By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief A famed stunt pilot with local connections died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024 while piloting an airplane during an air show. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman died while flying in the Las Cruces Air and Space Expo in New Mexico. Coleman, 61, was the son of JoAnn (Benedict) Smith of Ludington and the late Thomas Coleman of Ludington.…
SCOTTVILLE — The Mason County Central Band Boosters will hold a bottle and can drive on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon at the high school parking lot. Donors may also make arrangements to have the bottles and cans picked up (schedule at mccbandboosters@gmail.com). ______________ Please Support Local News Receive daily MCP and OCP news briefings along with…
Customers who sign up for the MCP/OCP Daily Briefing will be entered into a drawing to receive free round-trip passage for two on the SS Badger in the 2025 sailing season. For $10 a month, the Daily Briefing is sent each weekday to your email inbox. It includes a recap of all the day’s stories from both Mason County Press…
LUDINGTON — Mason County Sheriff Kim Cole will speak about his recent visits to the U.S. southern border and how the crisis there impacts Mason County during a public forum at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24 at L.F. Peterson Auditorium. Cole had previously spoke at a presentation at Stearns Hotel on Sept. 24. Because of the event’s popularity, it…
The police news is a presentation of Smith & Eddy Insurance, serving west Michigan since 1902, smith-eddy.com. The Mason County Sheriff’s Office handled 11 car/deer crashes over the weekend. The following is recent police activity in Mason County: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024: 4:19 p.m., (Michigan State Police), a 37-year-old Ludington woman was arrested for domestic violence, Federal Forest Road, site…
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