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- Instructor Deidre Thompson demonstrates braiding techniques to visiting eighth-graders in her hair-braiding class at McComb High School's Business & Technology Complex. (Photo by Matt Williamson. Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)
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Mayor, superintendent drop by hair-braiding class
By MATT WILLIAMSON - Managing Editor
Fri,05/02/25-5:05PM , 1,513 Reads
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A hair-braiding class that originated at McComb High School before spreading to a few other schools throughout Mississippi may be going away, but the woman who started it said it has been a resounding success over the past five years.
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- Pike County Civil Defense Director Tina Reed has many years of experience dealing with weather emergencies like the recent tornadoes. (Photo by Matt Williamson. Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)
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In Step With: Tina Reed, Pike County civil defense director
By MATT WILLIAMSON - Enterprise-Journal
Thu,05/01/25-6:55PM , 2,611 Reads
Two weeks before Tina Reed marked her first year as Pike County’s Civil Defense director, one of the worst tornado outbreaks in years hit the southeastern corner of Pike County.
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Paving request triggers road rage
By MATT WILLIAMSON - Managing Editor
Thu,05/01/25-12:00PM , 1,574 Reads
A Pike County supervisor vehemently opposed a decision to allow road crews to help pave a road just across the Amite County line Wednesday, and officials also delayed a decision about accepting a subdivision’s road as public.
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Guidance sought for collecting late fines, bills
By MATT WILLIAMSON - Managing Editor
Thu,05/01/25-11:30AM , 1,027 Reads
Collections for past due justice court fines and garbage bills are seeing some movement but more can be done if the process were formalized, Pike County’s collection agent told supervisors Wednesday.
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