county fairs

Last week, the Coshocton County Fair hosted its inaugural Ag for All Abilities Livestock Show. It’s one of many county fairs across the state making an effort to include more people with disabilities.

A recent brawl at the Trumbull County Fair and a shooting at a festival in Macedonia are among recent incidents prompting officials to up security precautions at county fairs as well as the Ohio State Fair.

For the first time since 2019, the Ohio State Fair begins Monday. But don’t expect any funnel cakes or carousels. There are no rides or public events scheduled at this year’s fair, after the Ohio Expositions Commission voted in April to make the 2021 event a junior fair.

Gov. Mike DeWine said Ohio counties will be able to once again hold county fairs this summer, anticipating that the state will soon emerge from the…

County fairs around Northeast Ohio are debating whether to ban sale or display of the Confederate flag. The grass-roots movement comes after state legislators killed a proposal that would have banned the flag across all fairs last month. Portage County is the latest to face calls to remove the Confederate flag from its county fair. A petition from Portage County Young Democrats urges the fair board to take the “necessary steps” of banning the sale and display of the flag at the Portage County Randolph Fair.

An online petition is calling for the Medina County Fair Board to ban the sale and display of the Confederate flag and related merchandise at the fair. The petition is the result of recent protests against police brutality and a failed legislative attempt to ban the flag across all county and local fairs, according to organizer and Medina County resident Leah Nichols.

The interim director of the Ohio Department of Health, Lance Himes, has issued a new order allowing for the reopening of county fairs this summer, with…

Gov. Mike DeWine is beginning to loosen restrictions on assisted living facilities and homes for the developmentally disabled. Starting June 8, residents at those two types of long-term care facilities can meet with visitors outdoors, the governor announced Thursday.