PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Many people may not know that a favorite ride at any fair or carnival was created right here in Pittsburgh. We're talking, of course, about the Ferris wheel. It's the 131st ...

UPDATE: News Channel 11’s Josh Smith spoke to the mother of two sisters injured after falling from a Ferris wheel at the Greene County Fair Monday night. Kimmee Reynolds said her two daughters — Kayla ...

KNOXVILLE (WATE) – After last week’s scary Ferris wheel accident at the Greene County Fair, a state lawmaker wants to change Tennessee laws covering amusement ride safety. Tennessee used to have its ...

The 2026 Sarasota County agricultural Fair opens on Friday, March 13, and, although it’s best known for Ferris wheels, 4-H cows and fried everything, at its heart, the fair is a homegrown community ...

VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- The Ventura County Fair is back. People have been waiting three years for its return after pandemic cancellations. "You come here and you take a step back in time," said fair ...

In 1893 up-and-coming engineer George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. created an attraction for the world's fair in Chicago: A giant, steam-powered wheel on which passengers could gently ride to a height ...

Is a bridge in northern Indiana built from the ruins of the very first Ferris wheel? In 1893, Chicago was hoping to make an attraction that would surpass the Eiffel Tower's success at the Paris ...

GREENSBORO, N.C.-- A Central Carolina Fair employee was transported to the hospital Friday night after falling from a ride while trying to repair it, police say. NC State inspectors were called to the ...

The Midway Sky Eye, North America’s largest traveling Ferris wheel, debuted in Tampa and returns every February. Lauren Peace is an enterprise reporter covering issues of equity and inclusion. She can ...

Caney Branch Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ryan Holt stands on the top of a ladder at the Ferris wheel Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, where three girls fell Monday night. Police say one of three people who ...

An undated file photo from the State Fair of Texas. For many years, Black visitors could only attend on designated days. Editor’s note: Take a look back into The Dallas Morning News Archives. The ...