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Abducted infant returned to mother

LOWELLVILLE

A 4-month-old Youngstown girl who was abducted about 10:45 p.m. Friday from her Hawthorne Street home and taken to the abductor’s residence in the 4400 block of McGuffey Road was returned without injury to her mother after about an hour of negotiations between the man who abducted the child and the Mahoning Valley Crisis Response Team.

According to a Youngstown police report, several more hours of negotiating between MVCRS and the abductor, who had returned to the home after giving up the child, did not result in his surrender. When police entered the residence, the suspect, who they say is the child’s father, was not there and had not been apprehended as of Saturday afternoon. Several law-enforcement agencies assisted at the scene.

Submit information for holiday services

The Vindicator will publish a listing of area services open to the public in observance of Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services will run Dec. 16 on the Religion page. New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day services will run Dec. 23 on the Religion page.

The deadline to submit information is noon Dec. 12. Information should include the church name and denomination, address and time of the services. Include a name and phone number for verification or any questions.

Send to Religion, The Vindicator, 107 Vindicator Square, Box 780, Youngstown, Ohio 44501-0780; or fax to 330-747-6712; or email religion@vindy.com.

Donate to foster kids, needy families

VIENNA

Millwood Inc. and Northeast Ohio Adoption Services have partnered to gather donations for Valley families and children who are aging out of foster care. The program, Giving Hearts for Fresh Starts, was created to give these families and kids a second chance. Half of the donations will be given to NOAS; the other half will be donated to several families who work with local chaplains.

Millwood is accepting gently used housewares, nonperishable food, toiletries and cleaning supplies, clothes, toys, baby items and Visa or Walmart gift cards. Large appliances (washers, dryers, stoves, etc.) cannot be accepted.

Goods can be dropped off from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Jan. 12 at Millwood Inc., 3708 International Blvd., Vienna, and Northeast Ohio Adoption Services, 5000 E. Market St., Suite 26, Warren. A tractor-trailer is in Millwood’s rear parking lot, with labeled bins for drop-offs. At NOAS, donations can be given to any of the staff on hand upon arrival.