Local celebrity: Police kittens comfort village after deadly Michigan tornado

BRANCH COUNTY, MI — People clearing damage from the Union City tornado in the days after the twister were greeted with an unlikely surprise. A brown kitten named Officer Ezra. Ezra rode in a police car and perched on the shoulder of Chris Mathis, the Union City police chief and village manager. Ezra went everywhere Mathis went, greeting line workers and residents alike. The March 6 EF3 ...