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Minnesota State Fair set to return in August

Jun. 11, 2021 01:39 PM EDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota State Fair is back. The fair was canceled last year amid COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and social...

Washington State Fair to return in-person in September

Jun. 10, 2021 07:57 PM EDT
PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) — The Washington State Fair is returning to Puyallup in September after it was canceled last year amid the coronavirus pandemic. ...

'One Illinois' theme of post-COVID-19 state fairs in August

May. 30, 2021 09:23 AM EDT
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Both Illinois state fairs this summer will boast a unity theme: “One Illinois.” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said the theme...

Minnesota offers giveaways for getting COVID-19 vaccine

By Mohamed Ibrahim May. 27, 2021 08:31 AM EDT
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz hopes giveaways including Minnesota State Fair tickets, fishing licenses and state park passes will help pick up the pace...

New Mexico State Fair plans in-person return this year

May. 20, 2021 03:06 PM EDT
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The September spectacle featuring funnel cakes, turkey legs, livestock and art exhibits, and carnival rides plans an in-person return...

Indiana State Fair returning after 2020 pandemic cancelation

May. 04, 2021 09:37 AM EDT
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana State Fair will return with some changes this summer, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced its cancellation, fair...

Kentucky State Fair will be open to the public this year

Apr. 23, 2021 04:37 AM EDT
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky State Fair will be open to the public this year, officials said. The Kentucky State Fair Board voted...

Virus cases, hospitalizations in Ohio begin to rise again

By Farnoush Amiri Apr. 08, 2021 02:24 PM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — While virus cases and hospitalizations in Ohio begin to rise again, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday he remains optimistic of the state...

State's 1st federal mass vaccination site opens in Yakima

By Nicholas K. Geranios Mar. 31, 2021 11:39 AM EDT
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Just in time for the asparagus harvest that will employ large numbers of farm workers, the federal government has opened a mass COVID-19...

Arizona State Fair is moving to another location this year

Mar. 25, 2021 01:58 PM EDT
PHOENIX (AP) — This year’s Arizona State Fair will be moving away from the fairgrounds in Phoenix to a temporary new location at Wild Horse Pass near Chandler....

First federal vaccination site in Washington to be in Yakima

Mar. 22, 2021 02:19 PM EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state has been approved for its first federal mass vaccination site in Yakima, in addition to mobile vaccination units. ...

Missouri State Fair on this year after 2020 cancelation

By Summer Ballentine Mar. 16, 2021 03:17 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Plans for a full Missouri State Fair are back on after the event was canceled last year because of the coronavirus, a spokeswoman for the...

Mega vaccination sites to be set up in Houston, Dallas area

By Juan A. Lozano Feb. 10, 2021 12:26 PM EST
HOUSTON (AP) — Three mega sites to administer the coronavirus vaccine will be set up later this month at stadiums and a fairgrounds site in Houston and the...

Walgreens rolls out COVID-19 shot at Florida nursing homes

By Adriana Gomez-Licon Dec. 18, 2020 12:58 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Walgreens’ chief medical officer are announcing that Florida nursing homes are among the first in the country where...

FILE - In this July 29, 2020 file photo, South Carolina's fairgrounds sit mostly empty in Columbia, S.C.  Organizers say thousands of people turned out to peer at agricultural exhibits from their car windows and grab to-go funnel cakes at a drive-thru fair in South Carolina. The more than 150-year-old South Carolina State Fair couldn't go off as normal this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, so organizers devised a drive-thru version that was held Tuesday, Oct. 20 and Wednesday in Columbia.  (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)
Funnel cakes to go: Drive-thru fair draws thousands in SC

Oct. 22, 2020 08:44 AM EDT

A merry-go-round operator sprays down one ride following use at the Mississippi State Fair in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. The fair's grand opening went ahead as planned amid criticism that masks will not be required at the event after Gov. Tate Reeves repealed the state's mask mandate. However, boxes of face masks were available at each entrance for those who wanted one. And ride operators cleaned all seats and posts after each ride session. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Gipson: Mississippi State Fair will reopen for extra days

Oct. 19, 2020 12:27 PM EDT

South Carolina State Fair is drive-thru because of COVID-19

Oct. 18, 2020 12:05 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina State Fair is coming to Columbia, but like so much during the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be drive-thru. There won't be...

FILE - In this Oct. 12, 2019, file photo, Texas and Oklahoma fans fill the Cotton Bowl during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Dallas. The Texas and Oklahoma college football matchup will be a different game-day atmosphere this year with small crowds, no State Fair, a few food vendors, masks and social distancing. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)
Texas-Oklahoma won't look or feel the same in 2020

By Jim Vertuno Oct. 09, 2020 02:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, file photo, Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler throws a pass during the first half an NCAA college football game against Iowa State, in Ames, Iowa. No. 22 Texas vs. Oklahoma, at Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas. There is no State Fair of Texas this year because of the pandemic and both teams are coming off a loss, but this is still the Red River rivalry.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Texas, OU set for most unusual version of Red River rivalry

By Schuyler Dixon Oct. 08, 2020 01:31 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday Sept. 26, 2020, file photo, Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger looks for an open receiver during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas. No. 22 Texas vs. Oklahoma, at Cotton Bowl Stadium, Dallas. There is no State Fair of Texas this year because of the pandemic and both teams are coming off a loss, but this is still the Red River rivalry. (AP Photo/Mark Rogers, File)
Red River rivalry in Big 12 even without State Fair of Texas

By The Associated Press Oct. 08, 2020 02:39 AM EDT

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