by - June 2, 2026 9:00 am
In the early 2010s, a group of leaders from the education, healthcare and civic communities in Northeast Arkansas set out to help find a solution to the physician workforce shortage…
by - February 24, 2026 12:00 pm
An Arkansas State University student will spend his summer at Harvard University. Jonathan Toma received a Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute Fellowship. He is a junior…
by - December 30, 2025 2:00 pm
Arkansas State University welcomed a new class of alumni on Dec. 13 during fall commencement exercises, as 2,335 degrees were conferred by Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Calvin White…
by - August 24, 2025 10:30 am
A Williams Baptist University alumna with more than two decades of experience on the school’s faculty has been named vice president for academic affairs. Dr. Ruth Provost was recently appointed…
by - June 16, 2025 2:39 pm
First Community Bank has rehired Brian Emison as senior vice president, retail deposit officer. In this role, Emison will focus on deposit growth, with an emphasis on technical applications and…
by - March 23, 2025 2:00 pm
Ritter Communications sponsored the 45th Annual St. Jude Radio/Cablethon, which was broadcast on March 1. The annual event raised $313,530 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s…
by - February 26, 2025 9:00 am
Arkansas State University’s status as a Research 2: High Spending and Doctorate Production institution, as designated by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, has been reaffirmed. A-State was…
by - July 29, 2024 12:04 pm
First Community Bank has promoted David Wood and Allen Williams to the positions of executive vice president, regional president, in their respective regions. Wood has worked at First Community Bank…
by - May 24, 2023 12:31 pm
Batesville-chartered First Community Bank announced four members Wednesday (May 24) of its inaugural business board of directors for the Northwest Arkansas market. Ashley Harris is vice president of marketing and…
by - September 7, 2022 10:02 am
Batesville-chartered First Community Bank has hired Austin Simpson and Tim Doyle to lead its Northwest Arkansas lending team. They both previously worked for Bank OZK. First Community Bank has received…
by - July 7, 2022 2:58 pm
Allen Williams, a veteran employee of First Community Bank, has been named executive vice president and market president for the Jonesboro region. “Allen has been an instrumental leader in our…
by - July 5, 2022 10:00 am
Batesville-chartered First Community Bank is planning an expansion into Northwest Arkansas. The company said Tuesday (July 5) that it will soon open a loan production office (LPO) in Rogers and, pending regulatory…
by - April 3, 2022 9:09 am
The banking and financial sectors, like nearly every other financial sector, face unpredictable headwinds during 2022. Volatile supply chain issues, waning COVID-19, inflation, and war in Europe will have an…
by - November 16, 2021 6:46 pm
First Community Bank, the 10th largest in the state, opened its Batesville operations center beside the financial institution’s main bank Tuesday (Nov. 16). The three-story operations center is approximately 28,809…
by - March 21, 2021 8:06 am
First Community Bank broke ground Friday (March 19) at the site of its new Little Rock banking center at the southeast corner of Chenal Parkway and Rahling Road. The Batesville-based…
by - January 28, 2021 11:57 am
Batesville-based First Community Bank has received regulatory approval and finalized the purchase of property at 766 Harkrider Street in Conway, Arkansas, the bank announced Thursday (Jan. 28). The property, located…
by - November 25, 2013 12:20 pm
November is a bittersweet month for fourth generation family banker Jon Harrell, who is the president of First Bank’s Northwest Arkansas region and new chairman of Harrell Bancshares of Hampton,…
by - October 31, 2013 4:02 pm
First Community Bank of Crawford County is being sold to Hampton, Ark.-based First Bank. The deal is subject to regulatory approval from the Arkansas State Bank Department and the Federal…
by - August 31, 2012 6:17 pm
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation put First Community Bank of Crawford County under a consent order in July citing a long list of concerns regarding financial soundness. The bank signed…
