by Hank Nuwer | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Timothy K. Rodeheffer. by Hank Nuwer On February 21, 1998, a 19-year-old gentle soul named Lynn Top from North Star, Ohio, walked for exercise on a less-traveled road off Ohio 49. A student at Wright State University’s Lake Campus in Celina, she had thick, abundant...
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many years ago, on assignment for the AARP, Country Gentleman, and Outside magazines, I stayed at more than a dozen century-old hotels in the American West. Some like the Copper Queen in Bisbee, Arizona, were under renovation at the time, but their lobbies and dining...
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Link to the video review with photos
by Hank Nuwer | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
On November 11, 1942, an escaped elephant stole headlines, including a story with an oversized photo in the Union City Times-Gazette. The Great American Circus with three starring elephants came to Wabash to put on a show as a fundraiser at the local high school...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
When Fight Night Led to Mob Mayhem. By Hank Nuwer Randolph and Shelby County served as home to many distinguished citizens in the 1890s. However, rowdies also roamed the area. A custom on weekends in both counties for a time...
by Hank Nuwer | Aug 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
Alaska’s state bird is the “moose-quito,” so named by me because of their immense size and toughness. Our state’s mosquitoes are so mean that when you slap them, they slap you back. A 2017 report in the Cordova Times blamed climate change for sturdier...
