The Central Valley Flood Protection Board must make a significant choice regarding the maintenance and modernization of levees in the Sacramento area. That’s what the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working on, but it will require clearing trees and other vegetation in the process. One faction is resisting. “The amount of riparian vegetation that’s…
A girl from North Texas is battling a fatal illness, and her grandfather is doing everything in his power to help her receive the care she requires. ‘Mudbugs for Mabel’ is a fundraiser that will take place in Lewisville on Saturday, May 24 in the hopes of raising funds for the 3-year-old girl’s family’s medical…
A local company in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood sorts through thousands of donated sneakers to determine how best to prevent them from ending up in landfills. Every pair, whether immaculate or worn out, will eventually be recycled or find a new owner who will value and use them going forward. A man looking for a…
Innovation, passion, and dedication are all telltale signs that someone has made the right career choice. One such individual is Charlie Delahoz. He has guided his Miami Coral Park High School students to significant success for over thirty years. After attending as a student, he returned to coach wrestling and eventually became the athletic department…
This tradition started over 60 years ago when Variety Children’s was the name of Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. In addition to working as an overnight nurse, Anna Perini was a mother to three children. “So my sister and I, we would see her come home from work and love what she did,” her daughter, Regina Perini-Fritz…
Generally speaking, it is not socially acceptable to reveal someone’s personal problems. However, the enormous amount of laundry Kari Cox, a foster mother from Culloden, West Virginia, does every day says a lot about her ability to love. “She’s like Mother Theresa, almost,” one of her 14 children—the majority of whom were adopted—told. Another joke…
This Sunday is Mother’s Day, a day that can be particularly difficult for mothers whose children are in the armed forces. For fellow military moms, a mother from North Texas wrote a song. As vocalist Stacy Wynette practices another day at a recording studio in Dallas, the lights beam brightly on her. “I started singing…
The mother and son are preparing for Mother’s Day by stepping across the stage on Friday to earn their master’s degrees from Texas Christian University. This is a celebration of the days leading up to Mother’s Day. Kyle Fields will be earning his Master of Liberal Arts degree, and his mother, Brandi Fields, will be…
Jesse Robertson has strong memories of his mother Donna’s love of the outdoors. She loved being outside, especially when she and her husband were in Bishop, California, where they would hike for weeks at a time deep into the Sierra Nevada to just take in the beauty of the lakes and mountains. Because of her…
In a touching display of creativity and community spirit, local knitters from all over West Virginia got together this weekend to hold the state’s very first Knit-A-Thon. This event is a one-of-a-kind event that combines the art of knitting with charitable giving in order to raise awareness and funds for food poverty. The event, which…
