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                                                       EXHIBIT 20
News for Immediate Release
April 1, 1998

                              WesBanco, Inc.
                              1 Bank Plaza
                              Wheeling, WV 26003

                              and

                              Commercial BancShares, Incorporated
                              415 Market Street
                              Parkersburg, WV  26101


                              For Further Information Contact:
                              Edward M. George     (304) 234-9208
                              President & CEO, WesBanco, Inc.

                              or

                              William E. Mildren, Jr. (304) 424-0300
                              President & CEO
                              Commercial BancShares, Incorporated

WesBanco, Inc. Consummates Merger With Commercial BancShares,
Incorporated

Wheeling, WV . . . . WesBanco, Inc. ("WesBanco")(Nasdaq: WSBC), a
multi-bank holding company headquartered in Wheeling, West
Virginia, and Commercial BancShares, Incorporated
("Commercial")(AMEX:CWV), a multi-bank holding company
headquartered in Parkersburg, West Virginia, jointly announced
today the consummation of WesBanco's acquisition of Commercial
with and into WesBanco affiliated companies. The joint
announcement was made by Edward M. George, President and Chief
Executive Officer of WesBanco and William E. Mildren, Jr.,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Commercial.

In conjunction with this acquisition, William E. Mildren, Jr.
will serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WesBanco
Parkersburg, Christopher V. Criss will serve as Vice Chairman and
Donald L. Scothorn will serve as President.

Members of the combined board of the new WesBanco Parkersburg
affiliate include: Christopher V. Criss, John S. Criss, Wilson
Davis, Carl E. Dollman, Steven C. Hall,


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WesBanco / Commercial Merger

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Larry G. Johnson, Paul M. Limbert, Thomas M. Lookabaugh, Daniel
O. Martin, William E. Mildren, Jr., Edward M. Nelson, III, Jack
F. Poe, Robert E. Richardson, W. S. Ritchie, Jr., James H.
Roberts, Donald L. Scothorn, James W. Swearingen, Robert K.
Tebay, Thomas N. Webster and R. Bruce White.

Communities served by banking locations acquired in the
Commercial merger include: Parkersburg, South Parkersburg,
Vienna, Ripley, Ravenswood, Pennsboro, Paden City, New
Martinsville, Mineral Wells, McMechen, Benwood, Harrisville,
Ellenboro and Cairo in West Virginia and Marietta, Barlow and
Devola in Ohio.

The Commercial banking subsidiaries in the northern panhandle of
West Virginia were consolidated with WesBanco's banking
subsidiary, WesBanco Bank Wheeling.

Under the terms of the merger, William E. Mildren, Jr. was
appointed Vice Chairman of WesBanco, Inc.  Mr. Mildren and three
other directors of Commercial or its banking affiliates, Larry G.
Johnson, Robert K. Tebay and James W. Swearingen, were elected to
the WesBanco Board and Mr. Mildren was elected to the WesBanco
Executive Committee.

With the consummation of this merger WesBanco has assets in
excess of $2.2  billion and operates 63 banking offices in West
Virginia and Ohio.

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