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Watch What These Kids Vote For After Two Classmates Get Cancer
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Two students at a Collinsville, Illinois school truly know how beloved they are thanks to a grand gesture made by their...
Pig Named Lucky Saved Family’s Life During Fire
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We're coming up on the one-year anniversary of a noble rescue worthy of the movie, Babe.
After an early morning fire broke out...
New Baby Bison: First One Born in Nearly Two Centuries in Eastern US
The last time a bison was born in a wild habitat east of the Mississippi River was in the 1830s. This month, 95 miles...
Happy Little Girl Meets German Man Who Helped Her Beat Cancer
An 8-year old got to meet the man who helped send her cancer into remission.
The Illinois girl is Hispanic and Arab. Her match, a...
DC Comics Responds To Girl’s Letter By Making Her A Superhero
Rowan Hansen, 11, has always loved reading comics and watching superheroes on TV and films. But she has always been bothered by the lack...
Optimistic People Have Healthier Hearts, Study Finds
People who have upbeat outlooks on life have significantly better cardiovascular health, suggests a new study that examined associations between optimism and heart health...
Wild Bison Roam East of the Mississippi, First Time Since 1830s
A program by the Nature Conservancy seeks to restore grasslands in Illinois, which is known as the Prairie State even though 99 percent of...
The Top 10 Good News Stories of 2014
In many respects 2014 was a rough year, with Ebola, the Islamic State, and deaths in Ukraine, but it was also one in which...
Homeless Woman Gets New Home, Reunites with Dogs After Outpouring of Support
After a local Chicago woman was featured on the news sleeping in a tent in the woods, having given up her dogs to a...
Diabetes Breakthrough: Scientists Coax Human Stem Cells Into Making Insulin
Since his infant son Sam was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 23 years ago, Harvard scientist Doug Melton has dedicated his career to finding...
15 Years Later, Great Lakes Levels Finally Rebound
With the wettest weather in 116 years, the Great Lakes of Michigan and Huron have rebounded after more than a decade of historic low...
Abandoned Baby With No Legs Becomes Power Gymnast, Discovers Miracle Sister, too
Jennifer Bricker was given up at birth after she was born without legs. Fortunately, a pair of loving parents adopted her and taught her there...
Good News Network is Having a 17th Anniversary Party!
On Labor Day, 17 years ago, I first hit the UPLOAD button to offer my new website to the world. (In 1997, "blogs" weren't even invented...
5 Dogs Honored for Canine Excellence
Five inspirational dogs have been honored with the American Kennel Club's 15th annual Awards for Canine Excellence (ACE). The award is presented to those that best exemplify the...
84-Year-old Neighbor Rescues Dog From Pack of Coyotes
84-year-old Dolores "Dolly" Jefferson was getting a cup of coffee, when she heard a "commotion" in her backyard, the Illinois Daily Herald reported. When...
Company Gives Free Storage to Active Duty Military
A company in Kewanee, Illinois waived the storage fees for a soldier who needed to store his Harley while in the military.
The company policy...
Firefighter Who Saved Infant Finally Meets Girl, Now 18, at Graduation
Last Sunday was a landmark occasion for 18-year-old Skyler James, and not just because she celebrated graduating from high school.
For the first time, she...
Twin Carries Injured Sister Across The Finish Line
Illinois twins Chloe and Claire Gruenke spent the weekend competing at a regional track meet. Both were running in the 800 meter race when...
Plastic Bags Make Fine Diesel Fuel: Report
Plastic shopping bags, an abundant source of litter on land and at sea, can be converted into diesel, natural gas and other useful petroleum...
Boy With Cancer Gets Secret Gifts for Over a Year
In the last 14 months, more than a dozen mystery packages have arrived for a 6-year-old boy diagnosed with cancer and, often, for his...