Item 8.01 Other Events

PRESS RELEASE: On February 4, 2009, National Bancshares Corporation`s wholly
owned subsidiary, First National Bank issued a press release announcing the
securitization of mortgage loans. A copy of the press release is attached
to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated into this
report by reference.

The information in this Form 8-K and in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall
not be deemed `filed` for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the `Exchange Act`) or otherwise subject to the
liability of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference
in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange
Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such
a filing.

ITEM 9.01 Exhibits
99.1 First National Bank press release dated February 4, 2009.




	Signatures

	Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

				National Bancshares Corporation


Date:  February 4, 2009		David C. Vernon
				President and Chief Executive Officer