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.
COSHOCTON – Coshocton Redskin senior Andrew Mason scored 11 points in the team’s win over county rival River View on Friday night, Feb. 17 to end his regular season career point total with 1,001 points. Mason said about the accomplishment, “It feels pretty good – it’s been on my mind since the beginning of the […]
COSHOCTON – The Kiwanis Club of Coshocton donated $5,000 to the Save the Coshocton Planetarium Fund and presented the check to Ron Derewecki, who serves as the chairman of the group at the club meeting held on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at the Coshocton Elks Lodge. Pictured are Kiwanis Club Vice-President Denise Shample, Derewecki and Kiwanis […]
COSHOCTON – The 2016 Coshocton County Fair Premium Book cover earned a second place award in the small fair category at the 92nd annual Ohio Fair Managers Association convention held in Columbus this past weekend. The meeting is held to provide fair board directors with updated information and resources for the year. Pictured with the […]
COSHOCTON – The Coshocton County Board of Realtors recognized several of their own at the annual Christmas dinner and awards ceremony held at the M Event Centre on Tuesday evening, Dec. 13. Despite the inclement weather a robust group of area Realtors, lenders, affiliates, guests and friends attended the dinner, which was catered by Schumaker […]
COSHOCTON – The Coshocton Kiwanis Club inducted five new members at the club’s Wednesday, Dec. 14 meeting, held at the Elks Lodge in Coshocton. Left to right: Tom Clark, John Piper, Shana Miller, Brittleigh Smith and Eric Squire. Lyn Mizer is the club President and Sandy Jones is Membership Chair. The club meets each Wednesday […]
COSHOCTON – Coshocton High School’s unforgettable football season came to a close with a 14-33 lose to Coldwater High School on Nov. 26, in the state semifinals in Division V playoff action. Community members came out strong to support CHS in its four game run in the playoffs.
WARSAW – The 59th annual Warsaw Lions Minstrel Show traveled a country road with the title of “Lion Country” this past weekend. Playing to large audiences on Friday evening, Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon the cast clad in jeans, flannel shirts, cowboy hats and boots had the audience in stitches – read that as lots […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Ridgewood High School held football practice under the lights Friday evening, Nov. 4 and then hosted a bonfire for the community to celebrate its OHSAA Division V, Region 19 playoff game against Wheelersburg High School. Unfortunately, Ridgewood lost to Wheelersburg 6-37 on Saturday evening, Nov. 5, at Wheelersburg.
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Dr. John Allen Moore, Ed.D., 91, of Gettysburg, PA., husband of Maria Moore (nee Mendoza), passed away at his home on Monday, November 25, 2024. Born in Dresden, OH on June 17, 1933, he was the son of the late Henry Miles Moore and Allene Davis (nee Howell). He is preceded in death by both […]
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 […]
Gene Leroy Ditsler loved life and lived it to the fullest for nearly 88 years, from his birth on February 8, 1937 in Valparaiso, IN, until his death on November 7, in Granville, OH. Gene grew up loving sports, especially basketball, and though he wasn’t tall enough to play on the high school team, he […]
Richard “Dick” Edwin Unger, born on March 12, 1940, in Coshocton, Ohio, passed away peacefully at his home in West Lafayette, Ohio, on November 22, 2024. He was 84 years old. Richard was a devoted husband to Wanda Grace Hardesty, whom he married on September 9, 1961. Together, they shared 63 wonderful years of marriage. […]
Celia Hazel Oliver, age 91, of Lebanon, Ohio, formerly of Coshocton, Ohio, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2024. She was born in Birmingham, England, on February 27, 1933, to the late George C. and Mabel (Barnatt) Barke and grew up in Sunninghill, England. In January of 1956, Hazel and her husband, Alex immigrated to […]
Audrey Cameron, who would’ve been 90 on the first day of spring, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2024 at Hennis Care Center of Dover. She was born in Flint, MI on March 20, 1935 to the late Roscoe L. And Mildred (Shippey) Hough. Audrey graduated from Northern High School in Flint, MI and worked […]
Kenneth Larry Watson of Coshocton, Ohio, entered into the presence of his Savior on November 19, 2024, at the age of 82, after a courageous battle with dementia. Born on June 21, 1942, in Plainfield, Ohio, Larry was the son of William Max and Anita Mae Watson. He is survived by his devoted wife of […]