Michael C. Hayes, age 70, of West Lafayette, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, November 24, 2024. He was born on November 10, 1954, in Coshocton, to John and Lois (Kinner) Hayes. Mike graduated from Ridgewood High School in 1973 and then worked part-time at the Post Office for several years in Fresno before being transferred […]
Mark Fortune
Mark Fortune, along with his wife Nancy, is the former owner and founder of The Coshocton County Beacon, the highest circulated newspaper in Coshocton County. He has over 40 years in the publishing business with sales, marketing, and journalism experience. After selling The Beacon to the AloNovus Corp., in January 2020, Mark has been a Business Development Strategist with the company. They publish a network of weekly news publications with almost a half million distribution weekly, a quarterly tourism magazine and a digital division. Mark enjoys
history, and has a passion for genealogy, currently researching and discovering his Fortune ancestry. He and his wife Nancy live on a small farm outside of Coshocton.
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Mark’s Musings – February 7, 2018
This will be almost exclusively a sports focused column so if that is not your cup of tea, I apologize in advance. How could it be anything else with the just concluded amazing Super Bowl win by the Eagles and the Olympics starting in South Korea later this week? NBC had stated that if any […]
Huff signs letter of intent for Marietta
WARSAW – River View senior MacKenzie Huff, who suffered a season ending injury early in the basketball season, signed her letter of intent to play basketball at Marietta College on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 24, in the high school library. Huff was surrounded by her friends, family and teammates at the signing. She said, “It feels […]
Local broadcast voice honored at Board of Realtors dinner
COSHOCTON – The Coshocton County Board of Realtors gave out well-deserved awards during their annual Christmas dinner and awards ceremony held at the M Event Centre on Thursday evening, Dec. 7. A nice crowd of realtors, affiliates, lenders guests and friends attended the dinner, which was catered by Schumaker Farms. The holiday spirit of good […]
Nearly 200 participate in annual Turkey Trot
COSHOCTON – Kelly Treat, who organized the Turkey Trot with DK Races & Events business partner Dustin Haywood said, “This is our fourth annual event. We started this as a part of New Life Ministries and the race has now been turned over to DK Races & Events. We are a small town race and […]
Two long serving firemen honored
WARSAW – Volunteer firemen, friends and family members recognized two long serving members of Company 7, Walhonding Valley Fire Department, on Monday evening, Nov. 13 at the fire station in Warsaw. Ernie Norris, number 722, and Chet Beard, number 724, received a round of applause, plaque, sweatshirt and a piece of cake in a surprise […]
County wide levies, city schools permanent improvement levy pass
COSHOCTON – In a nail biting election the Hopewell levy passed by 60 votes in unofficial tallying on Tuesday night, Nov. 7, while the Coshocton Public Library levy succeeded by more than 1,000 votes in the affirmative. Voters also approved several issues for Sunday sales and alcohol sales around the county. State Issue One passed […]
RV boys’ soccer season rolls on
WARSAW – The talent-laden River View boys’ varsity soccer team continued their dominance during the sectional opener against Carrolton on Tuesday evening, Oct. 17 at River View. Garik Snow, with an assist by Blake Ashcraft, hit the first goal at the 35:19 mark and the RV squad never looked back scoring with ease. With a […]
