Puppy love (Laramie Boomerang)

If Santa didn’t bring you a puppy this year, the Laramie Animal Shelter may have one with your name on it. In early November, nine Rottweiler-mix puppies and their mother, Kit, were surrendered to the Laramie Animal Shelter, 1064 N. Fifth.

Pilot Grove one step closer to vicious dog ban (Boonville Daily News)

Pilot Grove is now one of many towns attempting to pass an ordinance banning certain breeds of vicious dogs within city limits.

From pound to precious (Daily Sparks Tribune)

Fifteen-week-old Chloe has glaucoma and may be losing an eye this morning during surgery. She was given eye drops on Wednesday. It became a waiting game on Thursday. But on Friday, there was no improvement. There’s not much of an option left for the little Chihuahua.

Boyle 911 Police Blotter for Jan. 4 (The Danville Advocate-Messenger)

Editor's note: Taken from the Danville 911 records, the Police Blotter represents a history of the initial calls and the information used by the dispatcher to send officers to investigate complaints. It is not necessarily an indication of what the officer found upon arrival at the scene, or of how the complaint may have been dealt with.

Paw prints (Press & Sun-Bulletin)

Females: Lab mix, yellow, 2 years; boxer, brown/white, 4 years; Lab, black, 6 months; Blue Heeler mix, gray/white, 6 months.