DEAR EDITOR: The saga of SOBE calls for bold, innovative action. First of all, realize that downtown Youngstown benefits from this unique heating system. This is a selling feature to attract businesses to move into downtown Youngstown, with its cost-effective heating system. The ...
At first glance, the pledge by Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce to reduce chronic absenteeism by 50% no later than 2029 in the state’s public schools sounds like a pie-in-the-sky pipedream that stands slim to no chance of ever entering the realm of ...
DEAR EDITOR: As someone who has been involved with transportation in Trumbull County since around 2008, I still don’t have definitive answers to one persistent question: “Do we need public transportation in Trumbull County or not?” Some elected officials — and many individuals who ...
DEAR EDITOR: Volney Rogers had a wooden building erected in what was then known as “Cricket Field” or “Orchard Meadows” (now part of Mill Creek Park) to serve as a shelter for the deer in his deer park reserve. This area was part of the early development of the park he founded to ...
When President Trump claims there has been “voter fraud” in previous elections, what usually comes to my mind is non-U.S. citizens casting ballots. That is against the law. There have been a few such instances, but no credible proof they were enough to change the outcome of an ...
Ohio young people face a range of challenges, but children who find themselves part of the juvenile correctional system are staring down hurdles most of us cannot imagine. Rather than having some time in a juvenile correctional facility become a life sentence that dampens their opportunities ...