What do you do when you're an elephant and it's time to retire? If you're an elephant with a Missouri circus, the answer apparently is "roam the land" and no, I'm not kidding.
If you weren't convinced that life was different back in 1950, I can prove how different it was with a vintage film showing a wild circus of performing chimps that happened in the St. Louis Zoo.
When you think of clowns, the hope is that you'll associate that with laughter and happiness. In the case of the Illinois clown graveyard, the opposite is true. It's the story of a tragedy that took the lives of 86 entertainers late at night on June 22, 1918.
The elephants are looking forward to their spa day at the Quincy Mall. The Carson and Barnes Circus runs Saturday, September 5, through Monday, September 7, sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Quincy.
(MOBERLY)—A collision involving a semi and a vehicle belonging to a circus results in minor to moderate injuries for nine people late Thursday night. The collision occurred on US 24 just east of Moberly around 11 p.m.