Historic Roscoe Village held the first of its annual Christmas Candlelighting Ceremonies on Dec. 2. The village Christmas tree and candlelighting has been a tradition in the village for 52 years. In the early 1950s the Montgomery Family planted 100 trees on their property at the top of Roscoe Hill. The trees had grown large […]
Historic Roscoe Village held the first of its annual Christmas Candlelighting Ceremonies on Dec. 2. The village Christmas tree and candlelighting has been a tradition in the village for 52 years. In the early 1950s the Montgomery Family planted 100 trees on their property at the top of Roscoe Hill. The trees had grown large […]
Several Coshocton County Career Center students had a wonderful surprise a few weeks ago. After a casual conversation between Sheri Fortune and Mike Cichon, culinary arts teacher at the school, Fortune’s Boot Shop donated around 36 pairs of work shoes to students at the school. Brent Fortune said, “We just thought it would be a […]
Dustin Klein is a Coshocton native, having grown up on his family’s property in Tyndall. He attended Conesville Elementary followed by River View Junior High and High School. His family included parents; two brothers and a sister, and he considers himself “very blessed.” His father worked at Kraft while his mother was a stay-at-home mom, […]
On Monday, Nov. 13 at 6:30 p.m., there will be a meeting at River View Intermediate School, the former junior high, for discussion on consolidation of River View East and River View West Recreation. Anyone interested in being involved is asked to attend, whether you are a current board member or officer in either rec, […]
MVL Girls Soccer Awards were handed out to several River View High School and Coshocton High School athletes. In the big school division offensive player of the year and player of the year went to Alyssa Fox a junior at River View. Big Division MVL First Team honorees for River View were Fox, fellow junior […]
The District 5 Volleyball All-Stars list for Division II includes Player of the Year Haley Balo, a sophomore at River View High School who also earned first team honorees. Second team honors went to River View freshmen Layla Olinger and Kelsie Smith. River View Senior Brittany Henderson was an honorable mention. In Division III Lacey […]
Those of us that are in a certain “age range” will recall the original 1956 movie, “Around the World in 80 Days” starring David Niven as the English inventor Phileas Fogg. The film was remade in 2004 and starred Steve Coogan as the inventor. The film was based on the Jules Verne classic 1873 novel […]
You can choose the wording but regardless of how you want to construct your sentence (I just got chills from thinking about sentence structure in high school) our community is on the move. New construction projects dot the landscape, businesses are opening, expanding, moving to new locations in both the public and private sectors. It […]
That’s what it looked like to me – the Buckeyes maybe ate too much Thanksgiving turkey and stuffing. Brilliant at times, lethargic when it mattered. Apparently TTUN just wanted it more. Serious fans have already crunched all the numbers and know that the Buckeyes still have an outside chance to make the four-team playoff – […]
The Sheriff’s Office investigated 1 Accidents and 6 Complaints. Accidents: Chris Winegar of Coshocton reported a non injury accident in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Complaints: A female reported an assault. A White Eyes Township Trustee reported damage to a property on Township Road 172. Marcia Hardesty of Coshocton reported vandalism in the 400 block of […]
The Sheriff’s Office investigated 0 Accidents and 10 Complaints. Accidents: Complaints: Deputies responded to an overdose in the 500 block of North Oak Street in West Lafayette John Barker of Coshocton reported a stolen vehicle in the 1500 block of Adams Street Muskingum County Job and Family Services reported a sexual abuse case that took […]
The Sheriff Office investigated 5 Accident and 4 Complaints. Accident: Alia Everhart of Coshocton reported a hit skip in the 300 block of South Third Street. Elisha Shaw of Washington Court House was traveling eastbound on US Route 36 and rear ended a vehicle being operated by Fredrick Wachtel of Coshocton Ceicie Rhoades of Blissfield […]
The 18th annual BPW Cake Auction was held in the Frontier Power Community Room on Nov. 4. This year’s theme was the movies. Category’s included a children’s competition the rising star. The youngest baker to enter the competition was 5 and the oldest was 17. Next included most unusual or unique for adults and the people’s […]
The annual Business Professional Women’s Cake Auction will be held Saturday, Nov. 4 at the Frontier Power Community Room on Second Street in Coshocton. This year, the theme is “The Movies.” Cakes can be viewed and voted on from noon to 4 p.m. The auction begins at 4 p.m. Everyone can vote on their favorite […]
Walking through the 4-H displays in the youth building at the Coshocton County Fair this year visitors can see a wide variety of projects ranging from livestock to welding, food, sewing projects, anything is possible. This is the opportunity for 4-H members to show their hard work over the past year. Area clubs were busy […]
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This week’s e-edition of The Coshocton County Beacon is now online. Want to get free mail delivery of the print edition of The Beacon? Request it here!
This week’s e-edition of The Coshocton County Beacon is now online. Want to get free mail delivery of the print edition of The Beacon? Request it here!
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Dustin Lee Rhodes, 35 of Coshocton passed away Thursday, November 30, 2023. He was born in Coshocton, OH on July 15, 1988 to Amy and Robert Darr of Coshocton and Walter Rhodes of Warsaw. Dustin graduated from Coshocton High School and was currently working for McWane Ductile. He was attending Conesville United Methodist Church, enjoyed […]
Gary James Bruce, 72, died Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 at Mercy Hospital in Canton. He was born April 22, 1951 in Gallitzin, PA to the late Russell and June (Melhorn) Bruce. He served in the US Air Force from 1969-1993, retiring as a Master Sergeant. He went on to work at the Dept. of Defense […]
Robert James Stipes, age 84, of Stafford, Virginia, formally of Coshocton, Ohio, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. He was born on July 4, 1939, in Coshocton, to the late Robert M. Stipes and Opal Marie Norman Stipes. Robert graduated from Northern Virginia Community College with an Associates in Business and minored in […]
Walter Michael Mills, age 57, of Fresno, Ohio, passed away suddenly at his home, Monday, November 20, 2023. He was born in Fort Carson, Colorado on February 12, 1966 to Barbara (Justice) Robles. He is survived by three children, Jason (Rachel) Mills of West Lafayette, Ohio, Norman (Kari) Horstmann of Urhichsville, Ohio and Chris (Christina) […]
Rachel Garber, age 89, of Coshocton, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 20, 2023. She was born on October 29, 1934, to the late Donis and Mary Louise (Schott) Foster. On December 9, 1967, Rachel married Kenneth Garber who survives. She was a member of Prairie Chapel Methodist Church and was involved with many church […]
Lawrence E. “Larry” McNamara, 85, of West Lafayette, passed away at Coshocton County Regional Medical Center on Friday November 24, 2023. Larry was born in Uhrichsville, Ohio on November 17, 1938. He was adopted by Charles and Mildred McNamara and was raised by his grandparents, Robert and Cora Chapman in Port Washington, Ohio. He served […]
Alphis “Butch” Murray Jr., 82, of West Lafayette passed away Monday, November 20, 2023 at the Coshocton Regional Medical Center. He was born in Coshocton, OH on April 12, 1941 to the late Alphis G. Murray Sr. and Nellie (Nelson) Murray. Butch had previously worked for Davis Dry Cleaner, Wright Bros Bottling and most recently, […]