Good News Notes: “An Uber driver who got a teenage passenger home safely, after checking her into a hotel room with his own money during the epic jam on Interstate 95, has been rewarded with a new job opportunity, CNN reported. DaVante Williams, 32, will work part-time as a lead driver at Alto — a luxury…
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Living his destiny, man opens animal rescue farm
Good News Notes: “Sometimes, things are just meant to be, even if it wasn’t at all what you expected. That’s how one Jefferson County man is looking at his new life – taking in abused and mistreated animals. “There was this immediate sense of relief that this puppy is not going to be far away…
Police rescue man from water at Saugatuck Shores Beach in Westport
Good News Notes: “Police say they pulled a man from the waters of Saugatuck Shores Beach early Tuesday morning. Just before 6 a.m., police responded to the Saugatuck Shores Beach on a report of a missing older adult, Lt. David Wolf said. Several officers began searching the area and soon found the missing man, partially…
Golden retriever missing for 16 days found doggy paddling along the Jersey Shore
Good News Notes: “A golden retriever that had been missing for weeks was rescued by the New Jersey State Police after he was spotted doggie paddling in Barnegat Bay. Chuck, a 3-year-old pooch from Brick, NJ, had been missing since June 6 until troopers were called to the Jersey Shore bay Tuesday, police said on Facebook….
Mindfulness Sessions To Help Non-Profit Workers, First Responders
Good News Notes: “Community Mindfulness Project (CMP) will offer weekly “Mini Mindfulness Burnout Busters” for non-profit workers and first responders free of charge every Wednesday at 9 a.m. The program began June 23. According to a news release, the short, 15 minute sessions provide mindfulness and meditation opportunities to specifically to help combat mental and…
‘A Very Happy Ending:’ Police Thank Community for Help in Finding Missing Evanston Boy
Good News Notes: “Police in suburban Skokie are thanking community members after an 11-year-old boy was found after being reported missing on Thursday afternoon. Search teams scoured the area in and around Skokie North Shore Channel Park on Thursday searching for Noah Price. The boy, who is on the nonverbal autism spectrum, was reported missing…
Local officer’s peaceful de-escalation of tense situation leads to friendship with autistic man
Good News Notes: “Amidst national scrutiny surrounding law enforcement, a local police officer is getting attention for all of the right reasons. 20-year-old Max Turpin recently got a brand new bike donated to him by the charity Variety. It’s a special custom-made bike because Max is autistic. Over the weekend he took his new wheels…
How Fitness Turned My Life Around After Years Of Addiction & Jail Time
Good News Notes: “For most people, May 5, 2008 was just an ordinary, unmemorable day. But for me, that otherwise ordinary day changed the course of my entire life. I was 20 years old, driving to make a drug deal, with a half-pound of pot in my trunk and $2,000 in my glove box. As…
Police rescue woman, her dog from flooded SUV in White Rock Creek in Far North Dallas
Good News Notes: “ Police rescued a woman and her dog from a flooded SUV stuck in White Rock Creek early Thursday. Around 12:20 a.m. Thursday, police responded to a high-water rescue call in the 6400 block of Spring Valley Road between Hillcrest and Preston roads. When officers arrived, they found a vehicle in the…
Chicago police rescue man, 73, after car crashes into pond in Hegewisch
Good News Notes: “A 73-year-old man was rescued after his car ended up in a pond in Chicago’s Hegewisch neighborhood Thursday night, police said. The CPD Marine Unit responded to a report of a vehicle in the water in the 4000-block of East 134th Street at about 8:20 p.m. When they arrived on the scene,…