Plato resident Michael Richards, who lost much of his left arm in a vehicular crash in October 2012, sits with his 3-year-old son Matthew and his dog Pepper and cat Sir Goober Cat.

An unusual, but true, story involving a cat, a dog and a local man was recently named winner of a national contest after being submitted by The Animal Shelter of Texas County (TASTC).

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