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 Tuesday night to abandon the project. …
Calling pending flood insurance increases “drastic and draconian,” U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo of Gulfport met with state and local leaders to discuss ways to stem the tide of rising insurance rates that are due to kick in as early as …
With the eighth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina near, homeowners along the Mississippi Coast also have to brace for possible rate increases of 20 percent for flood insurance and 3.2 percent for wind pool insurance. The Clarion-Ledger reports state Insurance Commissioner …
Insurance rates for the state wind pool are set to increase Dec. 1 on renewals and new policies. The Sun Herald reports a Mississippi Insurance Department filing shows owners of homes and mobile homes will see hikes of 3.2 percent, …
The Hurricane Hunters are tracking Tropical Storm Dorian while also keeping an eye on the bottom line. With budget reductions and furloughs, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is facing some tough choices as to which storms they fly into and …
Adams County, Miss., expects to begin construction on its $3.25 million hurricane super shelter this fall. Adams County Emergency Management Director Stan Owens tells the Natchez Democrat that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved the plans for the shelter. …
Mississippi’s attempt to create the nation’s first statewide emergency broadband network has come to a halt. The state’s Wireless Communications Commission voted last week to freeze construction on the $56 million project, which is nearly 80 percent complete, The Sun …
The lingering effects of the Feb. 10 tornado are still visible at the two Mississippi high school campuses that were hit the hardest. Hattiesburg High and Oak Grove continue to pick up the pieces, and according to officials from both …
Tom Christmas and his wife argue that they didn’t discover the 84-plus alligators on land next to their homestead until four years after they bought the property in southwest Mississippi. ExxonMobil Corporation counters that the Christmases’ real estate agent told …
A lawsuit in Mississippi says a man was seriously injured after he was attacked by a swarm of yellow jackets, jumped off his riding lawnmower and was run over by the machine. Everardo Garfias claims a cut-off switch should have …