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.
COLUMBUS – At the conclusion of the meeting on Sunday, Jan. 10, Coshocton County’s own Bob Buxton was elected to the post of president for the Ohio Fair Managers Association in a unanimous vote by 95 delegates, which represent the 95 county and independent fairs held throughout Ohio. Darrel Cubbison of Muskingum County was the […]
COLUMBUS – Coshocton County Fair Board President Kim Wells received an award for second place in the small fair category for Fair Printed Promotion Miscellaneous at the 2016 Ohio Fair Managers Meeting held last week in Columbus. Pictured at right is new Ohio Fairs’ Queen Mary Buehler from Shelby County. 2015 Coshocton County Junior Fair […]
It was another disappointing year. No, I am not talking about your Christmas gifts and the fact that you received a package of tee shirts instead of the new boat or car that you really wanted. Now, if someone cared enough to get you the extra tall version of tee shirts, then good for you. […]
COSHOCTON – Dave Lauvray has changed oil, replaced brakes and repaired just about anything else that needed fixing on vehicles of all types for 52 years. He is pictured here checking the tire pressure on one of the final vehicles he had on the rack on Wednesday, Dec. 30. He said there were lots of […]
Let’s hope this finds you recovering from Christmas Day – it was all that you wished it would be – and that you’re looking forward to a Happy and blessed New Year. We thought the front page photo would give you a chuckle. Sometimes we need to reflect on what The Beacon is all about. […]
COSHOCTON – Awesome! That’s what these girls said about the final candle lighting of the season that they attended on Saturday evening, Dec. 19 at Roscoe Village. Beloved resident and long-time promoter of Coshocton Lewis “Pooch” Blackson was the honorary candle lighter at the event. Left to right are Lilah Laaper, Maggie Laaper and Jillian […]
Global warming? Climate change? One year does indeed make a difference. Remember last year? Cold, snow, cold, snow, more cold and more snow. We certainly weren’t thinking that last year were we? But now that temperatures have been consistently above average – in fact, quite a bit above, we are perhaps thinking about a warming […]
All of the political fervor is now focused on the terrorism threat and for good reason it would seem. With an attack now in our own country we have joined the likes of France, England and Yemen with attacks by ISIS or ISIS connected terrorists. It is a somewhat daunting task – I think – […]
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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 […]