ENGLAND — A local woman is preparing to swim the English Channel this week. Amy Wamsley is from Yellow Springs and, according to her social media, went to England earlier this month. Wamsley is ...

Maya Merhige made quite a splash with her latest swimming accomplishment! On Saturday, July 13, the 16-year-old girl swam across the English Channel, which spans 20.5 miles, in 11 hours and 39 minutes ...

At least three migrants died early Sunday while attempting to cross the English Channel to Britain from Northern France, marking another grim chapter in the ongoing migrant crisis. The French coast ...

At least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France, French maritime authorities said Sunday. The tragedy occurred Saturday just before midnight when ...

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman has made history becoming only the second woman in Ohio to ever complete a solo English Channel swim. Yellow Springs native Amy Wamsley has ...

In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel (that we know about, at least), and since then, fewer than 2,000 other people have completed successful solo crossings.

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (WDTN) — A Yellow Springs woman is getting ready to do something that fewer than 2,000 people have ever done successfully. Amy Wamsley is preparing to swim across the English ...

She’s taking home the mermaid crown. A fearless Gotham native is set to stroke across the English Channel’s 21 miles of treacherous waters this week — becoming the first woman from the Big Apple to ...

The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in 2023 decreased by over a third compared to the previous year. Preliminary figures indicated 30,000 crossings, a 36% drop from the 45,000 recorded ...

A day after 12 migrants died when their small inflatable ripped apart on a failed effort to cross the English Channel, several dozen others made another crossing attempt on a crowded vessel from ...