Inspired Stories

Inspired Stories 02/16/20, 20:03

After a typical school day, three boys aged 12-14 while walking home, saw a man who was looking very depressed on the overpass in the UK. He was on the wrong side of the bridge with a rope around his neck. The trio rushed to the barrier and all tried ...

Inspired Stories 02/08/20, 09:33

Ohio authorities are applauding two brothers who spent their snow day shoveling sidewalks and streets. According to the Montgomery County sheriff's office, a detective was stopped by 10-year-old Quron Blanton and 7-year-old J’mar Blanton on Friday morning, Feb. 7. Detective Statzer noticed they were not only shoveling the sidewalk but parts of ...

Inspired Stories 01/30/20, 05:27

The relationship between that father and his unborn baby had a heartwarming impact. Flávio Dantas, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was thrilled to be a father. He would speak to his unborn baby each day until his daughter was born, with no idea how much his efforts would reward him. On ...

Inspired Stories 01/22/20, 14:51

Instead of thinking about what he could get for his birthday, a little boy from Libertyville, Illinois, thought about what he could give. Tyler Sliz, 5, knew of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, which helps build, assemble, and deliver bunk beds to children in need, through his church. He wanted to help ...

Inspired Stories 01/18/20, 07:04

A second-grader in Charles County, Maryland, was concerned that some of her classmates couldn't afford school lunch so she started raising money to help them on Facebook Thursday, Jan. 16. She has already overtaken her target of $800. When EmauniJ Manley was 5, after a run-in with a few mean children, ...

Inspired Stories 01/17/20, 07:00

America's golden girl Betty White is ringing in her 98th birthday on Friday, Jan. 17. Beginning her illustrious career way back in the late 1940s, the comedic staple made generations laugh with "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Golden Girls" and "Hot in Cleveland," and still remains one of the most ...

Inspired Stories 01/16/20, 11:31

One little boy in Hingham, Massachusetts, is doing his part to help Australia animals cope with the devastation of the wildfires from thousands of miles away. Owen Colley, 6, whose father is from Australia, was upset after learning the horrific impact the country's wildfires were having on animals. So, he wanted ...

Inspired Stories 01/16/20, 11:26

Maj. Bill White, a 104-year-old World War II veteran who survived the battle of Iwo Jima in the Korean War, is hoping to receive a lot of Valentine's Day cards to add to his collection of memories tucked away on his bookshelf. To White, surviving the battle is a miracle. Recalling ...

Inspired Stories 01/16/20, 05:58

Tennessee will soon join nine other states that have passed laws allowing adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ people, after the state Senate approved the measure on Tuesday, Jan. 14.  The bill (HB 836), sponsored by Sen. Paul Rose (R-Covington), declares that no licensed adoption agency would be required to participate ...

Inspired Stories 01/15/20, 07:54

A pediatric surgeon at Akron Children's Hospital is putting down the scalpel and taking a pen to draw on the surgical dressings of his young patients. According to the hospital, Dr. Robert Parry does this so that his patients do not have a long-lasting memory of a wound after a surgical ...

Inspired Stories 01/13/20, 13:04

John Oliver Zippay, also known as J.O., received a final round of chemotherapy two days after Christmas, ending a three-year period of fighting leukemia. To celebrate his return to St. Helen Catholic School in Newbury, classmates, teachers, and his family decided to have a standing ovation on Wednesday, Jan. 8. "He's ...

Inspired Stories 01/10/20, 08:08

Nancy and Bill Schafrath, an elderly couple in Ohio that had been married for 64 years, died peacefully in each others’ arms within five hours of each other on Christmas Eve, professing their love for each other until the very end. Their last loving embrace was documented by their niece ...

Inspired Stories 01/08/20, 07:59

The Australian actor, Chris Hemsworth, who is famous for his role "Thor" in the Marvel Universe franchise, announced on Instagram his donation and called on others to “chip in” and contribute funding the relief effort of Australia bushfires. "As you're well aware the bushfires in Australia have caused massive devastation," Hemsworth ...

Inspired Stories 01/06/20, 06:27

Less than two months after being released from the hospital, Ja'bari Gray celebrated his first birthday with the Baby Shark-themed party on New Year’s Day. Eleven months after he was born, Ja’bari Gray was released from the hospital in November 2019 with an earlier prognosis by doctors that he would not ...

Inspired Stories 01/06/20, 06:22

One of the biggest decisions a person has to make in his or her lifetime is getting married. It is crucial that you are 100 percent sure that you are ready before you enter married life. Simply because many people these days get married and divorced in the end staying ...

Inspired Stories 12/26/19, 07:33

An Oregon grandfather wanted to do something special for his 10 grandchildren this Christmas after realizing they were having trouble commuting to their small school, which doesn't provide busing. Doug Hayes solved that problem with a gift that could be used for years to come. He bought a small school bus ...