2 Miami teens flourishing in AP classes thanks to Edina ABC program
Asoka and Adaolisa Mba know how to play, but most of their days, they work on their grades. Asoka is a busy junior at Edina High School, and Adaolisa is a busy senior.
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield loves sharing the good news. She hosts a show on Sunday mornings based on local "positivity and empowerment," leading right into CBS Sunday Morning.
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield never imagined she'd be in the Twin Cities, but this is exactly where she says she wants to be. She says in her travels as a journalist, one common denominator was that she always really liked the people she met from Minnesota. And years ago, when she came to visit her longtime friend and WCCO reporter, Heather Brown, she realized the cities are as great as the people.
Susan-Elizabeth decided she wanted to be a journalist in the fourth grade. She put the plan into action at the University of Georgia's school of journalism. While at UGA, she helped produce the Peabody Awards in New York City and studied in Rome, Italy.
Her first crack at news was at KRON in San Francisco as an intern. After that, she joined Teach for America and taught first grade in under-served schools in Houston and Texas. After TFA, she got back into journalism. She's worked as a reporter and weather forecaster in Columbus, Ga. Most recently, she worked as an evening anchor and reporter at WIS-TV in Columbia, S.C. She says she loves the way WCCO honors the lives of Minnesotans. That's what drew her here.
The answer: nine. The question: how many syllables are in her name? Susan-Elizabeth's mother says she named her daughter after her own two favorite childhood baby dolls. "Susan" was her favorite; "Elizabeth" was next in line.
You may have guessed by that double name, she's from the South. Home for Susan-Elizabeth is Tyrone, Ga., where her family still lives. She loves hanging out with them and eating fried okra. (Ever tried it?) Speaking of food, she loves taste explorations and diving in to the Twin Cities restaurant scene. Got a suggestion? Shoot her a note. She also likes to run, play fantasy football and hop a plane to someplace she's never been.
Susan-Elizabeth says her new favorite phrases are "uff da" and "you betcha." She can't wait to meet y'all.
Asoka and Adaolisa Mba know how to play, but most of their days, they work on their grades. Asoka is a busy junior at Edina High School, and Adaolisa is a busy senior.
There are cries for help like never before from Minnesota's youth, as 29% of students say they've experienced depression, anxiety, and other mental health struggles for six months or more. That's more than ever before recorded by the state.
Sometimes the worst of weather conditions brings out the best in the human condition.
Debbie Montgomery's life story reads like a Hollywood movie script. She not only watched history unfold, she is a part of history.
Imagine living your whole life and having no idea what you look like. That's a reality in some developing countries. The Minnesota-based company Lifetouch is helping change that while also turning trash into treasure.
Next time you hear one of those overhead announcements at the airport, it could be someone in charge of loading your luggage.
WCCO went to Valley View Elementary in Columbia Heights and got answers from some young scholars.
A lineup of experienced Broadway actors are spending the winter in Minneapolis. They are cast in a new play at the Guthrie Theatre that is fiction, yet historic.
There are about 28,000 EVs on Minnesota roads. That's less than 1% of the vehicles.
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield looks at how the artists choose to come here, and what happens backstage when they get here.
"Don't let anybody's hatred stop you from promoting your God-given purpose on this earth," Bishop Richard Howell said.
Many of us have felt the heaviness of the past few years. It was enough for one Minnesota couple to take action the only way they knew how. They sold their home and hit the road.
In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of talk about how sensitive information is stored in Washington.
It's quiet now, but 24 hours earlier, there was chaos and confusion. Rose got a startling text message from the city to stay on lockdown, "I was thinking is there a chemical spill? Is something major going on, I had no idea."
It's been four decades since Cameron Small left Korea. But the memories have never left him, "On my quote-on-quote adoption day, I was terrified."