Stories from Monday, January 6, 2014

Snow stopped falling in Putnam County on Sunday night but that was when things started to get really ugly. With a foot of snow on the ground, conditions could be challenging enough, but winds and extreme cold moving into the area have made plowing county roads nearly impossible in some areas...

The Wabash Valley Planning Council on Homelessness for Region 7 is organizing a Point in Time count in Putnam County on Jan. 30, asking people where they spent the night on Jan. 29. The Wabash Valley Planning Council, an arm of Housing and Urban Development, has been working to end homelessness in the area for many years. Region 7 includes not only Putnam but also Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion and Vigo counties...