Published: May 22, 2009

St. Francis County leaders are gearing up for Tuesday’s quarterly meeting with Southern Bancorp officials.

According to a press release, the meeting is set for 5:30 p.m., at the St. Francis County Courthouse, and those in attendance will receive updates on master planning for area industrial recruitment, the county cleanup project and the municipal accounting software project.

Southern Bancorp has taken over for the Foundation for the Mid-South in continuing a partnership in St. Francis County that is being supported through the Walton Family Foundation to bring economic development and other opportunities to communities in St. Francis County.