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Jim Timpe has been selected to serve as the new president and CEO at HSHS St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield. Timpe comes to St. Francis from HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield where he most recently served as the director of imaging services, rehabilitation services, sleep and neuro-diagnostics. He had been in that role since […]

By Lindsey Salvatelli Calvin Pitts and his wife, Danyel, stood with their backs to the windows lining the front of South Town Construction Training Center and faced their new students. The students came to the center Dec. 17 for an orientation about the Pitts’ expectations of the incoming class and a basic rundown of the […]

Five months after Jordan Powell was appointed as the Illinois Primary Health Care Association’s acting president and CEO, the board of directors selected him to permanently serve in that role. Powell is the fourth CEO in the organization’s 36-year history and the first African-American to hold that title. He previously served as IPHCA’s senior vice […]

First Bankers Trust Company has added two new employees to its Springfield location.  Jay Barnes was hired as senior vice president and Darren Jones as vice president of commercial lending. Both Barnes and Jones were most recently employed by West Central Bank, Barnes as community bank president since 2009 and Jones as vice president of […]

Did you achieve your goals in 2018? What will you do differently to succeed in 2019? As you reflect on this year, are you Frustrated that you didn’t hit your goals? Worried that your relationships are not where you would like them to be? Tired of setting New Year’s resolutions that don’t last much past […]

Building permit roundup – Dec. 12 BY STACIE LEWIS Horace Mann Service Corp. obtained a commercial remodel permit for improvements at 905 E. Jefferson.  The contractor is Evans Construction Co. and the project is valued at $65,000. St. John’s Hospital of Hospital Sisters obtained a commercial remodel permit for 800 E. Carpenter St.  O’Shea Builders […]

  SomerCor, a Small Business Administration (SBA) Certified Development Company (CDC), has appointed Manuel (Manny) Flores as president and Chief Executive Officer. Flores takes the reins at SomerCor after serving two years as a member of the nonprofit lender’s board of directors. “Manny offers a transformative vision for SomerCor that promises to build our bench […]

The shopping center on Constitution Drive, just south of Target, will be getting its first new tenant soon when The Music Shoppe relocates from its current space on Stevenson Drive in Springfield. The family-owned business is recently under new ownership as well. “I took over as of Sept. 1, and I’m the third generation,” said […]

The Pharmacy Gallery & Art Space recently moved downtown, but their former space at 711 S. 5th St. in Springfield is already home to a new business venture. Kelci Kuntzi and her mother, Robin Martin, have launched Venue 1929 to offer the distinctive space for rent. “My father-in-law owns Jack Stoldt Auto Service Center,” said […]