A review of the number of marriage licenses Franklin County Probate Court issued during May showed this week that licenses peaked a couple of weeks earlier than normal. Historically, the number of marriage licenses issued climaxes each year the Friday before Memorial Day. The phenomenon repeats itself later each summer on the Friday before Labor [...]
SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Jerry Jacobson was a young boy in Cuyahoga Falls, living near the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, when he first fell in love with steam trains. Fast forward more than 50 years, and dozens of objects of Jacobson’s affection are on display in a new tourist attraction, the Age of Steam Roundhouse, in [...]
Glen Hall-Jones wasn’t impressed with central Ohio’s English pub and restaurant scene. “The building and set up were fine but the food wasn’t up to par for me, I say if you’re going to open an English restaurant make sure your chef is English and can make your dishes authentically,” said Hall-Jones, who opens his [...]
NEW YORK — Democrats won’t pick their nominee for another year, but President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are acting like the 2020 presidential contest is already a two-man race. Almost completely ignoring his 23 Democratic competitors , Biden has been laser-focused on Trump — particularly his embrace of racist rhetoric . [...]
NEW YORK — When Matt Barber and Joel Doub bought a fishing rod manufacturer two years ago, the plan was for previous owner Tom Morgan to stay with the business for five years to mentor them. But six months after the deal closed, Morgan died unexpectedly. “It forced us to sink or swim and accelerated [...]
RALEIGH, N.C. — The new NCAA rule designed to help players explore their NBA draft potential by allowing them to sign with an agent and still return to school surprisingly doesn’t apply to all college players. It was a stunning revelation for Phil Bledsoe from tiny Division II Glenville State in West Virginia when he [...]
A string of recent high-profile transfers gave the college football world the impression it was getting easier for players to switch schools and compete right away. The reality is much different, with the percentage of waiver approvals dropping during 2018-19 — even as the NCAA changed rules to give athletes a better shot at transferring [...]
Anyone for steak and onion Kolsch? Or a macaroni and cheese pale ale? Those were among the flavors at the Strange Brew Festival in Reno, Nev., this month, where competition for attention has intensified as craft beers have boomed. Brewers have always experimented, from the medieval Belgians who stirred sour cherries into their beer to [...]
HOLLY BLUFF, Miss. — Larry Walls should have been out working in his fields last week. Instead, his John Deere tractor is parked on high ground, just beyond the reach of the ever-encroaching floodwaters in the southern Mississippi Delta. Four months into what seems like a never-ending flood, he’s trying to stay busy. He pressure-washed [...]