Phale Hale was introduced to an 18-year-old southern beauty named Cleo Ingram by a friend at Spelman College. That fall, Phale would visit Cleo atRead More »MLK Jr stayed with the Hales when he visited Columbus
“Ben was everybody’s next-door neighbor who leaned over the back fence to tell us the latest in our Columbus neighborhood,” said Fred Holdridge, a pastRead More »Woody’s cousin columnist brought smiles and history to Columbus readers
Legendary football coach Dick Walker led Bishop Watterson High School to its first state championship in 1966, twelve years after the school opened. Watterson shutRead More »The dream journey of a high school coach at his alma mater
Things happen in our lives that some people would try to explain away as a coincidence. Feeling divinity can be subtle, it can just beRead More »Feeling Divinity doesn’t just happen at Christmas
On Dec 1, 1922, F&R Lazurus Department store decided to sponsor a Christmas holiday parade with horse drawn floats in downtown Columbus. The parade pre-datesRead More »Christmas holiday parades in Columbus were a big thing
Growing up, Beverly D’Angelo wanted to be a cheerleader at Upper Arlington High School. She tried out but was named first alternate, despite in herRead More »‘Christmas Vacation’ co-star’s crazy life and loves
When my wife brought up the idea of getting tickets to go to the Conservatory for their Winter Wonderland happy hour, I got grumpy. ThisRead More »The Franklin Park Conservatory is a Columbus jewel
Winning in Ann Arbor has never been easy for Ohio State’s football team. In my lifetime (since 1961) Ohio State is a pedestrian 16-15-1 inRead More »Two Buckeye legends a century apart brought greatness in Ann Arbor
By the time Jerrie Mock reached Manila, she was twelve legs into her historic around the world flight and trying to become the first womanRead More »The legendary Columbus housewife and her solo flight around the world
When he was 15 years old, Michael Feinstein heard George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ for the first time. He called it a transcendent experience. ARead More »The remarkable coincidences and life of Michael Feinstein
In June 1950 Communism was on the march. Again. North Korea – with the support of Russia and the Chinese – crossed the 38th parallel.Read More »Korean War love letters home to Columbus
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