Mar. 15, 2025
Photo:Paulding District Attorney’s Office/Facebook
Paulding District Attorney’s Office/Facebook
A Georgia man was sentenced to 475 years in prison for dog fighting and cruelty to animals after more than 100 pit bulls were found tied up in his backyard.
Vincent Lemark Burrell, 57, was found guilty of 103 counts, including 93 counts of dog fighting and 10 counts of cruelty to animals, following a four-day trial, the Paulding District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday, Jan.
Mar. 15, 2025
Mr. Cat at Mario’s Paw Animal Rescue.Photo:Mario’s Paw/Instagram
Mario’s Paw/Instagram
A cat rescued from theongoing Los Angeles wildfiresis on the road to recovery.
Mario’s Paw Animal Rescue, who have affectionately called the feline Mr. Cat, shared in anInstagram updateposted on Jan. 16 that the cat is “healing beautifully” after he came to the shelter with “burns all over” and “bleeding” paws.
“He’s on Day Four of healing!!! Today at the vet he had his bandages switched out on all four of his paws.
Mar. 15, 2025
Jackie Siegel/Instagram
Jackie Siegel’s mega mansion is almost there!
On Sunday, Jan. 26,The Queen of Versaillesstar, 59,shared anInstagram videoupdating her followers on the construction of her and husband David Siegel’s 90,000 square-foot Florida home, which has been over 20 years in the making.
“Well, I’m over at Versailles and we’re getting closer,” Jackie said as she filmed the home’s huge interior and grand staircases. “We’re getting closer to getting done.”
Mar. 15, 2025
Joseph Neill, who was found dead 3 weeks after he disappeared while taking photographs of king tides in Oregon.Photo:Andrew Neill/Facebook
Andrew Neill/Facebook
A man who disappeared while taking photographs of king tides along the Oregon coastline has been found dead three weeks later.The Clausen Oysters farm off North Bay Road called North Coos Dispatch just before 9:30 a.m. local time on Sunday, Jan. 5, about “a possible deceased person found in Haynes Inlet” as the tide was going out, according to a news release from theCoos County Sheriff’s Office(CCSO).
Mar. 15, 2025
A memorial for Arsema Mekonnen.Photo:GoFundMe
GoFundMe
Arsema’s parents, dad Berihun Mekonnen and mom Tigist Yitna, told KIRO that they moved their family from Ethiopia to the United States for a brighter future.
“I brought my daughter here from Ethiopia to have a better life, to go to a better school, get better education,” Yitna tearfully said via a translator. “And then I send my child to school and I don’t get my child back.