Ohio State Fair

Thousands of Ohioans are making their way to county fairs this summer. Here's what a dietician has to say about the most popular fair foods.

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The fair was shut down because of COVID in 2020, and was limited to only exhibitors last year.

The Ohio State Fair returns with rides in 2022, the first year more strict inspection requirements are in place following the 2017 death of Tyler Jarrell on a faulty ride at the fair.

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the famous(ly weird?) Ohio State Fair butter cow display is back — and the cows are bringing their farmyard friends.

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the famous(ly weird?) Ohio State Fair butter cow will be back this year. The previous iteration in 2019 honored the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing, complete with butter astronauts and a butter Neil Armstrong saluting the American flag.

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The Ohio Expositions Commission has made the decision not to have the fair for the second consecutive year because of the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As coronavirus cases rise again in Ohio, with 1,104 new cases reported July 27, counties across the state are faced with difficult decisions regarding…

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.