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Photo by Jack Ryan. Copyright 2026, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. Todd Jackson, left, of the Hattiesburg-based Area Development Partnership, is pictured with Pike County Economic Development District executive director Jill Busby, McComb Rotary Club member Charlie Lewis and Rotary president Becky Buie.

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How Hattiesburg improved economic development
By JACK RYAN
Fri,04/10/26-3:36PM , 87 Reads 1,689 Statewide
A Hattiesburg official discussed how better relationships between elected officials, along with financial aid from local businesses, has led to noticeable economic development successes.
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Newspaper owner takes on Big Tech
By JACK RYAN
Tue,03/11/25-10:28AM , 210 Reads 8,359 Statewide
Wyatt Emmerich, the third-generation owner of the Enterprise-Journal and more than 20 other small-town newspapers and websites, discussed his pending lawsuits against technology companies as well as the recent dustup involving his paper in Clarksdale.
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Opinion: A small-town success story
By JACK RYAN
Wed,11/29/23-10:21AM , 503 Reads 12,950 Statewide
In the 1990s, the South Pike School District, located in the small Pike County town of Magnolia in the southwestern corner of the state, had a student who clearly was an overachiever. But perhaps few could have predicted just how much she would achieve.
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State Rep. Beckie Currie is pictured with McComb Rotary Club president Lawrence Giles, left, and Dr. Tom Jeffcoat, with whom she once worked. (Jack Ryan | Enterprise-Journal)

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Currie: After Dobbs, now, what do we do?
By JACK RYAN
Fri,10/21/22-9:36AM , 350 Reads 42,183 Statewide
Becky Currie said Wednesday that when she filed the Gestational Age Act with the Mississippi House of Representatives in 2018, she had no idea that the bill was the beginning of the end for unrestricted abortion in the United States.
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