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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  September 14, 2005
                                                 --------------------


                              PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Ohio                        0-16772                31-0987416
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(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)                                   Identification No.)


           138 Putnam Street, P.O. Box 738, Marietta, Ohio 45750-0738
           ----------------------------------------------------------
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


                                 (740) 373-3155
              ----------------------------------------------------
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
                         -------------------------------
                         (Former name or former address,
                          if changed since last report)


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

[ ]   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under
        the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ]   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
        the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the
        Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ]   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the
        Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


<PAGE>


Item 8.01.  Other Events.
------------------------

          On September 14, 2005, Peoples Bancorp Inc. ("Peoples Bancorp") issued
a news release (the "Release") announcing that effective January 1, 2006, David
B. Baker, President of Peoples Financial Advisors and Peoples Insurance Agency,
Inc., will assume a non-executive role as Senior Financial Advisor of Peoples
Financial Advisors, a division of Peoples Bancorp's subsidiary Peoples Bank,
National Association ("Peoples Bank"). In this new role, Mr. Baker will be
responsible for directly serving clients' financial planning needs and other
special projects. Effective January 1, 2006, Mr. Baker will no longer serve as
an Executive Vice President of Peoples Bancorp or Peoples Bank.

          In the Release, Peoples Bancorp also announced that David T. Wesel,
who currently serves as a Vice President of Peoples Bank and Sales Manager of
Peoples Financial Advisors, has been appointed to the position of President of
Peoples Financial Advisors effective January 1, 2006 and that Mr. Wesel will
also become an Executive Vice President of Peoples Bancorp and Peoples Bank
effective January 1, 2006. Mr. Wesel is the son of Joseph H. Wesel, Chairman of
the Board of Peoples Bancorp.

          In the Release, Peoples Bancorp also announced that Mark F. Bradley,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Peoples Bancorp and Peoples Bank, will
also assume the role of President of Peoples Insurance Agency, Inc. effective
January 1, 2006.

          A copy of the Release is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as
Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
---------------------------------------------

         (a) through (c) Not applicable

         (d) Exhibits:The following exhibit is filed with this Current Report on
             Form 8-K:


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Exhibit No.        Description
-----------        --------------------------------------------
     99            News Release issued by Peoples Bancorp Inc.
                   on September 14, 2005


                  [Remainder of page intentionally left blank;
                          signature on following page.]


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                                    SIGNATURE


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          PEOPLES BANCORP INC.


Dated:  September 16, 2005        By: /s/ MARK F. BRADLEY
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Mark F. Bradley
                                          President and Chief Executive
                                          Officer




<PAGE>


                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

                           Current Report on Form 8-K
                            Dated September 14, 2005

                              Peoples Bancorp Inc.





<PAGE>


Exhibit No.        Description
-----------        --------------------------------------------
     99            News Release issued by Peoples Bancorp Inc.
                   on September 14, 2005




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                                   Exhibit 99


                    PEOPLES BANCORP INC. - P.O. BOX 738 - MARIETTA, OHIO - 45750
                                                          www.peoplesbancorp.com


NEWS RELEASE


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    Contact:    Mark F. Bradley
---------------------                                President and CEO
September 14, 2005                                   (740) 373-3155

                     PEOPLES BANCORP INC. ANNOUNCES UPCOMING
                          EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT CHANGES
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         MARIETTA, Ohio - Peoples Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: PEBO) today announced
that effective January 1, 2006, David B. Baker, President of Peoples Financial
Advisors and Peoples Insurance Agency, Inc., will assume a non-executive role as
Senior Financial Advisor of Peoples Financial Advisors, a division of Peoples
Bancorp's subsidiary Peoples Bank, National Association ("Peoples Bank")
dedicated to serving clients' investment, trust, and retirement planning needs.
         "Dave Baker has been a strong contributor to the success and growth of
our company," said Mark F. Bradley, President and CEO of Peoples Bancorp. "In
the last 5 years, Peoples Bancorp's revenues from investment and insurance
operations have tripled to over $12 million on an annualized basis."
         In his new role, Baker, 59, will be responsible for directly serving
clients' financial planning needs and other special projects. Effective January
1, 2006, Baker will no longer serve as an Executive Vice President of Peoples
Bancorp or Peoples Bank.
         Baker began his career in 1974 in Peoples Bank's Investment and Trust
Division (now Peoples Financial Advisors). Since 2000, Baker has also served as
President of Peoples Insurance Agency, Inc., a full service insurance agency
offering health, life, and property and casualty insurance to clients. Effective
January 1, 2006, Mark Bradley will assume the role of President of Peoples
Insurance Agency, Inc.
         "Dave recently expressed an interest in lesser executive management
responsibilities, and his new duties in Peoples Financial Advisors will allow
him to do what he does best: serve the financial planning needs of many of our
clients," said Bradley.
         Peoples Bancorp has appointed David T. Wesel, Vice President, to the
position of President of Peoples Financial Advisors effective January 1, 2006.
Wesel, 44, has served as Sales Manager of Peoples Financial Advisors since 2004
and has previous experience at a regional brokerage firm. Effective January 1,
2006, Wesel will become an Executive Vice President of Peoples Bancorp and
Peoples Bank.
         Wesel has 20 years experience in executive management and sales
administration. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University and earned an MBA
from Ohio University in 1997. More recently, Wesel successfully completed all of
the requirements to be a Certified Trust Financial Advisor through the Institute
of Certified Bankers. Wesel is also the son of Joseph H. Wesel, Chairman of the
Board of Peoples Bancorp.
          "I am confident David Wesel will be prepared to take on the next level
of leadership in our company," summarized Bradley. "I look forward to seeing
more positive changes as we execute on our strategies to deliver quality
financial products and services to our clients."
         Peoples Bancorp Inc., a diversified financial products and services
company with $1.8 billion in assets, makes available a complete line of banking,
investment, insurance, and trust solutions through 50 locations and 34 ATMs in
Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Peoples Bancorp's financial service units
include Peoples Bank, Peoples Financial Advisors (a division of Peoples Bank)
and Peoples Insurance Agency, Inc. Peoples Bancorp's common shares are traded on
the NASDAQ national market under the symbol "PEBO", and Peoples Bancorp is a
member of the Russell 3000 index of US publicly traded companies. Learn more
about Peoples Bancorp at www.peoplesbancorp.com.

                                 END OF RELEASE
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