Fair-goers pack the stands at the East Perry Community Fair in Altenburg, Mo., on a warm, sunny Saturday afternoon. They aren’t here for the blue ribbon pigs, the truck pull or the beauty contest.

Paul Ruehling of Pocahontas has been in the business of jumping mules for more than a decade. With the help of his grandchildren, his quarter horse mules compete at several fairs and events in the ...

PEA RIDGE -- I've read "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," a classic short story written by Mark Twain. I've watched the Terrapin Derby in Lepanto, where hundreds of turtles meander ...

A longtime Wicomico County tradition continues Sunday, Oct. 19, with the 37th annual Mule Show hosted by the Delmarva Coon Hunters Association. The event is expected to attract dozens of mules from ...

Jul 26, 2014 Jul 26, 2014 Updated Jun 12, 2015 COLUMBIA — Mike Call led his trotting mule up to the jump, yelling "get it up, get it up!" in encouragement. He stopped the mule, a 24-year-old appaloosa ...

"My mule can jump higher than your mule." And so began the Pea Ridge Mule Jump, now in its fourth decade of delighting crowds. The 32nd annual jumping competition and community party will open at 9 ...

ALTENBURG, Mo. (KFVS) - The “Best Little Fair in the Land” returns to southeast Missouri with live music, mule jumping and more. According to organizers, the East Perry Community Fair has free ...

Les Clancy is pretty sure he's training a future world-class athlete in Ozark. Only 7 years old, the four-legged powerhouse already has easily cleared a 66-inch-high bar, and Clancy believes the world ...

PEA RIDGE — Red, yellow and browns intersperse the fading greens of summer in the Ozarks hills. Days grow shorter, nights grow longer and cooler. It’s autumn in the Ozarks of northwest Arkansas — time ...

Mules are intelligent. Some research suggests they are smarter than both horses and donkeys. In the South and Midwest, some handlers put their mules’ skills to the test in mule jumping competitions.

They call it "the best little fair in the land," and that's big talk for the annual The East Perry Community Fair in Altenburg, Missouri -- but it does offer the locally famous grilled-cheese ...