By NOREEN HYSLOP ~ The Daily Statesman

ESSEX, Mo. -- First Commercial Bank is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individuals responsible for the robbery of its Essex bank facility on March 17, bank officials announced Friday morning.

Anyone with information on the robbery is urged to contact the FBI at 314-589-2500.

Two men entered the First Commercial Bank at Essex at 11:25 a.m. on St. Patrick's Day and took an undisclosed amount of cash. Two female bank employees were overtaken by the pair of robbers, and one of the women later was taken to a hospital for treatment.

The FBI, Stoddard County Sheriff's Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol and Essex Police were all on the scene immediately after the robbery. Despite images of the men obtained from the bank's surveillance cameras, there have been no solid leads in the case.

All information received about the robbery will remain confidential. Anyone with any information on either of the men shown at the bank is urged to contact the FBI.