The catapult will set you back $19.99 and the trebuchet costs ten bucks more; if you get one or both, send us photos of the mayhem, we like to live vicariously through our readers.

Eric Cunningham pens a humorous column on a local nonprofit's annual 'Pumpkin Smash.' ...

CLARENCE, N.Y. — The 14th annual Pumpkin Catapult Contest took place on Sunday at the Great Pumpkin Farm's Fall Festival. With nothing but wood and the necessary hardware, 12 Western New York ...

Welcome to a pumpkin-slinging contest. More than 100 high school students from northern New Jersey designed a catapult, each with the goal of launching a pumpkin the farthest into Lake Picatinny.

It's not a good weekend to be a pumpkin. Starting Friday, the bright orange squashes will be loaded, launched and landing in dozens of pieces during the 27th annual World Championship Punkin Chun.