A study found plastic bag bans at grocery stores really can make a difference. Areas with bans or fees for bags see up to a 47% drop in the number of bags washing up on shorelines……………. A four-year-old girl in Tennessee named Kyndal Bradley saved her teacher’s life this month. She was at daycare when the…… read more »
A potty-mouthed parrot in Massachusetts is in the news because he won’t stop swearing, but a ton of people want him anyway. Someone surrendered him to an animal shelter, and he keeps dropping four-letter words. More than 50 people from all over the U.S. and Canada have filled out forms to adopt………….. Here’s some incentive…… read more »
Zaleah aka “ZZ” is our featured dog this week. She is a 6 year old pit mix who is spayed, housebroken and up to date on vaccines. She has been in and out of the shelter since 2020, never finding the perfect home. She would do great as the only pet and LOVES to cuddle…… read more »
A high school grad in New York is trending after she handed out gifts to everyone in her class. 17-year-old Sofia Nielsen is a budding artist, and did a portrait for every single one of her classmates, all 110 of them……………. “People” magazine did a story Chicago kid Taevion Norris, who missed his high school…… read more »
A lady in the U.K. named Gwyneth Griffiths just turned 102, and all she wanted for her birthday was a stripper, so her retirement home made it happen. Her son says she used to be buttoned-up, but she’s become a lot wilder in her old age………………A group of LSU students invented some new car seat…… read more »
A stray kitten on Long Island got stuck 15 feet down a pipe outside someone’s home, and firefighters couldn’t reach it, but a volunteer named John Debacker showed up and got it out in 20 minutes by playing cat sounds on his phone. He works with a group called Long Island Cat Kitten Solutions that…… read more »
Silver Arrow Records, in conjunction with Neer Perfect Productions, has produced a national radio special in support of the 25th anniversary edition of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes Live at the Greek. Featuring Jimmy, and Chris and Rich Robinson sharing their thoughts on the album, it contains such classics as “Whole Lotta Love,” “Remedy,”…… read more »
Meet Diana! This cute, petite, water loving gal came into the shelter at the beginning of May as a stray and is now looking for her forever home. They estimate her to be around a year old, 40lbs and she is heartworm negative. Aside from loving the pool, she also loves other dogs! Diana does…… read more »
A cop, paramedic, and two Good Samaritans pulled a 68-year-old woman from a burning car in New York on Sunday. Her car was on its side and fully engulfed. They had to get to her by smashing through her sunroof, and it’s all on video……………..A VA shelter dog named Sienna recently predicted a guy’s seizure…… read more »
University of Maryland Medical Center surgeons recently found a woman’s tumor thanks to a mistake the MRI technician made. They already knew she had a brain tumor, but the tech positioned the camera a little lower than necessary, and they spotted a second tumor on her neck. If they hadn’t caught it, it would have…… read more »