The mayor of Mississippi’s capital said Thursday “he will continue to handle the business of the city,” after he pleaded not ...

Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor are the latest shock to Mississippi’s capital, where a federally appointed ...

Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens II and Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba vow to fight federal corruption ...

In 1998, a longtime preacher and friend approached the then-city councilman seeking his support for a zoning request for a ...

These neighborhoods in Jackson are deemed rampant with criminal activity. Chief Wade said police are not sitting idly by as ...

By Isabelle Taft The mayor of Jackson, Miss., a City Council member and the local district attorney ... with out-of-state ...

Lumumba's mayoral stint followed his father's, Chokwe Lumumba, who was elected as Ward 2's councilman in 2009, then as ...

(CN) — The Mississippi Senate on Tuesday passed legislation to create an appointed judicial district in the capital city of Jackson, a proposal some Democrats initially characterized as a racially ...

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, has been inducted into the National Civil Rights Hall of Fame. The ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Nearly $5 million in funding has been secured for a controversial West Jackson project designed to ...

Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, are the latest shock to the state's capital city JACKSON, Miss. -- Bribery and conspiracy charges against the mayor are ...

In one of the country's poorest states, money is flowing through elected officials' hands in yet another alleged public ...