For the last 12 years, Elizabeth Laird has been a constant at the airport in Fort Hood, TX with the sole purpose of hugging our troops. The 83-year-old, who is affectionately referred to as the “Hug ...

FORT HOOD, Texas – Elizabeth Laird, known to Fort Hood residents as the 'Hug Lady,' has been hospitalized at Metroplex Hospital in Killeen. Her son Rick Dewees told KVUE's news partner KCEN she was ...

Elizabeth Laird has given out a lot of hugs to soldiers -- she figures about half a million -- as they depart for duty and come home. But now that she's in the hospital battling breast cancer, it's ...

KILLEEN, TX (FOX NEWS) - The "hug lady" of Fort Hood, whose embrace boosted the spirits of thousands of American soldiers over nearly a decade as they shipped out for Iraq and Afghanistan, died ...

The "hug lady" of Fort Hood, whose embrace boosted the spirits of thousands of American soldiers over nearly a decade as they shipped out for Iraq and Afghanistan, is finding her kindness repaid in ...

Elizabeth Laird, known here as Fort Hood’s “Hug Lady,” died on Christmas Eve, but those who met her say she left a lasting impact. Laird, 83, an Air Force veteran and resident of Copperas Cove, ...