Circus clown Leo Acton with the Culpepper and Merriweather Circus works with an unruly chair during a recent show. The circus is coming to New Whiteland on Aug. 14 for two shows at 2 and 4:30 p.m.

Swinging traps. Narrow escapes. Death-defying feats. The language of circus entertainment sometimes applies all too readily to real life, especially for the at-risk youth who find safe space to ...

In winter exotic animals, trapeze artists and circus clowns call Hugo, Oklahoma home. The first circus decided to wait out the winter in Hugo, Oklahoma in 1941. Since then, 22 circuses have called ...

Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski Jared Daughenbaugh gets help from his son, Brodie, 3, laying the wreath at the 130 year anniversary of the Walter L. Main circus train wreck in Vail on Wednesday ...

People of all ages can enjoy the magic of traditional American circus arts at the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, Schaeffer Auditorium, as the first event of the KU Presents!