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The Hillsborough County school district announced a new program Friday that is aimed at helping students whose families are facing homelessness avoid ending up on the streets.

It’s an issue that happens more than some may think—students facing homelessness while trying to balance school. However, a new prevention program aims to help be the solution to the problem.

It’s a crisis that isn’t always noticeable at first glance, but thousands of students in the Tampa Bay area are considered homeless.

I Choose Love event promotes peace in downtown Portland With music and positive words, the Sunday event aimed to provide a contrast to recent conflicts downtown involving police, federal agents and demonstrators. Author: Christelle Koumoué (KGW) Updated: 12:31 AM PDT April 26, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. — After almost a year of unrest, violence and destruction in downtown Portland, "I Choose Love PDX" is on a mission to change the narrative.  "Obviously, the need fo...

A reunion years in the making involving a man whose family thought he was dead. They had lost touch because he was homeless and his search for relatives took him across the country before he thumbed his way back to his hometown of Caro. Thanks to the kindness of two strangers, including a Caro police officer, Leroy Putnam is back home. "We figured he, you know, got killed or died or something because we hadnt seen him for at least 12-15 years," Dorcas Smith, Leroys sister said. "He was homeless...