Ray Cooney

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.


HOMEPAGE ROTATING ARTICLES

Huffman resigns

Jay County is without a community developer.

NEWS

Memories discovered

A scrap of paper tucked in a pocket. A short paragraph in vast archives. There’s no telling where an unknown local connection might come from.

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County posts a new record

Cases of COVID-19 have been spiking nationwide. Jay County posted a new high number Tuesday.

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Public spars about JCDC, tourism

Some call for removal, others come to defense of employees.

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500 cases

Jay COVID rates continue to increase with 100 new cases in the last six days.

NEWS

Celebrating 25

Help wanted: Community foundation director. It was a newspaper ad in September 1995 that drew Doug Inman’s attention.

NEWS

James retiring as clerk-treasurer

REDKEY — The town will be looking for a new clerk-treasurer.

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Formal school policy now in place

A week after Jay School Board passed a resolution authorizing superintendent Jeremy Gulley to formalize COVID-19 exclusion protocols, those policies are now in place.

NEWS

GOP rolls in Jay

The early voting results told the story.

NEWS

Reitz earns seat on school board

In the lone contested race for Jay School Board, voters had a pair of former Jay Schools employees to choose from.

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County backed president 75-25

Nationwide results of the presidential election were still up in the air this morning. But there was no question who Jay County supported.

LOCAL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE

Jay posts 30 new cases

Jay County posted a single-day case record Wednesday.

SCHOOLS

Schools provide COVID info

Jay School Board took the opportunity Thursday to provide some COVID-19 clarity.

SPORTS

Late takedown helps Kenney get UFC win

Jay Co. graduate beats Wood, cashes in as fight of the night.

NEWS

Speechless honor

Ellis earns Lifetime Achievement Award, Houck wins for Citizen of the Year.

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Kenney to fight tonight

Casey Kenney is no stranger to getting ready quickly.

NEWS

Virtual funding

E-learning came to Jay Schools for the first time in 2019, an effort to save days of classes lost to inclement weather. In March it became a necessity because of coronavirus pandemic shutdowns. Now, it’s a way of life.

NEWS

300 cases

Jay County has reached the 300-case mark.

ELECTION

Campaign sign complaint dismissed

Complaints against two school board candidates about improper signs were dismissed at a Jay County Election Board hearing Thursday.

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DAV out as event sponsor

An event this weekend will be held as scheduled. But it is no longer affiliated with the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV).

SCHOOLS

School board gives approval

Budget is $39 million, teachers get 4% raise.

NEWS

Candidate commentary

Educational programs, infrastructure and health care were among the issues addressed by candidates in a forum Thursday night.

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Contract includes 4% raises

Jay School Corporation teachers will likely be getting the largest raise they’ve received in at least four years.

LOCAL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE

Rate of cases is increasing

Cases of COVID-19 in Jay County are growing at a faster rate than at any time during the ongoing pandemic.

SPORTS

Jay delivers October surprise

MUNCIE — In politics, there’s often talk of an October surprise, an unexpected development that can shift an election.

NEWS

Dunkirk will get a new police vehicle

DUNKIRK — The city will get a new police vehicle.

NEWS

Grant will be used to develop strategy

Foundation will target county’s key issues.

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Massive mural

DUNKIRK — Drivers headed south on Main Street through Dunkirk for years saw a crumbling wall that remained from a downtown building that had been demolished.

BUSINESS

JCDC approves budget

Meeting for the first time in eight months, Jay County Development Corporation did some catching up.

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Kenney’s kicks batter Alateng

Jay Co. native dominates his way to fourth UFC victory.

NEWS

Early voting opens Tuesday

It’s time to vote.

NEWS

Reitz, Wellman seek board seat

Three Jay School Board seats are up for election this year. The lone contested race features two former Jay Schools employees.

LOCAL CORONAVIRUS COVERAGE

First death

Jay’s 1st COVID fatality confirmed.

NEWS

Digging in

After years of fundraising, Arts Place’s renovation and expansion project gets underway

NEWS

In need of heroes

United Way of Jay County launches annual campaign.

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Jay Co. rate drops to 4.8%

Unemployment is back below 5%.

NEWS

Schools update COVID plan

With new guidance from the state, Jay School Corporation updated its plan Monday for responding to changes in the level of community spread of COVID-19.

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Ready to turn

Jay County’s second wind farm is ready to begin generating electricity.

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Garment grail

Museum of the Soldier for decades had a letter from the United States War Department thanking the company for its efforts making coveralls and shirts for the World War II effort. But the clothing items themselves had eluded the museum’s benefactors.

NEWS

Democrats choose Quakenbush

To fill the vacancy Terri Taylor left, local Democrats chose one of her former fellow council members.

NEWS

Jones back in Jay County

A Redkey man charged with murder is back in Jay County.

JAY CIRCUIT COURT

Boyd is formally charged

A former local law enforcement officer has been formally charged with murder.

NEWS

Board hires staff, adjusts policies

The school year is here, almost.

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Recovery recovers

ROCKFORD, Ohio — If there was any question as to whether or not the Indians had moved on from their disappointing loss to the Flyers last week, it was answered by halftime Friday.

SCHOOLS

Ready to return

Students in Jay County have been away from schools for nearly six months. That long hiatus will end Wednesday.

NEWS

Spruced signs

Albany’s Drew Powers cleaned up area around Dunkirk signs for Eagle Scout project.

NEWS

Murder trial is moved again

Stephen case now slated for January.

NEWS

Grill opens

Johnsons’ dream became a reality with Monday kick-off in Dunkirk.

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Rusty challenge

Long-idle Fairbanks Morse engine had all of the elements to attract Howell’s attention.

NEWS

Contract awarded

Limberlost will handle Arts Place project; work is slated to begin in the next 60 days.
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