Demand for help putting food on the table has grown faster in the Columbus area during the past year than any other metropolitan region of the state. The number of people receiving food stamps and public assistance is up 9.4 percent in the central Ohio area from a year ago.
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The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue emergency food stamps to residents of Porter, Lake, and LaPorte counties who suffered losses during this month’s flooding. More: continued here
WKBN.com Diamond woman charged with illegally using food stampsWKBN.comWARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – A shoplifting arrest in January at a department store in Niles uncovered another crime involving food stamp benefits. Howland police were called Jan. 17 to Kohl's department store on a shoplifting complaint. The manger there said … More: continued here
Disaster food stamps extended 1 monthTri Parish Times, LA –5 hours agoDisaster food stamps were made available to families in need of food after both hurricanes Gustav and Ike in early September. …Mobile site a tad too lateDaily Iberianall 5 news articles More: continued here
The U.S. Postal Service has just come out with limited edition celebrity chef stamps — and those celebrity chefs do not include Guy Fieri or Giada De Laurentiis. Not even Bobby Flay or Wolfgang Puck. More: continued here
Northern Valley Daily Voice Postage Stamps Memorialize Late Cliffside Park Police OfficerNorthern Valley Daily VoiceCLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — The lone Cliffside Park police officer who died in the line of duty will be memorialized on a postage stamp. Stephen Petruzzello, who was struck and killed by an SUV in 2014, will have his image on…
Stamps highlighting textile industries to be releasedPress Trust of IndiaTiruchirapalli (TN), Sep 7 (PTI) A set of four special postage stamps highlighting the country's textiles, including Kancheepuram silk, would be released by …and more » More: continued here