EXHIBIT 99.1

PRESS RELEASE
January 25, 2006  For immediate release
Contact: Bryna Butler, (740) 446-2631, ext. 253, E-mail: bsbutler@ovbc.com



                     Daniel & Williams Elected to OVBC Board

GALLIPOLIS,  Ohio -- Ohio Valley Banc Corp.  CEO Jeffrey E. Smith has  announced
that Bob Daniel and Roger  Williams  have been  elected to serve on the Board of
Directors  of Ohio Valley Banc Corp.  The  election  was made during the January
meeting of the OVBC Board of Directors.

Smith  commented,  "For the past year, they have been invaluable  members of the
Ohio Valley Bank Board of Directors.  And now, they will bring their  experience
and business acumen to the Bank's holding company, Ohio Valley Banc Corp. We are
pleased to have Bob and Roger further  their  commitment to the Ohio Valley Bank
family."

Robert E. "Bob"  Daniel was born in  Youngstown,  Ohio,  and holds a  bachelor's
degree from Washington & Jefferson  College and an M.B.A.  from Ohio University.
He has been  employed as Holzer  Clinic's  Clinic  Administrator  since 1971. He
represents  an  organization  with 650  employees in an  industry,  health care,
which;  when added to Holzer Medical Center,  is the largest  employer in Gallia
County, Ohio.

Daniel is a Fellow of the American  College of Medical  Practice  Executives,  a
member of the National Medical Group Management Association,  and Past President
of the Ohio  Medical  Group  Management  Association.  In  addition,  he is Vice
President of the Gallia County Community Improvement Corporation, a former board
member of the Gallia County Chamber of Commerce,  and a member of the Gallipolis
Rotary Club.

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Daniel currently resides in Gallipolis,  with his wife M. Jane Daniel,  Ph.D., a
professor of music at Marshall  University;  the couple has four grown  children
and two grandchildren.

Roger D. Williams  was born in Gallipolis and holds a Bachelor of Science degree
in Mathematics  from the  University of Rio Grande.  He has been employed by Bob
Evans Farms,  Inc. for 37 years and is currently  Executive  Vice President Food
Products Division. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. is a Fortune 1000 company with over 670
restaurants and 46,000  employees.  Within Gallia County,  Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
and its subsidiaries have five separate operations with nearly 350 employees and
an annual payroll of $7.7 million.

Williams is a member and former president of  the University of Rio Grande Board
of Trustees. He currently resides in Pickerington,  Ohio, with his wife Sue Ann.
The couple has two  children,  Ty Williams  of Los  Angeles,  Calif.,  and Susan
Mathew of Dublin, Ohio.

Ohio Valley Banc Corp. stock is traded  on The  NASDAQ  Stock  Market  under the
symbol OVBC. The company owns three subsidiaries:  Ohio Valley Bank, established
in 1872 with 16 offices in Ohio and West Virginia; Loan Central,  celebrating 10
years in business with five offices in Ohio; and Ohio Valley Financial Services,
based in Jackson, Ohio. The company's Web site is at www.ovbc.com.