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 ...

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 ...

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 ...