After discovering Francine had boarded a Lowe's truck bound for a North Carolina distribution center, two Richmond Lowe's employees made the 90-minute drive Monday to retrieve the four-legged star.

A beloved cat living at a Lowe's store for eight years vanished - then came a heartwarming reunion in North Carolina. The home improvement chain said workers from Virginia got into a car at 4 a.m.

During a suspected theft at a Weaverville Walmart Oct. 28, a man used pepper spray on a Weaverville Police Department officer, before the officer shot him, officials said. The shot was non-fatal.