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There is still time to sign up for swim lessons

There is still time to sign up for swim lessons

| July 2, 2024

There is still time to sign up for swimming lessons at Lake Park Aquatic Center. They offer swim lessons for people of all ages and all abilities. Instructor Angie Moses said, they have 150 kids signed up so far but there is room for more. Learn to swim lessons are in 50-minute sessions, ages 6 to […]

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The Rock Ministry Kids host sports event

The Rock Ministry Kids host sports event

| July 1, 2024

The Rock Ministry Kids of Burt Avenue Wesleyan Church hosted a free Sports Day on June 29 at the Himebaugh Lot. The event featured several sports stations offering a choice of basketball, volleyball, soccer, running, cheerleading, wrestling, and football. All children from the community were welcome to play and a sack lunch was provided. “A mixture […]

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Car and bike show benefits Blue Star Mothers

Car and bike show benefits Blue Star Mothers

| July 1, 2024

The fourth annual car and bike show to benefit Blue Star Mothers OH59 was held at Coshocton County Fairgrounds on June 29. Sponsored by the Jon Ianniello Agency & American National Insurance, Robert and Melissa Leist co-organized the show. “This is the first year at the fairgrounds,” Melissa said. “Being at the fairgrounds brings everyone in a little bit […]

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Mildred Jean Popadak

Mildred Jean Popadak

| June 26, 2024

Mildred Jean Popadak, age 74, of Lebanon, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2024. She was born on January 6, 1950, in Dennison, Ohio, to the late Homer and Esther (Eckelberry) Beighley. She was a 1968 graduate of Indian Valley South High School and a 1992 graduate of Warren County Career Center. Mildred worked […]

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Free music and dances to be offered all summer

Free music and dances to be offered all summer

| June 17, 2024

This summer, the community will have plenty of opportunities to gather on the court square or at the artPARK for free music and dancing. The Pomerene Center for the Arts, Our Town Coshocton and the Coshocton Community Band will be offering concerts until fall. Anne Cornell, artistic director for the Pomerene Center, said that last […]

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Wallace wins national champion in weightlifting event

Wallace wins national champion in weightlifting event

| June 14, 2024

When he was a little boy, Cooper Wallace, went to the weight room with his dad to watch football players practice. He said he might have picked up a weight once or twice and really got serious about lifting in seventh grade. The River View High School freshman competed in Baton Rouge, LA on June […]

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Coshocton Community Band excited for summer concerts

Coshocton Community Band excited for summer concerts

| June 11, 2024

For more than 51 years, the Coshocton Community Band has been providing concerts every summer. The band has an amazing concert line-up ready to share with the community this summer. This is Trish Girard’s 26th season with the community band as a percussionist. “We have members who are in high school all the way up […]

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Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival is this weekend

Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival is this weekend

| June 5, 2024

The Coshocton Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds starting Thursday, June 6 and running through Saturday, June 8. The festival is free and parking is available at the fairgrounds. Besides balloon launches, the festival also has kiddie rides, vendors, live music and fair food. The committee would like to […]

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