Bringing home the bacon: Suburban police capture runaway pig

The pig was reunited with the person who is taking care of it after about 15 minutes on the ham -- er, on the lam.

Happy Birthday, Cole! Suburban boy battling leukemia gets almost 3,000 birthday cards from strangers

“I just couldn't even believe it,” said his mom, Brittany Magnus. “The fact that so many people took time out of their day to pick out a special card, go to the post office. All these people did it for Cole.”

Police allegedly helped illegal multimillion-dollar marijuana operation

Federal prosecutors say law enforcement officers and a prosecutor aided an operation that illegally sold $13 million in pot grown for Maine’s medical marijuana program.

Don’t change outgoing voicemail if lost, stranded: Rescue team responds to viral post

After a post on Facebook advising any lost hikers or stranded motorists to change their outgoing voicemail to reveal their locations should their phones die or lose signal went viral, a nonprofit rescue team from Colorado is pointing out why that’s not a good idea.

Florida woman spots alligator in clouds

"Proof that Florida man has grown more powerful and can now control the weather," one viewer wrote.

Indiana town will give you cash and ‘grandparents on demand’ if you move there

Yes, you read that correctly. The City of Greensburg, Indiana will give you cash and “Grandparents on Demand” if you decide to move there and work remotely.

Brian Laundrie lookalike has hotel door kicked in by US Marshals, deputies in arrest attempt

“I said, ‘You might want to change your appearance for a while or this will continue to happen where you go,’” Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp told Severin Beckwith, the Brian Laundrie doppelgänger.

Surveillance video shows Alabama woman entering police van days before body found

The Huntsville Police Department released surveillance video showing Christina Nance entering the back of a police van. Days later, an officer found her dead.

Entire historic Tennessee town for sale for $725K

Water Valley, Tennessee is up for sale and real estate broker Christa Swartz said her phone hasn’t stopped ringing with potential buyers.

Arizona woman gives birth to 14-pound baby

For one Arizona family, their newborn baby may have set a new record for the largest baby to be born at one Phoenix area hospital.

Live to 130 years old? Study suggests it’s possible

It may be humanly possible to live to 130 years old, according to a study published last month in the Royal Society Open Science Journal.

Shark bites floating alligator’s foot in wild video

The shark had been circling the alligator from below before taking a chance and biting the animal’s leg.

Man reported missing joins search party seeking him

The man joined a search party for a missing person not realizing the individual being pursued was him.

Suburban community attempts Guinness World Record for Largest Dog Wedding Ceremony

160 dogs participated in a dog wedding ceremony on Saturday morning in Villa Park, Illinois. The effort was meant to overtake the Guinness Book of World Records record for 178 dogs “married” on the same day that was set in 2007 in Littleton, Colorado.

Fake funeral home ad pushes COVID-19 vaccinations in North Carolina

“Don’t get vaccinated” was the simple message painted on a box truck driven around Charlotte that appeared to promote a local funeral home. But the funeral home doesn’t exist, and the message instead was promoting the vaccine.