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A male and his female accomplice distracted a jewelry store employee on Nov. 5, long enough for the male to open a jewelry display door and steal two diamond engagement rings valued at $5,000, according to a Lancaster Police report.

Hours after a string of vandalisms throughout Lancaster left many businesses with shattered windows, a trio of men were arrested for the spree.

Brandon Newton can’t help but shake his head when he drives past Lancaster’s now-abandoned Kmart building.

Each year, donations of toys, school supplies, hygiene products and notes of encouragement are requested for Operation Christmas Child (OCC), touted as “the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind.”