Tricia Bobeda is a journalist. She loves finding and telling stories. She makes a mean guacamole and her socks rarely match.
One year ago today, Tim Holland called 911 to report his son Ricky missing.
In the nine-day ground search that followed, thousands of volunteers looked for a 7-year-old boy they thought had run away from his Williamston home, carrying his piggy bank and favorite action figures.
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Characters come out of the woodwork to take the stage at a weekly open mic at The Red Line Tap in Chicago.
(Submission for the Third Coast Audio Festival’s Short Doc Challenge. Requirements for the 2-3 minute piece were: include 2 neighbors, a color and three seconds of silence.)
On Sundays, dads are in charge of poking straws into Capri Suns and slathering sunscreen on wiggly toddlers as they sit on the sidelines at the Kenneth A. Hope Soccer Complex in Lansing.
Moms are on the field.
…MoreRaul Saucedo’s father told him that when he stepped into the fields, Raul was responsible only for himself.
That was when he was 11.
…MoreFree books. Free tutoring. Free popcorn.
Marcus Brown bellows like a vendor selling snacks at a baseball game. He shouts out to kids pouring off a school bus, swings around the corner to find some playing in a front yard, and dashes across a busy four lane road to spread the word to a few more.
…MoreHeather Allen cradled the IV line in her hands, watching the stream of stem cells snake its way toward her veins.
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