Colleen O'Brien

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Colleen O’Brien is the Morning News Anchor at KIRO Newsradio. She’s been broadcasting since junior high, but began her professional career in Seattle radio. She then spent a few years in Spokane working for KXLY TV before returning to her first love – radio – at KIRO FM.

Man shares his 17,000 vinyl records

Bob Knutson has one of the most impressive vinyl collections anywhere. He inherited his first 2,000 records when a neighbor died and today he estimates his collection includes 17,000 records.
6 years ago

Chewbacca delivers heartening news to hospitalized teen

It must be the pits to spend months on end in a hospital. I can't imagine how hard it would be for a child to do that.
6 years ago

Pierce County Sheriff’s Office needs some help

This week, Pierce County deputies resounded to a brutal incident in Buckley and Tumwater; a double-homicide turned officer-involved shooting.
6 years ago

Chicago cop becomes construction worker for a good cause

A Chicago police lieutenant took on a brand new mission after 27 years on the force.
6 years ago

Veteran hit by shoddy roof job finds help

A veteran who was out $9,000 for a roofing job gone bad was repaid in kindness by another roofing company.
6 years ago

Unsuspecting pizza delivery driver gets blessed

A Chicago pastor surprised a pizza delivery driver with a massive tip, which only kept growing as his congregation came forward to add to the pile of money.
6 years ago

Officer on patrol delivers surprise meals

Officer Jeremy hands of grocery bags full of food to people-in-need who he encounters while on patrol.
6 years ago

Bike charity leads to new teeth for Minnesota man

Jack Carlson made headlines for the charity work he does for children with disabilities. He spends his free time working on custom bikes for kids and in the process of his story being told he became the recipient of kindness, too.
6 years ago

Mariners prospect makes promise to mom

You’ll want to know Braden Bishop’s name if only for what he’s doing for his mother.
6 years ago

Send banners to surviving students of Florida shooting

A week later, there's still more to be done to support the surviving students of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
6 years ago

Students react to a violent world

If you think our kids are blissfully ignorant of the violence happening right now - think again.
6 years ago

KIRO 7, Rick Rizzs pay off strangers’ medical debt

Famed voice of the Mariners Rick Rizzs joined KIRO 7's effort to pay off people's medical debt.
6 years ago

Update: Man meets life-saving donor at Super Bowl

The other day a listener named Angelica reached out to me on Twitter to ask about an update to one of my Doses of Kindness. I'm happy to deliver.
6 years ago

Duvall woman known for kindness finally reveals her truth

A Duvall woman made that painful decision months ago having already lost everything she had worked so hard to gain.
6 years ago

Vikings surprise teen with trip to memorable Super Bowl

Danny Lilya of Moose Lake, Minnesota was born with a separated spine and has been paralyzed from the waist down his entire life. But being in a wheelchair has never meant limitations for this teen.
6 years ago

Secret donor reveals himself as NFL player

The Kansas City man who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was saved by an surprising hero.
6 years ago

A dying man gets his wish, a loving home for his dog

A Texas man with terminal cancer knows that his dying wish will come true -- his red heeler has a home -- thanks to the kindness of strangers on Facebook.
6 years ago

New England woman becomes ‘fairy godmother’

Cinderella's transformation isn't just a Disney story. There's a real-life fairy godmother for girls in New England.
6 years ago

Teen helps the homeless with ‘upcycle, uplift’ motto

Dillon Eisman is a unique Los Angeles teenager. His free time is spent bent over a sewing machine thinking of others.
6 years ago

Sumner officer makes littlest law enforcement fan’s day

A Sumner police officer went above and beyond the call of duty and made a boy's day.
6 years ago

Auto mechanics turn Macgyver for coworker who lost arm

They're auto mechanics -- not doctors -- but that didn't matter when it came to their love for a co-worker.
6 years ago

How a T-shirt, Disney World and social media saved a life

I know three people who've given one of their kidneys to strangers and are walking around today like nothing happened.
6 years ago

See? Twitter can be used for good

I have a story that can prove Twitter can be used for good, even by those who regularly use it to argue with others.
6 years ago

School asks, is inundated with surrogate dads

A South Texas middle school had a big problem when planning their "Breakfast with Dads" event. They knew some students don't have a father in their life.
6 years ago