Here are the stories keeping our reporters busy on Thursday:

• A man's dog went missing, so he called police for help. Now he's facing a larger fine than the man who allegedly disposed of the canine's dead body.

• Argentina is doing its best to get a local murder suspect back to the States, it says.

• Masked men carrying realistic-looking guns had one local police department on alert overnight. We'll tell you what they found.

• Police say a driver who smashed into an automotive garage recently had three different types of drugs in his system. Check back to www.pressenterpriseonline.com later this afternoon for more.

Look for these stories and more in Friday's Press Enterprise.