Steve Hartman

3 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Steve Hartman

Dacula, Georgia — At a Burger King in Dacula, Georgia, 18-year-old Mykale Baker is known for his whopper of a work ethic. He shows up early, stays late, and looks at every shift like a privilege. "I like helping people and not expecting anything back from it," Baker told CBS News. "That's just me."That work ethic created some good karma for Baker. "I knew that all the good I put out there is going to come back to me somehow," Baker said. Baker's high school graduation night arrived in May.

4 weeks ago | cbsnews.com | Steve Hartman

Strasburg, Colorado — When Stephanie Peabody started looking through the security footage taken from her garage camera in Strasburg, Colorado, she was trying to piece together what exactly happened that February night. Eventually, she not only found the answer, but the surprise of a lifetime. It all started when Stephanie and her husband left their 3-year-old son Bridger with his great-grandmother, 78-year-old Sharon Lewis.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Steve Hartman

Orangeburg, South Carolina — New York native Linwood Riddick could have spent his golden years in Summerville, South Carolina, tickling the ivories or whatever else tickled his fancy. But instead, the 79-year-old retired shop owner has spent the last six years poring over textbooks and dragging himself to class at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, relentless in his pursuit of a college education. "I just stepped on the accelerator and didn't stop," Riddick told CBS News.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Steve Hartman

Culloden, West Virginia — It's generally not socially acceptable to air a person's dirty laundry. But in the case of foster mother Kari Cox of Culloden, West Virginia, the sheer volume of her daily load of laundry speaks volumes about her capacity for love. "She's like Mother Theresa, almost," one of her 14 children, most of whom were adopted, told CBS News. "My mom does 99.9% of the work, my dad does 0.1," jokes another. It's a gross exaggeration for sure.

1 month ago | cbsnews.com | Steve Hartman

Chelsea, Michigan — In the Southern Michigan town of Chelsea, which has a population of about 5,000, the local bookstore has quite a story of its own. It's a story that began when Michelle Tuplin, owner of Serendipity Books, decided to relocate her business to larger space. "I knew it was going to be great," Tuplin told CBS News. But she didn't know how she was going to transport about 9,000 books to the new space a few blocks away. "The actual logistics, the details, not so much," Tuplin said.