EXHIBIT 99.1

PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release

                 Ohio Valley Banc Corp. Joins Russell 3000 Index

GALLIPOLIS,  Ohio - Ohio  Valley  Banc  Corp.  [Nasdaq:  OVBC]  has  joined  the
broad-market  Russell 3000(R) Index when Russell  Investments  reconstituted its
comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 26, 2009,  according
to the final list of additions posted on www.russell.com.

     Annual  reconstitution of Russell's U.S. indexes captures the 4,000 largest
U.S. stocks as of the end of May,  ranking them by total market  capitalization.
Membership in the Russell 3000,  which remains in place for one year, means Ohio
Valley Banc Corp.  is also included in the  small-cap  Russell  2000(R) Index as
well  as  appropriate  growth  and  value  style  indexes.   Russell  determines
membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective,  market-capitalization
rankings and style attributes.

     Russell  indexes are widely used by investment  managers and  institutional
investors  for  index  funds  and as  benchmarks  for both  passive  and  active
investment  strategies.  An industry-leading $4 trillion in assets currently are
benchmarked  to them. The annual  Russell  reconstitution  is usually one of the
most  highly-anticipated and heaviest trading days in the U.S. equity market, as
asset managers seek to reconfigure  their  portfolios to reflect the composition
of Russell's  indexes.  As such,  the trading in Ohio Valley Banc Corp.'s shares
has been  volatile  and heavy as many of these  shares were  purchased by or for
Russell  Index mutual  funds,  which are required to own the shares of the newly
added companies when the Index is reconstituted.

     Ohio Valley Banc Corp.  common stock is traded on the NASDAQ  Global Market
under the symbol OVBC. The holding company owns three subsidiaries:  Ohio Valley
Bank, with 16 offices in Ohio and West Virginia; Loan Central, with six consumer
finance offices in Ohio, and Ohio Valley Financial Services, an insurance agency
based in Jackson, Ohio. Learn more about Ohio Valley Banc Corp. at www.ovbc.com.