Supporters of Confederate monuments slated for removal in New Orleans have launched a new court fight to save one of them. A statue of Confederate General Beauregard on horseback is at the main entrance to New Orleans City Park. Monument…
According to the attorney representing the Biloxi Shuckers in the lawsuit Tim Bennett has filed, Bennett’s employees are making threats and inappropriate statements about the team’s management. Owner of Overtime Sports and part owner of the Biloxi Shuckers Tim Bennett…
Is the East Biloxi road work polluting the Back Bay? The Gulf Restoration Network has filed a lawsuit against Biloxi contractor Oscar Renda. According to the lawsuit, Oscar Renda Contracting is in violation of the Clean Water Act and the…
A lawsuit accuses a South Mississippi funeral home of going back on an agreement to cremate an 86-year-old man after he died and owners learned he was gay. According to the Mississippi State Court Lawsuit, Picayune Funeral Home said paperwork…
Tim Bennett is suing the owner of the Biloxi Shuckers, Biloxi Baseball LLC, and managing member Ken Young over access to the stadium and money owed. Bennett, who is also an owner of the team and owner of Overtime Sports,…
The Moss Point School District has settled a lawsuit over the death of seventh grader Lorel Malone. U.S. District Court records show his parents allege school officials failed to stop students from bullying the boy over his religion. Lorel Malone…
A Hinds County judge will let three groups that favor charter schools intervene in a lawsuit challenging whether such schools can legally receive Mississippi education money. Mike Hurst, representing a group of parents from Midtown Charter School, says Chancery Judge…
A judge is considering whether he should overturn or uphold Mississippi’s charter school law. A group of parents argues the law is unconstitutional because charter schools divert property taxes from the Jackson District and the charter schools are not overseen…
A Houston attorney says 15 tourists from Texas have filed lawsuits asking more than $250 million in total damages over a train-bus crash that killed four people in Biloxi. Tony Buzbee says in a news release that his clients include…
CSX is facing another lawsuit, but for an accident that happened before the recent deadly crash at the Main Street crossing. Frank Irby of Mobile, Alabama filed the suit today against CSX Transportation, Allen Beverages, and Nicholas Contreras, the driver…
The Mississippi Supreme Court will not dismiss a state lawsuit against State Farm over Hurricane Katrina claims. That means Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against the insurance giant can move forward. The lawsuit says State Farm owes Mississippi millions of…
Two survivors of Tuesday’s fatal train crash in Biloxi file suit in Texas seeking over one million dollars in damages. The lawsuit filed on behalf of Darwyn and Marine Hanna of Bastrop, Texas alleges gross negligence on the part of…
Heirs of a Texas couple killed when a train slammed into a tour bus in Mississippi are going to court. Attorney Mikal Watts has sued the railroad, the bus company and its unidentified driver in state court in Dallas for…
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is suing 25 individuals and companies associated with a prison bribery scheme, saying they should have to repay more than $800 million in revenue they received from the state. Hood, a Democrat, announced the 11…
Attorney General Jim Hood announced today that the state has filed suit against Google Inc. The lawsuit is over how the internet giant maintains and uses data collected from Mississippi public school students who have Google’s G Suite for education…
Fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion...just some of the criminal activities a former Gautier Police Captain says he discovered, and reported. He says they were taking place at the city's police department, while he worked there. Former Gautier Police Captain Jerry Cooksey,…
A popular night spot in downtown Biloxi could be forced to close its doors. The city is calling Sideways Sports Bar and Grill a public nuisance and a danger to the community, according to a lawsuit. The lawsuit filed by…
The Mississippi Supreme Court considers a suit by Quindon Thomas against Chevron USA. Thomas was working for American plant services, which provided contract workers at chevron's Pascagoula Refinery, when he was severely burned in 2012. Business groups and trial lawyers…
Former American Idol Contestan and Llumberton native "Michael Simeon" is suing the producers of the show. He claims he suffered major ear damage when an audiologist's representative took out an earpiece he was wearing and part of his eardrum was…
The City of Biloxi has filed a lawsuit against the owners of the Biloxi Shuckers, hoping to get a clear accounting of revenue from operations at MGM Park. The City of Biloxi filed a lawsuit this morning against the owners…
The attorney for the group behind a lawsuit against public charter schools in the state says they are not trying to close charters, but they are trying to have the school’s funding formula declared unconstitutional. Charter schools receive taxpayer money,…
Funeral home directors in Harrison County are suing Coroner Gary Hargrove and the board of supervisors. News 25’s Kendra Turley gives us a closer look at why the group decided to file the lawsuit. Gary Hargrove serves as the Harrison…
A federal lawsuit filed today accuses the Coroner of Harrison County of steering the County's morgue, cremation, and burial business to white-owned funeral homes. The African American funeral directors and their families filed suit against the coroner, Gary Hargrove, and…
A group of black funeral home directors in Harrison County are suing Coroner Gary Hargrove and the board of supervisors. Gary Hargrove has served as the Harrison County coroner for the past 20 years and for the past 20 years…