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Old Fashioned Farmers Days showcases antique tractors
VAN WERT—Rain showers early Thursday afternoon resulted in a slow start to the first day of Old Fashioned Farmers Day on July 4th at the Van Wert County Fairgrounds, but organizers weren’t too concerned. The event, now in its 48th year had simple beginnings.
Flight of fancy: Analysis of hippos’ run reveals they can fly…briefly
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A recent study from London has come to a conclusion that you might believe, well, when pigs fly: Hippos can fly. Now, before you go and add flak cannons to your home in case Fiona and Fritz down in Cincinnati decide to strafe you, keep in mind that their “flight time” […]
Softball Player Catches Pitch and Spins Around to See Marine Uncle Has Returned From Deployment
An 11-year-old catching a pitch during her softball game turned around to discover her Marine uncle standing behind home plate after returning from deployment. The post Softball Player Catches Pitch and Spins Around to See Marine Uncle Has Returned From Deployment appeared first on Happilynews.com.
How Holocaust Education Took Jodi Elowitz From MN To Cincinnati To Working For Ohio
As Jodi Elowitz puts it, the field of Holocaust education has a habit of choosing people, whether they intended to work in it or not. For her, that moment of choosing happened almost 30 years ago in St. Paul, where the Jewish Community Center used to host a monthly talk series with Holocaust survivors.
Greenville Police searching for high-speed chase escapee
GREENVILLE, Ohio (WDTN) — The Greenville Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a person who initiated a high-speed pursuit on Tuesday, July 2. According to a social media post by the department, they are looking for a silver 2008 Pontiac G6 that is similar to the picture below. The vehicle has […]
Springfield Schools awarded state funds toward school-based health center
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — A new school-based health center just received funding from the state through the Mental Health Recovery Board of Clark, Greene & Madison Counties. $1 million was awarded to Springfield City Schools to fund the $3 million facility. Rocking Horse Community Health Center, an established and trusted healthcare provider with 25 years […]
Give Blood at Solvita Dayton Center Taylor Swift Party
DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) -- Blood donors can help replenish the blood supply after the July 4th holiday and get a chance to win tickets to see Taylor Swift. Donors can so by donating Friday or Saturday, July 5-6 at the Solvita Dayton Center Taylor Swift Party. Everyone who registers to...
The Reds are finally done paying Ken Griffey Jr.'s endless contract
For most casual baseball fans, July 1st is known as "Bobby Bonilla Day," as the Mets made the ill-advised decision to defer so much of Bonilla's contract that he is getting paid around $1.2 million every July 1 through 2035, even though he last played in a baseball game in 2001. However, Bonilla isn't the only player still getting paid long after he retired, and the Cincinnati Reds just made their last payment on one such deal with one of the best players to ever play the game.
Tri-State fiscal officer abruptly quits after council rejects her separation agreement
COLLEGE CORNER, Ohio (WXIX) - The top financial official of this small village of just under 400 residents has abruptly quit after council members recently rejected her proposed separation agreement. FOX19 NOW first reported on April 15 that College Corner Fiscal Officer Jennifer Woods has a contract setting her annual...
Tiffin’s Ritz Players to cap off 40th season with ‘The Wizard of Oz’
TIFFIN — The Wizard of Oz will be the curtain call for the Tiffin-based Ritz Players’ 40th anniversary season. From Rumors to Steel Magnolias, each of this season’s productions have been encore shows of plays or musicals that the Ritz Players put on sometime in the last four decades. It’s not just audiences who remember the hits. Ritz Players board member and Tiffin youth services librarian Joan Ledwedge is tracking down each former cast member, inviting them to an after-show party to reminisce about their time in the Players.
Elizabeth Scott Community: 75 Years And Going Strong
In a world of corporate buyouts, especially in the field of long-term care, it’s rare to find a business that remains family-owned and operated. Yet, 75 years after being founded by Elizabeth Scott, a licensed practical nurse, the Elizabeth Scott Community in Maumee remains a vibrant, family-owned facility. “We’re...
Area’s First Pet Urgent Care To Open On Conant Street
BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Just like humans, the family cat or dog sometimes needs an urgent care – when an illness or injury is serious enough that waiting for a veterinary appointment is too long, but not severe enough to prompt a trip to the emergency room.
New Music Under the Stars season truly rings in summer
The number of Toledo’s outdoor musical venues have increased: the Metroparks, gazebos in city parks, outside of libraries, you name it. But before all these concert venues were even imagined, the biggest venue — outdoor, that is — was the Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre. And for decades, it’s been the setting for listening to music and seeing plays — under the stars — surrounded by the creatures that make music of their own. The series that began with the venue’s inauguration in July, 1936, begins on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with the 122nd Army Band taking listeners back to the 1980s. The concerts last through Aug. 11. The great amphitheater, along with other structures that make up the city, was built thanks to the largesse of the Works Progress Administration.
Great Lakes singer-songwriter Pat Dailey dies at 83
PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio — Pat Dailey, a celebrated Great Lakes singer-songwriter, died at home Wednesday. He was 83. He died “peacefully” overnight, his son Reese Dailey wrote Thursday in a Facebook post. The cause of death was not reported. With his entertaining mix of romantic ballads, bawdy tunes, and party songs, Mr. Dailey has been a fixture at the party island of Put-in-Bay since 1978, packing the crowds at the mammoth Beer Barrel until moving to the more intimate Boathouse Bar in 2007. Since 1984, Mr. Dailey was a regular in winter at Sloppy Joe's Bar in Key West.
In the presence of Eva Marie Saint: Recalling encounters with the Oscar-winner on her 100th birthday
Eva Marie Saint scolded me the first time we met. A few members of the press and the Oscar-winning actress had gathered around a coffee table in the Women’s Center in Hanna Hall. I placed my tape recorder in the middle of the table. This was an interview I wanted to capture in full.
More legal wrangling over Lake Erie
Over the last 10 years, it seems almost as certain as the likelihood of a green hue in parts of Lake Erie in late summer. If Jamie Farr loves Tony Packo’s, there is a pretty solid chance the good folks of Toledo are trying to sue someone regarding water quality in Lake Erie and are directing their emerald-water ire at Ohio agriculture.
Northwest Ohio woman competing in Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest
NEW YORK — Organized gluttony has become an American tradition held in the same regard as other Independence Day activities such as fireworks and the colors red, white and blue. Northwest Ohio will be well-represented in the former when, on Thursday, Edon native Cherish Brown will be one of...
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