Lance Boyer is promoted at Heritage Bank of the Ozarks, where Kim Light remains CEO.

Uptown Hog will replace Abby’s Acai Co. at the Nixa food hall.

Drew Douglas starts as Joplin’s director of communications and marketing next week.

Jim Spears started the company in 1970.

Newsmakers in the areas of accounting, chambers of commerce, health care, marketing and nonprofit.

Utah-based gourmet cookie chain Crumbl Cookies opened its first Springfield shop; interior design business Branson Upstaging LLC relocated; and Lauren Ashley Dance Center LLC added a second location.

Iron at the Crossroads seeks businesses to rent shipping containers.

Executive Editor Christine Temple discusses homebuilding with local executives.

Construction professionals are transforming the landscape – here’s a glimpse of their work in progress.

At 200,000 square feet, 6 Point Junction is under construction near Amazon fulfillment center. 

The facility was constructed at the site of a former company location.

Four of the state's eight metro areas have month-over-month increases.

Digital Editor Geoff Pickle hopes the Kum & Go name will stick around in the Springfield area.

Both city of Springfield ballot measures are approved at the polls.

Inviktus Salon owner nears completion of national small-biz program.

Newsmakers in the areas of athletics, banking & finance, chambers of commerce, health care, information technology, marketing, nonprofit and transportation.

Artist Tiffany Collins moved her Nixa art gallery, Lucid TLC Arts LLC, to a new location; a crystal jewelry maker who started on Etsy expanded with a storefront; and Fleur Floral Studio LLC transitioned to a home-based venture.

Read the profiles of this year's honorees.

Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins encourages residents to engage with a state process to determine how best to use federal funds.