As the instructor at the nation's only full-time carousel-animal carving school, Larry Ridge, 75, is keeping a centuries-old ...

The opening of the Flying Horses Antique Carousel means that spring can’t be far behind. The carousel is in Fireman’s Park at 901 N. Park St. in Brenham. The merry-go-round season goes March 1 to Oct.

That means getting rid of the carousel’s vintage iron horses. “Times change, and our understanding of animals has greatly evolved over the past few decades,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk ...