On Saturday, Dec. 30, the Ridgewood Boys Basketball Booster club will host an alumni game and second annual chicken dinner to benefit the Trevor Griffith Memorial Scholarship Fund. All Ridgewood High School boys alumni are welcome. Player cost is $25, which includes a t-shirt. Teams will be determined based on graduating class. Family and friends […]
Ridgewood High School is celebrating a big milestone this spring. This is the 30th year for the girls’ softball program at the school. Robin Hire was the head coach of the first girls’ softball team. “I started the fast pitch program in the spring of 1993. I was to take 13 dedicated athletes who had […]
The Ridgewood High School Drama Class will present “Stone Soup” this Thursday at 7 p.m. “Stone Soup” is a family-friendly tale that tells the story of two knights who have vanquished a pair of dragons who have been terrorizing a local town. When they arrive in the town of Whisker, they are instant celebrities. However, […]
The Scott Rose Memorial Fund has been established at Park National Bank. Scott was a 1986 graduate of Ridgewood High School and an avid Ridgewood Football supporter and motivator. Scott lost his courageous battle to melanoma on Aug. 22, 2021. As a way to honor and remember him a bronze football will be made with […]
Marching band season has been reduced to playing at home football games only, but that isn’t dampening the spirits of the high school musicians. “They are pretty excited and happy to just see each other again,” said Barry Hardesty, band director at Coshocton High School. “No matter what happens this year if you enjoy the […]
Ridgewood High School senior spring sports athletes didn’t get a chance to wrap up their careers, but their dedication to the orange and black is still being celebrated. Vinyls of the 17 students are now hanging in downtown West Lafayette. The project was coordinated by photographer and Ridgewood teacher Justin Seibert, school and village officials, […]
The gym at Ridgewood Middle School was full of people laughing at staff and students trying to stay on or lead donkeys that had little interest in Donkey Basketball. The event was held Feb. 19 and was a fundraiser for Ridgewood FFA. Jadyn Art is a junior and is the one who set up the […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Nationwide Children’s Hospital will be at Ridgewood High School in the general assembly on Tuesday, Jan. 28, from 6 to 7 p.m. The community is invited to attend the discussion on the differences between normal teenage ups and downs and a mental health concern. Attendees also will learn the warning signs for […]
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Mark A. Mitchell, 63, of Coshocton passed away Monday, June 30, 2025 at his home. He was born in Coshocton, OH on May 9, 1962. Mark attended River View High School and enjoyed listening to heavy metal music and watching wrestling on T.V. Mark is survived by his mother, Sandra (Wilden) Mitchell of Coshocton; siblings […]
Jane E. Moore, 69, of Coshocton passed away on Friday, June 27, 2025 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville. She was born on August 5, 1955 in Coshocton to the late Gene and Helen (Gross) Conrad. On August 5, 1978, she married Richard A. Moore, who survives. She is survived by her husband, Richard A. Moore; […]
Dennis E. Hart, 80, of Warsaw died Thursday, June 19, 2025 at his residence. He was born January 25, 1945 in Coshocton County to the late Harold L. (John) and Edith Pauline “ Polly” (Fry) Hart. Denny worked at Continental Can and American National Can in Mt. Vernon. He retired from Organic Technologies in Coshocton […]
Sandra Gayle “Sandy” (Darner) Minor
Sandra Gayle “Sandy” (Darner) Minor 80, of West Lafayette passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2025 at Genesis Hospital in Zanesville. Born January 22, 1945 in Coshocton, she was the daughter of the late Gail Hamilton and Margaret Elizabeth (West) Darner. On November 12, 1961 she married Robert Wayne “Bob” Minor, Sr. who preceded her in […]
Jeffrey Eugene Phillips, 67, passed away Wednesday, June 25, 2025. He was born Dec. 5, 1957 in Millersburg to the late Alva Eugene and Norma Carol (Reiss) Phillips. He was a 1976 graduate of West Holmes High School. He married Karen (Richards) Phillips on June 3, 1983, who preceded him in death Jan. 25, 2020. […]
Laurene Annette (McBride) Glover
Laurene Annette (McBride) Glover, age 72, of Kileen, Texas passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. She was born June 11, 1953, to the late Glenn and Avanelle (Foster) McBride in Coshocton, Ohio. She was a 1971 graduate of River View High School. That same year, she began attending David Lipscomb University, and eventually earned […]
Alletta E. Leigh, 85, of Coshocton passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2024 at Danbury Assisted Living in Millersburg, OH. She was born in Newcomerstown, OH on August 19, 1939 to the late Homer and Margaret (Randles) Keiffer. Alletta was a member of Coshocton Central Christian Church, AMVETS Post 036, Coshocton Moose Lodge, and VFW Post […]