Eleanor Kennedy

6 days ago | dispatch.com | Eleanor Kennedy

Columbus has enlisted the help of cloven-hooved friends in its fight against non-native plants at Antrim Park. Natural landscapers from Goats on the Go have been enlisted to help eat invasive species at the park off Olentangy River Road. Check out the gallery with this story for a look at the goats, who were introduced to the public on April 18. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources was also on hand to stock Antrim Lake with rainbow trout.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Eleanor Kennedy

It's been 61 years since Bexley's Jerrie Mock made history, becoming the first woman to fly solo around the world. Mock began her trip on March 19, 1964, and landed back at what was then Port Columbus airport on April 17, 1964. According to Dispatch archives, she typed articles for readers back home while on the journey. When she returned in her plane, "The Spirit of Columbus, she was greeted by a crowd that included Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes and received greetings from President Lyndon Johnson.

1 week ago | dispatch.com | Eleanor Kennedy

It's been 61 years since Bexley's Jerrie Mock made history, becoming the first woman to fly solo around the world. Mock began her trip on March 19, 1964, and landed back at what was then Port Columbus airport on April 17, 1964. According to Dispatch archives, she typed articles for readers back home while on the journey. When she returned in her plane, "The Spirit of Columbus, she was greeted by a crowd that included Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes and received greetings from President Lyndon Johnson.

1 week ago | dispatch.com | Eleanor Kennedy

As the national champion Ohio State Buckeyes football team gathered around President Donald Trump for a photo, Vice President JD Vance — an Ohio State alum — stepped over to the grab the College Football Playoff trophy. With the help of running back TreVeyon Henderson, he started to lift it, which is when things fell apart (literally). The top half of the trophy detached from its base, as it's designed to do.

1 month ago | dispatch.com | Eleanor Kennedy

About 14 years ago, an interviewer from a news outlet I shall not name asked me, then a junior in college, why a bright young woman like myself would aspire to work for a daily newspaper. He did not find my answer compelling. The interview did not go well. I did not wind up working at that outlet − which was, for what it's worth, not a daily newspaper.