Smartphones aren’t cheap, but for many of us, they’ve become essential. We use them for work, communication, information, entertainment, and even paying bills. If you need a smartphone and a wireless ...

Sandra Ritter with her son William celebrating her birthday at their Largo home in 1997. courtesy of Sandra Ritter Sandra Ritter hasn’t seen her only son in eight years. He’s incarcerated at Apalachee ...

Police departments across the Tri-State are partnering with a nonprofit to provide free emergency phones to people in crisis ...

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MARSHALL - Cynthia Wheeler is a Marshall resident and Lifeline program participant who said she uses the phone provided to her by Safelink Wireless when the bills for her regular cell phone are too ...

School officials marked the one-year anniversary of implementing the Yondr phone-free initiative across middle and high ...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has closely followed state regulators’ concerns about the Lifeline program since they emerged last year. Critics on the Public Service Commission began discussing ...

New Hampshire's schools implement a phone ban in 2025, uniting the state in concern over technology's negative effects on youth.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Martin Luther King. Jr. Middle School is the first of six Richmond schools to go phone-free during the school day as part of a pilot program. Upon arrival, students come inside ...

Rick, a learning disabled retiree, was at his Los Angeles apartment last month when a salesperson from Assurance Wireless stopped by to offer a free mobile phone account, complete with a free phone.