More than 100 students who graduated from Wiley College were informed at the graduation ceremony that one donor, who wanted to remain anonymous, paid off their balances. Unfortunately, despite all the sense of achievement and the celebrations, graduating college also has a less happy side: the incoming loans and debts […]
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Sheldon the Dog Flunked Out of Service Training & Became a Pro at Sniffing Out Arson
After Sheldon the dog ‘flunked’ service dog training, he soon found his true calling. This lovely canine became an arson K9 detective. Sheldon the black Labrador is a proof that we all have a calling in life and that we may not find it right away. After he was enrolled […]
This Quick-Thinking Dad Saved a Dog that Fell into a Frozen Pool
With freezing temperatures sweeping throughout the US, both people and pets are experiencing things they never did before. One of these things is their swimming pools being frozen. And, Dan Holmes and his dog named Christi soon realized that this brings whole lot new dangers. Holmes Saves Christi Who Fell […]
13-Year-Old Boy from Texas Raises $6,000 to Purchase Christmas Gifts for Homeless Shelter Children
For his 11-th birthday, a boy from Texas, Jaxson Turner, asked for a unique gift-to give back to his community. He wanted to show others that no one is ever too young to care. He was able to collect enough money to provide food for 250 people in a homeless […]
High School Opens Up Grocery Store for Students & their Families, Accepting Good Deeds as Payment
A school in one small town in Texas has brought hope throughout the community by launching a student-led grocery store to help the families in need. The high school Linda Tutt in Sanger opened up this store in November to help students get what they need, including toilet paper, basic […]
Woman Flies 1500 Miles to Meet Her Online Love, but Is Stood Up at the Airport
One businesswoman was left on the airport 1500 miles away from her home after she got stood up by a man she met a couple of days before online. Jasmine Triggs who’s 23-years-old decided to fly from her hometown Fort Wayne in Indiana to Houston in Texas to meet up […]
Why Texas Is Forcing Students to Learn Cursive again
Did you know that Texas students are required to know how to properly write in cursive by the time they finish fifth grade? This decision came after the State Board of Education changed the requirements for the language arts for the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills in 2017. At that […]
Texas Becomes The First State To Use More Wind Power Over Coal
According to a new report, wind power has surpassed coal in Texas. This rise in wind power in the top energy-producing state is the biggest increase that occured in the past decades. Believe it or not, wind was in charge of creating 22 percent of the electrical needs of the […]