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What’s in store for 2024 in Bethlehem Township? Trustee picked, bridge to be replaced

Editor’s note: The Canton Repository and Massillon Independent asked leaders in each of Stark County’s 17 townships, 11 villages and six cities to share some highlights about what’s in store for 2024 in their communities. The responses include the return of some family-friendly events, a variety of new businesses and some much-needed improvements to longstanding structures. We will […]

A New Hampshire city that’s picked the GOP winner for 70 years

ROCHESTER, N.H. — Burning questions about who could win Tuesday’s presidential primary weren’t the top priority here Saturday evening. Instead, it was burning marshmallows. Around 50 residents of Rochester braved the 17-degree weather common for the winter festival in this city, huddling around a few fires, making s’mores and drinking hot chocolate while children skated […]

Gabriel Attal picked as France’s youngest PM

French leader Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France’s youngest and first openly gay head of government. Following days of speculation, Macron on Monday accepted the resignation of Elisabeth Borne, 62, who stepped down after serving less […]

4 finalists picked for vacant Durham City Council seat. Who are they?

Four people are finalists for the open seat on the Durham City Council after a vote to narrow the field Thursday. Fourteen hopefuls applied to serve the remaining two years in the council term Leo Williams left unfinished when he became mayor in November. The six sitting council members submitted ballots Thursday afternoon, and only […]

Gypsy Rose Blanchard picked up from prison in husband’s car with a ‘Hitman’ Hart license plate

At 3:30 a.m. local time on Thursday, Gypsy Rose Blanchard left Missouri’s Chillicothe Correctional Center after serving 85% of her 10-year sentence for her role in the fatal stabbing of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard in 2015. Sentenced in 2016 after admitting to convincing her boyfriend at the time, Nick Godejohn, to travel from Wisconsin to the home she shared with […]