EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (WKBN)- After a high school football game at Patterson Field in East Liverpool, fans of the Potters gather for baked sweet treats that they've been familiar with at L & B Donuts & Catering for almost 90 years.

Nicole Fitch, the owner of the restaurant, has been working at the restaurant for most of her life.

"I love it so much and still do. I remember when I first started when I was 14, and I made $2 per hour," she said.

The business got its name from two friends, Loren Slates and Bud Wilkinson, who began serving donuts in 1938. Nicole's aunt, Marta Schrieber, bought the business from Loren's son, Butch Slates, in 1991 to become its fourth owner. Nicole remembers delivering donuts in a briefcase in downtown East Liverpool when she was young.

"When I was a teenager,

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