Lafayette News

Coshocton County Sheriff's Office Justice Center June 27 Total inmate population, 60; males, 51; females, 9. June 28 Total inmate population, 58; males, 49; females, 9. June 29 Total inmate population, 56; males, 47; females, 9. Accidents June 21 Billie Bryan, 34, 607 S. 16th St., reported hitting a deer on Cambridge Road.

COSHOCTON - Way-Mist Feed has organized the second of its Win Your Own Quarter Horse Weanling contest.

COSHOCTON - A card shower is being held for Thurman Rausch, who will celebrate his 90th birthday on July 3. Cards can be sent in his name to 22957 Ohio 751, West Lafayette, OH 43845.

Coshocton County Sheriff's Office June 22 Total inmates, 61; males, 53; females, 8. Accidents June 21 Chree R. Glass, 18, of 27531 Township Road 47 and Brian D. Scheetz, 25, of 1230 Kenilworth Ave.

June 17 Total inmates, 53; males, 47; females, 6. Accidents June 15 Vincent Eugene Welling, 19, of 808 Main St.

Coshocton County Sheriff's Office June 14 Total inmates, 50; males 45; females, 5. Accidents June 13 Branden R. Miller, 24, of 2113 S. 10th St.

Lima Convelescent Home employees recently turned their losses into gains for Our Daily Bread soup kitchen.

Coshocton County Sheriff's Office June 9 Total inmates, 47; males, 42; females, 5. Accidents June 8 Tommy James Dreher, 41, of 52335 County Road 16, West Lafayette, and Michael D. Patterson, 42, 45688 Township Road 290, collided on South Seventh Street as Dreher backed out of a driveway.

What adds to the fun of this job are the interesting tidbits you learn from the people who call, write or stop by.

WEST LAFAYETTE - The 45th Mid-Ohio Invitational golf championship will be played June 27-28 at the Hickory Flat Greens Golf Course in West Lafayette.

Elizabeth Sarah Butch, age 83, of 409 North St., Beloit, died at 12:17 p.m. on Tuesday, May 5, at Alliance Community Hospital.

DRESDEN - A Singspiration with Linda Weber will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at Chalfant Church.

Spring has sprung and that means sprucing up. Volunteers did just that throughout the county Saturday.

COSHOCTON - Coshocton High School's Color Guard is holding a gas raffle to raise funds to purchase new equipment.

Coshocton County Sheriff's Office Justice Center April 17 Total inmate population, 45; males, 40; females, 5. Accidents Celia Johnson, 17, 316 N. Eighth St., hit a vehicle being driven by Mary Lou Matthews, 62, 740 Orange St.

Police calls as of 2:45 p.m. April 14 from Allen County Sheriff's Office and the Lima Police Department: 100 block of West Sugar Street, Lafayette - Early Monday, a man reported someone broke into his house and took items.

Quite frankly, the ol' desk is a mess, which is amazing given how clean it was when the week began.

WEST LAFAYETTE - Howard B. Pritts, 78, of 205 N. Kirk St., West Lafayette, Ohio, passed away on Sunday, March 29, 2009, at Regency Manor Nursing Home in Columbus, Ohio.

Call me crazy, but I love the music of Easter. In fact, I'm going out on a limb and confessing that I enjoy the music of Easter even more than I like the carols of Christmas.

Police calls as of 2:00 p.m. April 6 from Allen County Sheriff's Office and the Lima Police Department: 6400 block of East Lincoln Highway, Beaverdam - Early Monday, a man reported someone drove off the road and damaged his mailbox.