CommunityKendall County
4-H kids deliver harvest thank-yous to grain elevator crews
Kendall County 4-H members packed bags with water, snacks, baked goods, and a note, then handed them to people working the grain elevators.
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Good news on October 26.
Positive things that happened on October 26, with 2 verified milestones. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
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1825
The Erie Canal opened on October 26, 1825, linking the Hudson River with Lake Erie. New York governor DeWitt Clinton had pushed for the 363-mile waterway, which was forty feet wide and four feet deep.
For a read-aloud. A long canal opened and let boats travel between the Hudson River and Lake Erie.
1911
Mahalia Jackson, called the Queen of Gospel Song, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 26, 1911.
For a read-aloud. Mahalia Jackson was born, and she became a famous gospel singer.
For the classroom
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
- What is a big project your town could finish if people kept at it?
- Which song makes your class feel hopeful, and why?
From the archive
25 stories published on October 26 in any year.
Community
CommunityRatcliff Lake
A 5-year-old's fishing win leads to a free day on the lake
After King Bard won a Lake Sam Rayburn tournament as its youngest angler, his father, Kory, partnered with Texas Parks and Wildlife for a free youth day that drew 35 kids.
Verified · KTRE
CommunityThe Wharf
A DC yacht club feeds first responders for the 34th year
Capital Yacht Club members and Wharf restaurants served a thank-you lunch to police, firefighters, EMS crews, and National Guard members at the Wharf.
Verified · WTOP
CommunitySacramento Executive Airport
A first Halloween fly-in draws more than 2,000 to a Sacramento airport
EAA Chapter 1714's free trunk-or-treat among decorated planes at Sacramento Executive Airport drew about ten times the crowd organizers expected, and pilots handed out candy.
Verified · Sacramento Bee
CommunityPeoria, Illinois
A Peoria club opens a tech-filled learning room
A $45,000 Panda Cares Center of Hope at the Grinnell Boys and Girls Club gives kids ages 6 to 18 iPads, laptops, a digital whiteboard, educational VR, and a 3D printer.
Verified · WMBD
CommunityParkman, Wyoming
A ranch family throws a 100-square-mile block party
The Double Rafter Ranch near Parkman hosted neighbors from across sparse ranch country for a potluck and a kids' rodeo, with horses welcome and extras to borrow.
Verified · Cowboy State Daily
AnimalsDenver, Colorado
Denver Zoo elephant Duncan stomps a giant pumpkin
At the zoo's fall event, Asian elephant Duncan smashed a giant pumpkin the Deevy family donated, then took a bite.
Verified · CBS Colorado
CommunityMombasa, Kenya
Fort Jesus reopened its Swahili library after a careful renovation
The library inside Mombasa's Fort Jesus is open again after a $50,000 renovation funded through Azerbaijan's development agency.
Verified · The Eastleigh Voice
CommunityBournda Bird Olympics
Forty students called like kookaburras at the Bournda Bird Olympics
Tathra Public School won the ninth Bournda Bird Olympics in Merimbula, where children mimicked native birds and a Snowy Mountains school of 13 made the trip to cheer.
Verified · ABC News
CommunityIligan, Philippines
Higaonon student nurses carried books and supplies into a remote Iligan village
On October 24, college volunteers from Iligan took library books, school supplies, clothes, and blood-pressure checks to Sitio Limunsudan for Indigenous Peoples' Month.
Verified · Philippine Daily Inquirer
AnimalsAntelope Island State Park
Hundreds of riders round up Antelope Island's bison for health checks
Volunteer riders, many of them returning with their families, helped move Antelope Island's bison into corrals so park staff could check the herd.
Verified · KSL
HeroesIowa City, Iowa
Iowa City honored Jacob Gilmore for pulling a firefighter from a collapse
Jacob Gilmore received the Iowa City Fire Department's Medal of Bravery after he pulled a colleague out from under a collapsed floor during a July house fire.
Verified · KWWL
CommunityLismore, Inner Hebrides
Island volunteers helped uncover an early monastery on Lismore
A community-funded excavation at the cathedral found burials, craft debris, and signs of precious-metal work from the early medieval period.
Verified · Good News Network
CommunityWheat Ridge, Colorado
Jeffco students get a hands-on start on healthcare careers
Students from Bear Creek, Golden, and Wheat Ridge high schools shadowed emergency, pharmacy, and lab teams at Lutheran Hospital and practiced Stop the Bleed. Ninety have taken part, and two already have jobs.
Verified · CBS Colorado
CommunityLaconia, New Hampshire
Laconia lights its pumpkin tower again
The Laconia Pumpkin Festival brought back its wall of carved pumpkins, plus a laser show, a duck race, cornhole, and costume parades for dogs and kids.
Verified · WMUR
CommunityMidland Beach
More than 13,000 people walk Staten Island's pink route
Making Strides Against Breast Cancer drew at least 13,000 registered walkers at Midland Beach and raised more than $390,000 for the American Cancer Society.
Verified · Staten Island Advance
ScienceEvanston, Illinois
Northwestern physicists hold one antimatter particle for months
Gerald Gabrielse's team cooled a single positron nearly to absolute zero and suspended it for months in a trap with no walls, a step toward a sharper matter-antimatter comparison.
Verified · Northwestern Now
HeroesOrlando, Florida
Orlando's Banana Hero springs into action
Still dressed as a banana after a Halloween party, Stephanie Oropeza called police when a vehicle drove into The Moderne's outdoor seating. No one was hurt, and the bar thanked her with a meal.
Verified · News 6
HeroesSanta Barbara, California
Search and rescue walked a lost hiker out of Lizard's Mouth
A hiker called 911 after getting turned around at Lizard's Mouth on Oct. 22. Santa Barbara County Search and Rescue used a phone location and three teams, and the first team walked him to his vehicle.
Verified · edhat
AnimalsCincinnati, Ohio
Shelter dog Donny goes home after 426 days
Cincinnati Animal CARE's longest-waiting dog was adopted after a stranger paid his fee and others added a crate, a collar, and money for training.
Verified · WLWT
Health & TechChattanooga, Tennessee
Tech Goes Home Chattanooga reaches 25,000 graduates
The free 15-hour digital-skills course comes with a device to take home. Its most popular class shows older adults how to use telehealth, a calendar, and video calls.
Verified · Chattanooga Times Free Press
CommunityShelbyville, Kentucky
Volunteers build 50 beds for Shelby County kids
Metro United Way, A Place to Sleep, and Shelby County schools spent a Saturday at the high school building complete bed sets for children who did not have one.
Verified · Spectrum News 1
CommunityFairstead Recreation Ground
Volunteers planted hundreds of wildflower plugs at a King's Lynn recreation ground
Staff and the Nature Volunteer Network put native flowers into Fairstead Recreation Ground, a next step after green hay was spread there earlier this year.
Verified · BBC
CommunityWaialua, Hawaii
Waialua neighbors clear a mile of mangroves along the stream
More than 40 volunteers, including farmers, equipment operators, and Team Rubicon, opened more than a mile of Ki'iki'i Stream after the community waited decades for permission.
Verified · Hawaii News Now
CommunityTyler, Texas
White Cane Day marks 50 years of the East Texas Lighthouse
About 300 people walked Bergfeld Park with the East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind, which has spent half a century on jobs, training, and free services across 40 counties.
Verified · Tyler Morning Telegraph