Animals

A Brunswick County man is in jail charged with crimes against nature involving a dog. Full story...

A Fayetteville group is proposing the creation of a memorial for dogs who have died while serving in the military. Full story...

North Carolina's low-profile first lady has stepped into public political advocacy in state government for the first time. Full story...

Wilmington firefighters rescued three pets from an overnight house fire and had to use a pet mask to resuscitate a dog. The fire department says all the animals survived and are doing well. No humans were injured. Full story...

A Wilmington Police officer shot and killed a dog last night while searching for a suspect. Police say it started when a driver police stopped at about 9:43 p.m. in the 400 block of Evans Street jumped and ran. Full story...

A 16-year-old is in jail after Wilmington Police say he broke into a store and was bitten by a police dog. Full story...

A sad ending to a story you saw Thursday afternoon. The large, emu-like bird who escaped from his pen yesterday has died. Full story...

UPDATE: New Hanover County Sheriff's Spokesman Sgt. Jerry Brewer says Animal Services provided assistance to the bird's owner and that the bird died of stress and exhausted. . Wilmington Police have been chasing an unlikely suspect along Masonboro Sound Road. They describe him as being about five feet tall, covered in feathers and quick on his feet. Full story...

Seadon Collins Etienne Henrich of Zebulon was charged with four felony counts of crime against nature and three felony counts of disseminating obscenity, according to arrest warrants filed Thursday at the Wake County Magistrate's Office. Full story...

Independence Mall has some unexpected company: a pair of Canada geese have nested under one of the Dillard's arches. Full story...

A black bear has been spotted in a New Hanover County neighborhood. Full story...

The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office K-9 unit won first place overall for the 2013 United States Police Canine Association Trials that took place last week in Holly Springs. Full story...

On Wednesday 20 March 2013, a pitbull that was with his owner but not on a leash, attacked two WPD police horses as the Mounted Officers were passing through 2nd and Chestnut Streets. Full story...

Deputies found a dog that was barely skin and bones about two weeks ago in a Brunswick County home. Officers say he was on the brink of death. Now the dog's owner is in jail, and the pup is recovering. Full story...