MARION – Brianna Eaches tucked the Holland lop's soft, wiggling nose under her arm to demonstrate how to carry a rabbit. Oatmeal, Oatie for short, is one of six entries the 17-year-old Marion County ...

Chesney Thornton, 12, and her rabbits, Mandy, Lucy and Carl. Bement Middle School seventh grader Chesney Thornton won Grand Champion Meat Pen honors for her trio of rabbits at the Illinois State Fair.

Young siblings in two Westmoreland County families may compete in the same categories when they show their animals at the county fair — but they’re more likely to demonstrate cooperation than rivalry ...

After the awards for rabbit meat pens were announced Saturday evening at the Colorado State Fair, Sydney Baty, 11, and Elizabeth Edie, 17, hugged and Elizabeth told the younger girl, “Now we can wear ...

As in past years, Ramona 4-H’ers have taken winners to the San Diego County Fair at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Katie and Carney Flinn garnered the top rabbit meat pen awards, Kaylin Van Tol walked away ...

Big Puff’s days as a show rabbit, Chase Myatt and his younger brother Tyler agree, are over. In a small shed on the Myatts’ property in Baker County, surrounded by 35 other rabbits, Big Puff sprawls ...

Austin Eilers, a Barrett Primary student, brought home a Grand Champion trophy for his meat pen rabbits, displayed at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. According to the Houston Livestock Show and ...

Aug. 20—SPRINGFIELD — Chesney Thornton wasn't in attendance for her first three days of seventh grade at Bement Middle School. The hare-raising reason why: She was busy showcasing her award-winning ...