Inspiring News
From the Good News Network
Sometimes the news can show the darker side of local and world events. But there is so much more! We found the Good News Network online and find their writing and focus to align well with our virtues and beliefs. We have included some excerpts below borrowed from their site. The link above with direct you to their site for further information and to subscribe directly.
Couple Surprised When They Both Get Down on Their Knees to Propose Marriage at the Same Time (Watch)
A couple who planned separate marriage proposals to surprise each other at a special concert both got down on one knee at the same time. Rachel Hundertmark had been planning for months to propose to her partner Rashad Polk at an upcoming concert performed by the...
When Music Festival Ticket Holders Couldn’t Get a Refund, Another Unaffiliated Festival Stepped Up
When a three-day music festival was called off and the organizers declined to offer a refund to pass holders, a totally different festival decided to welcome them all for free. Now in its 12th year, the Lucidity Festival was set to kick off in Santa Barbara,...
Mushroom Enthusiasts Help Find Species Lost to Science–Rescuing it from Nature’s ‘Top 25 Most Wanted’ List
The first and only fungus on a global conservation outfit’s ’25 Most Wanted List’ has been found in the rain-soaked mountains of Chile, almost 40 years after it was first documented. The big puma fungus is actually quite small, and despite being on the ’25 Most Wanted...
Above Appalachian Coalfields Is Wealth of Forest Botanicals Now Being Farmed and Conserved by Locals
Despite the Central Appalachia ecosystem being historically famous as coal country, under this diverse broadleaf canopy lies a rich, biodiverse world of native plants helping to fill North America’s medicinal herb cabinet. And it turns out that the very communities...
Remembering James Earl Jones – The Voice of Millennials’ Childhood and Titan of the Theater
The most unmistakable voice in Hollywood, James Earl Jones, recently passed away in his home at the age of 93. For the children of the Millennial and X generations, his voice was an ever-present feature in their homes, thanks to the popularity of Star Wars, and The...
Beekeeper Finds Grandfather’s Long-Lost Hives Thriving in Quarry–and Turns Them into a Colony of Millions
A tad late for Grandparent’s Day, a man in Scotland recently found the hives tended by his grandfather that were presumed sold or lost for over 14 years. Locating them in a quarry, he took up beekeeping in order to assume responsibility for his inheritance and his...
When She Was Stopped for Speeding, Officer Gave Life-Changing Advice That Saw Her Graduate Nursing School
Two years ago, Alabama’s Abbie Rutledge was driving on her way to work when she saw the blue lights flashing behind her. But what she didn’t know as she pulled over to the side of the road, heart beating up in her ears with anxiety, is that it would be one of the best...
Charles Barkley Keeps $1M Promise After 2 New Orleans Students Solve Pythagorean Theorem
NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley has donated $1 million to an academy in New Orleans that just produced two groundbreaking young mathematicians. The story begins last year when GNN reported on the success of two high school teens 2,000 years in the making. Calcea...
Boy Given 1% Chance of Survival Walks 5k for Hospital That Saved Him–After Air Rifle Shot to the Head as Baby
A boy who nearly died after he was shot in the head as a baby is now set to walk a 5k for the hospital that saved him. Harry Studley was just 18-months-old when a 24-year-old neighbor was cleaning his air rifle in 2016 and aimed it at the crying toddler, saying he...
