We Are Precious

Even if you didn’t grow up in a religious household, surely you’ve heard the song with the lyrics “red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in His sight.” Even if you are not religious, surely you can understand the importance of these lyrics to Americans at the time. Today, two NYPD officers were gunned … Continue reading →

Ferguson

For the most part, I’ve been keeping my opinions of the events in Ferguson to myself. I wasn’t on the jury, I was not present when Michael Brown was killed, and I’m not here to cast judgement on something I have no proof of. However, in the days following the shooting, something has been weighing … Continue reading →

Always Remember

This morning, on Facebook, I see a fourteen year old child post a status saying “here we go again w the stupid sept 11 statuses. it was 12 yrs ago, get over it.” This is so incredibly sad to me that I feel the need to blog about it. Of course, this boy was a … Continue reading →

Teenager on bike rescues kidnapped girl

Five-year-old Jocelyn Rojas of Pennsylvania was found safe two hour after she was abducted — by two teenage boys on bicycles. The boys are now considered heroes. Police and firefighters were scouring the area surrounding Lancaster Township on Thursday. Temar Boggs asked a friend, Chris Garcia, to join him in the search for the missing girl. … Continue reading →

Baby born in parking lot after a bomb threat

On July 5, Tessa Kilgore gave birth to a healthy baby girl… in the parking lot of  Walker Baptist Medical Center. Kilgore was in active labor in the hospital’s delivery room at 8:30am last Friday when the Alabama hospital received a bomb threat—one of many in the area that morning, according to WBRC. That forced staffers to evacuate … Continue reading →

Man’s best friend

In Kentucky, a community mourns over the loss of Jason Ellis, a 33 year old police officer who was gunned down in an ambush last month. More than 1,000 people showed up at the funeral to pay their respects. One mourner who stood out was Fido, Ellis’ police dog, who is pictured placing  his paw … Continue reading →

Details finally released about Alabama kidnapping

It was a seemingly hopeless situation: A 5-year-old boy named Ethan had been snatched off a school bus and was being held hostage by a homicidal kidnapper in an underground bunker wired with explosives. If police did not meet the kidnapper’s demands, he could detonate the bombs, killing himself and little Ethan. And yet, six … Continue reading →

Newborn rescued from sewage pipe

Newborn rescued from sewage pipe. <— You can watch the video here. This really is an amazing story. In China, residents of an apartment heard a baby crying from the inside of a toilet. When firefighters showed up, they found the infant in a sewage pipe. The newborn baby boy’s placenta had not been cut. … Continue reading →

300 police officers attend kindergarten graduation

Tatum Raetz graduated from kindergarten this week, just three days after her police officer father was killed while investigating a drunk driving case. Nearly 300 uniformed officers attended the graduation to show support for Tatum. They lined up on the sidewalk outside the school to greet Tatum and her mother as they arrived for the … Continue reading →

National Police Week

May 15th is National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar week in which May 15th falls is National Police Week. It began yesterday and will end on May 18th. Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection … Continue reading →