Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost continues to fight the damaging effects of House Bill 6, which is at the center of a $60 million federal bribery investigation, and was intended to bail out FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary Energy Harbor. This time he has asked the Franklin County Common Pleas ...
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year, it seems news coverage and the general focus on accidental drug overdoses and the opioid epidemic have taken a back seat. Sadly, though, the drug abuse problem has not gone away. In fact, increased isolation caused by the pandemic has impacted ...
Why is it that the delays and struggles in Ohio’s rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines — and in many other parts of the country — are not being experienced in neighboring West Virginia? As demand for the COVID-19 vaccination exceeds supply, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine last week announced plans ...
Regarding the possibility of property owners in Howland and Weathersfield townships considering flipping the switch on their electricity provider, we say more power to them. More than 70 Howland Township residents who purchase their electricity from the city of Niles told trustees in a ...
ORCHID: To the city of Campbell for seeking transparency and community input. A city committee, comprised of Mayor Nick Phillips, police Chief Pat Kelly, clergy and city residents, is sending residents surveys about Campbell Police Department actions and policies. The mayor said the effort is a ...
I’m very disappointed in my experience trying to get a vaccine in the 80-plus age group. Telephone lines opened at Southwoods at 8 a.m. Jan. 15. I was able to connect by phone at 8:03. A recording said that people would be contacted for an appointment in the order of the calls received. I was ...
Tens of thousands of readers must have perused The Vindicator’s Nov. 23 front-page story detailing the importance of endowments that help fund noteworthy Mill Creek MetroParks icons, assisting in their upkeep and even their existence. “Icons abound while driving through Mill Creek ...
Elected leaders always must weigh choices carefully and make their decisions based on logic and reasoning. Unfortunately, that’s not always what happens. Reasoning put forth recently by some members of Youngstown City Council about their position on pay raises being proposed by Mayor ...
President Donald Trump will leave the White House today and Joe Biden will take the oath of office in a promised peaceful transition, but likely without any personal interaction. Trump has said he will not attend Biden’s inauguration today, the first outgoing president to skip the ceremony ...
Every American should be concerned with the actions taken by the major online tech platforms to ban President Donald Trump’s social media accounts. It sets an alarming precedent and has raised concern among many world leaders. The action followed the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Twitter and ...