Jodi Noland of Jackson High School won first place in the Gasser Fine Jewelers annual gingerbread house competition. Entries were made by students at Hoover, Jackson, R.G. Drage, Canton South, Perry, GlenOak, Fairless, and Louisville high schools

For Hoover Alexander, fried chicken is a Sunday thing, a service of sorts, held only at the Hoover’s Cooking up north on the Seventh Day from 8 a.m. until it runs out around 3 or 4 p.m. Talking to Alexander, he sounds like a man who wishes every day …