ALAMEDA, Calif. - With five generations of frog jumping enthusiasts, one Bay Area family is gearing up to compete in this weekend's Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. It's a contest for ...

VALLEY CITY, Ohio -- Two years ago, the Valley City Frog Jump Festival set an attendance record with more than 4,000 visitors -- and over 750 competing amphibians. Dave Smallwood, president of the The ...

OSCEOLA, Ind. (WNDU) - The highly anticipated frog jumping contest took center stage on Sunday at the Osceola Music Festival. This fan favorite event has been going on for nearly 40 years and consists ...

SACRAMENTO. SO SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT HERE. ONE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’S MOST FAMOUS FAIRS KICKS OFF TODAY. AND KCRA 3’S MELANIE WINGO HAS DETAILS ON THE CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR AND THOSE JUMPING ...

INDEED FINALLY A COLLEGE GRADUATE. THERE YOU GO, CALAVERAS COUNTY FAIR STARTS THIS WEEK, AND AHEAD OF. THAT, WE ARE CELEBRATING NATIONAL FROG JUMPING DAY. SO IN 1865, AUTHOR MARK TWAIN PUBLISHED HIS ...

Aug. 8—JEFFERSON — Mark Twain made frog jumping world famous in his short story, "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." And, although fairgoers may have read the story several times, it's best ...

The annual frog jump on the lawn at the California Capitol marks the beginning of summer, but it's also a chance to put politics aside and concentrate on leaping forward, together, as a state.

Wisconsin officials are establishing a new rule to prohibit using wild-caught frogs in jumping contests. The rule aims to prevent the spread of diseases from non-native, store-bought frogs to local ...

MADISON - State officials are asking Wisconsinites to refrain from using frogs caught in neighborhood ponds or backyards for frog jumping contests. Well, soon, that will actually be a requirement. The ...