CROWN POINT | Family, tradition and sportsmanship played key roles in the Bean Spitting Contest during The Times Day at the 160th Lake County Fair on Saturday morning – along with a lot of saliva. The ...

The Indiana State Fair is known for its competitions—from the 4-H Best in Show to a competition for the best alpaca costume—but the Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest is no ordinary competition. In the ...

For the first time, the Marion County Fair held a watermelon seed spitting contest. Danny Weston won first place. The seed traveled 27 feet. Louis Iverson came in second, spitting the seed more than ...

Michael Breazeale, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. July 7, 2023 at 8:35 AM Jul. 7—TRAVERSE CITY — Tonight is the last chance to participate in the National Cherry Festival's classic adult ...

POTTER COUNTY, Pa. — Many unique events happen this time of year. In Potter County, one festival includes frog jumping races and a log rolling competition, and in the 1980s, there was also a tobacco ...

Ronn Matt’s wife encouraged him to enter the annual International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship in southwestern Michigan on Saturday. It’s a good thing she did. The 46-year-old Chicagoan pulled a ...

(AP) Matt “BB Gun” Krause won his first-ever International Cherry Pit Spitting Championship on Saturday, returning the crown to a family that has dominated the annual competition in southwestern ...