
Board leadership elected at First Federal Savings Bank, Evansville
Sharon Walker and Kenan Schultheis were elected chair and vice chair at the bank’s November 2024 meeting.

Sharon Walker and Kenan Schultheis were elected chair and vice chair at the bank’s November 2024 meeting.

First State Bank of Middlebury

WesBanco Bank Inc., Wheeling, West Virginia, was approved to acquire Premier Bank, Youngstown, Ohio, on Feb. 12.

Four IBA-member banks were honored by American Banker magazine as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For in 2024.

GBC Bank, Greenfield, added two new members to its board on Oct. 1, 2024.

First Federal Savings Bank, Evansville, partnered with Gibco Motor Express LLC for a community-driven hurricane relief effort.

Donations were split across four organizations across its service footprint.

Farmers State Bank, LaGrange, donated more than $100,000 across every school in its footprint in 2024 in support of their fine arts programs.

Community First Bank of Indiana, Kokomo, served veterans in the communities of its footprint on Veterans Day.

The Center for Leadership Development and Horizon House received grants from the bank’s Neighborhood Builders® program.

The two organizations became First Bank Midwest effective July 1, 2026.

The bank was founded on June 17, 1876, in downtown Frankfort.

K. Lowell Short Jr. recently retired as senior vice president, chief accounting officer for the Federal home Loan Bank of Indianapolis.

The Indiana Bankers Association is excited to welcome two banks to its membership.