Coshocton News

COSHOCTON -- A Coshocton man has been accused of organized retail theft and indicted by a grand jury on engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a second-degree felony.

COSHOCTON -- Coshocton Canal Quilters met Nov. 10. Plans are under way for the annual quilt show and signup sheets for the different committees are out.

GLENFORD -- Whether he is talking with inmates at the Southeastern Correctional Institution or visiting people in the hospital, Mark Brown is an inspiration to those going through tough times.

COSHOCTON -- The Coshocton Business and Professional Women met Nov. 16 at the SportZone with 16 Coshocton BPW members and three Guernsey BPW members, Betty Duche, Terri Davis, and Lorena Nelson, in attendance.

An American town has switched off its free Wi-Fi after a single copyright infringement attracted MPAA lawyers.

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.