About 2 dozen animal rights activists gathered on 7th Street across from the Richmond Coliseum. Ringling Bros. Circus has announced it will phase out elephant acts by 2018. JOE MAHONEY/TIMES-DISPATCH ...

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is closing for good in 2017. But 45 years ago, in the then-new Richmond Coliseum, the circus was quite the draw.