A Harrison High School graduate embarked on a logistics business at 18. Now, he's identifying ways to continue supporting the ...

Marvin Stone was sipping on a mint julep with some buddies, but he was not enjoying it. In the late 1800s, when this happy hour took place, natural rye grass was the tool used to slurp up your booze.

Ohio-born Marvin Stone's invention of a paper cigarette holder mightn't be remembered if he hadn't expanded his repertoire to include a drinking straw. Adapting the same method of wrapping strips of ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A Chicago company hopes to thrive, despite making a product under fire this summer. Plastic drinking draws have recently been seen as a public enemy, according to many ...

They are everywhere. Those quirky, bendy straws that make the satisfying crunching sound when flexed. They are in every soft drink, every restaurant… even when we don’t ask for them, those bendable ...

In order to keep disposable plastic straws from ending up in the ocean and harming sea animals, companies like Disney, Starbucks and Whole Foods have all vowed not to carry the item, most of which can ...