The charges come after FBI agents, who posed as Nashville real estate developers, worked for months on an undercover sting, ...

On May 22, 2024, the FBI raided the offices and business of Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who is now facing ...

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

After now former Ward 2 Jackson City Councilwoman Angelique Lee pleaded guilty to accepting bribes, which were for her vote on a downtown development, Ward 3 Councilman Kenneth Stokes told ...

Gov. Tate Reeves spoke one-on-one with 16 WAPT’s Scott Simmons about the lingering impacts the Jackson bribery scandal could ...

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

Banks is the latest to fall in a bribery scandal that has already taken down former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee in ...

Lumumba, Banks and Owens indictments follow former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee, who pleaded guilty to a federal bribery ...

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

Banks' indictment comes two months after former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee pleaded guilty on federal bribery charges.

The runoff follows the Oct. 1 special election, which was held due to the resignation of former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee. The scene was less chaotic than the Oct. 1 special election ...

This comes after two others, including former Jackson City Councilwoman Angelique Lee, were charged in connection to a bribery scandal. “To be clear, I have never accepted a bribe of any type.