DEAR EDITOR: In an era when so many things seem to be about “oneself,” it was certainly gratifying to see coach Doug Phillips and the majority of the YSU football team cheering on the women’s basketball team against Robert Morris. The team stayed the entire 45 minutes — rooting, ...
DEAR EDITOR: Ohioans are focused on affordability as we head into the political season. At the top of that list is property taxes. So much so, that abolishment of property taxes may appear on the ballot. Whether it does make the ballot or not — every single candidate for office needs to ...
DEAR EDITOR: A recent article in the Business Journal outlines the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County (PLYMC) Board of Trustees’ plan to relocate and build a new library in downtown Struthers. This is a wonderful thing. The reasons listed in this article for relocating the ...
DEAR EDITOR: An open letter to the Mahoning County Commissioners: I just now watched the video of your Feb. 12, 2026 meeting. Janet Cobb and Chris Harris spoke eloquently about a problem that is a very relevant subject because the Mahoning County jail has received millions of dollars from ...
ORCHID: To Boardman Glenwood Junior High School students, Principal Laura McCreery and the PTA for their exceedingly successful show of support for seventh grader Levi Kulikowsky. Levi has been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia that requires intensive treatments that will keep him out of ...
It’s only February and other than the almost nonstop coverage of the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping story, especially cable networks are obsessed with the November election, though it is more than eight months away. So much can — and likely will — change before then. Why all the ...