PEA RIDGE -- Maranda Stites was in a saddle before she could walk. She jokes she didn't have a choice. Stites is a third-generation mule rider, and on Saturday, she joined her mother and grandfather ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Great Jumpin' Mules! Mule-jumping competitions are popular at state fairs in the rural south and midwest. WSJ's Doug Belkin went to West Plains, Missouri to catch the high-jumping action.

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 ...

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 ...

ALTENBURG, Mo. (KFVS) - The East Perry Community Fair will return Friday, September 22 and Saturday, September 23 in Altenburg. Also known as ‘The Best Little Fair in the Land,’ the family-friendly ...