Ray Cooney
Ray Cooney was elected president of The Graphic Printing Company in December 2023. He became publisher of The Commercial Review on July 1, 2020, while retaining the title of editor he has held since Dec. 1, 2014. He served managing editor from July 2013 through November 2014, assistant managing editor from November 2005 through July 2013 and sports editor from March 2001 through July 2013.
He earned the most awards of any journalist in Division III in the Hoosier State Press Association Better Newspaper Contest for four consecutive years from 2013 through 2016. His first-place honors this year were for in-depth feature, sports feature, general news photo and video.
In his career he has also won HSPA awards for sports commentary, editorial writing, use of graphics, community service, news writing under deadline pressure, sports action photo, sports feature photo, headline writing, editorial page, profile feature and multiple picture group. He had picked up nine Indiana Associated Press Media Editors awards earlier in the year, including first place for business writing, non-deadline sports story and headline writing.
Cooney was honored with the Indiana High School Athletic Association Distinguished Media Service Award in 2012, and also received the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association Outstanding Baseball Media Award in 2009.
A native of Avon, Ohio, Cooney graduated from St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio) in 1996 and Cleveland State University in 2000. He was the inaugural editor of The Cleveland Stater at CSU, and also worked for The Morning Journal (Lorain, Ohio) and The Chronicle-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) before moving to Jay County.
Cooney lives in Portland with his dog, Scooter.
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Like clockwork
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NEWS
Free resources
With healthcare and government officials recommending Americans stay home as much as possible in order to slow the spread of coronavirus, there are still a lot of options for entertainment.
NEWS
JC adds evening pick-up window
Local schools are continuing to provide more resources to help families during the coronavirus pandemic.
LOCAL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE
Brown has his focus on flexibility
Fort Recovery superintendent praises staff, adds that communication will be key
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Impact continues to expand
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic continued to expand Monday, the day Indiana recorded its first death from COVID-19.
NEWS
Visitation is restricted
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is coming into play, as IU Health imposed extensive visitor restrictions Sunday and students experience their first day of a planned month off of regular classes today.
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UPDATED 1:42 p.m.: Jay Schools to close
Jay Schools will be closed for the next four weeks.
LOCAL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE
Closing and preparing
Fort Recovery schools will be closed beginning Tuesday. Jay School Corporation has released an “initial concept” of how it would handle a potential long-term closure. After-school activities, field trips and extracurriculars have also been suspended for 30 days.
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Virus leads to cancellations
The NBA made news Wednesday when it decided to “pause” the remainder of its season.
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Handled by Huskies
NEW CASTLE — The Huskies’ defense made things difficult early. Their long-range shooting was on point from the start.
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All in for state
Jay County will take three high school teams and three middle school teams to Indianapolis on Saturday for the Indiana VEX Robotics State Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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Flipping excitement
Jay County team expresses enthusiasm following Indiana Bond Bank event
NEWS
Making progress
Construction work at JCHS building is on track for consolidation as junior-senior high in the fall.
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Making progress
New carpet in hallways and locker rooms along the walls account for the bulk of the remaining work left to be done in the area of Jay County High School that will serve junior high students beginning in the fall.
FORT RECOVERY
Project expected to move forward
FORT RECOVERY — A project to construct a new baseball/softball facility is expected to move forward.
JAY COUNTY
Faster times cap swim season
Jay County High School’s top effort was fourth place in a pair of races as the host school placed fifth out of 11 teams in Saturday’s sectional meet.
NEWS
Flip the script
The bond bank is seeking “innovators” for its second Flipping Finance Challenge, an “18-hour design sprint” scheduled for Feb. 28 and 29 at VisionLoft and Market Tower Collaboratory in Indianapolis.
SPORTS
Kenney drops first UFC bout
Jay County High School graduate Casey Kenney suffered his first UFC defeat Saturday, falling by unanimous decision to Merab “The Machine” Dvalishvili in UFC Fight Night 167 at Santa Ana Star Center.
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Delta’s defense stifles Jay County
Delta takes the D in its name seriously.
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Kenney drops first UFC bout
RIO RANCHO, New Mexico — He entered his first two UFC fights as the underdog and came away victorious. He couldn’t extend the streak to three.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Forum will be held on Thursday
It’s not just another meeting. At least, that’s the hope.
NEWS
Rezoning approved
An effort to construct a new cell phone tower in Jay County has cleared its first hurdle.
NEWS
Moving out
Portland’s branch of Indiana Department of Child Services will need to find a new location.
SPORTS
Patriots pushed, place second
With the sectional meet less than three weeks away, it was time for the Patriots to see some top-level competition.
JAY COUNTY
Patriots leave no doubt in blowout
Eliza Bader swam out to a one-second lead on the first leg of the first race.
NEWS
Late flurry
When election filing opened Jan. 8, eight candidates turned in paperwork to run for county offices. In the last 24 hours of filing, six more joined them.
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Patriots outpaced
Winchester averages 72.3 points per game, fourth-highest in the state. Its average margin of victory is nearly 29 points. And it won the regular-season meeting by 21.
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One win away
Kierra Wendel, Val Muhlenkamp and Brooke Kahlig all delivered on foul shots late to help the Fort Recovery High School girls basketball team preserve a 44-36 victory over the St. Henry Redskins.
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FRHS farce
A hero on the run. A woman with a gun. And an ending with a twist.
SPORTS
Bruins run away
The Patriots tallied the first four points. They had a two-point lead at the end of the opening quarter. After falling behind by double figures at halftime, they went on a 12-1 run to close the deficit to four. But, over the course of 32 minutes, they simply couldn’t keep up with one of the highest-scoring teams in the state.
SPORTS
Three win titles
Ethan Reiley fell behind in his championship match. So did Zakk Atkins. Both had the right mindset to mount a comeback.
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Relaxed finale
With a pair of small Giant teams joining them in the pool, the results were never in doubt.
NEWS
Former teacher donates $1.52 million
At a basketball game Jan. 10, Greg LeFevre asked everyone in the gym who had been taught by Ron Shoemaker to stand.
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Short-handed title
The Patriots were without Erica Hathaway, seeded second in two events, to illness. Emma James had to sit out because of an injury. Those absences put a significant dent in their team score. But they still had enough.
NEWS
Coaching contracts terminated
Two women who are facing murder charges have been officially relieved of their duties as softball coaches.
NEWS
Behavioral health unit closing
The inpatient behavioral health unit at IU Health Jay will close — temporarily — at the end of the month.
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Third charged
A third woman is in custody for the murder of a Portland man.
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