It doesn’t take long at all for a single case of the measles to turn into a genuine outbreak. In Ohio, the number of cases in Ashtabula County alone had grown to 11 by the end of last week. There were seven in Knox County and one each in Allen and Holmes counties. It takes even less time, ...

We don’t grow much coffee within the United States. Only Hawaii and Puerto Rico are really capable of it and even if we started up tomorrow, American consumers demand so much that we would still need to import it. Tariffs will cause the price of coffee to go up. Profit margins are so low in ...

This trade war with Canada is not the first. Forty-five years ago, Maine potato farmers piled rotten potatoes at their state’s borders with New Brunswick. Blocking nine crossings, the Mainers accused Canada of unfairly subsidizing its potato growers, thus driving down the prices they could ...

ORCHID: To the Youngstown Police Department and the Mahoning Valley Violent Crimes Task Force for their work in pursuing a 10-year-old murder case from California. Local officers assisted with search warrants and other matters that resulted in the arrest of William J. Fowler, 42, in a home on ...

An exciting new era has dawned at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station, a major powerhouse of the Mahoning Valley economy and the nation’s defense. Last Sunday morning at 9:10, Col. Christopher E. Sedlacek took the reins of the sprawling air base as commander of the mighty 910th Airlift ...

A heartrending tragedy has rocked the city of Frisco, Texas: A stabbing at a track meet on April 2 left a beloved and outstanding student-athlete dead. Austin Metcalf, a 17-year-old junior linebacker on the football team at Memorial High School, was stabbed in the heart. Karmelo Anthony, also ...