Sterling Bancshares in Poplar Bluff, Mo., has completed its purchase of Bootheel Bancorp in Poplar Bluff.
Sterling, the parent of the $865 million-asset Sterling Bank, paid an undisclosed amount of cash and stock for Bootheel, which controlled the $277 million-asset First Community Bank, according to a
Scott Spencer, First Community's president and chief executive, was named Sterling's vice chairman and president.