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Busey, Main Street banks plan merger

By Don Dodson
Thursday September 21, 2006

Darrell Hoemann

Van A. Dukeman of Main Street Bank & Trust and Douglas C. Mills of Busey Bank announce the proposed merger of their companies at Flightstar at Willard Airport in Savoy today.

CHAMPAIGN – The parent companies of Busey Bank and Main Street Bank & Trust plan to combine in what's being called a "merger of equals."

The resulting company will be called First Busey Corp., and the resulting bank will be known as Busey Bank, with its headquarters at 100 W. University Ave., C, the chairmen of both local banking-based companies said today.

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