Rick Elumbaugh
Bad Boy Mowers to Expand, Add 300 Jobs Over 5 Years
Bad Boy Mowers says it will expand its campus in Batesville and create 300 new jobs over the next five years. read more >
King Resigns From Lyon College
W. Joseph King resigns as president of Lyon College in Batesville after his comments in a July 26 article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. read more >
Bad Boy, Spartan Turn Batesville into Mow Town
Intimidator Inc.'s up-by-the-bootstraps saga helped turn the Independence County Industrial Park into a commercial mower hotbed, but it's also a tale of rivalry, strife and acceptance with rival Bad Boy Inc. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Spartan Battles Bad Boy Mowers on Shared Turf in Batesville
Maybe a thousand feet as the crow flies separates the Intimidator plant from the Bad Boy facility in the Independence County Industrial Park. And though Intimidator is the startup, it lays claim to the 1 Bad Boy Blvd. address; Bad Boy is at 102 Industrial Drive. read more >
by Jan Cottingham -
Batesville Impact Plan Living Up to Its Name
Fresh eyes, strategic planning, youthful energy and cold, hard cash are shaking up Batesville, a college town on the jagged edge of the Ozarks that is burdened with many of the same challenges as the Delta that’s just minutes away. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -