At the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee in California — made famous in Mark Twain’s short story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” — three researchers discovered potential flaws in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shawn Wright of Wadsworth motivates his frog Stormy during the 63rd annual Valley City Frog Jump festival, Sunday, July 21, 2024, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GOSHEN — Colton Stuckman, 30, hit the pillow at 4 a.m. the morning of the frog jump contest at the 2025 Elkhart County 4-H Fair.

VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- A scant threat of rain literally overshadowing Mill Stream Park for the annual Valley City Frog Jump July 20 did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of the participants and visitors.

VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- With more than 5,000 fans in attendance and a total of 738 frogs showing off their skills July 20, Roger Odum of Litchfield, with his frog, Emerald, was named grand champion of ...

We may be alike in that you, too, believed frog jumping contests had gone the way of Mark Twain, steamboats and rotary dial telephones. Like me, you would be wrong. We have been with the rural wing of ...

SPRINGFIELD – Bob Bonnett has a busy day ahead of him today as he marks his 15th year as the master of ceremonies of the Governor's Frog Jump and International Egg Strike in his hometown of ...

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 ...

Shouts of “Go Princess Sparkles” were some of the more colorful exclamations uttered Saturday at the Lake County Fairgrounds, but it was for singular purpose as a bevy of frogs tried their mightiest ...

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 ...