DEAR EDITOR: I would like to recognize all the nurses, doctors and service workers at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital and at Austintown Healthcare Center. A little over a year ago, I injured my leg in Cleveland while slipping on ice. I was asked which hospital I wanted to go to, ...

DEAR EDITOR: In these very tumultuous times for our country when every day brings a bombardment of news, it can be difficult to follow the moving parts. There is one part we dare not lose sight of, and that is the part about the freedom to have quality health care. Our government was recently ...

DEAR EDITOR: I was at a Metroparks meeting Oct. 10th and received some interesting information that I would like to share. It was reported in The Vindicator last week that 67 deer had been slaughtered. The ODNR previously stated to the park director, Aaron Young, 50 deer was the limit to ...

DEAR EDITOR: The Nov. 18 Vindicator story on Mayor-elect Derrick McDowell was very encouraging. McDowell has demonstrated wisdom in your choosing to consider keeping Community Planning and Economic Development Director Nikki Fields, Law Director Lori Shells Simmons, Finance Director Kyle ...

On Nov. 7, 2025 I filed a civil complaint in Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas against the Boardman Township Trustees et. al. Judge R. Scott Krichbaum, a Boardman resident, will be presiding at trial should sides fail to agree on a settlement and / or Judge Krichbaum dismisses the suit. As ...

DEAR EDITOR: It amazes me that major media outlets: CNN, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, etc., haven’t given serious coverage of Trump’s mental health, specifically his erratic, often consistent and deviant departure from the norm. In other words, behaviors usually considered acceptable cultural and ...