Festival of Lights set

Festival of Lights set

YOUNGSTOWN — City Councilman Jamael Tito Brown, D-3rd, along with various block-watch and community leaders, will host a Festival of Lights and Decoration Tour of the city’s North Side from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The tour will begin and end at the Heart Reach Ministries, 211 Redondo Road.

The tour will showcase the homes and spirit of the citizens of the community.

“This is a way to display the talent and creativity of those who live and work on the greater North Side of Youngstown,” Brown said.

The tour bus will begin going through the neighborhoods at 5:30 p.m.

Anyone who wants to participate has until Wednesday to decorate. All participants are asked to have all their lights on and ready for viewing by that date and time.

Prizes will be given to the winners selected.

Those interested in having their home showcased and placed on the tour route should call Brown at (330) 747-3592.

Holiday closing

MCDONALD — The Municipal Building, 451 Ohio Ave., will be closed at noon Christmas Eve, and closed on Christmas Day.

Meeting canceled

BOARDMAN — Township trustees canceled their regular meeting scheduled for Wednesday because of the holiday.

Salvation Army theft

HUBBARD — Timothy Lambert, of the 800 block of Youngstown-Kingsville Road, is in Trumbull County jail in lieu of $15,000 bail, charged with stealing a Salvation Army collection container with an undetermined amount of money in it. The theft occurred Dec. 6 at Speedway on West Liberty Street, and Lambert was arrested Dec. 11. A hearing took place Dec. 14 .