Dakin Humane Society in Springfield welcomes 5 dogs from an animal shelter in South Carolina due to overcrowding.
Rooney, a 7-year-old Dogue de Bordeaux, was discarded by his family of seven years due to the arrival of a new baby.
Three parish baseball teams have moved on to the second round of the LHSAA baseball playoffs. All three teams will be playing at home starting Friday. Vermilion Catholic, Erath, and North Vermilion all received first-round byes. Their second-round games are all at home. The second round of games will be a three-game series for North Vermilion and Erath. VC is only one game. Lakeshore at Erath The No. 4 Erath Bobcats (23-7) entertain No. 20 Lakeshore (14-17). The first game is Friday at 6 p.m....
Writer Mari Okada, voice actress Ai Kakuma, singer Kanon Wakeshima, J.C. Staff reunite
Not every dog starts life in a cozy home filled with love. For some, like a Pit Bull named Cider, their early experiences are marked by hardship. Cider was a victim of illegal dog fighting as a young pup, and when he was rescued and taken to the Pennsylvania SPCA in Philadelphia, he was in dire straits. Despite his rough beginning, Cider has healed physically and emotionally, thanks to the dedication of the shelter staff. Yet, more than two years
Cats and dogs can't speak up for themselves, but their allies have been making a lot of noise in the California Legislature recently. The overcrowded and unsafe conditions of animal shelters are the topic of several Senate and Assembly bills aiming to improve conditions in California's animal facilities and curb the stray cat and dog population. The proposed bills making their way through committees includes legislation to promote the certification of more veterinary students, standardize the...
More than two dozen large breed dogs were brought to Massachusetts from a small rescue organization in Texas.
MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - Staff with the Midland Animal Shelter and Fix West Texas are hard at work as they fight the clock to save animals within the shelter. Fix West Texas has been at the shelter all day as people have come to lend a helping hand and foster pets in need. At last []
Voters in Vermilion Parish rejected two renewals on Saturday’s ballot, while three others passed. A parish-wide proposition, a 3.26 mill renewal, failed with 52% (1,106) voting against it. Support for the proposition finished with 48% (1,003 votes). The renewal would have collected an estimated $1,106,600 for an entire year for a period of 10 years to maintain public roads and highways in the parish. Voters in Sub-Road District No. 1 of Road District No. 2 voted down a 5.06 mills renewal. That...
Many of Donald Trump’s endorsements are easy to overlook. The former president finds sycophantic allies and publishes cookie-cutter statements of support — occasionally for Republicans who face little opposition. But a few of his endorsements stand out for reasons that aren’t immediately obvious. NBC News reported this week, for example: Revisiting our earlier coverage, when Trump was impeached for his role in the Jan. 6 attack, it resulted in the most bipartisan impeachment vote in American...
Somehow, ‘Last Week Tonight’ survived AT&T’s acquisition of HBO and the infamous Discovery merger
New ONS stats reveal almost 1,000 tragedies across the West Midlands after significant rise since pandemic