Stories to make you feel better.
Dozens of volunteers on South Padre Island are coming together to rescue cold-stunned turtles amid Texas’s deadly winter storm. The power is out, and the water has stopped running for most of the typically warm beach town, but many residents braved the freezing temperatures to rescue the endangered sea turtles. The people ventured on foot
As they say, not all heroes wear capes! While on the school float on her homecoming parade, Tyra Winters, 17, proved just that when she saved a toddler who was choking on a piece of candy. At the homecoming parade of Rockwall High School, near Dallas, Texas, the young cheerleader was on the school’s float
Everyone needs cuddle therapy! And this might be the cutest feline rescue story ever! Two police officers from Texas just finished responding to a shoplifting alert at a local TJ Maxx when they received another call for help from a bystander. The individual reported that there were two tiny kittens stuck under a car in
Due to circumstances that are out of his control, Lewis Jimenez and his dog, Titus, were separated for four months. Titus ended up in an animal shelter. Lewis adopted the pit bull when he was just 2 years old from the Austin Animal Center in Austin, Texas. He actually hadn’t planned on adopting a pit
The Easter season has come upon us once again, and while there are colorful Easter eggs and bunnies scattered everywhere, a Dallas hospital has thought of a cuter way to celebrate this occasion – by turning their newborn patients into baby bunnies! “Happy Good Friday guys! My name is Christian, which I’m told is a
Payton Dankworth is not your ordinary “teen mom”. While most are a parent to human babies, this girl from Ballinger, Texas is a mother to a furry, four-legged creature – a donkey! It all began when the 17-year-old received a call from a friend who lives on a horse ranch. This friend was riding out
There are two types of performances: one that is unremarkable and easily forgotten, and one that astonishes and makes an impression on its audience, leaving them wanting to see more. Certainly, it would be the latter once you’ve watched the Emerald Belles’ high kick routine that they performed during the Showmakers of America Dance Competition.
The incredible power of social media is proven once again by the story below, where one tweet was all it took to make a Texas donut shop owner smile. On March 9, Billy By’s dad opened his donut shop in Missouri City, Texas. Boasting of newly painted sunny interiors, a “grand opening” tarpaulin displayed at
No act of kindness is too small because no matter how simple, every good deed has the power to make someone else’s day brighter. Brooke Ochoa from Texas is one example of a woman who wanted to do just that – to make one person’s day a little bit happier. It started when she went
An 84-year old Texas woman who just earned her bachelor’s degree proves that age is merely a number. Janet Fein, who has raised five children and worked as a secretary until age 77, unexpectedly didn’t want to spend her retirement years relaxing. Instead, she wanted to work towards achieving another milestone – earning a college
The weather forecast portion of the news is typically uneventful, which is why most people tend to change the channel whenever it comes on. Besides, television is not the exclusive source for weather updates nowadays, as almost everyone owns a smartphone and has internet access. But this particular broadcast caught the viewers’ attention because a