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.

The Ozark Riverways Foundation’s annual Rendezvous at the Ridge brought hundreds of people to the Big Rock Candy Mountain ...

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 ...

ALTENBURG, Mo. (KFVS) - The “Best Little Fair in the Land” will open with a parade on Friday, September 20. The East Perry Community Fair will run Friday-Saturday, Sept. 20-21. Some of the events will ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The stadium at the East Perry County Community Fair overflowed to the arena's perimeter where mule jump enthusiasts lined the railings or sat above the culvert where concrete served as a bench. Former ...

World record jumping mules can jump more than five feet, and an unverified source says the highest a mule has ever jumped is six feet. Prielipp, who lives on a 300 acre dairy farm with her husband ...