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Expressway fatality

YOUNGSTOWN

A two-car crash on the Madison Avenue Expressway left one person dead, according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner. The accident occurred about 10 p.m. Wednesday. Police shut down the eastbound lanes of the expressway. The cause hasn’t been determined, and the person who died hasn’t been identified, WFMJ reported.

March, rally set

YOUNGSTOWN

Youngstown will join the national movement for justice in the deaths of Eric Garner, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, John Crawford III and other men and women of color with a “Black Lives Matter” march and rally starting 11:30 a.m. Monday at the Nathaniel R. Jones Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, 10 E. Commerce St.

Christmas dinner

YOUNGSTOWN

The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Mahoning County will host its annual Christmas dinner from 10:30 a.m. to noon Monday at its downtown dining hall, 208 W. Front St. A traditional Christmas ham dinner will be served, and all those served will receive a special Christmas gift that day. For information, contact president Brian J. Antal at 330-690-8435.

Cookies for Santa

BOARDMAN

Boardman Park will host “Cookies for Santa” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday. The event is a chance to make cut-out cookies, holiday waffles and crafts for Santa with your children while avoiding the mess and cleanup. Cost is $5 for Boardman kids and $7 for kids who are nonresidents. Parents and kids under 2 are free. Call the park office at 330-726-8105 for ticket information. No tickets will be sold at the door.

Holiday concert

BOARDMAN

Boardman Park will host a free Elegant String Quartet Holiday Concert from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday in St. James Meeting house, which will be adorned with handmade decorations created by Holborn Herb Growers Guild.

New trial ordered for Jordan Brown

WAMPUM, PA

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the case of Jordan Brown should go back to Lawrence County juvenile court for a new trial. Jordan, 17, was charged in February 2009 when he was 11 with the murder of his father’s pregnant fiancee,

The court ruled he should have the chance to file a motion challenging the evidence used to convict him in his April 2012 bench trial. He was found to be an adjudicated delinquent — which means guilty in juvenile court — for killing Kenzie Houk, 26, on Feb. 20, 2009, as she lay in bed in a farmhouse the family was renting near Wampum.

Houk’s unborn baby, a boy who was due in two weeks, died from lack of oxygen.

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