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 – More than 50 members and friends of the Roscoe United Methodist Church enjoyed a brief lunch and conversation following the Sunday morning worship on April 10 before launching into a full scale effort to help stop hunger in the world. The church partnered with Stop Hunger Now, an organization that is based in […]
COSHOCTON – The 2016 Coshocton County Dairy Banquet was held April 8 at the Coshocton County Career Center with a Swiss steak dinner served by Marilyn Wyler and members of the Fresno United Methodist Church. Kevin Lowe serves as president of the county dairy service unit and the group of many volunteers generated $13,200 at […]
Forsythia myth that it snows three times after they bloom – 1, humans that don’t believe in said myth – 0. I don’t see two more snows coming but I didn’t see Saturday’s coming either – until it covered the lawn. Oh, the lawn. The lawn that is not yet mowed. Got the blades sharpened […]
COSHOCTON – The 28th annual Edward E. Montgomery Jr. Piano Competition was held on Sunday evening, April 3 at the Triple Locks Theatre with four student finalists competing in the junior division. Pictured from left are: Claire Killiany, who performed Waltz, Op. 64, No. 1 by Chopin; Leah Brinker, who performed The Horseman, Album for the […]
COSHOCTON – Advantage Tire & Audio has been serving the community for almost two years at 19970 County Road 6 in Coshocton. Owners Randy and Julie Leist strive to offer the community a wide array of products for cars, trucks, commercial vehicles, trailers, boats, ATV’s, motorcycles, Ag equipment and lawn mowers. The business carries all […]
There is a box of Peeps® – apparently this is a much bigger deal than I thought – sitting on our kitchen counter. Their hurtful little dots of eyes stare up at me wondering, “Why, why?” did you attack us, the poor little defenseless puffs of yellowy goodness that we are they quip. Further research […]
COSHOCTON – Employees of the SportZone in Coshocton removed the signs announcing a scheduled March 31 auction of the property on Friday, March 11. Signs have also been removed from four other properties in Coshocton that are also scheduled to be auctioned on the 31st. The auction has been ordered by Franklin County Common Pleas […]
COSHOCTON – Following a lively session of questions and answers at a special committee meeting in Coshocton City Council chambers on Thursday evening, March 17, members of city council voted unanimously to go with the Kimble option for refuse removal in the city of Coshocton. Jackie Salmans was excused and all six members of council […]
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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 […]