People Doing Good

With all the negativity surrounding police lately, I’m really enjoying finding these types of stories.  The majority of officers are good people, doing a very dangerous job, so we can continue to go catch Pokémon (or whatever it is you enjoy doing while feeling protected...

Mikaila Ulmer lives in Sugar Land, TX, is only 11 years old and has a deal worth a million dollars with Whole Foods to distribute her lemonade. She started her company, Bee Sweet Lemonade after at 4 years old, she was stung twice in one week by bees. “Afte...

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OH. MY. GOSH This story has just gotten even better. Last week, I shared with you a Facebook post from a 4 year old in Saginaw Township, named Leighton Powers, whose birthday wish was for “All bad guys to stop hurting police officers.”  He even prayed with his mom for the safety of all police officers...

Carmen Higbee was headed home Saturday morning from the Kalamazoo Farmer’s Market with her young daughter when she noticed she needed gas.  She pulled into one gas station, only to realize they were out of gas.  So she decided to try to make it to the next gas station 2 miles down the road...

Police in Barnesville, Georgia recently found a 19 year old guy named Fred Barley camping in an area near Gordon State College, which is about 50 mile south of Atlanta.  Originally they were there to kick him out; that is until they started talking to him...

This is pretty great.  This man lost the use of his legs due to Multiple Sclerosis, so his neighbor built him a “dock” so he can still mow his yard. The neighbor’s son posted the video to YouTube. Dads friend wanted to be able to mow the yard after his legs have lost function from M...

It sounded like a riot happening, said guards who were upstairs in the courtroom when they heard inmates yelling in the holding area below. 8 inmates were in a holding cell in the basement of the Weatherford,Texas courthouse a few weeks ago when the guard watching them suddenly slumped over...

I’ve been giving props to Grand Rapids PD a lot since I moved here. They seem to do a lot when it comes to taking time to interact with the kids of our community.  Truth is, police officers all over do the same thing.  So it’s always great when you can come across another city where the police are taking time to be a part of the younger community...

Summer’s here and every year we hear warnings and stories about leaving kids locked in hot cars.  The same goes for pets too; as proof with this story from the Grand Blanc Police Department. Last week, dispatch received a call about a disabled vehicle on the side of the road with a puppy still inside...