Readers submitted photos and voted freely; Herald-Leader tallied winners Izzy and Bennie. Bennie won dog bracket with 102 votes across two rounds, beating seven rivals. Izzy, a 12-year calico rescue, ...

I knew something was amiss when Douglas came running back from the river, yelling, “Mom, mom somebody threw her in the water before she had oil on her feathers and she was drowning!” Cupped in his ...