DEAR EDITOR: As an occupational regulatory consultant, I am often asked if an employer can or should hire someone with a criminal record. As an employer, you do have the right to question and see an individual’s criminal record before hiring them, with some limitations. The decision to ...

DEAR EDITOR: I had never seen a total solar eclipse until one crossed through my hometown in 2017. Even when thousands of people started flocking to our rural patch of prairie from all over the world, I just knew it was overhyped. It wasn’t. I went from not being sure I would cross the ...

While the men’s March Madness craze is ready to see who can choose winners and who wins their work or family tournament, there is also the women’s March Madness. Watching basketball can be a fun treat and might relieve some everyday stress and tension at the end of a hard day’s work. ...

DEAR EDITOR: As I read the story about the race for Mahoning County Prosecutor, I have some comments. Our current prosecutor took over after her predecessor Paul Gains retired. The position is to put criminals in jail. She and her staff got the killers of little Rowan Sweeney. The final ...

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing to express my deep concern about the unprofessional conduct that has become commonplace at the weekly commissioner meetings. Public time, designated for constructive dialogue regarding “the good of Trumbull County,” is being misused for berating commissioners. ...

DEAR EDITOR: I am writing concerning the commissioners meeting on Jan. 31. Somewhere around agenda item 14, when the commissioners were discussing the monies that they and the City of Warren were going to put up to meet the match needed to bring back two WRTA fixed routes in Warren, the ...