The area of Melville Street and Culver Road was shut down Tuesday morning due to a fire. According to firefighters, the fire ...

The noxious problem, caused by bird guano and pinniped waste during summer, has returned. In actuality, for those in “harm’s ...

Business First Bancshares CEO Jude Melville and Progressive Bancorp head George Cummings are both second-generation bank CEOs ...

The nearly four-month project will cost $300,000 and result in a 2,000-square-foot cafe. It comes on the heels of the chain's newest Texas location, a much-anticipated store on South Congress Avenue ...

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) (“Business First”), the holding company for b1BANK, announced today the ...

Business First Bancshares, Inc., of Baton Rouge, LA, announced Monday, July 7, 2025 an agreement to acquire Progressive Bancorp, Inc., of Monroe, LA, and its wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Progressive ...

B1Bank is the largest Louisiana based bank, in terms of total deposits statewide. Officials said the deal will expand the ...

Louisiana-based Business First Bancshares, the parent company of b1BANK, has agreed to acquire local peer Progressive Bancorp ...

The deal also marks a turn back toward Business First’s home state, after the Texas Citizens acquisition sought expansion in ...

Baton Rouge-based Business First Bancshares would pad its margin as Louisiana's largest state-chartered bank with an ...

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST) ("Business First"), the holding company for b1BANK, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire Progressive Bancorp, Inc.