A funeral service for Rev. Jesse Jackson was held at Brookland Baptist Church in West Columbia, South Carolina on March 2. The nearly three-hour service featured songs, worship, and shared memories ...

An 18-year-old Columbia man was killed in a midday shooting Thursday, and the man accused in his death appeared in court for the first time Friday afternoon. Lexington County investigators are ...

Judge Greg Mathis reflects on the “father figure” influence Rev. Jesse Jackson had on his life after first meeting the civil rights leader as a troubled teenager. Judge Greg Mathis is honoring the ...

“He was a father figure…the most influential person, male in my life,” Mathis told theGrio. Television Judge Greg Mathis is well known to audiences, having arbitrated countless cases on national ...

Judge Greg Mathis sits down with theGrio's Gerren Keith Gaynor to reflect on the life and legacy of his mentor Rev. Jesse Jackson, whom he met in the 1970s from a Detroit jail. "There would really be ...

A Chicago man is reuniting with family after being released from prison to continue fighting a more than two-decade-old murder conviction. Found guilty of murder for the fatal 2002 shooting of Laymond ...

Antonio Porter will get another day in court. The 50-year old Chicagoan has been in prison since 2003, convicted in the July 2002 death of Laymond Harrison, 28, who was fatally shot during a dice game ...

Criminal justice gets consistent airing on TV dramas like All Rise, Law & Order: SVU and Matlock. Need I mention Judge Judy, The People’s Court or Judge Mathis? From such programs, we’ve learned an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photos: Getty images) Judge Mathis says Judge Brown crossed the line with his remarks about his wife and suggests something might ...

The courtroom drama has officially spilled out of TV land and into real life, and Judge Greg Mathis isn’t letting it slide when it comes to defending his wife, Linda Reese Mathis. In a recent ...

Judge Mathis says Judge Brown crossed the line with his remarks about his wife and suggests something might be “wrong” with him. The courtroom drama has officially spilled out of TV land and into real ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In strange reality TV judge news, Judge Joe Brown and Judge Greg Mathis are feuding over Brown calling Mathis’ wife a “h*e.” ...