DEAR EDITOR: Say you owned a family restaurant. One day a mobster comes in and says, “It’d be a shame if your restaurant burned down one night. I can protect your investment for $500 a month, payable to me.” Trump is doing that right now by filing frivolous lawsuits for billions of ...

DEAR EDITOR: I am a proud Poland resident and a proud Mahoning County voter!! I presently serve on several community boards and these experiences allow me, I believe, to have a pulse of our community. I would like to address the possible closing of the Poland Library. This decision will not ...

DEAR EDITOR: Growing up, all I ever heard out of the mouth of my saintly mother was, “When bad things happen to good people, it’s God’s will.” Let me tell you, as a child, I learned to fear God’s will, so much that my prayer life became a battle of wills (God’s and mine). ...

DEAR EDITOR: By now, so many residents from the Mahoning Valley have heard the cries from the citizens’ group that has taken on the task of saving our Poland Library. As a member of the group, I am proud to say that not only have the people heard from us, you can practically hear the ...

DEAR EDITOR: In the early 1990s, Ohio was allotted 21 U.S. congressional seats and with the decline in population, Ohio now has 15 seats. The current congressional district map has 10 Republican and five Democrat seats. Democrats are proposing an 8-7 map. In my opinion, Republicans are ...

NEXSTAR station WYTV won’t broadcast the returning Jimmy Kimmel show. They also own WKBN. I wonder what other items NEXSTAR is forcing these local channels to suppress? Makes you think, aye? — Boardman As a frequent patron of Mahoning County libraries primarily the Poland location. I ...