Coshocton News

COSHOCTON -- A Tuscarawas County man has brought a taste of Texas to Coshocton. As he meets the goal of a lifetime today, Jim Wickiser and his family are a little nervous.

COSHOCTON - A test has determined that a former patient at Coshocton Hospital had the H1N1 influenza virus.

If you can't make it to the regional final games Friday and Saturday night, keep up to date with the games on our Web site.

COSHOCTON - The county's budget remains about $300,000 short of its projections for the year.

COSHOCTON -- An appeals court upheld the five-year sentence a Warsaw man received for the March 2008 death of Sam Rivera.

Addy will go for State "Trooper of the Year". The Commander of the Marion Post of the Ohio State Patrol Lieutenant Chuck Jones tells WMRN news Trooper Benjamin Addy has been selected as the "Trooper of the Year" for the Marion and Bucyrus Districts.

ZANESVILLE - Ohio Highway Patrol Trooper Trenas M. Weaver's peers have voted him Trooper of the Year for the past three years.

The Coshocton County Health Department will be administering the H1N1 vaccine Thursday.

NEWARK -- Few people would want to scrub dried blood off mattresses and walls after a homicide, but it's just another day at the office for Ron Lillibridge.

PLAINFIELD - A grass fire raged through strip mine area west of Plainfield Monday with no structure damages or injuries.

COSHOCTON -- It's been 23 years since the 911 dispatch center was installed at the Coshocton County Sheriff's Office.

DRESDEN: Robert Ira Wilcox, 77, of Dresden, died at 1:24 p.m. Tuesday November 10, 2009 following a brief illness.

Coshocton will sell advance tickets for its Division IV regional semifinal against Amanda-Clearcreek, at 7 p.m. Saturday at Zanesville High School.

Coshocton High School is hosting the annual ECOL Cheerleading Championships on Saturday.

COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Department of Health has awarded more than $645,000 in grant funding to the Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department, Coshocton Health Department and Genesis Health Care System, State Rep.

ZANESVILLE -- Ohio Championship Wrestling, based in Coshocton, is finishing its year with its second show in Zanesville, and they'll be going out with a bang.

ZANESVILLE -- Coshocton High School sophomore Michelle Gamble, 15, took the first step Sunday on what hopefully will be a long modeling career as she took part in the Fresh Face Model contest at the Colony Square Mall in Zanesville for the first time.

COSHOCTON -- A bench warrant has been issued for a Roseville man who failed to appear for sentencing in Coshocton County Common Pleas Court this week.

For the fourth time this season, a 300 game was rolled at the Coshocton Bowling Center.

COSHOCTON -- The Coshocton Historical Club will meet at 1 p.m. Monday at the home of Bee Lehner for a luncheon and program.