On May 22, 2024, the FBI raided the offices and business of Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, who is now facing ...

DA Jody Owens is facing multiple counts in a case that has also seen other public officials indicted, including the Jackson, ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Last week‘s flurry of federal charges against Jackson’s mayor, Hinds County’s top prosecutor and a ...

Even though you may not be visiting or a part of the Hinds County Courthouse, that doesn’t mean Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens' 8 federal charges won’t impact you.

“It didn’t make sense.” Last week, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Ward 6 Councilman Aaron Banks, and Hinds County District ...

Owens allegedly accepted $50,000 in a bag for his services. He allegedly removed the cash from the bag and put it in his ...

In 2023, Fifth Circuit Court District Attorney Doug Evans resigned six months before his term ended. Circuit Court Judge ...

Owens was first elected as Hinds County DA in 2019. Previously, he was the managing attorney at the Southern Poverty Law ...

Sitting in a private room on a yacht in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Hinds County District ...

Lumumba, Banks and Owens indictments follow former Ward 2 Councilwoman Angelique Lee, who pleaded guilty to a federal bribery ...

Gov. Tate Reeves spoke one-on-one with 16 WAPT’s Scott Simmons about the lingering impacts the Jackson bribery scandal could ...

A federally appointed official is running the water system and state police are patrolling parts of the majority-Black city ...