Ex. 1 2005 Cash Dividend Increase 8-k

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Exhibit 1.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 26, 2005

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT JEAN R. HALE, CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO, COMMUNITY TRUST BANCORP, INC. AT (606) 437-3294.

COMMUNITY TRUST BANCORP, INC., (NASDAQ-CTBI) INCREASES ITS CASH DIVIDEND

The Corporation increased its cash dividend to $0.26 per share, which will be paid on January 1, 2006, to shareholders of record on December 15, 2005. This represents an increase of 8.33% in the quarterly cash dividend.

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc., with assets of $2.8 billion, is headquartered in Pikeville, Kentucky and has 75 banking locations across eastern, northern, central, and south central Kentucky, five banking locations in southern West Virginia, two loan production offices in Kentucky, and five trust offices across Kentucky.