Susan Menard was dedicated to her work and kept performing as Silly the Clown until the effects of lupus finally won out. Whenever Menard, who died at age 56, had a physical setback, “she treated it ...

PORT ORANGE – The Fan-Tastic Clown-Tastics, a group of nine amateur clowns, kicked off International Clown Week with a free performance Aug. 1 at the Port Orange Regional Library with more than 75 ...

This week, dozens of clowns descended on Orlando, Florida for the 40th annual World Clown Association convention. But these aren't your scary clowns, the ones you might know from scary movies like "It ...

All that clowning around at the Wyndham Hotel the last several days was really serious business. The 350 clowns who gathered in Itasca last week competed before judges. And it was no laughing matter, ...

The school bus rolled up to a retreat center on a lake in rural Minnesota, and out stepped a clown. And another. And then another. They just kept coming. It wasn't a mega-sized clown car gag, but the ...