SPRINGFIELD — "Goober" won't be returned home to Springfield. The winner of the 2006 Governor's Frog Jump has retired to sunny California. The frog, owned by Emily Nettles, 18, of Springfield, ...

Frog handlers could do everything but touch their frog once the amphibian was placed on the launch pad, including spitting, jumping, clapping, pouring soda on them and even using silly string to coax ...