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Editorials

Niles must go big and bold with new space

Niles Mayor Steve Mientkiewicz was spot on recently when he spoke about his vision for the space where the historic Niles theater and Reisman’s Furniture buildings once stood. “I want people to enter the downtown area over the viaduct and the first thing (they) see is something that is ...

DCC gets the cannabis train rolling with rules

Despite work by Ohio lawmakers to oppose the will of voters by fiddling with the law governing legalized recreational marijuana, it seems one government agency understands its job and has gotten to work. According to a report by WBNS, a television station in Columbus, the state’s Division ...

Fix Ohio’s broken system of capital punishment now

Please find the 2023 Capital Crimes Report from Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost here. Readers of true crime stories should waste no time in accessing Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s “2023 Capital Crimes Report,” a compendium of chilling, shocking and disturbing cases of the worst of ...

Awesome eclipse delivers benefits, demands safety

For a few precious minutes come Monday afternoon, tens of millions of Americans of all genders, ages, races, religions and political stripes will truly find themselves united — united in awe. Such rare unity, of course, results from the hubbub surrounding the celestial event of the century ...

Orchids and onions

ORCHID: To Canfield Township trustees for cracking down on owners of junk vehicles that not only stain the aesthetics of neighborhoods but also create health hazards. Zoning Inspector Traci DeCapua recently reported properties in the township with up to 30 junk vehicles marring the landscape. ...

Be safe when it comes to suspicious calls

Earlier this week, the Youngstown Police Department sent out a warning that someone was making scam phone calls, attempting to have citizens pay fines over the phone. According to the notice, the calls would look real because of the phone number that was used as it would correlate with the ...