General Atomics is making an $87 million investment in Mississippi that includes 125 new jobs, according to a post by Gov. Tate Reeves. Reeves described the project as one of two economic development projects announced over two days and said it underscored Mississippi’s role in the nation’s defense industrial base.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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