Julie Mackin was building a successful career as a nuclear medicine technologist. A radical change to her career path into education and helping special needs children earned Mackin the title of 2008 Green Bay Press-Gazette Everyday Hero in the category of education.

Police officer Ernie Happala recently was named one of Oregon’s 2008 Everyday Heroes by the Governor’s Commission on Senior Services

Marty Biegel created a winning basketball program at Los Angeles’ Fairfax High at a time of racial volatility, setting an example for the city. But he was more than a coach; he changed their lives.

Zinhle is not a doctor or scientist; in fact she has very little formal education. But she knows HIV and is determined to empower other people with this knowledge.

The Sheffield family, who were all asleep when flames started to cut through their home in the Long Point community Tuesday. Nobody was injured but the home will have to be completely rebuilt.

The Rev. F. William Etheredge, principal of Aurora Central Catholic High School, will be presented with the Hometown Hero Award by Mayor Tom Weisner during halftime of the school’s varsity basketball game on Friday.

The second CNN Heroes award show will air on Thanksgiving night. Hosted by Anderson cooper the show honors 10 individuals for their humanitarian efforts.

A heartwarming story about how a young boy can inspire and help others. He will be honored as an everyday hero by KLTV.

Call it breaking the brass ceiling. Ann E. Dunwoody, after 33 years in the Army, ascended Friday to a peak never before reached by a woman in the U.S. military: four-star general.

Manuel Contreras was a former gang member. His probation officer pushed him to the Boys and Girls club. Now, he is the 2008 Youth of the Year.