Batesville, Ark.-based First Community Bancshares Inc. completed on Dec. 19 its acquisition of Lepanto, Ark.-based Little River Bancshares Inc. following receipt of regulatory approval, Arkansas Money & Politics reported.

The combination of their subsidiaries, First Community Bank and Little River Bank, to become one community bank closed the same day, according to the news article.

Little River Bank will convert to the core operating systems of First Community Bank effective March 27, 2017, the news outlet reported.