A new Boys & Girls Club will open in Arkadelphia later this year.
The Boys & Girls Club of Clark County will be a chartered member of the national club. Geared toward young teenagers, mentors will be available after school and on weekends for club members.
Archive: July 2009 | Section: Southern Bancorp News
Southern Bancorp Inc. of Arkadelphia is poised to become the first rural development bank to launch a public stocking offering. CEO Phil Baldwin and his team are positioning Southern Bancorp for an IPO during the next couple of years.
Archive: July 2009 | Section: Southern Bancorp News
Southern Bancorp of Arkadelphia announced Tuesday that it will acquire holding company First Delta Bankshares Inc. of Blytheville during the third quarter, a move that Southern Bancorp President and CEO Phillip N. Baldwin says could benefit Pine Bluff-based Southern Good Faith Fund.
Archive: July 2009 | Section: Southern Bancorp News
Scott Fife has opted to leave his job as president of Simmons First Bank of El Dorado to become president of Southern Bancorp - El Dorado, which opens up on Monday.
Archive: June 2009 | Section: Southern Bancorp News
State lawmakers trickled one-by-one into Henderson State University Tuesday for a joint meeting of the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council and the Higher Education Subcommittee of the House Interim Committee on Education.
Archive: June 2009 | Section: Southern Bancorp News
The three proposals for grant funding from the Walton Foundation for St. Francis County should be submitted next month, according to officials with Southern Bancorp.
The chancery courtroom at the county courthouse was filled with local elected and community leaders Tuesday for the quarterly meeting with Southern Bancorp.
Archive: June 2009 | Section: Southern Bancorp News, St. Francis County
Although improving and developing tourism, recreation and the quality of life in Phillips County is a tough goal there are some dedicated people volunteering to address the topics for the next phase of The Delta Bridge Project.
The TRQ (Tourism, Recreation and Quality of Life) Goal Team met in the Delta Eagle Room of The Delta Cultural Center Tuesday to tackle new goals and the roll over goals from Phase One.Katie Harrington, co-chair of the team and others, went through an overview of Phase Two and held a brainstorming session for new goals based on a SWOT Analysis. A SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning method used to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats involved in a project or in a business venture.
Archive: June 2009 | Section: Delta Bridge Project, Phillips County, Southern Bancorp News
Published: May 22, 2009
St. Francis County leaders are gearing up for Tuesday’s quarterly meeting with Southern Bancorp officials.
According to a press release, the meeting is set for 5:30 p.m., at the St. Francis County Courthouse, and those in attendance will receive updates on master planning for area industrial recruitment, the county cleanup project and the municipal accounting software project.
Southern Bancorp has taken over for the Foundation for the Mid-South in continuing a partnership in St. Francis County that is being supported through the Walton Family Foundation to bring economic development and other opportunities to communities in St. Francis County.
Archive: June 2009 | Section: Southern Bancorp News, St. Francis County
Southern Bancorp opened its doors on Cherry Street on Jan. 17, 1931 as Phillips National Bank. Seventy-eight years later the bank is still going strong thanks to loyal customers, local management decisions making by a local board of directors.
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Archive: June 2009 | Section: Phillips County, Southern Bancorp News
Exploring Innovation participants had the chance to test their innovation skills in the “Fed Prize Challenge,” a contest that asked participants to submit their most creative response to a question on the minds of community development practitioners.
Archive: June 2009 | Section: Southern Bancorp News
