A Local

1. A person who lives near a given place.

2. A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.

3. (rail transport, chiefly US) A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

4. (Britain) One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
5. (programming) A locally scoped identifier.

6. (US, slang, journalism) An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
7. (colloquial, medicine) Clipping of local anesthetic.

(rail transport): stopper

(rail transport): fast, express