CHESTER — Entering it’s 38th year, Chester’s Popeye Picnic has evolved into not only celebrating its namesake, but also about the event’s evolving cast of characters. Debbie Brooks, the picnic’s ...

CHESTER - Reality and fantasy will collide at this weekend's annual Popeye Picnic, as the classic cast of characters will visit present day Chester in the form of a new 32-page comic book. The new ...

Fresh from its platinum sponsorship of the annual Popeye Picnic in Chester, Ill., hard by the Mississippi River down in Arkansas, Prego Italian sauce is airing the latest iteration of its five-spot ...

This weekend Popeye -- the crusty, spinach-munching sailor -- celebrates his 80th birthday in his hometown of Chester, Ill., and a Northeast Ohio man is there to help out. Chris Yambar, a comic artist ...

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CHESTER, Ill., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The 75th birthday of Popeye the Sailor Man has put his Illinois hometown in a scrappy mood, the Chicago Tribune reported Saturday. The Chester City Council will vote ...

OAKVILLE, Ont. – Come Sept. 10, Denne Kornechuk will be trading his truck driving clothes for the starched white navy outfit of Popeye the Sailor Man. Why? Because the 75-year-old System 55 driver ...

Oh, Popeye! The sailor man is looking buff for a guy of 75. Fans of the spinach-eating comic hero will celebrate his 75th birthday with a picnic this weekend in the Mississippi River hometown of his ...

CHESTER, Ill. (AP) -- Hundreds of die-hard fans of comic hero Popeye will again crowd into this Mississippi River town when they meet for their annual picnic and festival in September. City Council ...

This Mississippi River city is the hometown of three institutions. Two are state penitentiaries. The third is a gnarly, one-eyed cartoon character who butchered the English language: Popeye. The ...