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 […]
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Free community chili dinner is March 29
The First Baptist Church in West Lafayette will hold a free community chili dinner from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, March 29. The church is located at 688 Main St. in West Lafayette. The menu will be chili, cornbread, applesauce and dessert. Pastor Ben Hartley said the church has held community dinners before. “We had a spaghetti […]

Burt Avenue Wesleyan Church plans community youth sport day
Thanks to the suggestion from Hunter Dunlop, The Rock Ministry of the Burt Avenue Wesleyan Church will be hosting a sports day for all community youth on Saturday, June 29 at the Himebaugh Lot on Seventh Street. The event will be from 9 a.m. to noon. Vickie Davis, leader of The Rock Ministry, said the […]

Pleasant Hill Bible Chapel hosting music group
The congregation of Pleasant Hill Bible Chapel, located at 43440 SR 541 in Coshocton, welcomes the community to join them on Sunday morning, Sept. 24, at 10 a.m. Poised with the task of sharing the Gospel through the ministry of song, The Carriers were formed in 1969. During much of the 1970s into the 80s […]

Community invited to presentation on Prairie Chapel
Everyone is invited to attend Prairie Chapel Methodist Church this Sunday, Aug. 13, at 10:30 a.m. where local historian, Alice Hoover will be portraying Susanna Wesley, the mother of John Wesley (founder of the Methodist Church) and Charles Wesley (a prolific hymn writer). Take a trip back in time and have a glimpse of Susanna […]

Guest singer coming to Prairie Chapel
Pastor Matt Wilson invites the public to attend the Sunday, June 11 service at 10:30 a.m. at Prairie Chapel Methodist Church, 45494 County Road 23, Coshocton, where guest singer Darius McBride will perform. McBride received his music education degree from Malone University in 2016. While at Malone, he studied voice with Dr. Cynthia Wohlschlager and […]

Churches welcome congregations back for Sunday services
For months places have been closed, including churches, and it hasn’t been easy. Dave Boots, pastor of the Coshocton Church of the Nazarene revealed that within the first couple of weeks of the pandemic he was frustrated, “People were getting scared, attendance was going down, and I was getting frustrated.” Similarly, Pastor Mike Jansen of […]

Nazarene Church hosting guest speaker
On Friday, March 13 Joe Morbitzer, superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and former Police Chief of Westerville, will speak at 4 p.m. the Nazarene Church in Coshocton. He will be relating the events from Feb. 10, 2018, when officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering of Westerville Police Department responded to a 911 hang-up […]