This year is the Eighth annual Coshocton Sunflower Festival. The festival is held at the Coshocton KOA Holiday on County Road 10. There will be more than 50 varieties of sunflowers over the four-acre field. New this year is family day on Saturday, Aug. 2. Family day includes sunflower and zinnia picking, food trucks, live […]
Rock Coshocton is bringing four days of music, vendors, camping and a motor show to the Coshocton County Fairgrounds Thursday through Sunday, July 24-27. Thursday evening, there will be a free pre-party concert featuring the Filthy Heathens with Devin Henry. A country concert will be the entertainment on Friday featuring Gavin Adcock, Appalachian Outlaw and […]
It has taken four years, but GhostBox Productions, a troupe-based theatre company, has started. The eight member group met through different performance-based activities around Coshocton. The group is comprised of Graham Beaumont, Heath Chaney, Samantha Corbett, Jenna Jordan, Kyle McMullen, Mary McMullen, Percy Wright- Delgado and Kayla Wyers. For the last two years, the group […]
Ryan Cottrell was part of Leadership Coshocton and was looking for a project to suggest to the class. After talking to first responders and others, he realized that a boat ramp on State Route 93 would be a great idea. Even though the leadership class passed on the project, Cottrell looked for support in other […]
Last year, the Coshocton County Board of DD received ARPA grant money that could be used to make the community more accessible to those with disabilities. With that in mind, those grants were used to purchase a large picture communication board and two adult changing tables to be placed at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds. The […]
June 26 was the cool off party at Ridgewood High School in West Lafyette. West Lafayette Mayor Jessie Tubbs said, “Morgan Eckelberry our chief of police and his wife came to us last year and suggested that we have a cool off party and open the fire hydrant and we did it a couple times. We knew […]
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) has planned a Faith on the Field to be held at Newcomerstown High School Stadium on Sunday, June 29 from 9-10 a.m. If it rains, the event will be moved into the high school gymnasium. Nick Johnson from FCA said, “Part of the vision God gave us when we […]
For more than 40 years, the Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival has been held at the county fairgrounds. This year, the festival will be Thursday through Saturday, June 5-7. This is a free event thanks to local sponsors. The festival will include kiddie rides, food vendors, craft booths, musical entertainment, children’s activities, fireworks, night glow […]
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Ralph Eugene Mizer, age 85, of West Lafayette, Ohio passed away on Sunday, July 27, 2025. He was born December 21, 1939 to the late Ralph and Audrey (Hothem) Mizer in Bakersville, Ohio. Ralph, or Gene to his many friends, was a 1957 graduate of Fresno High School. On June 19, 1965, he married Judy […]
Lynda Hartsock, 78, of Coshocton passed away surrounded by her family on Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville. She was born in Kingwood, WV on September 19, 1946 to the late Howard Taylor and Doris (Wilhelm) Smith. Lynda was a homemaker, raising their three daughters and had previously worked for Town and […]
Mary Minnetta Trottman Shipley
Mary Minnetta Trottman Shipley passed away at the age of 93, on July 5, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Sara Miller Trottman, granddaughter of Clay Mowery, Minnetta Geidel Miller, and John L. and Carrie Vensil Trottman. She was a graduate of Coshocton High School, class of 1949 and the Columbus Business School. […]
Wilma G. (Scherer) Banks, My Mom has finally gotten her wish at age 97 on June 3, 2025, she went on to be with the Lord. She was born in Coshocton, Ohio on July 27,1927, to Ray and Edith Donley. She was preceded by her parents, an infant brother William, three other brothers and their wives. Wayne and Louise, Willard […]
Paula Ann Meek, 49, of Coshocton passed away Monday, July 14, 2025 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville. Born March 26, 1976 in Coshocton, Paula is the daughter of the late Rolland Lee Meek and Pauline Kay (Hart) Wilson. Paula will be missed by her significant other Brad Young; step daughter Kayla Swartz of Coshocton; granddaughter […]
Edward Daniels age 62 of Fresno went home to be with the Lord Thursday, July 17, 2025 at the Morrison House, Zanesville. Born February 9, 1963 in Amherst, Ohio, he was the son of the late Edward Daniels and Patricia (Burnworth) Daniels. Edward was employed by Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC. While there, he was a […]
Constance “Connie” Ide, age 79, of Coshocton, Ohio passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at Genesis Hospice Care (Morrison House) in Zanesville, Ohio with family at her side, following a brief but courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at The Free Funeral Home, Coshocton, Ohio with Pastor […]