People In Business

First Bankers Trust Co., N.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Bankers Trustshares Inc., has named James Whitaker as senior vice president of business development. The company is headquartered in Quincy, Ill. The bank has branch locations in Quincy, Macomb, Mendon, Carthage, Rushville, and Springfield, Ill., as well as a loan production office in O’Fallon, Ill.…

A&W Restaurants is opening restaurants in several markets, including one in Belleville. Longtime St. Louis-area franchisees Jim Sill and Jim Sprick are adding to their A&W portfolio with the conversion of a former McDonald’s in Arnold, Mo., and conversion of a former credit union building in Belleville, which will be their eighth A&W. The Belleville…

Granite City-based icon Mechanical is working from newly expanded headquarters. A 40,800-square-foot building was recently completed by Contegra Construction Co.. Contegra led a design/build team that completed the two-story headquarters, the latest addition to icon’s 10-building campus.  In addition to hundreds of trade workers on projects, icon employs more than 150 people at its company…

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will honor nine remarkable graduates at the 2021 SIUE Alumni Hall of Fame ceremony, A Night Among the Stars, on Thursday, Sept. 23. The impressive alumni have made exceptional contributions in their chosen fields, in their communities and at SIUE through their leadership, character and hard work. “Those selected for the…

A graduation ceremony was recently held for 11 physicians in the Saint Louis University Family Medicine Residency Program practicing at HSHS St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Graduates were noted and thanked for their dedication and commitment to providing high-quality care to patients at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital during the three-year training program and especially acknowledged for the extraordinary…

Edley’s Bar-B-Que will open today (Monday) at 2392 S. State Route 157 in Glen Carbon. The Nashville style barbecue restaurant is the chain’s first in Illinois. It will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 11a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. For more information contact (618) 307-9111…

Scott Credit Union announced two additions to its team of executive officers. Carla Lambrecht has been selected as chief information officer, and Chris Kieffer has been named chief operating officer. Lambrecht will oversee Scott Credit Union’s information technology team and be responsible for the management and oversight of all aspects of the credit union’s network,…

Mike Deihl, director of Operations at Holland Construction Services, announced the promotion of Brian Wheeler to director of Quality Assurance. Wheeler joined Holland in 2019 as a senior pre-construction manager, bringing over 20 years of architectural experience to the team. “Brian’s experience as an architect and on-site, along with his personality are exactly what we…

Alton’s VIP Cross Cuts marks July 1 grand opening with ribbon cutting and open house With a grand opening celebration at the beginning of July, VIP Cross Cuts stands ready to welcome the community into its chairs. Owner Anthony Fane, along with family, friends, and community members, marked the special occasion with a ribbon cutting…

Amy Stone, co-founder and president of Fourthstone LLC, has been elected to the Midwest BankCentre legal board of directors. Stone leads Fourthstone LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor to private financial sector funds, where she is responsible for investor relations, business development and non-trade operations. Stone previously served as the firm’s chief compliance officer. Prior to…