4-Year-Old Boy Was Allegedly Left on School Bus, Then Given to Stranger: 'He's Very Traumatized,' Mom Says

Shamiar Smith Jr.Photo:Courtesy of Myeisha Marks. Courtesy of Myeisha Marks. Myeisha Marks tells PEOPLE that earlier this month, she got a call from her sister, letting her know that Marks' 4-year-old son, Shamiar Smith Jr., did not get off the school busMarks alleges that she later learned that after finding her son on the bus, the driver then handed him off to a stranger, who fortunately returned the child safely to his school"Procedures from that day are under review and will be addressed appropriately with personnel," a spokesperson with Horry County Schools said in a statement to PEOPLEA South Carolina mother says her family is still reeling after her son was allegedly left on a school bus and then handed off to a stranger before he was returned safely to school.

4-Year-Old Dog Finds Forever Home After Being Abandoned with a Heartbreaking Note Before the Holidays

Armando.Photo:Arizona Humane Society Arizona Humane Society Ayoung dogis making a fresh start ahead of the new year.Armando — a 4-year-old Labrador retriever mix — has found his forever home after beingabandoned with a notein Arizona earlier this month.On Dec. 15,Arizona Humane Society(AHS) employees found the canine “tied up” in the parking lot of the shelter’s Sunnyslope Campus parking lot, according to a press release from the organization shared with PEOPLE.There, the note attached to Amando began, “It is with a heavy heart that we had to result to this, but due to unforeseen circumstances, we had no choice.

4-Year-Old Girl and a Firefighter Among Hurricane Helene Victims Identified, as Death Toll Continues to Rise

People walk in the wind and rain next to Tampa Bay as Hurricane Helene churns offshore on September 26, 2024, in St. Petersburg, Florida.Photo:Joe Raedle/Getty Joe Raedle/Getty New details have emerged about the victims ofHurricane Helene, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm late on Thursday, Sept. 26. Among those killed in the storm include first responder Vernon “Leon” Davis, an assistant chief with the Blackshear Fire Department, who had been responding to calls and helping to clear out downed trees and power lines when a tree fell on his truck around 1:30 a.

4-Year-Old Girl Survives 10-Story Fall from Chicago Apartment Window

A 4-year-old girl survived a fall from a 10th-floor apartment window on Chicago’s South Side, authorities said. The child fell from the Spring Grove Apartments, a 13-story building in the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard in Bronzeville on Tuesday, March 11, shortly before 11 a.m. local time, the Chicago Police Department confirmed to PEOPLE in a statement. The victim, who has not been identified at this time, suffered a head injury and was transported to Comer Children’s Hospital in fair condition, police said.

4-Year-Old Runs Across the Street by Herself. But It's What Happens Next That Goes Viral (Exclusive)

Lisa Aamot’s kids with their neighbors.Photo:Lisa Aamot |@motherhoodbeforenoon Lisa Aamot |@motherhoodbeforenoon Lisa Aamotand her family first met their neighbors, Fred, 87, and Evy, 79, in March 2020. The family’s middle child, Kinley, walked up to Evy at the mailbox. Evy was holding an ice cream cone and lowered it so Kinley could lick it. “Because of the time we were in, I remember thinking, ‘You can’t do that, you could get sick!