MT. ADAMS, OH (FOX19) - A Christmas classic returns to Playhouse at the Park. A Christmas Carol will be at the Playhouse from December 2-30 in the Robert S. Marx Theatre.

Adapted by Howard Dallin, the Playhouse’s version of A Christmas Carol combines faithful storytelling with spellbinding stage magic to bring to life its familiar story of a sinner given one last chance at redemption by four persuasive ghosts. Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a miraculous Christmas Eve transformation as he views with new eyes his past, present and the possibilities of the future.

CINCINNNATI, OH (FOX19) - You could almost taste the anger from the several hundred people who attended a public hearing on the city manager's proposed budget.

One by one, people told council they don't support the city manager's proposed cuts.

"These are people with families, and they've got bills, just like I do," said Sharon Koehler as she testified at the city council budge hearing Wednesday at Duke Energy Center.

"The mayor didn't even take time out of his busy schedule to be here at this meeting, and that my friend, is outrageous," said NAACP president Chris Smitherman.

FOX19 didn't hear one person say they support the Dohoney plan, a plan he says would save the city enough money to balance a budget that right now is $60 million short for 2011.

Most everyone who testified before the city council had their own agenda and their own passion for speaking out, but they did represent a broad range of police, firefigh

CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - With only 25 shopping days left, Downtown Cincinnati Inc.