COSHOCTON – Leadership Coshocton County Class of 2014 used its class project to raise money to help the Sheriff’s Office purchase bullet proof vests. Part of the fun that evening was watching Mayor Steve Mercer and County Commissioners Gary Fischer and Dane Shryock take pies in the face. The mayor’s wife was gracious enough to […]
COSHOCTON – The Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center is reaching out to veterans in rural areas with its mobile medical unit. “We want to bring VA to where the veterans are,” said Pam Richardson, outreach coordinator for the Columbus VA. The mobile medical unit was in town April 29 at the intersection of […]
WARSAW – The River View High School Music Department will present the new Gershwin musical “Crazy For You” Friday and Saturday, May 2-3, in the high school auditorium. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. The play is about a young man, Bobby, who is from a banking family, but just wants to dance. “They send him […]
Mary Catherine Davis, 76, formerly of Zanesville passed away at 9:15 A.M., Saturday, April 26, 2014 at her home in Conesville where she had resided for the past 30 years. Born February 13, 1938 in Zanesville, she was the twelfth child of fourteen born to the late William and Mary (Wiseheart) Denton. Mary was a […]
COSHOCTON – Spring is slow to unroll this year but a harbinger of the season, the Pomerene Center for the Arts’ Dogwood Festival, begins Thursday, May 1, right on time. For the 29th year, the Coshocton community will come together to celebrate the visual, literary and performing arts. The theme of this year’s Dogwood Festival, […]
COSHOCTON – The Coshocton County Health Department and the Holmes County Health Department in collaboration with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have confirmed one case of measles and are investigating two more suspected cases in the White Eyes area of Coshocton County. The three individuals […]
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Judy Griffith, 70, of West Lafayette passed away Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, at Akron General Hospital. She was born in Coshocton, Ohio on Oct. 4, 1951. Judy worked as a beautician for 35 years before moving on to Precious Treasures for many years before retiring to help watch her grandchildren. Spending time with her grandchildren […]
Cherry LaRue Wilson, 61, of Coshocton, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at OSU James Cancer Center. She was born on May 29, 1960, in Dumas, Arkansas to the late Harry Lee and Georgia Mae (Frazer) Wilson. Cherry worked as the assistant to the Coshocton City Mayor. She loved Coshocton and was very prideful of […]
Susanne “Sue” (Stein) Herrel, 80, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2022 at her residence. Susanne was born March 23, 1941 in Columbus to the late John and Ida (Griffith) Stein. She graduated from Linden McKinley High School in Columbus in 1958. She worked at Nationwide Insurance until her first child was born. Susanne served on […]
Brenda L. Grewell, 60 of Newcomerstown passed away at her residence with her family by her side on Monday January 17, 2022, after an extended illness. Brenda was born on March 22, 1961, to the late William and Nellie Louise (Hammersley) Kemp. She worked several places throughout her life and sixteen years at Lafayette Meadows […]
Dwight Bryl Jenkins, 75, of Coshocton passed away Friday, January 14, 2022 at the Coshocton Regional Medical Center. He was born in Coshocton, Ohio on August 23, 1946 to the late Paul Owen and Juanita May (Hardesty) Jenkins. Dwight was a member of the Coshocton Eagles Lodge and had worked for the Coshocton County Commissioners […]
Helen I. (Theado) Jones, 90, passed away Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021 in West Lafayette, Ohio. She was born Jan. 2, 1931, in Columbus, Ohio to the late John J. Theado and Marguerite (Michael) Snyder. On June 20, 1950, she married her husband of 60 years, John E. Jones, who preceded her in death on Jan. […]
Lyle Lee Ploetz Jr., 63, of Coshocton passed away Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, at his home. He was born in Buffalo, NY on Nov. 1, 1958, to the late Lyle Ploetz Sr. and Harriet (Newell) Guilliams. Lyle enjoyed working on tractors, watching movies and playing video games. He is survived by his daughter, Rosemary Adkins; […]