The Commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command presented the Silver Star Medal to a Combat Controller and more than 30 other medals to Special Tactics Airmen during a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fl. on January 18th.
With so much depressing news making headlines in the last year, we also wanted to take a moment to recognize 10 of our favorite Chicago-area "good news" stories from 2011.
When Stephen Kowalski of Boy Scout Troop No.
Our folks helping one of their own. This is how we are. This is what we do.
Honoring young people for doing good things-this is a great concept and these selectees embody the kind of people everyone should strive to be.
Regardless of how you feel about the 'Why', these are the folks that go when told to go, do when told to do and serve our nation faithfully. They deserve our respect. They have mine. Welcome home.
For those that don't know, Buffalo and the surrounding communities are very tightly knit. Buffalo is infomally known as the city of good neighbors. We all keenly felt the loss of friends and neighbors in the crash of Flight 3407. This is an inspiring story …
This is all over the news here this morning-finish 4 years of high school in a Buffalo City School-get college for free. What a awonderful idea and a wonderful organization behind this.
Santa doesn't always sport a long white beard and shimmy down chimneys. Late Tuesday morning, he stopped by Kmart on South Campbell Avenue wearing street clothes and a trim white goatee.
Reaching out to fallen women, one woman at a time. The Magdalene Project
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