Thousands of frog fanatics descended on the small community of Valley City's Mill Stream Park Sunday to watch frogs do what they do best, with lots of encouragement from their handlers of course. When ...
WOODLAND — Competing in the 52nd annual Frog Jump at Woodland Planters Days is serious business. It takes some preparation: What’s the wind speed? How’s the terrain? But mostly, it comes down to the ...
When Mark Twain authored "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" in 1865, he probably didn't expect the short story would be the spark that would result in scientists realizing that their ...
In the town of Springfield lies the competition of the Governor’s Frog Jump. Ever since the 1960s, people have been traveling to compete with aspirations of winning. Those aspirations have been ...
CALAVERAS COUNTY (CBS13) — Mark Twain wrote "The Celebrated Jumping Frog Of Calaveras County," and more than a century-and-a-half later, the competition is hotter than ever. The jubilee just crowned ...
VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- With an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 people attending and 740 frogs taking a leap or three across the ring, the 62nd annual Valley City Frog Jump Festival was another success, ...
INDEED FINALLY A COLLEGE GRADUATE. THERE YOU GO, CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR STARTS THIS WEEK, AND AHEAD OF. THAT, WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL FROG JUMPING DAY. SO IN 1865, AUTHOR MARK TWAIN PUBLISHED HIS ...
The DNR is proposing a rule that would ban catching native Wisconsin frogs and using them in summertime jumping contests ...
Kate Carlson pounded on the ground on both sides of her bullfrog, Toothless, in an effort to urge it jump Saturday at the Post-Tribune’s annual frog jump contest at the 169th Lake County Fair in Crown ...
Spring arrives in Springfield in the form of the annual Governor’s Frog Jump and International Egg Strike Festival, according to Mayor Leroy Ballard. Spring is “the season of new life, regrowth, and ...
The men behind Frog Fitness know they have some convincing to do. The "Frog," a piece of mobile fitness equipment, is a peculiar-looking contraption. Users are down on all fours with their feet in ...
VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- Following somewhat of a stop-gap in 2020, the Valley City Frog Jump Festival will return Sunday (July 25) for its 60th annual event, live and in person at Mill Stream Park, 1200 ...