EXHIBIT 99.1


[PEOPLES BANCORP LOGO]                                      PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
                                               P.O. BOX 738-MARIETTA, OHIO-45750
                                                          www.peoplesbancorp.com


                                  NEWS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            Contact: Mark F. Bradley
- ---------------------                     President and Chief Executive Officer
April 10, 2007                            (740) 373-3155



       PEOPLES BANCORP INC. ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                   AND NAMES INTERIM CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
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         MARIETTA, Ohio - Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: PEBO) today announced
that Donald J. Landers resigned effective April 9, 2007 as Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer of Peoples Bancorp Inc. and subsidiary Peoples Bank,
National Association ("Peoples Bank").
         "We thank Don for his hard work and contributions he made to our
finance and accounting functions," said Mark F. Bradley, Peoples Bancorp Inc.'s
President and Chief Executive Officer. "We wish him success in his future
endeavors."
         Landers joined the company in 2003 as Controller and Chief Accounting
Officer of Peoples Bancorp Inc. and Peoples Bank, and was promoted to Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer of both entities on August 1, 2006. Landers
plans to pursue other career opportunities.
         Carol A. Schneeberger, Executive Vice President of Operations, has been
named interim Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, in addition to her duties
as Executive Vice President of Operations.
         Schneeberger, a CPA with nearly 30 years experience at Peoples Bancorp
Inc., has served the company in a variety of capacities during her career and
currently sits on Peoples Bancorp Inc.'s Asset/Liability Management Committee
and Disclosure Committee. She also oversees the company's compensation, risk
management, and other financial and regulatory compliance programs. Schneeberger
previously served as director of Peoples Bancorp Inc.'s internal audit function.
         A search for a permanent Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer will
begin in the near term. Peoples Bancorp Inc. will release its first quarter
earnings on April 26, 2007.
         Peoples Bancorp Inc., a diversified financial products and services
company with $1.9 billion in assets, makes available a complete line of banking,
investment, insurance, and trust solutions through 48 locations and 37 ATMs in
Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Peoples' financial service units include
Peoples Bank, National Association; Peoples Financial Advisors (a division of
Peoples Bank) and Peoples Insurance Agency, Inc. Peoples' common shares are
traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "PEBO", and Peoples
is a member of the Russell 3000 index of US publicly traded companies. Learn
more about Peoples at www.peoplesbancorp.com.

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