We chat with Mitch Wilson, vice president of mortgage lending at Hickory Point Bank and a member of Central Illinois Business Magazine’s 2019 Forty Under 40 roster, about words to live by, walking beans in Thomasboro and more.
How did First Busey do in the third quarter?
The trend among states, including Illinois, to legalize and regulate the production and sale of recreational marijuana is and has been a troubled legal minefield for banks and their customers trying to make money off such “legalized” production.
'It's been a long and winding road that continues to be long and winding,” Josh Whitman said Thursday during Busey's 67th Economic Forum.
When is the new Chase branch at Mattis and Springfield avenues opening?
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CHAMPAIGN — First Busey Corp. reported $102 million in revenue last quarter, up 23 percent compared to the second quarter a year ago.But its profits were flat, with net income of $24.1 million, down from $24.9 million in the second quarter a year ago.Its adjusted net income increased compare…
The Mailbag staff hit the road this week — Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, Danville, Rantoul, Champaign County — with questions about everything from the origin of the name Shake Rag Road to a former movie theater building in Champaign to beer sales this fall at Memorial Stadium.
News about school district property in north Champaign, a Culver’s under construction in Urbana, an antique gate at Champaign’s McKinley Field, possible changes to Florida Avenue in Urbana, a new bank building in Champaign and the restoration of Lorado Taft’s Black Hawk statue in Oregon, Ill.
County Executive Darlene Kloeppel said this week that Moody’s affirmed the county’s Aa2 rating and removed its 'negative outlook' designation.
For their extensive work and generosity locally, Ed and Carol Scharlau will be presented Thursday with the Community Foundation of East Central Illinois' Kyle and Phyllis Robeson Philanthropy Award.
Staff writer Paul Wood chats with the wealth manager at Busey Bank, host of WDWS 1400-AM's 'Busey Money Talk' and Crisis Nursery board member.
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Elisabeth Meyer Kimmel and 15 other parents were hit with another charge Tuesday in the wide-ranging scandal.
Tim Sloan said in a statement he will give up his roles as CEO, president and member of the bank's board of directors effective immediately. He will retire from the bank completely on June 30.
Owner Janet Bubin is planning to move the cocktail lounge and sushi bar from the One Main complex near Neil and Main streets, where it's been since 2005, to 30 E. Main St., C, which she bought for $2.73 million in December after PNC announced its move to Midtown Plaza.
The company said it benefited last year from its 2017 acquisitions of First Community Financial Partners in the southwest suburbs of Chicago for $239.7 million and Mid Illinois Bancorp in Peoria for $138.2 million.
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Regional President Brian Ray took The News-Gazette on a tour of the new facility, which looks a little different than the 110-year-old building it's leaving at 30 E. Main St. in the heart of downtown Champaign.
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When is the bank's downtown Champaign branch going to move?
EVENTSThis weekend33RD ANNUAL HALLOWEEN FUN FESTWhat: Ages 11 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Dress up in your favorite costume and join the Champaign and Urbana Park Districts for trick-or-treating, games, and a costume contest. Take a walk through our spook-tacularly (family-friendly) Haunted House.Bring a bag to collect your goodies.
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