Remarkable Women: Sydney Severance is on a mission to heal the world

Remarkable Women winner Brenda Robinson shares life lessons as a pilot while teaching the next generation

Late last year, Queen City News and its parent company, Nexstar, launched a campaign to feature remarkable women in our area throughout this month. We asked you to tell us about the remarkable women in your life, and you answered! CONCORD, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — From the first time she saw people getting on a plane as a child, Brenda Robinson knew she wanted to be involved in aviation.  Brenda recalls, "All of the marvelous, beautiful people w…

2025’s Remarkable Women: Fighting Parkinson’s with passion in the Big Country

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - For 40 years, Lorraine Wilson dedicated her life to inspiring the next generation. Wilson started teaching as a 7th-grade reading teacher, then transitioned to a college professor, where she said she taught her true passion, fitness and physical education. "I love it when some students you can just guide, and they learn, and it's just so satisfying to watch them. I also love the students that were like, you were pull…

Remarkable Women: Sydney Severance is on a mission to heal the world

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Ask Sydney Severance how she is doing, and she tells it like it is. “Not 100-percent, to be totally honest….” But she is grateful for each step of the journey that began with her being bedridden. Severance was an ordinary high school student. She was an active teenager, a competitive tennis player, and taking honors classes at Bishop England High School as a sophomore. Then, in March 2020, as schools were shut down amid…

Remarkable Women: Carol Thomas chosen News 13's 2025 award recipient

SCOTLAND COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- Carol Thomas of Scotland County, North Carolina, is being honored as the recipient of News 13's 2025 Remarkable Women award. Every year, Nexstar Media Corporation, the parent company of WBTW News 13, honors women who have made an impact in their communities. Thomas and about 125 winners from other Nexstar TV markets will travel to Los Angeles during the weekend of April 13–14 and be featured in a special one-hour …

Remarkable Women: Babs Fry honored for her work with A Way Home for Dogs

(FOX 5) — Babs Fry is known for her uncanny ability to track down lost dogs and avoid being the center of attention, but today, the spotlight is on her. For over a decade, Fry, who is affectionately known as San Diego’s “pet detective,” has dedicated her life to rescuing, reuniting, and rehabilitating lost dogs through her nonprofit, A Way Home for Dogs. Fry's Jamul-area ranch is now home to countless dogs supported by a team of trusted voluntee…

Remarkable Women: Transforming lives one step at a time with Melissa Stapanowich

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Closing on this year's Women History Month, FOX21 News is sharing the stories of remarkable women in our community. We asked you to nominate the amazing women of the Pikes Peak Region for an award and we received 99 nominations, and while all were impressive, one stood out the most. Nominee Melissa Stapanowich is this year's FOX21 News Remarkable Woman. Stapanowich founded a nonprofit organization, Life Strides Foundation, w…