3+ week, 3+ day ago   (378+ words) Krista Overman, curator at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, shows a leather helmet used by aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh in May 2023. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is looking for a contractor who can package and transport…...

1+ mon, 3+ hour ago   (736+ words) The Society of Explorers and Adventurers is preparing to chart a new course at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. From August 14–16, 2026, the legendary organization known as S.E.A. will join Walt Disney Imagineering inside the Imagineering Pavilion for a special appearance…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (346+ words) The Reporting Project – Covering Licking County, Ohio Facts | Empathy | Place Thomas S. Bremer is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He now lives and writes in Licking County, Ohio. His complete biography is at tsbremer....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (95+ words) | 1070 WKOK NORTHUMBERLAND — The Joseph Priestley House will celebrate Oxygen Day this Saturday with free tours and demonstrations of some of Priestley’s experiments. The annual event marks Priestley’s 1774 isolation of the gas now known as oxygen while working in England. Priestley…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (159+ words) The Courier Times This image is a 1937 survey map drawn by Eli Lilly Jr. for his book Prehistoric Antiquities of Indiana. Hidden beneath the trees and fields of the Wilbur Wright Fish & Wildlife Area and the former State Hospital grounds…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (74+ words) Chillicothe Gazette 'Traveler’s Guide to Ancient Ohio' teaches visitors about local mounds CHILLICOTHE — As the only Ohio sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are of great interest to those traveling to the region. In his…...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago   (1466+ words) The winning stories from the 2026 WVPB PBS KIDS Writers Contest are now available to read! Learn more about Be My Neighbor Day! And check out our recap from last year. John E. Hancock is a professor of architecture and design at…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (306+ words) EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - During Monday’s Eau Claire County Parks & Forest meeting, committee members discussed where horses can be used within the county’s parks. Parks Director Josh Pedersen said the goal of the new potential equestrian policy was to clear…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago   (83+ words) Akron Beacon Journal In November 2043, will you be in Licking County, watching the moonrise over the Octagon Earthworks? In “Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks: Landscape Monuments of the Ancient Ohio Valley,” John E. Hancock explains that every 18.6 years the moon rises at…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (338+ words) Image by John E. Hancock Image courtesy John E. Hancock Hancock worked closely with archaeologists, site managers, and Indigenous advisors, eventually earning a UNESCO World Heritage nomination for his imagery and writing on the earthworks’ eight most well-preserved sites. The book itself…...