Ward 1 Councilman Ashby Foote, the lone Republican on the Jackson City Council, decided to run for reelection as an ...

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The Mississippi department of Environmental Quality has given the OK for the city of Jackson to demolish Hotel O.

One Jackson City Council member considers the city’s slowness in handling the demolition of Hotel O, the burned-out, blighted ...

Feb. 18 was the start date for absentee voting in Jackson's 2025 election. But city officials say ballots aren't quite ready.

Jackson is progressing with plans to demolish the boarded-up Hotel O on I-55 after environmental testing delays.

Multiple bills that target homeless encampments in Jackson have moved out of their respective houses. Advocates worry about ...

A small Mississippi newspaper was ordered to remove an editorial after a lawsuit filed by city officials, but the paper's ...

City Attorney Drew Martin made the announcement during the Jackson City Council's Tuesday meeting. "As of this morning, the (Trump) administration has ordered a halt to all environmental ...

Birmingham, Ala., which had a record year for homicides, is trying to curb shootings by blocking streets. But the effort has ...