Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry’s most respected and honored performers, has been found dead along with his…

Lucas Stauffer-Rodriguez and Hadley Thompson were the winners of the Ranger in Time baskets. Students who read 10 or more Ranger in Time chapter books were entered into a drawing for a gift basket of…

TOPEKA — Republican lawmakers in Topeka are trying to snuff out liberal Lawrence’s reign as a plastic bag-free city. If history is a guide, the GOP likely won’t have enough votes to overturn a veto…

A golden retriever named Chickie was in the doghouse after chowing down on a groom’s passport, threatening his and his fiancee’s destination wedding in Italy. Donato Frattaroli of South Boston and his fiancée, Magda Mazri,…

Dianne Matheny and her dog, Sampson, were veteran hikers. Newcomers to Allen County, the duo moved to Moran last fall and have since traversed the Lehigh Portland Trails many times, and frequently ventured to other…

Take a good, long look at Gertie. She was adopted from the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility in 2010, and has become a fixture on the Lehigh Trails with her human, Brenda Bumgardner. She’s a…

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has pleaded guilty to a felony for throwing his ex-girlfriend’s caged miniature poodle in a river.  Davion Simpson, 24, pleaded guilty Wednesday to animal cruelty in the case…

LIBERTY, Miss. (AP) — A curious dog got hold of a fiber optic cable that ran between county buildings in Mississippi, chewing it to pieces and costing county officials thousands of dollars in an attempt…

NEW YORK (AP) — Whatever got a piece of gentle Titus in the North Carolina brush, it was trouble. Co-owner Cassandra Carpenter reckons it was a pygmy rattlesnake. Veterinarian Jess Hunter figures it could’ve been…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A toy fox terrier that disappeared from its family’s south Florida home in 2007 was found this week over a thousand miles away in Pittsburgh and reunited with its owner on Friday.…