He decisively defeated incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba by more than 12,000 votes. Lumumba received only 25.25% of the vote, or 6,246 votes as of 10:30 p.m. with all 80 precincts reporting.

Over the last three years, book clubs, sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and hosted at several MDOC prisons, have grown both in numbers.

Belgian prosecutors have announced plans to bring charges against 92-year-old former diplomat Etienne Davignon over his ...

The Russell C. Davis Planetarium in downtown Jackson is being transformed into a state-of-the-art facility, with construction expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Patrice Lumumba was her father. That's why she continues to demand the truth about an assassination for which no one has ...

Belgian prosecutors say they are seeking to put on trial a 92-year-old former diplomat over his alleged role in the 1961 ...

Antoine Gizenga, center, head of the Stanleyville regime in the Congo, stands in front of a group and faces the glass-framed ...

The freeze follows Mayor Lumumba’s recent hires of David Archie and Tariq Abdul-Tawwab. Council President Virgi Lindsay cited fiscal responsibility and the upcoming change in administration as ...