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Olivia and Jeff Messing were ringing in the New Year at home in Libertyville with their daughter, Melanie, when their plans took an unexpected turn. As the couple prepared to put their 2-year-old to ...

SPRINGFIELD – Less than an hour after people in Springfield were celebrating the start of a new year, the city’s first baby of the year was born. Amy Dhabalt-Barker and Matt Barker of Springfield gave ...

As fireworks faded and clocks struck midnight across Alabama, one family marked the start of the new year in a more personal way by welcoming the state’s first baby of the year. Born just moments into ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi Medical Center Bay Area kicked off 2026 with a flurry of new arrivals. On New Year's Eve, the labor and delivery team welcomed seven babies, and the celebrations ...

Welcome to the world, baby Thomas Michael. Augusta Health’s first baby of 2026, Thomas Michael, was born at 12:22 a.m. on Jan. 1. He weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 21.25 inches. Thomas is ...

Georgia Faye Seamster was born just after midnight on Jan. 1 at 12:03 a.m., weighing 5 pounds, 1 ounce, and measuring a little over 17 inches long. (Centra Virginia Baptist Hospital) LYNCHBURG, Va. – ...

Great Pyrenees Mr. Milchick is a livestock guardian dog at We Deux Farm and takes his job very seriously. He keeps a close watch on the goats, protecting them from predators and any other safety ...

The first baby born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2026 belongs to a Waltham couple.Meet Benjamin “Benji” Robert Kelland.Benji was born to Robert and Chloe Kelland at Massachusetts General Hospital at ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A Grand Rapids hospital welcomed its first newborn of the new year. Bentley Winston Adsit was born to parents Emily Strang and Christian Adsit at 1:35 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, at ...

ARE NEW LIFE IN THE NEW YEAR. BRYAN MEDICAL CENTER WELCOMED LINCOLN’S FIRST NEWBORN OF 2026. STAFF SAY THAT PAIGE AND ANDREW WELCOMED THEIR BABY GIRL AT 12:21 A.M. SHE IS 8 POUNDS, SEVEN OUNCES. STAFF ...

MERRIAM, Kan. (KCTV) - It’s hard to beat 12:01 a.m. on 1/1, so baby girl Peratt might just be the metro’s first newborn of 2026. According to AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, Ann and Cody Peratt started ...