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Heartwarming

Michigan child donates lemonade stand earnings to local animal shelter

Local News

Zeeland couple raising twins, quadruplets say they 'wouldn't trade it for the world'

Some might say raising one toddler is a challenge. How about raising multiple toddlers all at the same? One West Michigan couple is raising six ages four and under.
Local News

Rare identical quadruplets go home after nearly 3 months at Texas Children's in Houston

Hannah, Lucy, Rebecca and Petra weighed between 2 pounds and 7 ounces and 2 pounds and 13 ounces at birth and spent 85 days in the NICU.
Television

25 years of 'SpongeBob SquarePants' | Voice actors celebrate milestone anniversary

Rodger Bumpass and Carolyn Lawrence, who voice Squidward and Sandy Cheeks, respectively, discuss voicing the popular characters for a quarter of a century.
Heartwarming

'With me all the time': Boy's hat, which was given to him by grandfather, thrown out of bus window, but finds its way back to him

His grandpa, who died in 2020, gave him the hat and a child threw it out a bus window. He called his mom crying after losing it, but it wouldn't stay lost forever
Severe Weather

She was 8 when an F5 tornado killed her little sisters. 11 years later, she's a student storm chaser

Aria Vargyas was in second grade when the monster tornado obliterated her school and destroyed her family's home in Moore, Oklahoma.
Columnists

Three generations and the gift of time: A Bibb family story retold for Father's Day

Leon Bibb cherishes a pocket watch that no longer tells time, but reminds him of his father and grandfather whenever he holds it.
Family

Father flew 17 hours from Navy post to surprise son at SAISD graduation

David Castillo flew 17 hours from his Navy post to see his son graduate from Brackenridge High School.
Heartwarming

WATCH: Toddlers ring bell after battling cancer for over two years

855 days after toddlers Elena and Nash took on cancer, they rung the bell together when they beat it
Health

Arkansas Children's Hospital receives $1M from anonymous donor

The first phase of the project began this year and is scheduled to be completed in 2026.
Family

Volunteers urgently needed in Northwest Arkansas to advocate for children in foster care

The organization pairs each child in foster care with a volunteer who provides support and guidance from the beginning of their case to the end.
People

79-year-old retired police officer from Texas ready to graduate in May

Chuck Simmons said it will be a monumental moment to share with his children, grandkids and great grandkids.