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Mayor’s celebration

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams and his wife, Sonja, will host the Mayor’s Community Celebration at 6 p.m. Jan. 8 at Stambaugh Auditorium, Fifth Avenue, on the North Side. The black-tie event is in support of the Mayor’s Community Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation that has given about $30,000 to organizations and grass-roots projects that have the goal of improving the community and quality of life for residents.

Tickets cost $50 each, but there also are other options for private tables, including $250 for two, $500 for four, and $1,000 for eight. Tickets are available by calling the Stambaugh box office at 330-259-0555.

During the event, Williams will deliver the state-of-the-city address.

Watch Night service

YOUNGSTOWN

The congregations of Holy Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, Church of the Living Word and the Greater St. John Church of God In Christ of Warren will join Bethel Church of God in Christ, 3147 Glenwood Ave., for Watch Night Joint Heirs’ Celebration Services on Friday. The services will begin at 9:30 p.m. The featured preacher will be Pastor Jeffery Stanford. Other participating clergy include the Rev. Dr. Lewis W. Macklin II and host pastor Superintendent Ross Johnson. The public is invited.

Former client is Legal Aid president

CLEVELAND (AP)

An Ohio woman who once sought help from The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is to become the board’s next president. The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer reports Ilah Adkins is the first former client ever to hold the office.

Adkins was a scared, destitute young mother when she walked through the doors of Legal Aid more than 15 years ago. Then, an attorney there helped her navigate what could have been a vicious divorce. Adkins went on to college and later became an attorney herself. She’s set to be sworn in as Legal Aid’s board president next month. Her colleagues say there’s no better candidate to carry out the organization’s mission of providing free legal services to cash-strapped clients.

Trooper kills man

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP)

Pennsylvania State Police say a trooper killed a man he says pointed a pistol at him during a domestic dispute in Hempfield Township around 4:15 p.m. Friday.

Jeffrey Yohman, 51, was pronounced dead at Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital.