Hundreds gather to remember 17-year-old Butler HS student killed in wrong-way crash Share Updated: 10:59 AM EST Mar 3, 2021 Share Updated: 10:59 AM EST Mar 3, 2021
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Show Transcript WAS HELD TONIGHT IN HER HONOR. DREW: IT WAS A NIGHT FILLED WITH TEARS HERE AT BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL AS HUNDREDS IN THIS COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AS THEY STILL TRY TO MAKE SENSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. MADELYNN WAS A SPECIAL GIRL. HER SMILE LIT UP THE ROOM. DREW: FAMILY, FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES FILLED THE PARKING LOT AT BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL TO REMEMBER 17-YEAR-OLD MADELYNN TROUTT. THE SHOCK AND DISBELIEF STILL FRESH FOR THOSE WHO KNEW HER BEST. SHE’S LEFT A HOLE IN EVERYBODY’S HEART. DREW: HER UNCLE CHRIS TROUTT SAYS THE SENIOR WAS ALREADY WORKING HARD TOWARDS HER FUTURE PLANS OF HELPING OTHERS. SHE WAS WORKING TWO JOBS AND HER DREAM WAS TO BE A NURSE. DREW: HER FRIEND BRADEN KELLY WORKED WITH TROUTT AT CHICK-FIL-A. SHE HELPED GET HIM THROUGH HIS OWN CAR ACCID
Hope International University, Fullerton, Calif., is featured in a 45-minute interview for the
Character Up podcast.
The podcast’s host site,
PodBean, writes: “Bill has a profound perspective on the importance of getting closer to Christ as safety protocols and recovery from his battle with COVID-19 have gotten him further from being on the hardwood with his team. Bill has dealt with personal tragedy and loss in a way that will truly inspire you and has inspired his players to do something that will impact others.”
Crossroads Christian Church in Washington Court House, Ohio, has seen its in-person and online attendance both trending up in recent months.
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Victor Glover, an astronaut now serving a six-month mission on the International Space Station, recently was chosen as one of 18 members of NASA’s Artemis team, which the space agency said “will help pave the way for the next astronaut missions on and around the moon,” the
Christian Chronicle reported. Glover is a member of a noninstrumental church of Christ in the Houston area. In an earlier article, the
Chronicle wrote that Glover sent up Communion cups and a Bible to the space station before blasting off on his mission Nov. 15.
Gallup found that those who rated their mental health as excellent or good was 76 percent this year down from the 81 to 89 percent range where people had classified themselves every other year since 2001. Just last year, 85 percent of those surveyed rated their mental health as excellent or good. The COVID-19 pandemic is believed to be a major factor in the decline.