Muskogee Shriner Eric Blackwood plays a strange role in this week’s Bedouin Shrine Circus. “I get the opportunity to go inside a 6-foot ball with two motorcycles as they go around me,” Blackwood said.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Ari Steeples, a third-generation bear trainer, is set to lead the Murat Shrine Circus as its ringmaster, continuing a family tradition in the circus industry. Steeples, who ...