sam gardner, a western carolina student born with cerebral palsy has been approved for social security benefits. last summer sam contacted news 13 after he had been denied twice and was struggling to pay for his education. sam appealed the third time and won a federal court hearing earlier this month. he will now get the call this weekend that his disability payments are finally approved. he plans to return to school in the fall. >> darcel: fire destroys a polk county couple's home and now they're urging commissioners to do something so they can afford fire insurance. larry and jenny stepps home went up in flames saturday. their official fire station is 22 miles away. miles from a home, the homeowners say insurance premiums go up. >> i called the insurance company and they was going to insure it for $500 a year until they found out i was in polk county and seven miles from the fire department, the price went up and i couldn't afford to keep the insurance. >> darcel: henderson county has a much closer station that would enable area homeowners to qualify for affordable insurance. >> larr

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