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 – Grace UMC Pastor Keith Peachey was the guest speaker at the February meeting of a recently formed county wide men’s group. The group meets on the third Saturday of each month. Pastor Peachey gave each man in attendance a strip of orange hunting cloth and used his passion for hunting dogs and an […]
CHILI – A record crowd attended the sixth annual Tri-County Wing Contest and Wild Game dinner at Chili Crossroads Bible Church on Feb. 21, with several elected officials and business people giving their time to help judge the hot wings contest (by consuming them). Rep. Bob Gibbs was among those in attendance and spoke briefly […]
WEST LAFAYETTE – Family, friends and football coaches shared memories and good natured jibes with each other as Tanner Shaw, a senior at Ridgewood High School, signed his letter of intent to play football at the next level – specifically Cincinnati Christian University under former Bengals star David Fulcher. The 2016 season will be the […]
COSHOCTON – AK Steel accepted the top giver award at the annual United Way of Coshocton County breakfast held early Thursday morning, Feb. 25 at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Employees pictured are: Mike Hill, Rick Ciccone, Tim Rohr, Sue Tubbs, Debbie Pennybaker, Steve Palmer and Troy Balo. AK Steel and employees contributed $49,831.08 to the […]
COSHOCTON – The deadline to purchase tickets or to help sponsor the 27th annual Muskingum Valley Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation Hunting Heritage Banquet is fast approaching. The event will be held Saturday evening, March 5 at the Lake Park Pavilion in Coshocton with doors opening at 4:30 p.m. and dinner at 6 […]
Will he or won’t he? The question on everyone’s mind, of course, or at least a great many of us, is will Payton Manning announce his retirement from the NFL after staging a comeback from injury to lead the Denver Broncos to their third Super Bowl championship. The pundits seem to think so. And Manning […]
Last week this column reported that my face was freezing due to the cold snap that hit our area. Today, not so much. It’s more like an early spring day with temperatures in the low 40s as I write this piece. We’re seven weeks away from spring with nary a wintry mix in sight. Thankfully. […]
The people, businesses and organizations throughout Coshocton County can typically be counted on to deliver when it counts. Last week was no exception as The Coshocton Foundation board of trustees approved a $50,000 donation to the United Way of Coshocton County. This will go a long way towards helping offset the loss of WestRock giving, […]
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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 […]