Oct 25, 2014 09:00AM ● By Kara Schweiss
When 12-year-old Claudia Archer received a cell phone call from her mother informing her that she had won an essay contest, her reaction was...
Sep 22, 2014 09:00AM ● By Kara Schweiss
Justin Niss spent the day before the Fourth of July out in the sunshine. But he wasn’t hanging out with buddies or lounging at the lake. Nis...
Aug 03, 2014 09:00AM ● By Jillian Humphries
Covering the wall next to 17-year-old Sam Saintizaire’s bed is a collection of over 100 photos of friends and family smiling out from their ...
Jul 23, 2014 09:00AM ● By Allison Janda
It’s good exercise. You get to help people. You get to wear cool boots. And maybe best of all: You get to hang out with horses all day.But t...
Jul 02, 2014 09:00AM ● By Kristen Hoffman
It isn’t every day that you get a proclamation in your honor. It’s more uncommon still when the name on the proclamation is that of a 15-yea...
May 07, 2014 01:59PM ● By Meghan Townley
I have been in and out of jail since I was twelve,” says Peggy Radik, a junior at Millard Horizon High School.Radik joined Big Brothers Big ...
Apr 18, 2014 09:00AM ● By Allison Janda
Klayton Hammer was born a fighter.His mother, Jennifer, had an emergency C-section after it was discovered that her son was going to be born...
Jan 07, 2014 10:30AM ● By Chris Wolfgang
Kristy Rollins hands the phone to Cole almost immediately. It’s still a little tough for her talk about the blankets.Cole is 10. He’s in fif...
Dec 09, 2013 09:20AM ● By Bailey Hemphill
“I was 16 years old when I had Tracy,” says mom Rene Miller. “I was not only very young, but also going down the wrong path. He is the reaso...
Nov 16, 2013 12:00PM ● By Bailey Hemphill
“No ten-year-old girl wants to have to wear a neck brace,” says Carla Podraza, whose daughter, Leyna Hightshoe, 12, was diagnosed with scoli...
Sep 24, 2013 09:49AM ● By Bailey Hemphill
Ashley Dubas, 12, is a sixth grader at Beadle Middle School. She has a younger sister, Nicole, whom she is very close to, and a dog named Be...
Aug 16, 2013 12:27PM ● By Bailey Hemphill
Seven-year-old Jack Kacin is the bravest child his mom, Kristi, has ever known.Jack suffers from a rare disease called CANDLE Syndrome, whic...
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