More than 700 runners joined in for the Run Wild 5K and Wild Child Fun Run in Huntersville’s Birkdale neighborhood Saturday, raising $30,000 for the African Children’s Project. Davidson-based Olympian Anthony Famiglietti won the race in one of the fastest 5K times in the area in recent memory. Claire Naisby of Davidson won the women’s division. See results and photos in our latest Running column, in SPORTS»

Heavy spring rains raised water levels all along the Catawba River basin this week, leading to flooding in some low-lying areas of the river and area lakes. Residents along Lake Norman reported flooding, and some residents in northwest Charlotte’s Riverside neighborhood were evacuated amid rising waters. Read on for a photo gallery. Read the full story

A front rolls in over Lake Norman. (Lori Michael photo)

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Foggy morning over Lake Norman. (Lori Michael photo)

Cornelius resident Lori Michael captured the fog rolling over the lake last week.

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Many of our canine residents brought their owners out this past weekend for Christmas in Davidson, while some other local creatures were stars in Saturday’s 30th annual North Mecklenburg Christmas Parade. The action included Friday night’s Doggie Fashion Show on the Davidson Village Green. See a photo gallery today on PETS & ANIMALS»

Also today on Pets & Animals:

•  “Photo of the Day: A fellow greenway traveler.” – A local runner encountered a slithering obstacle on a local greenway Monday. So he photographed it.
•  Cornelius Animal Shelter Pets of the Week – How about adopting a kitty or a doggie for the holidays?

Nigel the Blue Heron makes his home at Half Moon Bay. (Alice Crandall photo)

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Joining the FundRunners’ run were characters including this big banana. (David Boraks/CorneliusNews.net)

Hundreds of Cornelius Elementary School kids ran laps behind their school Wednesday morning in a “FundRunners’” Fun Run, the main fundraiser this year for the Parent Teacher Organization.

With low morning sunlight shining down and loud pop music pumping from big speakers nearby, the young runners sprinted around two tracks of plastic cones set up on the athletic field. Many were wearing red shirts, and each lap they stopped to get check marks on tally sheets on their backs. Read the full story