Bay St. Louis, Mississippi – On November 6, 2024, Mayor Mike Favre accepted the resignation of Police Chief Toby Schwartz, ...

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

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Senate discriminated against a Black attorney by paying her about half of what her white colleagues were paid for doing the same job, the U.S. Justice Department ...

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

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.

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

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

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.

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba boarded a yacht off the coast of Florida with the top prosecutor in charge of fighting ...

This sting that brought bribery charges for Jackson officials isn't first time the FBI used a yacht and strip club in undercover operation.

The new applicants include residents of Nebraska, Colorado, Maryland, Virginia, Washington State and Washington, D.C. Four ...

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 ...