In 2023, Fifth Circuit Court District Attorney Doug Evans resigned six months before his term ended. Circuit Court Judge ...

Owens was first elected as Hinds County DA in 2019. Previously, he was the managing attorney at the Southern Poverty Law ...

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

Hinds County’s district attorney, Jackson’s mayor and a city council member were indicted on federal charges connected to ...

Three officials from Jackson, Mississippi, including Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba have been indicted as part of a bribery ...

DA Jody Owens is facing multiple counts in a case that has also seen other public officials indicted, including the Jackson, MS, mayor.

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

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

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

U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is weighing in on the federal indictments targeting the mayor of Jackson, Hinds County district attorney and a city councilman.