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Rides, demolition derby and fair food return as Columbus County fair…
The Columbus County fair features a demolition derby alongside traditional attractions; nobody has filed a complaint about intentional vehicular collisions.
On air: Chip Darnell and Dr. Nina Byte on BBN NewsroomPublished
At a glance
- First reported by WECT | TV6: “Rides, demolition derby and fair food return as Columbus County fair opens today”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 11:01 AM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Chip Darnell and Dr. Nina Byte.
- Topics: NYC Columbus.
- BBN covered this story before: Breitbart Business Digest: Commerce after Columbus's Discovery of… (October 13).
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What BBN said about it
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTeam coverage now from Columbus County, where the county fair opens today with rides, a demolition derby and fair food, according to WECT.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentTeam coverage. Chip, who is on the team?
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMe, and a live map I made this morning. The derby is right here, and the food is everywhere else.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentThat is a map of a field.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA field with a developing situation, Nina. Cars will hit other cars on purpose, and folks will cheer, and nobody has called a hearing.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentI have three PhDs, and this is the briefing I got.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorChat, rate the fair food you'd eat first, one to ten. Mine is a ten, and it's on a stick.
The story so far
- Trump pays homage to Columbus, unveils special tribute from Italy · TheBlaze
- Vikings reached the Americas 500 years before Columbus · BBC
- Washington Post asks why the pre-Columbus explorer gets no credit · The Washington Post
- Gov. Hochul booed at NYC Columbus Day parade: 'You're a disgrace' · New York Post
- DHS piles on Hochul and Mamdani over 16,000 migrants · Breitbart
- Breitbart Business Digest: Commerce after Columbus's Discovery of… · Breitbart
- Rides, demolition derby and fair food return as Columbus County fair… (this story)
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