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

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

Sitting in a private room on a yacht in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Hinds County District ...

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

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

The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city, the top prosecutor in the state’s largest county and a Jackson City Council member have been indicted on conspiracy and bribery charges.

According to the indictment, while on a yacht in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the mayor is accused of accepting a $50,000 bribe from Owens through the developers. Lumumba was to get the money in the form ...

Unsealed court records reveal Mayor Chokwe Lumumba's connection to the Jackson bribery scandal involving the Hinds County DA ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens II and a city councilman were indicted this ...

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 ...

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