Cruisin' For Classic Cars On A Steamy Summer Night
At the heart of the small town of Milan, Ohio, there's a graceful and tree-lined town square. It makes a good gathering spot for the classic cars and trucks of decades past.A 1923 T-Bucket Ford, a '77...
View ArticleMichigan Author Dreams Up A Deadlier Ann Arbor
Ask Harry Dolan to take you for lunch at a restaurant he's written about, and he won't disappoint. In downtown Ann Arbor, Mich., on Liberty Street, the vegetarian restaurant Seva serves mushroom...
View ArticleShriveled Mich. Apple Harvest Means Fewer Jobs, Tough Year Ahead
An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but what do you do when there are no apples? It's a question western Michigan's apple growers are dealing with this season after strange weather earlier in...
View ArticleIn Kentucky's Coal Country, A Resentment For Obama
If the voters in Louisa, Ky., had their wish, Mitt Romney would have taken the oath of office Monday. Louisa is in eastern Kentucky, and "coal" was the one-word issue in the election. President Obama...
View ArticleSteamship Anchors A Community, But Its Days May Be Numbered
On the shores of Lake Michigan, the tiny town of Ludington, Mich., is home port to the last coal-fired ferry in the U.S. The SS Badger has been making trips across the lake to Manitowoc, Wis., during...
View ArticleStruggling W.Va. Town Hopes Boy Scout Camp Brings New Life
Picture a tiny town set along a creek in West Virginia. A mountain rises from the town's eastern edge, overlooking the 1,400 people living below. Then, July comes — and 50,000 people arrive on that...
View ArticleMichigan Apple Orchards Blossom After A Devastating Year
Last year, almost the entire Michigan apple crop was lost because of 80-degree days in March and then some freezing April nights. This year, the apples are back, but everything always depends on the...
View ArticleIn Ohio Town, Okla. Twister Conjures Echoes Of 1974 Disaster
When a tornado roars into a populated area, the change is often drastic and deadly, and it happens within minutes. As the people of Oklahoma struggle to look beyond this month's devastating storms,...
View ArticleIn Paducah, Artists Create Something From Nothing
How do you fix a neighborhood? What do you do about crime and drugs and the once-lovely old houses that are falling down? The answer in Paducah, Ky., was to turn it into a special place for artists to...
View ArticleA Day With Elmore Leonard And The White Castle That Wasn't
Upon hearing news of the death of Elmore Leonard, NPR correspondent and former All Things Considered co-host Noah Adams recalls a day he spent with the crime writer in his hometown.Three years ago, I...
View ArticleMichigan Apple Harvest Recovers, But Pickers Are Scarce
One year ago the Michigan apple harvest, hurt by a late winter warm-up and a spring freeze, was almost nonexistent at 3 million bushels. This fall, the crop is projected to yield a record-setting 30...
View ArticleIn The Heat Of The Foundry, Steinway Piano 'Hearts' Are Made
The Steinway piano company has a new owner. This fall, the investment firm Paulson & Co. — led by billionaire John Paulson — spent about $500 million and bought all of Steinway & Sons, the...
View ArticleWant A Shot At $10,000? Solve Kentucky's Great Bourbon Mystery
Saturday marks the 140th Run for the Roses: the Kentucky Derby. Great horses, great hats — but where's the Pappy Van Winkle bourbon for the mint juleps?Last October, more than 200 bottles of the prized...
View ArticleCarroll, Iowa: Where The Childhood Paper Route Is Alive And Well
This story began in 2012 while I was working on a story in Iowa. I was taking pictures on a foggy afternoon and saw a young girl on a blue bicycle, a newspaper bag slung across her shoulder. She...
View ArticleAn Unlikely Friday Night Pizza Cafe Has A Big Heart
Here's what might have sounded like a pretty shaky business plan for a neighborhood pizza cafe: "We'll only be open one day a week. Won't do any advertising. No prices on the menus. We'll serve mostly...
View ArticleAs Bourbon Booms, Demand For Barrels Is Overflowing
If you could make a lot of bourbon whiskey these days, you could be distilling real profits. Bourbon sales in this country are up 36 percent in the past five years.But you'd need new wooden barrels for...
View ArticleRemembering Sgt. York, A War Hero Who Built A School
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View ArticleFine Brine From Appalachia: The Fancy Mountain Salt That Chefs Prize
Thanksgiving feasts are always in need of something special.Can a sprinkle of artisanal salt noticeably pump up the experience?Let's meet a new Appalachian salt-maker in West Virginia and find out.J.Q....
View ArticleHow Low Oil Prices Are Changing Career Plans At An Ohio College
Marietta College has earned a global reputation for its program in petroleum engineering, drawing students from as far away as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and China to this liberal arts school in southeast...
View ArticleMuseum Builds New Hangar To Show Off Former Air Force One
A trusty Boeing 707 is inside a new home at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The plane has graceful lines of color: white, blues and gold. In large letters: "United States of...
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