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Man killed in Christmas shooting

Associated Press CLEVELAND Police in Cleveland are investigating the city’s second fatal

Boardman school official grateful for “lunch angel”

Anonymous donor promises to pay off negative lunch accounts for Boardman students

Local volunteer loves the reward of volunteering

Tom Miller dedicates time to helping children at an inner-city school

John Curea also makes table-top nativity scenes for family and friends

Curea, 90, has been making also makes table-top nativity scenes for years

O Holy Night

Sheila Kosmo helps her daughter, Maddie, 8, both of Austintown, light her candle during a Christmas Eve service at Faith Community Covenant Church in Youngstown. The service, led by Michael Zabel, right, the senior pastor at Faith Community, welcomed nearly 40 worshippers to “pause” before the holiday. “This gives us a chance to pause in the busyness and remember why we are celebrating Christmas,” Zabel said. After the melodies of “O Holy Night” rang out, Zabel asked parishioners if they would just take a moment to ask themselves, “Are you ready for Christmas?”Pictured at the top is Aiden Fitzhenry, 5, of Southington hanging a candy cane on a Christmas tree during the service.

Agenda Tuesday

Agenda Tuesday Girard City Council, 7 p.m., municipal building, 100 W. Main St. Mahoning

Driver faces charges

Driver faces charges YOUNGSTOWN A car chase through Youngstown that ended in a crash led to the

Professor builds intricate Nativity scenes for display

Associated Press ERIE, Pa. If you happen to be walking west on West Eighth Street by the

TRUMBULL COURTS

COURTS TRUMBULL COUNTY Marriage licenses Shayne D. Blankenship, 26, of 8143 Addison Road,

Advocates seek tiny home solution for Akron’s homeless

Associated Press AKRON There’s a big man living illegally in a tiny house somewhere in the

Firms mull shrinking labor force in booming economy

Associated Press PITTSBURGH It should be open season for job-hunting workers in the Pittsburgh

Got a toy that can spy?

Associated Press NEW YORK The toys your kids unwrap this Christmas could invite hackers into

Former tobacco barns find new life with anti-smoking messages

Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. Michiel Vaughn owes a lot to tobacco. The lucrative crop helped

HOT HOLIDAY ITEMS

Associated Press NEW YORK Multi-use cookers, toy monkeys and lots of velvet. Here’s a look at

N. Korea calls latest sanctions ‘act of war’

Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to

Christmas card sent back and forth since 1941

Associated Press DANNEBROG, Neb. For three quarters of a century, the same Christmas card

Putin foe clears first step in bid for Russian presidency

Associated Press MOSCOW Hundreds of supporters of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny

Adviser: Trump confident in FBI director despite attacks

Associated Press WASHINGTON Donald Trump has full confidence in his new FBI director despite a

Shoppers spending more may make a merry season for retailers

Associated Press NEW YORK Shoppers who are feeling good about the economy and spending more

Judge’s partial lifting of Trump ban gives some refugees hope

Associated Press SEATTLE After hearing heartbreaking stories of refugees who have struggled to