CHAUNCEY, Ohio - In this Midwestern town, potty humor pays the bills.To collect money for the town\'s street light bill, the Chauncey Emergency Management Group places a wooden outhouse on residents\' ...

An ailing retired farmer who refused to give up his outhouse after authorities declared it to be a public nuisance finally got a new one. Elbert "Lew" Preston, 79, stood his ground long enough for a ...

Wooden outhouses, like those found in remote, undeveloped camping areas, are fading into the past. As an outhouse aficionado, I’m talking about the basic old wooden ones, not the modern brick and ...

I said a few weeks ago, that the outhouse deserved its own story. Unless you’re Amish, only those of you with a few years under your belt can appreciate the importance of the outhouse. Or more ...

Long-suffering users of Cook County’s forest preserves may find some relief this summer when the old wooden privies are scheduled to be replaced with more than 200 portable plastic toilets. The old ...