ELLIJAY, Ga., April 17, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Appalachian
Bancshares Inc. (NasdaqGM:
APAB -
News) today announced it will release
its first quarter financial results on Thursday, May 1,
2008, prior to the opening of the stock market.
The company will also hold a conference call at 11:00 a.m.
ET on May 1, 2008, to discuss its financial results and
strategic initiatives. The conference call can be accessed
by phone at 1-800-860-2442 and by webcast through the company's
website, http://www.apab.com, by clicking on the Investor Relations
section. A replay of the call will be archived on the company's
website for one year.
About Appalachian Bancshares Inc.
The Company is based in Ellijay, Georgia, and is the holding
company of Appalachian Community Bank, a Georgia state-chartered
bank, and Appalachian Community Bank, F.S.B., a federally-chartered
thrift. The Company, through Appalachian Community Bank
(which also operates in Gilmer County, Georgia, under the
trade name of Gilmer County Bank) and Appalachian Community
Bank, F.S.B., provides a full range of community banking
services to individuals and to small- and medium-sized businesses
through its thirteen banking offices, located in Ellijay,
East Ellijay, Blue Ridge, Blairsville, Chatsworth, Dawsonville,
McCaysville, Dahlonega and Dalton, Georgia, and in Ducktown,
Tennessee, and Murphy, North Carolina. The Company's common
stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol
APAB. For more information, please visit the Company's website
at http://www.apab.com.