East Carroll Parish sits in the northeastern corner of Louisiana, along the winding Mississippi River. Its seat, Lake Providence, was a thriving agricultural center of the Delta. Now, the town is a ...

"American Idol" Jamal Roberts accepted a key to the city in Alabama, but is rejecting an honor in Mississippi.

John Horhn is officially the mayor of Jackson. Horhn took the oath of office Tuesday at the Jackson Convention Complex. Horhn ...

Mayor John Horhn was sworn in as Jackson’s new mayor Tuesday, calling for unity, urgency and "the delivery of hope." ...

The assistant attorney general for civil rights, Harmeet Dhillon, warns Mamdani that a race-based tax proposal is illegal.

Zohran Mamdani is New York City’s presumptive Democratic mayoral nominee — but his mother’s Mississippi story came first.

Rama Duwaji, a 27-year-old artist and animator, has been thrust into the spotlight as her husband Zohran Mamdani this week ...

Earle has the distinction of having one of the youngest Black mayors in the country. He's 21-year-old Jaylen Smith, who was ...

Black mayor tops list of unjustly arrested in Camilla, Ga.? Move marks the latest chapter in southwest Georgia’s 157-year struggle against systemic voter suppression and judicial complicity.

A federal judge ruled Jackson can keep fighting against Mississippi’s airport takeover, citing serious racial bias claims.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi's capital city, who's under indictment on federal bribery and conspiracy charges, is fighting to keep his job.