The wise guys who brought the Newport Gangster Tours to our city bring on the thrills and chills with the Queen City is Haunted Walking Tour. Expect wild and wooly tales of murder, deception and mayhe  

The Cave is held in an old limestone mine and uses 4 square miles of its tunnels-it's listed as the World's Longest Haunted House in the 2010 Guiness Book Of World Records. It wastes no time dragging you in-literally, as amphibious creatures pull at your legs from the dark waters of an indoor lake. There are over 100 actors inside, often hidden in plain sight or above-and they WILL grab you.  

Sometimes it seems like gluttony is the goal of Halloween. Mountains of candy glommed by little door-to-door ragamuffins are the proud trophies of the spooky night prowl. And this is consumed by sugar-crazed mouths within a day or two. Sick bellies and glazed eyes are the leftovers from the party.  

It was never close to becoming an Ohio version of Inherit the Wind, but a recent effort to bring a creationism class to public school students in Springboro has been quietly dropped after it received widespread criticism and a threatened lawsuit by the ACLU.   

Smarmy, round-shouldered and sporting a haircut that makes his head look just a little asymmetrical, Ohio Gov. John Kasich cuts a striking pose in his weekly video addresses. Checking these out gets you close to the Governor’s mansion in that way that Facebook gets you close to your friends — that is to say, very and not at all.   

The usual narrative of America’s Dust Bowl years goes something like this: Midwestern farmers, driven by greed, recklessly and ignorantly wrecked the land to such a point that it became worthless. They essentially ate themselves to death. But Raj Patel, author of "The Value of Nothing," says it wasn’t some innate, every-man-for-himself style of greed that raped the land; it was the dominant capitalist construct that was to blame.  

Learn about managing diabetes through healthier eating and proper medication. Free. 1-3 p.m. Thursday at the Kenton County Health Center, 2002 Madison Ave., Covington, 859-363-2115. Join more than 1  

Conversations: A Great Good Place is an opportunity for stories about how cafes, coffeehouses and community hubs contribute to a sustainable way of life. $10 suggested donation. 6-8:30 p.m. March 7 a