Good News

Ed Bambas, an 88-year-old veteran who works full-time at a Meijer outside of Detroit, was given an oversized check for a whopping $1.77 million.

An actor who usually plays the bad guy on screen got the chance to be a real-life hero when he stopped a potential abduction near his home in New Jersey.

When baby Jayla was born at just 25 weeks, Timeshay Brown and Jarvis Parrish had to put their October wedding plans on hold. On Wednesday, they exchanged vows at Fairfax Inova in front of their daughter — and the doctors and nurses that saved her life.

A baby girl is alive and recovering Thursday thanks to the heroic, quick-thinking response from a grandfather and California police officers.

A wedding in the Chicago suburbs came together in less than 24-hours to give a father with cancer the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle.

A wedding in the Chicago suburbs came together in less than 24-hours to give a father with stage four cancer the opportunity to walk his daughter down the aisle. NBC Chicago’s Christian Farr has the story.

A premature baby girl in North Logan, Utah, is being called a “miracle” after saving her grandfather from a serious health event. KSL’s Andrew Adams reports.

NBC Chicago’s Allison Rosati is Happy to Report all the good news happening around the Chicago area and beyond this week, including a little girl who received a new heart and a mother known as the “Popsicle Lady” for her kind gesture to local athletes.

14-year-old Evan Lallo rang the Bravery Bell at the Cleveland Clinic earlier this summer after his final round of chemotherapy to treat Ewing sarcoma.

“I can’t sit in a building full of food and watch somebody starve in my parking lot,” says Pizza Man owner Chris Kolstad.

“He made it clear that he sees us, includes us, and embraces us as part of his family now,” the bride’s parents, who are Deaf, tell TODAY.com.

An electrical engineer in rural Vermont is fixing up old payphones to help people stay connected in areas with poor cell reception.

Jamaria, a young man from central Illinois, has long wanted to hang out with the U.S. Marines, and his wish was granted Friday. “This is all he has ever wanted,” said his mom, Nora Peters. “I just cannot say how it is to have my baby so happy…This is way better than any Disney thing. This makes me happy.”...

It was a powerful wish for a young man from Lincoln, Illinois. He wanted to hang out with the Marines, his heroes. Today, his wish was granted. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports on the life-changing experience.

“The doll represents the incredible people living with T1D, and shows kids that a life with this condition is just as vibrant,” Mattel said.

This summer, a community in Bethesda, Maryland hung lights, decked the halls and donned their Christmas jammies in honor of one very special 9-year-old girl: Kasey Zachmann, who has terminal brain cancer.

Two Miami-Dade schools officers helped a young woman deliver a baby on the side of the road after she went into labor while on Florida’s Turnpike.

After more than eight long years, a beloved family pet has finally returned home – and his story is one for the books.

One Canadian man has had the luck of the draw not once, not twice, but four times.

It was only two years ago that tragedy struck Ruthann Watson’s family. Now, she’s won prom queen after the NYPD helped get her to the dance.