MEDINA, Ohio -- A honeybee’s whim lead to the founding of a storied Medina company that makes the yummy-smelling, elegant and calming candles we love to light in our homes. It was the arrival of a ...

John Amos, the prolific actor known for his work in the sitcoms “Good Times” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” the movie “Coming to America” and the miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84. Amos’ ...

Amos Root was a great economic development director, even though there was no such title in the 1800s. He made Jackson into a "Cool City." Back then, you'd call it the "Central City." Root held the ...

If it weren’t for a strange twist of fate, John Root might be making jewelry instead of candles. His great-grandfather, Amos Ives Root, a jewelry manufacturer, was toiling by the window of his shop on ...