The allegations in the federal indictment paint a picture of people entrusted to public office in a city where roughly 26% of ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Days after Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba was indicted on federal bribery charges, he is attending the ...

As it presently stands, those who have been indicted in the bribery scandal in Jackson can stay in office unless they are ...

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

Caleb Bedillion, Mississippi Today Sweeping corruption charges have rocked local government in Mississippi’s capital city, ...

Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks all pleaded not ...

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

Lumumba is facing five felony counts in connection with a bribery scheme to bring a convention center hotel to Jackson.

Indicted last week in a major corruption scandal, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba is trying to pull a Donald Trump. Just ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and two other Democratic elected officials — Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and ...

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

One city councilman said it might be a long road ahead to rebuild trust in the capital city after a recent bribery scandal ...