Community Columns
The 90-voice Coshocton Community Choir, including auditioned singers from 11 Ohio counties, will share its Christmas concert, “In Endless Light,” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8, at River View High School. The concert, including the Coshocton Youth Chorale, The Coshocton Singers, The Roscoe Brass and additional instrumentalists, will feature a selection of sacred choral […]
With Coshocton and River View represented girls and boys, you can be proud of our local track and field athletes that earned a trip to Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus for the state track meet held this past weekend. For Coshocton, senior Nicki Carling finished sixteenth in the girls 100 meter dash. Way to […]
I like history, but I’m not very good at retaining the details. I have to really concentrate on remembering all the names, dates and places. You can probably guess then that my Leadership Coshocton County history day was a whirlwind of facts. However, there was one story among the many we heard that made an […]
FRESNO – The “harvest” has long been a time of celebration. Harvest marks the end of a season with the hard physical labor of bringing in the corps and with most of the canning and preserving done for the coming winter months ahead, it is truly a time to celebrate. Actually our modern school year […]
FRESNO – Regardless if you sit them on your front porch for Halloween or bake them into pies as a Thanksgiving staple, pumpkins are an autumn favorite and fall tradition. Ohio is one of the leading pumpkins producers in the US and the vendors at the Fresno Farmers’ Market are no exception. Despite the dry […]
FRESNO – The sounds of the grandstand, the roar of the crowd, bright lights, carnival games and rides, harness racing, smells of cotton candy, corn dogs and elephant ears…..it can only mean one thing! The Coshocton County Fair is in full swing! Many of your Fresno Market vendors are contributors to the fair with their […]
I’ve never really considered myself a leader. I always thought I was too quiet and not outgoing enough. This weekend I found out it’s not true. I started my Leadership Coshocton County journey with a retreat at Salt Fork. I was a little; okay well a lot nervous at first. I’ve never really enjoyed group […]
With the fall harvest coming in from field and orchard, ones thoughts turn to pumpkins, gourds, pears, plums, apples, and cider. When you think of apples, you have to recall of our area’s legendary Johnny Appleseed, whose story spans generations. Many may think or assume that Johnny Appleseed was a myth or fairytale, when in fact his […]
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Daniel “Dan” Bruening, 73, of Coshocton passed away Sunday, January 19, 2025 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in St. Petersburg, FL on May 5, 1951 to the late Raymond and Olga (Olsavsky) Bruening. Dan was a graduate of West Geauga High School and Kent State University. He worked at Edmonts […]
Larry Lee Bailey, affectionately known as Beetle, passed away on January 14, 2025, at the age of 87 in Canton, Ohio. Born on December 20, 1937, to Fred Bailey and Pauline Hite Bailey, Larry spent his life dedicated to helping others who crossed his path, both through his work and personal life. Larry proudly served […]
Betty D. Bratton, 93, of Coshocton, passed away at her home on January 19, 2025 surrounded by her family. Betty was born in Pulaski, VA, to the late Robert and Hazel (Kane) Via on January 10, 1932. Betty graduated from Pulaski High School in 1950. On December 22, 1951, she married the love of her […]
Jeannie Renee Jacobs, age 54, of Coshocton, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2025. She was born on September 16, 1970, in Coshocton to the late Clarence Wright Jr. and Sherry (Bryant) Shivers. On May 26, 2001, she married Robert “Rob” Jacobs who passed away on August 24, 2020. Jeannie was an amazing mother, grandmother, […]
Marjorie E. Lessig passed away on Friday, January 17, 2025 at Altercare of Coshocton. Marge was born on March 25, 1940 to the late Harvey and Alice Gatchel in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. She graduated from Salem High School and Riverside White Cross School of Nursing. She was a dedicated Hospice volunteer for 30 years and […]
Emma Jean Brown, age 97, of Coshocton passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, January 13, 2025. She was born in Guernsey County on September 3rd, 1927, to the late Bion and Blanche Larrick. Jean was a 1945 graduate of Sarahsville High School, Sarahsville, Ohio. She then moved to Coshocton, Ohio and married Gerald […]
John R. Unger, 75, of Coshocton, passed away at Coshocton Genesis Medical Center on Monday January 13, 2025. John was born in Coshocton on April 27, 1949, to the late Robert and Lawanda E. (Williamson) Unger. He graduated from Coshocton High School in the class of 1967, served in the Army National Guard and retired […]