Press Releases

FNB Presents Awards to Top BHS Seniors   Bellevue, Ohio – Dean Miller, President and CEO of First National Bank is pleased to announce that Matthew Higgins is the recipient of the 2023 Bellevue High School Top Male GPA Award and Hope Alda is the recipient of the 2023 Bellevue High School Top Female GPA […]

2023 scholarship First National Bank Awards Customer Scholarships Bellevue, OH –Dean Miller, President and CEO of First National Bank, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 First National Bank Customer Scholarship. For students to be eligible for the First National Bank Customer Scholarship, the applicant or applicant’s parent/legal guardian/grandparent must be a customer […]

Bellevue, Ohio- Dean Miller, President & CEO of First National Bank is pleased to announce the following new board member appointment and staff promotions. First National Bank would like to recognize retiring board member, Mel Miller, for his 12 years of service to our organization.  Mel has been a great contributor and supporter of the […]

Bellevue, Ohio – First Bancshares, Inc., the holding company for First National Bank of Bellevue and sole shareholder of First Bellevue Properties, reported a fourth quarter dividend of thirty-three cents ($0.33) per share. The company showed some slight balance sheet decline as deposit balances decreased due to excess liquidity in the market starting to dissipate. […]

Bellevue, Ohio – First National Bank is pleased to announce that applications for our 2023 Customer Scholarship Program are now available. The applicant or the applicant’s parents, legal guardians, or grandparents must be an established customer who has had a relationship with First National Bank for at least 1 year.  The $1,000 scholarships are for […]

Bellevue, Ohio –   Dean Miller, President and CEO of First National Bank announces that David Benavides has joined the Senior Management Team as the Senior Vice President / Chief Lending Officer. “David brings a strong background in commercial and residential lending with customer focused service levels. His addition to our team will allow us to continue […]

Bellevue, Ohio –   Dean Miller, President and CEO of First National Bank is announcing the following staffing change and new hires within the bank: Doug Brisendine has accepted the position of Branch Manager of our Port Clinton Office.  He has been the Assistant Branch Manager for Port Clinton since July of 2021. Doug brings an […]

Bellevue, Ohio –   Dean Miller, President and CEO of First National Bank is announcing the following staff promotions within the bank:       Congratulations to Peter Schwager who has been promoted to Senior Vice President and is assuming the title of Chief Process and Innovation Officer.  In this role, he will continue to supervise […]

Bellevue, Ohio –  Dean Miller, President and CEO of First National Bank is announcing the following new hire within the bank:   Kristine Weiss has joined the Bank as Human Resources Manager. Kristine brings a diverse background of office and Human Resource experience.  She resides in Fremont and is excited to come on board and […]

Bellevue, Ohio – On May 10th, the Board of Directors and Staff of First National Bank cut the ceremonial ribbon celebrating the Grand Opening of our Norwalk Office located at 345 Milan Avenue in Norwalk. “Our main office is located in Huron County, so it is a natural extension for us to open a location […]