SARASOTA -- Tom DeWitt's swollen hands get in the way of carving lions and miniature circus trains, but his passion for the hobby hasn't diminished in the nearly five decades he's been doing it. Now, ...

Outside the big top of the Al G. Barnes Circus, the band wagon, pulled by eight horses, slowly slides by. Under the canvas, the Girl Scouts stare, transfixed by the lion walking the tightrope. Trapeze ...

When Chris Johnson was in junior high school, he “ran off” with the circus. From 1968 to 1982, he traveled with various big tops, pitching in by hawking snow cones, popcorn and balloons. Now, 35 years ...

Hello! Read in our paper recently that a museum in the nearby village of Douglas was hosting a layout of a miniature circus, so I went there last week to check it out. Think of your typical model ...