Trust: “Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.” Polls and simple observations show that Americans are placing less trust in institutions and individuals. A Wall Street Journal story notes that the current government “shutdown” has ...
ORCHID: To Springfield Township Fire Department Capt. Scott Rice for his professionalism and long history of leadership and mentoring that rightly won him this year’s Mahoning County Firefighter of the Year award from The Vindicator and SERVPRO. Rice, a firefighter for 32 years, distinguishes ...
Few would dispute the intrinsic value of regionalizing public services to create cost savings, increased efficiencies and more centralized administration. With that in mind, a recommendation from the Trumbull County Water Advisory Board makes eminently good sense. Specifically, that 12-member ...
PITTSBURGH — If you were looking for young people distraught over Sept. 10’s brutal assassination of Charlie Kirk here, you were looking in the wrong place. They went to The Sanctuary church by the busloads. Even Pastor Jason Howard was taken aback by the size and scope of the number of ...
A recent Sound Off writer complained that the proposed legislation to reduce property taxes for homeowners was unfair to nonhomeowners. That person stated that they purposely didn’t own a home so as.to not pay taxes. If so — unless that individual is homeless — they’d be paying rent to ...
Exactly why are the Democrats trying to save Republicans from a drubbing in the midterms? Their shutdown of the government to stop cuts in health coverage does not work to their political advantage — or ultimately help those they purport to be protecting. Republicans running for reelection ...