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Forest Auto Drive-In Theatre.

The Ghoster Coaster, officially Scooby-Doo's Ghoster Coaster, was the world's first suspended coaster for kids. Unlike conventional coasters, riders, placed in tandem on a motorcycle-like car, were lifted elevator-style to the top of the ride and released. Opened in 1998 at Kings Island, it...

WCPO TV was the station first signed on the air at noon on July 26, 1949, and first face seen was Big Jim Stacey.??Originally operating on VHF channel 7; it was Cincinnati's third television station.

Calvin "Pokey" Reese played second base for the Reds from 1997 to 2001. His sharp defensive skills resulted in two Gold Glove Awards and made him a fan favorite. He went on to be part of Boston's 2004 World Series-winning team.?? *A portion of...

As the cold wind rolls off Lake Erie, Cleveland baseball fans' thoughts turn to Arizona and spring training.??

North Coast football fans are celebrating the team's first playoff appearance since 2002, first playoff win since 1994, and first road playoff win since 1968. The only thing that makes it better is that it was all accomplished by beating their arch rivals from...

Surf Cincinnati was a water park located in Forest Park, Ohio, just off of I-275 in suburban Cincinnati. It opened in 1990 and competed with the famous Sunlite Pool, The Beach, and Kings Island's new water park. In 2000, a nightclub called??Caddy's??was added after...

"Hello! My name is Gilbert Gnarley, G-N-A-R-L-E-Y..." He's just a slightly confused old man living at the St. Pia Zadora retirement home in Pisgah, Ohio. Sprung from the mind of nationally syndicated radio legend Gary Burbank, he called companies asking about why their jelly...

The Marshals first took the (indoor) field in Waco, Texas in 2004 as members of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). Financial issues with team's owners caused the league to take over the Marshals, selling them at the end of their first season to...

After a pitched battle between the local zoning board and drive-in owners, the Oakley Drive-In opened September 6, 1956 on Madison Road in Cincinnati. The first film shown was the??Alfred Hitchcock-directed thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much??starring James Stewart and Doris Day.??The Drive-in...

The 216 stand up and represent!

In 1920, the Dayton Triangles were founding members of the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The team played in the very first game between two league teams when they met the Columbus Panhandles on October 3, 1920 in Dayton's Triangle Park. They played their...

The 2003 team was tossin' bags and scorin' points all the way to the Championship. OS16279

The Columbus Minks were one of the debut teams in the Women’s American Basketball Association that started in early October 1984 with six teams: the Atlanta Comets, Chicago Spirit, Columbus Minks, Dallas Diamonds, Houston Shamrocks and the Virginia Wave. OS16151

Cincinnati is a city in Ohio, on the Ohio River. Featured landmarks including its 19th-century architecture, the Findlay Market, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and the Cincinnati Museum Center, keep tourists coming back to visit year after year.  CN15931

The International Record Syndicate, or I.R.S. Records, was a label founded by Miles Copeland (brother of The Police's Stewart Copeland) and Jay Boberg. A division of A&M Records, its roster included some of the most important new wave acts of the '80s including R.E.M.,...

Steamboat Willie debuted in 1928 and starred a mouse who went on to great worldwide fame.

The King Powder Company was a gun powder maker located near present-day Kings Island.

Cleveland rocks in so many ways!

James Karinchak made his big league debut for Cleveland on September 14, 2019 after working his way up through the team's farm system. He currently works out of the bullpen and is a hair better than his competition. Four-seam fastball, cutter, curve.?? *Product is...

WAKR, Channel 23, was established in 1953. It was Akron's only commercial TV station. IN 1986, it changed it's call letters to WAKC and later to WVPX.

Tom & Chee is crafty.

The Drawbridge Inn opened in 1970.????Its conference spaces hosted weddings, reunions, business conferences, cheerleading meets, holiday parties, and conventions. It closed in 2012. During its 42-year-run, it welcomed 8.2 million guests as well as 4,500 conventions, reunions, wedding, and other events.

Ohio IS America!

Cicadas??are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17 years, depending on thee brood, or generation. There are 23 broods in North...

Cicadas??are winged insects, known for the songs sung by most, but not all, males of the species. They are better known for their swarming behavior which occurs every 13 to 17 years, depending on thee brood, or generation. There are 23 broods in North...

The Buckeye State will make you scream!

A little ribbing between Great Lakes sibling cities. Detroit and Cleveland have a long, intertwined history that encompasses industry, sports, and entertainment.

The Exotic Birds was a synth-pop band formed in 1982 by Andy Kubiszewski??along with fellow Cleveland Institute of Music students Tom Freer and Tim Adams. In 1985, Trent Reznor joined the band but left a few years later to concentrate on developing Nine Inch...

Eliot Ness was a federal agent mostly widely known from the fictionalized portrayals of his life in the TV series the Untouchables??(1959-1963) and the 1987 movie of the same name. He became Safety Director of Cleveland in 1935 and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in...