Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image elements via Whirler During the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – one could expect ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.—Barber Pole No. 34,889 has seen better days. After spending more than 40 years in front of Twin Cities barbershops, its red-white-and-blue-striped cylinder is sun-faded and in pieces ...

Barber shops don't exactly have a hard time standing out on the streetscape, and it's largely thanks to the mesmerizing poles that spin just outside of their door fronts. But where'd that barber pole ...

After much debate over what is and is not a sign, city commissioners voted unanimously to ask the city attorney to write an amendment to the code to allow barber poles. “In my opinion,” Commissioner ...

Those rotating red, white, and blue poles outside barbershops have become an icon. At first glance, you’d probably assume barber pole designs have a patriotic background. But the reality is pretty ...

MEN’S barbershops are pretty trendy places these days, with many given stylish make-overs and offering far more than a quick trim. But lots still display the traditional red and white barber poles ...

Barber Pole No. 34,889 has seen better days. After spending more than 40 years in front of Twin Cities barbershops, its red-white-and-blue-striped cylinder is sun-faded and in pieces inside its glass ...

Barbers have to take down their famous red-, white- and blue-striped poles, now that the City Commission has rejected a proposal to change city codes to allow the fixtures. In May, three barbers came ...

FOND DU LAC - Walk through the doors of Central Barber on North Main Street and you get hit with that “Andy of Mayberry” feel. Red Mullenbach has been cutting hair in Fond du Lac for more than 50 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Bozeman City Commissioner Eric Bryson was getting his hair cut at The Buckaroo when he learned ...