RICHMOND, Va. - A Richmond-based Lowe's has been reunited with its resident cat after the feline was found missing more than 85 miles away from the store.

Francine, a stray cat who made the store her home eight years ago, vanished in mid-September, prompting a search by employees and customers alike.

Investigations revealed that Francine had accidentally hitched a ride on a truck bound for the Lowe’s distribution center in Garysburg, North Carolina, about 85 miles south of Richmond.

The backstory:

Northampton County Animal Control responded by setting up humane traps around the distribution center, while staff plastered signs and flyers featuring Francine’s photo across the facility.

Alongside the 246 security cameras already surveying the distribution center, Lowe’s deployed therma

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