Pastor in Ohio town says residents are laying low and praying for political firestorm to blow over

In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists and troopers and security camera installations — real people are breathing, praying and attempting to carry on.

Between the morning bomb sweep of Springfield’s schools and the near daily afternoon media briefing, a hush comes over the city that locals say is uncanny, haunting even. It’s fear. It’s confusion. It’s dismay at being…