Last week, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, and Ward Six Councilman Aaron Banks ...

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

If Lumumba chose to resign, Mississippi Code § 21-8-19 states he must appoint a member of the Jackson City Council to assume ...

Activist Rukia Lumumba wants people to “wake up” after the mayor says he "always acted in the best interests of the citizens ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba spoke to the media after a hearing in which he pleaded not guilty to federal bribery ...

Earlier this year, former Jackson City Councilwoman Angelique Lee and Hinds County businessman Sherik Marve’ Smith each pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy to commit bribery charge. They are each ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens and council member Aaron B. Banks were indicted after two people working for the FBI posed as real estate developers ...

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba confirmed Tuesday he has been indicted by a federal grand jury in a sweeping corruption ...

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, a Democrat first elected to lead the state’s capital in 2017, and the City Council member, Aaron ...

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

Lumumba and Owens didn't realize the payments they allegedly accepted were actually from two undercover FBI agents.

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