Springfield banker Mark Bybee leads Arlo Bank as president and CEO.

It’s making lemonade at its finest. Six months after KY3 and KSPR shocked employees and viewers by laying off dozens of staff members, the ousted professionals are finding their footings in new ...

Two financial institutions based in central Illinois are merging in a cash-and-stock deal valued at over $170 million. HBT Financial (NASDAQ: HBT) is merging with CNB Bank Shares (OTC: CNBN). HBT is ...

Today and tomorrow, the interview process is underway for three candidates vying for Springfield’s city manager position. Each of the three will be the focus of a half-hour virtual town hall meeting ...

The Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce this morning revealed the finalists for its annual W. Curtis Strube Small Business Award. The winner among the five finalists is slated to be announced during ...

Five tracts of land are being targeted for annexation as Springfield city leaders aim to carry out one of the top 10 initiatives of its Forward SGF comprehensive plan. At its July 16 luncheon meeting, ...

Bolivar-based LimeBank is under new ownership, and a name change is planned. Steele Acquisition Inc., an investment group with members from three states, closed yesterday on the purchase of LimeBank, ...

Co-Angler receives $315,000 in pitch contest from a Pennsylvania-based philanthropic foundation.

The leaders of the two largest employers in Springfield – CoxHealth and Mercy Springfield Communities – took to the stage as the main event for the May 17 annual Health Care Outlook event, sharing a ...

The Trump administration is reportedly cutting a $197 million federal grant that had been awarded for a $500 million battery plant in north St. Louis. The grant was for ICL Specialty Products Inc. The ...

Amazon said in a publicly shared memo that the company plans to cut 14,000 corporate jobs. The company's corporate workforce is made up of roughly 350,000 employees. Citing anonymous sources, CNBC, ...

Robert W. Plaster, a longtime proponent of higher education and free enterprise in southwest Missouri, died of natural causes Saturday at the age of 78.