Article: Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo., business briefs column.

Byline: Kevin Coleman

Mar. 11--GREAT SOUTHERN BANCORP Inc. is developing a taste for doing business in Columbia.

The Springfield-based holding company of Great Southern Bank, which bought a local travel agency in the summer, recently opened a loan production office and snatched local banker Curt Morgret from Regions Bank to be the market manager for Central Missouri.

The bank has had local customers for years, and management felt it was time to strengthen its presence in Central Missouri, said Gary Lewis, commercial lending executive for Great Southern Bank.

For now, the loan production office is operating out of offices shared with ...

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