Category: Inspiring News

VIDEO: Florida K9 Unit and Deputy Track Down Violent Carjacking-Murder Suspect, Marking Dog’s First Arrest

A K-9 officer and sheriff’s deputy in Volusia County successfully tracked down and apprehended a violent suspect of a carjacking that left one dead. Recently, Nassan Bacon, 22, was seen in a New Smyrna Beach gun shop purchasing a 60-round clip for an AK-47. Bacon already had pending indictments for a DeLand carjacking/murder that occurred…


VIDEO: Every Day Since She Could Walk, Little Girl Waits for Sisters to Get Off School Bus

Every day come rain or shine, little Loxley Whitsett waits for her two big sisters to get off the school bus. And every time they come down the steps, she goes running to meet them with hugs and a huge smile. The heartwarming moments captured on video show just how close the three siblings are….


Kindergarteners Surprise Teacher on Her Wedding Day With Hilarious Marriage Advice

A kindergarten teacher was overjoyed when her sisters shared a surprise at her wedding ceremony: snippets of hilarious marriage advice from some of her very own students. The sweet, funny one-liners had the bride in tears. Emily Godwin and Josh Tryon, both 26, tied the knot on May 14 at Unity Village, Missouri. The matrons…


‘Those Are Happy Tears’: 6th Grader Gets the First Birthday Cake of His Life After Being Adopted

A sixth grader, adopted alongside his brother from an orphanage in Sierra Leone, has had a series of “firsts” since starting his new life in the United States. But seeing his first-ever birthday cake was about more than he could handle. Abraham broke into floods of grateful tears as his adoptive mom, Jamie Walker, brought…


Scientist Reveals Humans Have the Ability to Make Predictions About Future Events in 8-Year Study

Psychic powers might sound like the stuff of superstition, but science reveals evidence that humans might have some ability to see the future. A supernormal phenomenon dubbed “precognition” intrigued Professor Daryl Bem, of Cornell University, and led him to conduct an eight-year study with nine different experiments, involving over 1,000 participants. “Of the various forms…


Bodycam Footage Shows Motorist Giving Officer a Lift to Pursue Suspected Car Thief, And They Catch Him

Two Texas police officers were aided by a good Samaritan when a stolen car led to a chase in the Fort Worth suburb of White Settlement. A motorist stepped up and gave one of the officers a lift while chasing down the suspect, which ended in his arrest. On June 18, a license plate camera located…


Couple Transform Their Garden Into a Tropical Haven With Exotic Plant Collection

A couple from the United Kingdom have transformed their back garden into a tropical haven with over 100 plants as well as a pond full of koi fish, a greenhouse, a hot tub, and even a bar. Karen Cammish, 51, and her husband, Jason, 50, from Carterton, Oxfordshire, have shared their ever-growing exotic plant collection, which includes giant…


Georgia Police Officer and His Purple Heart K9’s Inseparable Bond: ‘The Best Job in the World’

Sgt. Mark Tappan of the Alpharetta Police Department in Georgia and his German Shepherd, Mattis, have a fabulous friendship and a storied career. Theirs is the stuff of heartful legends like “Lassie” and “Where the Red Fern Grows.” They have worked together to solve crimes, ferret out evil, capture bad guys and save lives, and—no…


‘Angel’ on I-85 Breaks Out Her Grand Harp in Traffic Jam, Gives Impromptu Concert for Weary Motorists

An “angel” from Georgia descended onto the I-85, playing glorious chords on her harp to alleviate weary travelers trapped on the road one evening in late June. Stranded motorists bemoaned the mugginess as standstill traffic had cars backed up on the highway northeast of Atlanta, due to a crash further up the road. Some got outside…


Moral Tales for Children From McGuffey’s Readers: Courage and Cowardice

This is the 10th instalment in our McGuffey Readers series, in which we reproduce some of the best moral tales from the classic 1800s schoolbooks that sold an estimated 122 million copies by 1960, the largest circulation of any book in the world next to the Bible and Webster’s Dictionary. McGuffey’s Readers played an important…