Jun. 30—PERU — Thomas Patrick Kelly, the last living son of the nation's most famous hobo clown who followed his father into a career under the big top, died Sunday at Hickory Creek at Peru. He was 87 ...

Jul. 23—PERU — Pat Kelly traveled the country performing in circuses as a sad, downtrodden clown for most his life, just like his father, Emmett Kelly, the iconic depression-era hobo clown named Weary ...

PERU, Ind. — Every year, kids in Miami County learn skills that will last a lifetime: communication, teamwork, and fitness, to name a few. And perhaps this one-of-a-kind program is the reason many of ...

Jul. 24—PERU — A year ago, downtown Peru looked perfectly normal after the Peru Circus City Festival was forced to cancel due to the pandemic. But on Saturday, animal wagons, jugglers, clowns and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — Did you know Peru, Indiana is ...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, please direct your attention to the center ring . . . and so the fun begins in Peru, Ind., where famous circuses once spent their winters and now a youth circus ...

PERU— The crowd gathered near the towering, paint-chipped barn with digital cameras ready. The conversation was brisk as the anticipation rose. Around noon, a tractor pulled out the red, wooden beast, ...

Peru, Indiana, is the “Circus Capital of the World.” For that, this town of 11,000 can thank Benjamin Wallace, a native son whose Great World Menageries and International Circus opened to a sell-out ...

PERU, Indiana — For the first time in six decades, Peru’s Circus City Festival was canceled last summer because of the pandemic. The loss of revenue financially hurt the amateur circus. Organizers now ...

Not long before Nik Wallenda wire-walked across the Grand Canyon and Cirque du Soleil performer Sarah Guillot-Guyard fell to her death, I wanted to be the girl on the flying trapeze. I wanted to see ...

Each year%2C Peru%27s 200-member youth circus practices for months to perform full three-ring shows. This year%27s shows will be performed between July 13 and July 20. The city%27s Big Tent identity ...