DEAR EDITOR: I’m a nursing student at Youngstown State University and a Warren native. I’m writing due to the increase in animal abuse, abandonment, and lack of care in the area. I’ve spoken with local animal organizations that are also concerned and want the public to know more. ...

DEAR EDITOR: For the first time in my 89 years, I am ashamed to be an American. I can’t believe in less than 300 years we have let this great nation no longer stand for “We the People” under God. God hasn’t abandoned us as a nation, we have abandoned God. I only hope that we ...

DEAR EDITOR: I’m not interested in my taxpayer dollars funding more pollution in our state. Are you? The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $182 million in conditional taxpayer-funded loans for an Erie, Pa., plant that would turn plastic waste into pellets to be used in blast ...

DEAR EDITOR: As early election results were being released, Donald Trump was busy on social media claiming election cheating against him. All those claims totally evaporated by his win. Not one word of election interference has been uttered by anyone since. This transparent ploy to sow ...

DEAR EDITOR: Youngstown City Councilman Julius Oliver, D-1st Ward, has been shortsighted in pushing for a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) across 3.4 acres of downtown access. So, more police presence, even on overtime pay? A budget breaker. Will West Federal Street be blocked off ...

DEAR EDITOR: Human trafficking has become a significant issue in Youngstown, as it continues to remain one across the globe. Ohio has one of the nation’s highest concentrations of truck stops, a significant vulnerability to homelessness, and is located near the Canadian border and major ...