An Indiana man has accomplished his goal of growing the world's tallest sunflower. Alex Babich of Fort Wayne had a mission to break the record of a 30-foot sunflower, which was set in Germany. He ...

After prayers and a little luck, the world's tallest sunflower on record now stands nearly the height of a residential telephone pole. A "monster bloom" grown in the backyard of an Indiana family beat ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Guinness has confirmed that Alex Babich’s sunflower, named Clover, has officially beaten the world record in an official measuring. In August, the sunflower unofficially grew ...

Aug. 8 (UPI) --An Indiana man's towering sunflower is unofficially a world record-breaker after being measured at 30 feet and 7 inches tall. Fort Wayne resident Alex Babich previously attempted to ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WISH) — A sunflower grown this year in Fort Wayne has received the honor as the tallest in the Guinness Book of World Records. What’s more special is how the gardener, originally ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — When Ukrainian immigrant Alex Babich stands in his Indiana backyard craning his neck to look 35 feet into the sky, he isn’t just staring at a sunflower. He is looking at his ...

A Ukrainian immigrant grew the world’s tallest sunflower in his Indiana backyard as a tribute to his war-torn home country. Alex Babich, 47, achieved the feat of nursing Ukraine’s national flower ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — A local gardener’s sunflower is reaching new heights, and possibly a new world record. Alex Babich, local extreme gardener, started growing sunflowers six years ago. It ...

Harpist Tabitha Reist Steiner, a 2000 graduate of Washburn University, will return Monday night to her alma mater to perform in chamber music ensembles at the fourth of the nine concerts of the 23rd ...