EPISODE · Jun 13, 2025 · 10 MIN
It Didn’t End Badly: Heartwarming Feel Good News Stories
from Good Morning Wake County - Your Daily Dose of Good News · host Steve Rhode - Local Good News Podcast Host
Dive into today's feel good news with incredible stories of community spirit and compassion. A baby falls out of a moving car in Lumberton, North Carolina, and three strangers, along with quick-moving EMS and police, race to save his life. In Davenport, Iowa, a $3,000 medical helmet goes missing, until a man named Scott Cline sees a post in the What’s Going On Quad Cities Facebook group and quietly mails it back. And in Wake County, even the cauliflower gets eaten thanks to a student-powered food-share program that’s turning unopened lunches into lifelines.You’ll hear about:Flynn from Cedar Falls, and the community that showed up for himScott Cline from Davenport, who turned a Facebook post into a small act of big kindnessThe fast response from Lumberton’s police and EMS, and the man who blocked traffic with his truckStudents and staff at Millbrook and Dillard Drive schools helping others one snack at a timeThese stories could’ve ended badly. But they didn’t.KFDM News Story: https://kfdm.com/news/local/breaking-good-samaritan-rescues-baby-after-car-seat-flies-out-at-busy-lumberton-intersectFood Waste Story: https://www.wral.com/news/education/more-wake-schools-turning-wasted-food-into-snacks-for-students-june-2025/Medical Helmet Story: https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/good-news/lost-baby-helmet-davenport-whats-going-on-quad-cities-post-mailed-to-family/526-149990fa-6059-4435-a797-ef6bcb26d621Join the community and get podcast notifications. https://tapyournews.com/good-morning-wake-county-podcast/
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Dive into today's feel good news with incredible stories of community spirit and compassion. A baby falls out of a moving car in Lumberton, North Carolina, and three strangers, along with quick-moving EMS and police, race to save his life. In Davenport, Iowa, a $3,000 medical helmet goes missing, until a man named Scott Cline sees a post in the What’s Going On Quad Cities Facebook group and quietly mails it back. And in Wake County, even the cauliflower gets eaten thanks to a student-powered food-share program that’s turning unopened lunches into lifelines.You’ll hear about:Flynn from Cedar Falls, and the community that showed up for himScott Cline from Davenport, who turned a Facebook post into a small act of big kindnessThe fast response from Lumberton’s police and EMS, and the man who blocked traffic with his truckStudents and staff at Millbrook and Dillard Drive schools helping others one snack at a timeThese stories could’ve ended badly. But they didn’t.KFDM News Story: https://kfdm.com/news/local/breaking-good-samaritan-rescues-baby-after-car-seat-flies-out-at-busy-lumberton-intersectFood Waste Story: https://www.wral.com/news/education/more-wake-schools-turning-wasted-food-into-snacks-for-students-june-2025/Medical Helmet Story: https://www.wqad.com/article/news/local/good-news/lost-baby-helmet-davenport-whats-going-on-quad-cities-post-mailed-to-family/526-149990fa-6059-4435-a797-ef6bcb26d621Join the community and get podcast notifications. https://tapyournews.com/good-morning-wake-county-podcast/
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