The Huron Perth United Way entered the New Year with its fundraising campaign sitting at 75 per cent.
The $1.633 million target is 11 per cent higher than last year, as the United Way tackles homelessness as its major campaign theme.
Half of the households in Perth-Huron earn less than the current living wage of $17.55 an hour.
The fundraising drive continues through the end of March.
School buses are running in the City of Windsor.
Kawhi Leonard scored 23 points in his return to Toronto, as the Raptors routed the Chicago Bulls 135-92 in their NBA season opener.
After a few days on the lam, Windsor police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection to an online marketplace robbery.
A Windsor-Essex man is among those critically injured in a fire at a Canadian Forces base this past weekend.
Windsor police say a 29-year-old man wanted in connection with an April kidnapping case has been arrested.
Windsor police are concerned about the well-being of a 35-year-old woman who has not been seen by her family since October 9.
