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

The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, the top prosecutor in the state’s largest county and a Jackson city council member ...

The charges came after two undercover FBI agents posed as real estate developers and reportedly made payments to officials.

If Lumumba chose to resign, Mississippi Code § 21-8-19 states he must appoint a member of the Jackson City Council to assume ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Last week‘s flurry of federal charges against Jackson’s mayor, Hinds County’s top prosecutor and a ...

A federally appointed official is running the water system and state police are patrolling parts of the majority-Black city ...

Over the course of 36 years, Flowood Mayor Gary Rhoads has turned his city from a sleepy bedroom community town into an ...

Three Jackson, Mississippi leaders have been indicted on federal charges as part of a bribery scandal: Jackson Mayor Chokwe ...

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

The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city says he has been indicted in an alleged bribery operation, and he said it is a ...

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

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is facing five federal charges, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens is facing eight ...