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Encore Bank is expanding north of its Arkansas home base. The bank is moving into the Southwest Missouri market, marking its second out-of-state expansion in recent weeks. According to Encore Bank chairman and CEO Chris Roberts, Southwest Missouri has been…

Johnny Morris, founder and CEO of Bass Pro Shops, has purchased the former Dogpatch USA theme park. The sale of the property was announced early June with a sales price of $1.12 million. Media reports showed that Down By the…

by Nate Olson A familiar name to Arkansas football fans will be coaching just up the road in the Ozarks next year. Missouri State named Bobby Petrino its head coach Wednesday. A press conference is set for Thursday. Monday night,…

The entrepreneurs behind the artificial intelligence software startup, Figgli, brought their talents to Northwest Arkansas this week, as they presented at 1 Million Cups in Bentonville on June 12. Attendees of the Wednesday meeting may not know it, yet, but…

SPRINGFIELD, MO. – Angela Morelock, managing partner of BKD’s IT Risk Services division, is pleased to announce Dwayne Tucker has joined the firm as a managing consultant. “The deep cybersecurity experience Dwayne brings to our team further rounds out our…

SPRINGFIELD, MO. – Angela Morelock, managing partner of BKD’s Forensics & Valuation Services division, is pleased to announce Bryan Callahan as the new leader of the firm’s Big Data & Analytics practice. “Bryan’s experiences have given him a unique set…

I knew Eric Buckner before he was Mister 10Fit, the founder, brains, and brawn of the 10 Fitness empire in central Arkansas. The advantage of knowing big shots before they are big is that you witness behavior and hear stories…