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Vance announced July 23 he had tested positive for COVID-19. → Read More
M-Bar Sports Grill to add amphitheater, several other developments in massive expansion in northeast Jackson. → Read More
The commission was going to vote to strip Johnson of her chair position. Johnson tendered her resignation before the meeting could take place. → Read More
Sheriff Lee Vance tested positive for the virus on Thursday. The result comes despite being vaccinated, said Captain Tyree Jones. → Read More
"It's a situation I would describe as regrettable and embarrassing," Sheriff Lee Vance said. → Read More
Crime not going away through policing alone, Jackson mayor says. State money for services to help allay poverty, provide education needed along with jobs → Read More
Gov. Tate Reeves to announce increased police visibility in Jackson. → Read More
The plans, while offering a pathway to erasing past debt, require some customers to make consecutive payments on their water bills for up to two years. → Read More
Mayor unveils water bill forgiveness plan that will allow some Jackson residents to cut out debt. City will soon send a bill out to all customers. → Read More
"The National Guard is called in for rational purposes when you have an easily identifiable and solvable situation and that's not the case in Jackson." → Read More
EPA and mayor ask council to approve plan to fix Jackson's water treatment facilities. Council takes a day to study proposal. → Read More
Lumumba and those recently elected to the city council will be officially sworn into office at 10 a.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex on Thursday. → Read More
Lumumba and those recently elected to the city council will be officially sworn into office at 10 a.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex on Thursday. → Read More
City officials on Tuesday plan to discuss what they plan to do to overhaul discriminatory housing practices still in place in Jackson, among other topics. → Read More
City officials OK'd a masterplan for a Farish Street building, signaling a renewed interest in the neighborhood. Keep it local, advocates say. → Read More
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History released volumes of information related to the notorious 1964 'Mississippi Burning' slayings. → Read More
The plan will look at ways to turn the building into a mixed-use facility with retail and office space and and a possible culinary hub. → Read More
Jackson has been under a mask mandate for nearly a year. Mayor says it is still in effect, but there's light at the end of the tunnel. → Read More
Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba brought in over $250,000 in the runup to the general election. Donations from Mississippi individuals, companies. → Read More
Mayor Lumumba said he stands behind Police Chief James Davis, but declined to say whether he would reappoint the city's top cop. → Read More