A Michigan woman headed to a store wanting to buy a specific scratch-off, but settled for another scratch off that hit it BIG! STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/18/lotto-Michigan-Lottery-sold-out-scratch-off/2131742328443/

Grant has been volunteering with his dad at a rec center for people with special needs and disabilities. So when his dad asked who he wanted to invite to his party last September? He said all his friends at the rec center. Story: https://www.wdjx.com/9-year-old-has-the-best-wish-for-his-birthday-party/

What's the most "shocking" prank you pulled at a sleepover?

Remember Jeremy Meeks, the "Hot Felon" with the mugshot that went viral? It happened in 2014. Then he got out of prison and turned it into a modeling career. Now here we go again in this Setting the Bar Story!Source: https://www.tmz.com/2025/03/19/georgia-sorority-girl-mug-shot-arrest-photo/

A young boy was celebrating his 8th Birthday in the park, and was ready to blow out the candles on a delicious cake when he received an unexpected surprise.STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/strangers-crash-a-boys-birthday-party-when-they-notice-a-lack-of-guests/

A kitten in Las Vegas has been trapped on an overpass for three weeks, until an electric company rescued him! STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/17/kitten-overpass-Las-Vegas/8511742223091/

Senior Night was extra special for men's basketball team manager, Patrick McCarty. He got a chance to dress with the team, be captain and start! And everyone when NUTS when he scored a bucket! STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/amazing-moment-for-high-school-basketball-team-manager-on-senior-night/

A show of hands... who KNEW this already?!?! Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/puffer-fish-are-not-filled-with-air-2019-11

Remember when you're a tourist in another country to treat their monuments and culture with respect... unlike these two in our Setting the Bar Story! Source: https://tinyurl.com/mr3675uv

What's the most impressive way you or someone you know quit their job?

Joaquín took the phrase “quiet quitting” to a whole new level and managed to win an award from his company. That’s why we’re putting his company in the Setting the Bar lane! Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/real-life/article-14506411/Spanish-engineer-skips-work-six-years-stay-pay-roll-bosses-noticed-long-service-award.html

Eric Stewart works behind the register at a gas station store in Gallatin, Tennessee, and has an eagle eye for knowing when customers might be falling for a scam. STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/store-clerk-saves-a-woman-from-a-text-scam/

His great-grandmother fell by the back door steps and was bleeding. She realized she needed to call 911 but her phone was left in her car. That's when she told Bridger to run and get it, even though he was afraid of the dark! STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/3-year-old-helps-hurt-great-grandma-thanks-to-paw-patrol/

It wouldn't be St. Patrick's Day without the legend and lore of the leprechaun of Mobile, Alabama.

You probably see people tailgating all the time, maybe YOU do it, but if you got fined for doing it like this driver in Switzerland did, maybe you’d think twice about it! That’s why this is our Setting the Bar Story! Source: https://www.odditycentral.com/auto/motorist-fined-110000-for-tailgating-on-motorway.html

Brieonna Cassell found herself trapped inside her wrecked car in a deep ditch. She says her car veered off the road after she fell asleep at the wheel. Her phone was dead so she couldn't call anyone for help. STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/mom-of-3-survives-in-wrecked-car-for-6-days/

Officer Tolson was there and they were waiting on someone from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission when the pizza lady showed up and didn’t know the gator was under the car. STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/cop-delivers-a-pizza-due-to-an-alligator-under-the-homeowners-car/

Susan is accidentally getting free cable. Are you in the camp of “if it’s free it’s for me!” or the camp of “it’s too good to be true!”

You may think to yourself that you’d like to take one of those cute, cuddly animals you drive by on the side of the road, but if you’re in Australia, you could wind up as a Setting the Bar Story!