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Not a Bad Parting Gift for Man Who Works 60 Years for Same Company
When King Kindred first started working at a Birmingham car dealership in 1955, McDonald’s had just opened their first restaurant, Elvis Presley was on...
Girl Wins Top Prize Inventing Ebola Test That’s Cheaper, Better, Faster
A 16-year-old Connecticut girl has won this year’s Google Science Fair by creating a revolutionary new test to detect Ebola.
Oliva Hallisey’s test kits are...
Billionaire Fed Up With Low Salaries Raises Math Teachers’ Pay By $15K
After taking a look at teacher salaries across America, a hedge fund billionaire decided that something just wasn’t adding up.
Jim Simons, who made his...
Harper Lee Novel, Watchman, Released After 50 yrs of Anticipation
Scout and Atticus Finch are back!
To Kill A Mockingbird, one of the most celebrated pieces of American literature, finally has its sequel in the...
5 Year-old Sings Grace for Homeless Man in Diner, Brings Tears (WATCH)
When 5-year-old Josiah Duncan saw a homeless man with a backpack idling outside of his local Alabama Waffle House, he started asking his mother, Ava...
Teen Invites Her 80-year-old Grandfather to Prom (Video)
80-year-old James Drain never got to go to his high school prom. He never even wore a tuxedo in his eight decades of life.
This...
Irish Town Builds Memorial to Thank Native Americans Who Helped During the Potato Famine
A giant sculpture was erected in Ireland to thank the "Trail of Tears" Native American tribe who sent what little money they could to help the Irish people during the Great Famine.
From Fast Food Fail to Unlikely Super Bowl Hero: Malcolm Butler
A guy, who just five years ago was working part-time at Popeyes after being kicked out of school, became the unlikely Super Bowl hero...
A Chick-fil-A Owner’s Act of Kindness On a Cold Night
A photo of a man in need getting some help at a Chick-fil-A restaurant alongside a highway in Birmingham, Alabama is inspiring viewers far...
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...
Ala Police Deliver Two Truckloads of Groceries to Woman Who Stole Eggs
An Alabama police officer is being hailed for his kindness after he not only bought the eggs that a woman tried stealing to feed...
Eatery Closed for Thanksgiving Opens to Uniformed and Seniors
A handwritten note at the Pasta Pizzeria and Grill in Prattville, Alabama alerted regular customers that the eatery would be closed for Thanksgiving.
But, for...
Fraternity Works to Create ‘Tiny Home’ Village for Homeless Vets
You might think fraternities are all about partying. Not this one.
With hundreds of homeless people in their Alabama city, many of them veterans, this group...
Good News in History, September 9
On this day in 1956, Elvis Presley appeared nationwide on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, performing Don't Be Cruel and Love...
4-year-old Girl Seeking Donation From Every State to End Alzheimer’s
4-year-old old Lilly is on a quest to end Alzheimer's, a disease that has claimed her great-grandmother's memory. Although Nanny slip further and further away, her...
US Declares 88 Beaches as ‘Critical Habitat’ for Loggerhead Sea Turtles
Almost half of the US coastline from North Carolina to Mississippi has just been designated as critical habitat for threatened loggerhead sea turtles of the...
Wood Storks Soar Off Endangered List
In 1984, when the magnificent wood stork species was listed by the US government as endangered, its population was dropping by an alarming 5...
The Choice Bus – Half School Bus, Half Prison Bus Teaches Kids Consequences
The Mattie C. Stewart Foundation was named after an Alabama man's mother, who was shot by his father in front of his eyes when...
Home Depot, Chick-Fil-A and Others Open Doors to Snow-Stranded Drivers
It only took a few inches of snow to leave thousands of drivers stranded across the South, as inaccurate weather predictions and lack of...
Parents Flock to Colorado for Cannabis that Cures Seizures
After failed treatments by some of the country's best neurologists and most powerful pharmaceuticals, families whose children suffer with severe epilepsy are moving to Colorado...