Homeless people have become more visible in the past few days around Shelbyville. Saturday’s T-G will have more in a continuing series of stories about the situation.
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Homeless situation appears to be worsening
Several people live in their vehicles behind the Marathon convenience store at Lane Parkway and North Cannon Boulevard. The sign on the van reads, “Homeless Can You Help Us Please? We Need Gas + Food.”
T-G Photos by David Melson
Jeb and Jasper House cut overgrown brush and grass at the old Rite Aid store, North Main and Madison streets.
The front of the former Rite Aid store. A homeless man lives near the column at left.
Bedrolls and discarded fast-food wrappers litter an area near the front of the empty store where an individual often sleeps at night.
Grass grows high in front of the store, at one of Shelbyville’s most visible intersections, last week. The grass was cut by volunteers the next day.
Homeless people have become more visible in the past few days around Shelbyville. Saturday’s T-G will have more in a continuing series of stories about the situation.
The longer Shelbyville allows these people to stay here the more others will come from other towns. Remember that they are given free phones which allows them to contact their “friends “. These people do have a network.
Free phones? Maybe Biden s illegals do. But my son is homeless & nothing has been offered to him! Not even whenever the courts own doctor recommended him to go to a hospital. Instead,Rich just released him to the streets!
larryconniehasty
The longer Shelbyville allows these people to stay here the more others will come from other towns. Remember that they are given free phones which allows them to contact their “friends “. These people do have a network.
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Pamcook05
Free phones? Maybe Biden s illegals do. But my son is homeless & nothing has been offered to him! Not even whenever the courts own doctor recommended him to go to a hospital. Instead,Rich just released him to the streets!
2 days ago Report this