Molly Minta

The Jackson City Council voted 5-1 in favor of a $337 million budget for the year that begins Oct. 1. It includes a $113 million general fund that will mostly be spent on services such as police, firefighting and public works.

Stephen Spencer Pittman has been in jail since his arrest hours after the Jan. 10 fire at Beth Israel Congregation synagogue in northeast Jackson, where investigators said he broke in, doused the lobby in gasoline and set it on fire.

Jackson police provided no details that might explain how the 29-year-old Black woman, Tasia Fortune, ended up hanging from a tree.

The ex-mayor, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy to commit bribery one week before he was expected to go on trial in July.

The Hinds County Board of Supervisors authorized the hiring of an additional prosecutor, which could help the Hinds County District Attorney's Office clear mounting caseloads.

Former HInds DA Jody Owens pleaded guilty last month, two weeks before he was to go on trial in a federal bribery case.

On paper, Jackson has a deficit. But some city council members say that doesn’t mean the city is facing a shortfall, arguing the city's spending remains under control.

The Hinds County Sheriff’s Office withheld jail death records from a legal advocacy organization for nearly a year. Then a local judge ordered the sheriff to

Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said a jail officer had been fired after an internal investigation identified "major policy violations" in the beating death of Mielun Butler.

Brad McCullouch, a Hinds County assistant district attorney since 2023, will oversee the Hinds County District Attorney's Office until a Nov. 3 special election.