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WesBanco Trust & Investment Services Offers Interest-Free Home Loans through the Laughlin Plan

04/01/2026

A large family home with green shingles and stone siding sits on a slightly elevated, well manicured lawn in a residential neighborhood.

WesBanco Trust and Investment Services, the wealth management department of WesBanco Bank, Inc., is pleased to again provide interest-free loans to qualifying families living in Ohio County, West Virginia. Since its inception in 1952, the Laughlin Trust, established by the late Wheeling philanthropist, George A. Laughlin, has been used by WesBanco to provide these interest free loans annually through the Laughlin Plan. The eligibility requirements for the Laughlin Plan include:

  • Resident of Ohio County, West Virginia
  • The head of a family (single or two-parent)
  • One or more dependent children living at home
  • Employed (full or part-time)
  • Financially able to make monthly payments
  • Not presently owning a home or unable to purchase a home through a conventional mortgage

Completed applications must be returned with a postmark before midnight on April 30, 2026. While all applications will be considered for the Laughlin Plan program, the number of applicants usually exceeds the number of Laughlin Loans available. Those applicants who are not chosen can be evaluated, with their approval, for other mortgage programs for which they may qualify. For additional information about the Laughlin Plan program, please contact Jennifer Ealy, Trust Accountant for WesBanco Trust & Investment Services at 304-234-9451 or laughlinloans@wesbanco.com.