Welcome to the land of Louisiana! Where crawfish are crawfish, “crawdad” will get you a “you’re not from around here, but ...

For almost a century, the “Coney Island of the West” was the reigning Cincinnati amusement park, despite tough competition from Chester Park in Spring Grove Village and the Lagoon in Ludlow, Kentucky.

Boots Randolph, a versatile saxophonist best remembered for his 1963 recording of “Yakety Sax,” whose zany melody spiced the girl-chasing comedy sketches of TV star Benny Hill, has died. He was 80.