Groundhog Day began as a tiny event and has grown into an American holiday we can all be proud of. Its furry, buck-toothed star, Punxsutawney Phil, has visited the White House and even met Oprah.

GREENSBURG – Sunday is Groundhog Day, a holiday of sorts that makes meteorologists roll their eyes and a good many other people start thinking about spring. Observed primarily in the United ...

Groundhog Day began as a tiny event and has grown into an American holiday we can all be proud of. Its furry, buck-toothed star, Punxsutawney Phil, has visited the White House and even met Oprah.

We explore Groundhog Day’s origins from a tiny event to an American holiday we can all be proud of. Spoiler: there are badgers, immortality and at least one groundhog on the menu.

Punxsutawney, Pa. gearing up for Groundhog Day 00:45 (CNN) -- Every year, Americans in snowy states wait with bated breath to see whether Punxsutawney Phil will spot his shadow.And every year, we ...

One Huge Hog, One Long Day and a Nourishing Southern Tradition. At his farm in South Carolina, Marvin Ross is carrying on the ritual of hog slaughters, a disappearing staple of Black agrarian life.

A mong the earliest references in Cincinnati to Groundhog Day was an announcement by John P. Ohmer, proprietor of Ohmer’s Garden in the East End. A confectioner by trade, Ohmer maintained a miniature ...