Teacher wins $10K award
Western & Southern Financial Group named veteran teacher Kimya Moyo this year’s winner of the Dr. Lawrence C. Hawkins Educator of the Year Award, an honor than comes along with a no-strings-attached $10,000 check. »
Tuesday, May. 13, 2008
Friday, May. 9, 2008
Stab victim Jessica meets her heroes
A SCHOOLGIRL repeatedly stabbed in a frenzied attack met her footballing heroes during a visit to Everton’s training ground. »
Thursday, May. 8, 2008
Return for hero train driver
THE hero train driver who broke his neck in the Grayrigg rail crash is set to return to work two months earlier than expected. »
Pilot hailed as an angel
Family and friends of pilot Jane Kekana were touched by an angel, because angels fly. »
Wednesday, May. 7, 2008
Holocaust heroes’ acts remembered
Yom Hashoah, better known as Holocaust Remembrance Day, is a way for Jews and non-Jews to commemorate unthinkable loss and invaluable strength at the same time. »
Monday, May. 5, 2008
Bridge jump hero policeman praised
A TRAFFIC officer has been hailed a hero after he helped stop a man throwing himself off a 100ft motorway bridge. »
Monday, Apr. 7, 2008
Police honor the best among officers, staff
The Westminster Police Department recently announced the recipients of annual awards honoring its best officers and staff. »
Wreaths will honor special father and other vets
On the second Thursday of December, Lauren Barnes plans to lay a wreath on her father’s grave at Medford’s Eagle Point National Cemetery. »
Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2008
Honoring a young hero
At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting, Stillwater officials presented Hope Hendrix with a Citizen Commendation for her actions during a house fire during the early morning hours of Feb. 17. »
How hero Harley (4) saved his nan’s life
A YOUNG boy from Aldwick who was not expected to live has turned lifesaver. »
Tuesday, Apr. 1, 2008
Heroes hailed after rescue
A FILIPINO fisherman was saved from almost certain drowning when two strangers came to his rescue at the Salmon Holes on Good Friday. »
Cop honored for rescue of girl hostage
Police brass recently honored an Emergency Services detective who saved the life of a 3-year-old girl in Queens in February. »
Teacher nominated for journalism award
A SHEFFIELD (UK) schoolteacher found himself rubbing shoulders with sporting superstars when he was nominated for a top national journalism award. »
Thursday, Mar. 27, 2008
Ordinary people honored as true heroes
Heroism no longer has the distinction it once did. Athletes are called heroes for tossing a ball through a hoop. Philanthropists are called heroes for signing a check. »
Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2008
Bridge hero to get national award
Matthew Miller, one of the heroes of last summer’s Interstate 35W bridge collapse, will receive a national citizen award today from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. »
Monday, Mar. 24, 2008
JCB driver hailed hero of fire
A JCB driver has been hailed as a hero after helping to put out a barn fire. »
Firefighters rescue disabled girl from blaze
A disabled girl around 11 years old is in hospital after firefighters rescued her from the window of a burning building in Montreal (Canada) early Monday morning. »
Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008
Investigator tracks down reluctant hero who pulled girl from flames in 2002
It’s a Friday afternoon in August of 2002, and Marion Smith and his wife are chatting with their pastor and his wife in front of the Smiths’ home on Dickinson Street SE. »
Monday, Feb. 25, 2008
Deputies to be honored for work
A number of Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Department deputies will be recognized in April for acts ranging from saving residents from a fire to solving ongoing cases to organizing charity events. »
Teacher in Fort Pierce gets national award
Indian River Community College adult education teacher Ed Musgrove thought he was going to hear about budget cuts when he and his adult education colleagues were called to a 9 a.m. meeting Friday. Instead, he learned he is getting a national adult education teaching award. »
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008
The world is this special teacher’s classroom
Patty Stone pulled a page out of an Atlas and began tracking the South American journey of her 25-year-old daughter, Sarah. A trail of yellow highlighter snaked through Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. »
Officers take kids on shopping spree
At the front of the Wal-Mart Supercenter in North Little Rock, the single mothers and their children lined up with their carts. »
Teacher Helps Students Help Others
A former South Florida teacher of the year inspired her students to help others. »
Knife wound hero: ‘I would do it again’
A SPLIT-second decision to protect strangers almost cost a city man his life when he came within inches of death.
Talking for the first time today, as he recovers from having his stomach slashed open by a knife, 22-year-old Nick Petruzziello said stepping into a scene of mayhem and chaos in the city centre had made him determined to become a police officer. »
Hero pilot saves plane passengers
A hero British Airway pilot saved the lives of his 136 passengers with a miraculous emergency landing at Heathrow Airport this afternoon. »
Friday, Dec. 14, 2007
Cops honoured for heroics
Const. Jessie Poonian put his life in peril by rescuing a 10-year-old girl sleeping on a couch in a burning home in the $20-million MacEwan neighbourhood fire in July. »
Teacher reaches students across dining table
Shortridge Middle School’s assistant principal watched in puzzlement this year when the new sixth-grade teacher walked into the cafeteria, sat down among the students and unpacked his lunch. »
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007
A burn victim, a miracle, an inspiration
He once was a human “ball of fire.” Now, Benjamin Ruiz is a ray of hope for many. »
Monday, Dec. 10, 2007
Heroes rescue stabbed mother
Courageous neighbours are being praised for saving the life of a mother who was being stabbed repeatedly in the middle of the night. »
Hero stops speeding driver
A HAVE-A-GO hero trucker stopped a drunken Jaguar driver in his tracks after he evaded cops in a high-speed chase. »