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 – Former presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson made a stop in Coshocton on Sunday, Oct. 30 at the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Prior to Dr. Carson’s arrival, Pastor Cliff Biggers played the piano and had the audience participate. Dr. Carson received a standing ovation upon his arrival with this wife, Lacena “Candy” Carson and […]
WARSAW – Seniors Kiana Crider and Ian Brinker were selected as the 2016 Homecoming Queen and King for River View and were crowned prior to the football game against Rosecrans on a beautiful fall Friday evening, Oct. 14 at Don Rushing Stadium. Freshmen attendants were Kaitlyn Richard and Timothy Cool, sophomores were Claire Warschauer and […]
COSHOCTON – Extras and actors including Eric Roberts, Brian Bosworth, Kevin Sorbo, the Benham Brothers and well known stuntman Rick Shaw were in Coshocton and specifically at Woodbury Outfitters filming a scene from the movie “Reliant” on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13 and 14. Over 200 extras displayed banners, shouted protests and held mock fights […]
COSHOCTON – The dairy barn at the Coshocton County Fair is filled with the laughter of families that work hard enjoying a well-deserved respite or some homemade food between shows, milking and the cleaning of the pens and the barn. Wednesday the barn picked up a new addition. Pictured is Zeb, a Jersey calf born […]
COSHOCTON – Bill Addy of Plainfield tries to eke out another few feet from his Wheel Horse tractor “Lone Horse” during the Garden Tractor Pull held Tuesday, Oct. 4 at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds. Addy said, “It’s the only true Wheel Horse that’s in the whole bunch. This is all belt drive; everyone else is […]
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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 […]
