• Essex County, N.J., sheriff helps Santa with deliveries of toys, coats

  

• Vallejo City Unified votes to close 3 elementary schools after months of deliberation

  

• Officer under investigation for using Taser on Fulton County student, officials say

  

• American flag stops in North Texas on international journey honoring country's 250th birthday

  

• Teen, 6 kids charged in attack of mother, son outside South Side school

  

• Clarion County high school wins PennDOT's Paint the Plow contest

  

• Poe Elementary decks the halls with Christmas carols to kick off winter break

  

• Thomas County Central caps perfect season with blowout win over Gainesville