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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Both offers came in at more than $13.5 million as Portland Board of Works on Thursday opened bids for a portion of the city’s work that is required as part of its agreed order Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Getting physical
Patriots show strength in fighting off Woodlan
Jay County High School’s boys basketball team survived a tumultuous third quarter and came out strong in the fourth to put away the Woodlan Warriors 55-42 in the Allen County Athletic Conference opener Friday night.
Contract, increase approved
Board OKs contract with teachers, raises for admin, support
Jay School Board on Monday approved its contract with Jay Classroom Teachers Association, memorandums of understanding with administrators and support staff, and pay increases for substitutes.
WJCC to celebrate
Hardwick will be featured speaker for open house
Pam Robbins, West Jay Community Center’s administrator, visited Dunkirk City Council on Monday to report that the facility will host an open house beginning at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8.
Regional finish
JCHS runners close season at meet in Fort Wayne
Alexis Sibray’s 112th-place finish in a field of 246 girls led the way for the Jay County High School cross country trio during the regional meet host by New Haven on Saturday at The Plex.
Plan reviewed
Document lays out five-year capital improvement schedule
Jason Clearwaters of engineering firm Butler, Fairman & Seufert gave a brief overview of the plan during the board’s meeting Wednesday, with few changes from previous versions.
Process paused
Board will give commission time to work on plan for building
Local officials made clear that something needs to be done about the former Hunt’s building. But demolition is not imminent, yet.
Tentative agreement detailed
School board will vote on salary increases Oct. 23
Jay School Corporation and its teachers have reached a tentative agreement, which calls for average raises of 7.5%.
Heritage goes heavy
Visitors shifted to running game for 12-play, 61-yard drive that put them in firm control against Jay early in the second half
In the annual battle of the Allen County Athletic Conference’s Patriots, Heritage’s 12-place, 61-yard drive that lasted nearly seven minutes to open the second half put it in firm control as it handed Jay County High School’s football team a 28-6 defeat.
Dirksen drops sectional final
Senior’s season ends in individual championship match
MUNCIE — Thirty-seven members of the Dirksen family were together Thursday night.
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