Coshocton Mayor Mark Mills delivered his State of the City Address 2024 during the city council meeting held Feb. 18. Good evening, President Hilgenberg, city council members, and all those in attendance, including residents following along through local media. Thank you for your commitment to our city and for the opportunity to address you tonight. […]
Coshocton Mayor Mark Mills delivered his State of the City Address 2024 during the city council meeting held Feb. 18. Good evening, President Hilgenberg, city council members, and all those in attendance, including residents following along through local media. Thank you for your commitment to our city and for the opportunity to address you tonight. […]
Roscoe Village is offering two upcoming weaving classes. A rug weaving class will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 1. Cost is $90 for non-members and $77 for members. Placemat/runners weaving class is 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 8. Cost is $45 for non-members and $38 for members. Both classes are led by master weaver Rami […]
Operation Veterans Helping Veterans will hold its annual golf scramble on Saturday, May 24 at Hickory Flats Golf Course. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Cost is $200 per team and it must be prepaid. There will be a 50/50, door prizes, skins, and mulligans. Hot dogs will […]
On Jan. 12, the Coshocton Elks Lodge held its annual hoop shoot contest in the Coshocton High School gym. The event brought together young athletes to test their free-throw shooting skills. The Elks Hoop Shoot is a national free-throw contest for youth. Participants take 25 attempts, competing in age groups, with winners advancing through local, […]
The Muskingum Valley League released awards for the boys and girls varsity soccer season. River View High School was first in the MVL big school division for varsity boys soccer. Laired Williamson was the defensive player of the year. He also was co-player of the year. Co-coach of the year was River View’s Vince Andrews. […]
Hayden Walters scored the game winning goal with 3:21 to play in the second overtime to lift River View over Worthington Christian 1-0 in the OHSAA Division IV State Soccer Championship. The Black Bears defense dodged bullets all game long, including four shots by Worthington Christian that hit the post. The Warriors outshot the Black […]
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 90-voice Coshocton Community Choir, including auditioned singers from 11 Ohio counties, will share its Christmas concert, “In Endless Light,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8, at River View High School. The concert, including the Coshocton Youth Chorale, The Coshocton Singers, The Roscoe Brass and additional instrumentalists, will feature a selection of sacred choral […]
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 […]
Operation Veterans Helping Veterans will hold its annual golf scramble on Saturday, May 24 at Hickory Flats Golf Course. Registration is at 7:30 a.m. and the shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Cost is $200 per team and it must be prepaid. There will be a 50/50, door prizes, skins, and mulligans. Hot dogs will […]
The United Way of Coshocton County will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 4 p.m. in the basement of Job and Family Services. This gathering will highlight the past year’s accomplishments, recognize key contributors, and discuss future initiatives aimed at strengthening our community. The public is invited to attend to learn more […]
Michaela Savage is a Coshocton County native, born and raised outside of Fresno. A 2019 River View High School graduate, Savage participated in FFA for four years, serving as president her senior year and going on to earn both her state and American degrees. She was a 14-year member of the This-N-That 4-H Club, starting […]
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Vesta M. (Adkins) Norris, 91 of Coshocton passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Tuesday February 18, 2025. Vesta was born in Pedro, OH on January 25, 1934 to the late Floyd Adkins and Lenora (Evans) Adkins, Simmons Berkey. After graduating from Coshocton High School in 1951 Vesta married Dale W. […]
Pauline “Polly” Pepper passed away peacefully on February 17, 2025, just 5 days after her 92nd birthday, with her family by her side. Polly was born on February 12, 1933, in Adams Mills, Ohio where she grew up in the loving home of Charles and Geneva (Stiner) Slaughter, alongside her siblings, and graduated from Conesville High […]
Sally Ann Hall, 81, of Warsaw passed away Sunday, February 16, 2025 at Morrison Hospice House in Zanesville. She was born in Coshocton, OH on March 7, 1943 to the late John T. and Clara Bell (Wolfe) Cain. Sally was a longtime member of the Otsego First Baptist Church and the Coshocton First Baptist Church. […]
Richard “Dick” Carl Hoop, age 77, of Coshocton, passed away on Wednesday, January 29, 2025. He was born on June 5, 1947, in Coshocton, to the late William Hoop and Norma Jean (Grimm) Stanfield. Dick was a master carpenter and mechanic. He also worked at Kraft Foods for many years before retiring. He enjoyed wood […]
Lester “Jim” Kobel, 78, of West Lafayette, OH passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at Oak Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Baltic. He was born in Coshocton, OH on January 27, 1947 to the late Harvey and Mariam (Olinger) Kobel. Jim graduated from Three Rivers High School in 1965, served in the United States […]
Richard Parks, age 72, of Coshocton passed away on February 13, 2025 at his home. He was born on October 11, 1952 to the late James “Budd” Parks and Edna L. (Domer) Almack. He attended Ridgewood High School before starting his job as a truck driver. He would work for Balo Logging, William Albert and […]
Floyd E. Fretague, 87, of Coshocton passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at Lafayette Pointe Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Coshocton, OH on April 1, 1937 to the late Russell and Mary (Morgan) Fretague. Floyd worked at Pretty Products for 42 years before retiring. He is survived by his sister Mary Lou […]