• First National of Nebraska agreed to buy Blue Ridge Bancshares, parent of Blue Ridge Bank and Trust in Independence, Missouri.
• Blue Ridge operates eight branches in Jackson County, Missouri, with about USD 850 million in assets.
• Deal aims to deepen FNBO’s Kansas City footprint following last year’s Country Club Bank acquisition of 20 metro-area branches.
• Transaction would lift FNBO to fifth in Kansas City deposit market share once completed.
• Blue Ridge is expected to rebrand and convert to FNBO in early 2027.

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