National

A full-time college student who also has a full-time job and runs two non-profit organizations, gave his grandparents peace of mind last week. Stefun Darts, 24, of Houston decided last week to repay their kindness by paying off their mortgage. “I’ve been eating pizza, microwave pizza for all my life,” he said. “My friends will […]

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The Cuyahoga County Department of Consumer Affairs is warning residents about a new scam that is targeting grandparents. A 79-year-old Cuyahoga County woman was scammed out of $7,000 by a person claiming to be her granddaughter. The “granddaughter” called the woman and said she was in jail. The phone was then handed off to an […]

National

The Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled that a set of white foster parents should raise two toddler sisters instead of the black grandparents who have fought for them for three years. Steven and Liv Grosser, from Plymouth, will now raise the girls instead of Dorothy and Lawrence Dunning after the court ruled relatives should get first consideration but not preference in […]

National

Across the United States, almost 7.8 million* children are living in homes where grandparents or other relatives are the householders, with more than 5.8 million children living in grandparents’ homes and nearly 2 million children living in other relatives’ homes. These families are often called “grandfamilies.” Don’t forget to read the first lady, Michelle Obama’s  […]