Carnival sent packing over COVID concerns
WEST POINT — A “Please Wear Face Masks” sign was displayed at the entrance to the lot where C&M Southern Midways Carnival had set up at the intersection where West Church Hill Road meets Highway 45 Alternate on Wednesday. Behind it, the cotton candy concession stand, bright yellow ticket booth and Ferris wheel were already in place, along with roughly a dozen other rides and concession stands, just as they had been every fall for more than a decade.
Four-day carnival starts Wednesday at fairgrounds
Having arrived in Columbus at 3:30 a.m., William Purdy is working on a few hours of sleep.
As he treads across the muddy ground Monday afternoon, Purdy watches his crew haul in loads of amusement equipment. Behind him, the Columbus Fairgrounds are bathed in the setting sun.
Ailing mother searching for daughter who ran away with carnival
Authorities in Waynesboro are asking the public’s help locating a woman who left town with a traveling carnival in 2015.
The man charged with fixing cruise giant Carnival
Arnold W. Donald strolls across the Carnival Splendor’s lido deck, checking in on passengers. He cozies up, places a hand on their shoulder and asks: Are you having a blast?
He sure hopes so.
Passengers in court over Carnival cruise
About three dozen passengers who sailed on the ill-fated Carnival Triumph cruise ship that drifted at sea for days are hoping to collect thousands of dollars apiece as a result of lingering medical and mental problems they say were caused by their nightmarish experience.
Men, women behind traveling carnival bring fleeting fun to small towns
The carnival is gone almost before you know it was here. Every year, it rolls into town at the beginning of the week like a band of gypsies in the night.