Just last week I finally got around to hanging the autumn wreaths on my doors at home, along with the fabric “ghosts” that my mother gave me years ago, to blow around as the wind whips onto my front porch. The weather has gotten extremely “crisp,” seemingly overnight, and my dad ...

Headlines carried beneath our newspaper’s flag emblazoned in rare pink last week spoke of the “War” against breast cancer, “Pinking out” in Austintown, and “Warriors” who gathered for the large annual luncheon intended to honor local breast cancer survivors. It occurred to me ...

A co-worker recently posted a photo on Facebook depicting the Christmas displays at a local home improvement store. With it, he offered a simple one-word caption. “Really?” Yes, Christmas decor is a bit premature, but what isn’t premature is the arrival of autumn about 10 days ago. ...

An editorial that appeared on last Sunday’s Opinion page called on local school districts to consider consolidating administrations to help save hundreds of thousands of dollars countywide. The concept of regionalization and consolidation among Mahoning Valley school districts is one that ...

This month marks four years since the Tribune Chronicle took over publication of The Vindicator after its previous owners announced the operation would cease. At the time, The Vindicator’s former owners said the decision to shutter the Mahoning County-based newspaper came after operating in ...

My son, who was 3 years old on Sept. 11, 2001, recently has been very engaged in the Netflix series “Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror.” The documentaries were released in 2021, and, as expected, trend in September. After watching an episode last week, he asked me if I remembered ...