The Jackson City Council approved an emergency hiring freeze after Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba made two controversial hires weeks before leaving office.

Two of the mayor's supporters recently were appointed to positions in the city government, even as Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba ...

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.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A former Hinds County supervisor has landed a job with the city of Jackson in the final days of the ...

Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and his wife, Ebony Lumumba, were brought to tears when their daughters spoke to supporters after his defeat to State Sen. John Horhn in the Democratic primary ...

Incumbent Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and challenger Sen. John Horhn made final campaign pushes — and shared closing messages with Jackson voters — ahead of Tuesday’s high-stakes Democratic ...

Lumumba defeated Horhn in the 2017 Democratic primary outright, earning 55% of the vote. This time around, Lumumba’s vote share dropped to 17% in an April 1 primary. Horhn secured 48% ...

WE’RE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE REPAIR PROGRESS OF A SINKHOLE THAT HAS BEEN PLAGUING JACKSON RESIDENTS. MAYOR CHOKWE ANTAR LUMUMBA SAYS A HUGE SINKHOLE ON DENVER STREET THAT’S BEEN NICKNAMED THE ...

The federally indicted mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is trailing his opponent in the city’s Democratic primary runoff. Unofficial vote totals show state Sen. John Horhn leading two-term Mayor ...

Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson, faces a runoff election. He is under federal indictment. His opponent is state Senator John Horhn. Horhn got an endorsement from US Representative ...