Events in the news this week.
Trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for Westminster resident Gary A. Skillman, accused of burning a cross on the front lawn of a neighboring black family last summer. Skillman, 23, was indicted in October on three charges, two involving civil rights charges and one involving use of fire in a felony.
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