A new bill introduced in the Ohio Senate seeks to significantly toughen penalties for animal cruelty offenses, particularly for those involving companion animals, which are ...

Canal Winchester High School's Kylen Martino was the winner in this week's Dispatch Student of the Week poll. Martino secured ...

With school closed because of snowy, icy roads, Kelly Elkins, 9, back to camera, and Doug Elkins, 12, give 4-year-old Richard ...

A family is fighting for answers after their pet unexpectedly died and the chance to say goodbye was taken from them.

The Mister Sparky Pet of the Week comes to us with Paws Humane Society Executive Director Courtney Pierce. Meet Trooper! Trooper is about a year-and-a-half and still considered a puppy. He has a ...

Can you imagine the shocking intense pain he must have suffered EVERY time that chain was moved, or anytime he tried to move ...

Every year, before kitten season starts in spring, the shelter holds a "Poorly Drawn Pets Fundraiser," Anna Hill, the rescue's foster coordinator, told USA TODAY. People can pay $10, and volunteers ...

"It just looked like a murder scene," Grant said, recounting the house where a little boy had been attacked by his uncle's ...

For years, Harris County Animal Control has worked to manage stray and surrendered animals. However, challenges such as overcrowding and limited resources have ...

Carolina Hurricanes' Mikko Rantanen (96) protests against a penalty with an official during the third period of an NHL hockey ...

When the commissioners pay $140,000 annually to the Bartholomew County Humane Society, they are making the nonprofit a ...