Winter warming center set to open Sunday, but hurdles remain

As temperatures begin to dip near freezing, officials with the city and Salvation Army say plans to open the winter warming center by the long-promised Nov. 1 date are on track.Yet it was clear at the Springfield City Council’s committee of the whole meeting Tuesday evening that major hurdles remain towards opening and maintaining the shelter, which is intended to give the city’s street homeless a warm place to stay during the cold weather months.As in the […]