in Hurricane Katrina fraud cases. Auditor Stacey Pickering says James Hodge of Wiggins, 45, of Mississippi, is facing a felony charge of home repair fraud. Pickering says...
Jun 12 2008 // People planning summer cookouts need to be aware of a dangerous and potentially explosive threat to public safety, State Fire Marshal and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney warned today.According to information from the...
Jun 12 2008 // Flooding rivers across Iowa forced residents to evacuate, closed businesses, wrecked stores and shut down highways and barge traffic, authorities said Thursday.Iowa Gov. Chet Culver said storm and water damage to...
Jun 12 2008 // The State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. filed intentions with the Mississippi Insurance Department to non-renew all Mississippi homeowners policies for customers living within 1,000 feet of the Gulf of Mexico.State Farm...
Jun 10 2008 // R.K. Wallace Construction Inc., of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, would pay a $72,000 fine under a proposal by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. OSHA cited the company, doing business as Wallace Steel Erectors,...
Jun 9 2008 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood wrongly conspired with prominent trial attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs to skirt a court order in a case involving Hurricane Katrina insurance claims, a federal judge...
Jun 6 2008 // Sentencing is moved up for Mississippi trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and one other lawyer in a judicial bribery case.U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. on June 3 granted Scruggs’ request to...
Jun 6 2008 // Mississippi has a new tool to help residents avoid contractors who may take their money and run, especially families still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina.Attorney General Jim Hood said his office’s Web site,...
Jun 6 2008 // Dallas, Texas-based The Republic Group introduced its multi-variant auto product, Republic RoadMasterSM, in Mississippi. The program matches drivers’ individual risk profiles to the appropriate rating...
Jun 3 2008 // Mississippi authorities say two municipalities in Bolivar County are in danger of losing their fire insurance rebate funds from the state.County Fire Coordinator Joe Phillips says Mound Bayou and Winstonville have not...
Jun 3 2008 // A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in a lawsuit brought by a Brandon, Mississippi nursing home that contends its insurer has no legal grounds to back out of defending it in a wrongful death case.The...