Homeless get a chance to speak up in local census

By: Ashley Gardner - Texarkana Gazette

Staff photo by Evan Lewis • Vernon Lee, 78, shares the last bite of his cinnamon roll Thursday morning with his daughter Emmanuella Lee, 11 months, at the Friendship Center. Texarkana Homeless Coalition conducted the annual homeless census Thursday. Lee and his daughter are living in an apartm...

The drizzling rain didn’t put a damper on the Texarkana Homeless Coalition’s 2013 Point-in-Time count of the homeless in this area.

Service providers throughout Texas participated in the event Thursday.

“First and foremost this gives the population...

Published: 01/25/2013