One night 23-year-old Esther Bilek and her roommate Doris noticed a lot of gunfire and flares outside their hotel. It was March 1944 in Naples,Read More »The incredible life & legend of entertainer Esther Craw
With the game on the line in the 1997 Rose Bowl, Buckeye WR Dimitrious Stanley caught three first down passes in the final two minutesRead More »Dimitrious Stanley was a Rose Bowl champion and great teammate in life
Owners of the ‘Circus House’ off Goodale Park in Columbus over the years have claimed that the house is haunted. One former owner told theRead More »Tales of Sellsville and the Columbus-based Sells Brothers Circus
The last game of the 1998 baseball season in Yankee Stadium was ‘Joe DiMaggio Day’. Paul Simon was brought in to sing ‘Mrs Robinson’ duringRead More »Columbus baseball family surpasses major league dreams
My wife and I got married in 2017. I was 56 years old. Long story short I wanted to give my cousin Glenn and hisRead More »A missed moment and the Columbus Italian Festival
The rise & fall of Columbus’ 20,000 seat Polaris Amphitheater was quick. In a blink, it was gone. The venue – on the city’s northRead More »The legendary career of a homegrown concert promoter
“I’ve been asked at press conferences ‘when I die who is gonna take my place?’ You! And you’ll do greater things than I ever thoughtRead More »We’ll be studying Charlie Kirk’s life and words for years to come
The crowd for the unveiling was overwhelming. Too many people crammed onto a lawn – though big – not nearly big enough. A real senseRead More »Ohio’s fifth U.S. president regarded as an effective leader
In the fall of 1888, Columbus, Ohio was about to host the last great march of the Union Army. According to Columbus historian Ed Lentz,Read More »One of the great moments in Columbus history
In early 2003, 10TV news anchor Andrea Cambern and her husband were contacted by a realtor friend who had a mysterious buyer interested in purchasingRead More »The chance meeting & storybook life of Melia McEnery
Imagine arriving back in your hometown – Columbus, Ohio – and you are not only greeted by a downtown parade in your honor complete withRead More »Columbus native & Apollo 7 crew renewed hope in space
28-year-old Eddie Rickenbacker stepped off a train at Union Station on Monday morning, February 17, 1919, and America’s hero was barraged with kisses by aRead More »The rich history and fabulous life of Union Station
To qualify for the semifinal in the broad jump, competitors needed to leap 23 ft 5.5 inches. Jesse Owens did that in high school. This,Read More »The endearing legend of Jesse Owens
Artist Anita Miller, formerly of Columbus, happened to call U.S. Army veteran Brian Zimmerman on the day he told her he was gonna end itRead More »Lima legacy – courage, pride, honor, sacrifice
On October 14, 2021, local filmmaker and Dennison University grad Kurt Vincent along with Irene Kim Chin premiered ‘Cactus Tree’ at the Columbus Museum ofRead More »Alice Schille – an influential American watercolorist
Teresa Piacentini was only 13 when her mother sent her from Florence, Italy to America to live with her aunt & uncle in Columbus, Ohio.Read More »Columbus’ favorite Italian grandmother Teresa Marzetti
It was your typical cold, gray and sleety February morning in Columbus. Charismatic former president Teddy Roosevelt arrived by train at Union Station to deliverRead More »Columbus’ most celebrated minister – Washington Gladden
My love affair with baseball began on July 26, 1970, and unfortunately it had nothing to do with the Columbus Clippers. I was nine yearsRead More »A long love affair with baseball
It was early June 1993, and a friend put out an invitation to help with his ‘float’ for the upcoming Fourth of July Doo DahRead More »Epic Doo Dah Parade water battle of 1993
In 1916, the social event of the year in Columbus, Ohio was set for Wednesday, August 23rd. Columbus’ newest hotel – the elegant 12-story DeshlerRead More »Deshler Hotel was the host of Columbus