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ORCHID: To Austintown public safety dispatchers Kerri Humphreys and Christie Zimmer-Rozzi for their honor received last week as Mahoning County Dispatchers of the Year for 2025. The two received the award from county commissioners for their quick-thinking, detailed and well coordinated response to last October’s fatal explosion at the Phoenix House high-rise in Austintown that uprooted about 140 residents there. The two put into place a massive emergency response protocol that no doubt lessened dangers and likely saved lives. “None of this could have been accomplished without the ...

The 10 most important ways you can resist now

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In light of President Donald Trump's increasingly cruel and bonkers behavior — toward Iran, toward the pope, his posts, his bottomless vengeance, his continuing ICE raids, his continuing use of the Justice Department to target his enemies, his shameless corruption — many of you want to know: "What can I do now?" Here are 10 recommendations, in rough order of importance. 1. Protect the decent and hardworking members of your communities who are most vulnerable. This is an urgent moral call to action. As Trump's ICE and Border Patrol continue their roundups, many of our neighbors ...

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A March 9 Vindicator story noted that for the fourth consecutive year, the number of fatal crashes in Ohio has declined. Speed-related crashes were the highest type in Mahoning County, 3,130 from January 2021 to the present. Ohio should have never changed the speed limit to 70 mph on the highways. People now go 80 mph. No wonder why there are so many crashes. — Canfield The taxes which support the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County are paid by all county residents. Many communities have never had a library, and for others, their once “public” libraries have been ...

No substance from Sen. Bernie Moreno

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: What a sham! This is what you receive from Sen. Bernie Moreno if you write to him. It’s the same for ALL contacts I’ve attempted. Don’t waste your time. “Thank you for reaching out to my office and sharing your thoughts. Your feedback is invaluable as we work together to address the issues that matter most to Ohio. We meet with constituents every day in Washington, D.C., and it is the best part of my day. I ran for office because I was tired of career politicians that cared only about getting reelected. I understand I work for you. It is one of the greatest ...

We cannot lose Youngstown State

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: Too many people in the Mahoning Valley still don’t know that Vivek Ramaswamy has put forward plans that include closing universities like Youngstown State University. This is not speculation or a passing idea. YSU is on the list. That should alarm every resident of this region. YSU is more than a campus. It supports jobs, drives the local economy and creates opportunity for thousands of families. It also fuels our identity, especially through programs like Youngstown State Penguins football, which bring pride and energy to the Valley. Closing YSU would not just ...

The hollowest of words from Moreno

Letters to the Editor

DEAR EDITOR: First a bit of reference from the April 14 Vindicator editorial. The editorial speaks to an environmental and health win for Ohio in that the U.S. EPA announced the good news that Ohio is no longer on the list of states that do not meet clean air standards. Ohio’s U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno was quoted in the editorial with “ … quite frankly, taking care of the environment and being good stewards is not really a partisan issue.” But then we move on. U.S. House Joint Resolution 140 was introduced to strip prohibitions that prevented toxic mining for copper in the ...