The mayor of Mississippi’s largest city has pleaded not guilty to federal charges stemming from a sledgehammer attack on a suspected crack house in 2006.

Embattled Jackson Mayor Frank Melton says he’ll continue fighting to rid Mississippi’s capital city of illegal narcotics, despite facing federal charges in a brazen attack on a suspected crack house with a sledgehammer.

Spike Lee says the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s crudely phrased criticism of Barack Obama won’t affect the Democrat’s campaign, which the filmmaker expects to succeed at bringing “seismic” change to the world.

The mayor indicted on federal charges for demolishing an alleged crack house says he’ll keep trying to rid Mississippi’s largest city of drugs.

The mayor of Mississippi’s largest city and two police bodyguards were indicted Wednesday on federal charges they conspired to demolish a private home. The indictment comes a year after they were acquitted of state charges in the same case.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he’s “very sorry” for comments he made about Barack Obama during what he thought was a private conversation with a reporter.

A Detroit man whose driver’s license has been suspended 22 times has been sentenced to 13 to 20 years in prison in what authorities describe as an extreme case of road rage.

A Republican congressional candidate in a majority-white Mississippi district runs ads trying to tie his Democratic rival with Barack Obama’s former pastor, seen by some as an anti-white firebrand. Democrats distribute fliers accusing the Republican of wanting a statue to honor the founder of the Ku Klux Klan.

There was a time when Zach Scruggs seemed to have it all, graduating cum laude in his law class before joining the successful firm started by his father, legendary attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs.

A Jackson State University official blames pranksters for the mistaken demolition of a house _ and everything in it. Owner Annie Wilson of Dallas said trying to get fair compensation has been a nightmare.