How a chance encounter gave a struggling ex-football star a new lease on life
On a path in Austin, Texas, a chance meeting changed the lives of two men with one thing in common.
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On a path in Austin, Texas, a chance meeting changed the lives of two men with one thing in common.
Every day, you can find Dallas for Change on the ground serving the homeless community cold drinks and other supplies as the triple-digit heat continues to smother the region.
During a special art exhibit Thursday night, paintings filled the walls, but it was artists like Darrell Plunkett who were the real focus.
Boca Raton is one of the wealthiest cities in Florida, but even along its golden sands, people still get stuck in fiscal undertows.
A South Dallas woman is trying to help an unhoused Navy veteran find stable housing as the cost of living continues to climb.
A woman known to neighbors as Bobbi survived the night after two regulars at a South Fort Worth food mart found her frozen on the ground.
At 4 p.m. on Friday, it will open as the city's inclement weather shelter.
On any given night in Tarrant County, there can be upwards of 2,500 people experiencing homelessness.
Using his own money and donations, Wade Milyard does dozens of loads of laundry a week for people in need.
The McKinney City Council approved two ordinances restricting camping and sitting in public spaces to address homelessness, sparking debate.
The proposals would make sleeping and camping in public illegal.
A North Texas couple wasn't sure what to do after finding a homeless man using their outside spigot to shower. It wound up sparking community debates about compassion and boundaries.
Bench dividers have already been installed downtown to discourage sleeping.
President Trump is hinting at further federal police action in D.C., teasing a press conference on Monday aimed at "ending the Crime, Murder, and Death."
The Trump administration is moving to end the "Housing First" approach despite warnings from providers and homelessness experts that the shift won't work.
With temperatures falling, cities across North Texas are opening warming shelters.
With temperatures falling, cities across North Texas are opening warming shelters.
It can tax workers as they try to get people needed supplies.
More than 900 cots were set up inside the Grand Place building in Fair Park on Sunday.
Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas is one of the warming shelters opening its doors to provide warmth and safety to those in need.
Federal officials say homelessness rose 18% in 2024, driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing.
It's the season of giving and every parent wants to be able to give their child the gifts they want.
Junk Hustlers was launched by Dallas-based Cornbread Hustle, a staffing agency that offers second chances.
In 2018 a federal appeals court decided that Boise, Idaho's camping ban – used to deter the homeless from sleeping on the streets – was "cruel and unusual punishment." Grants Pass, Oregon, has now challenged that argument before the Supreme Court.
There's just something magical about handing a kid a teddy bear that's just for them.
