However a clown call in Tchula, Miss., turned out to be true. Police Chief Kenneth Hampton said he saw someone wearing a mask, a multi-colored wig and overalls around 11 p.m. on Wednesday.

The "clown" was described as wearing white overalls, white gloves, red shoes with red bushy hair, a white face and a red nose. About four hours later, a caller who refused to give a name reported ...

The clown phenom may have made their way up to North Carolina, too. On September 4, two kids in Winston-Salem claimed that a person in white overalls, ...

A clown get-up is not cheap. In a vendors room, I find clown overalls ($239), clomping shoes ($80), a red bulb with a soft clip to secure on either side of the nasal septum ($35). Those numbers ...

The lobby of Renaissance Dallas North Hotel is stately, with purple orchids and velvet couches, but down a long hallway, I can spot the clowns. More than 100 have gathered in Dallas, March 3-7 ...