Joey Mclaughin talks with the Springfield Business Journals’ Michelle Ownbey about the biggest business stories this week.

A third-generation family-owned company is preparing to rebrand as Noonan True Value shifts from retail operations to focus primarily on its rental business, Noonan True Value Rental & Party Plus.

Joel Oschwald has joined First Bankers Trust Company as market president in Springfield.

Traci M. Krause will serve as the next chancellor of St. John’s College of Nursing in Springfield, beginning May 29.

The editor of the State Journal-Register told staff March 22 she was taking an “extended leave.” Leon Tucker is now running the paper’s news operation from Lakeland, Florida, where he is executive editor of another paper owned by Gannett.

Share your ideas to help guide future development of the Ninth Street/Peoria Road corridor, which includes part of Historic Route 66. A public workshop will be held on Monday, April 17, from 4-7 p.m. at Sangamon South (the former SJ-R building) at 300 S. Ninth St.