ORCHID: To West Branch Local Schools fifth-grade teacher Abbie Millard for deservedly receiving the first Mahoning Valley Educator of the Year Award at the inaugural teachers recognition event last week at the Eastwood Event Centre in Niles. The event was organized by Josh MacMillan, a Hubbard ...

For many would-be voters, off-year primary elections throughout Ohio tend to be royal yawners. Typically, the number of races and issues on state and local ballots are few and far between. In most years, many communities have absolutely nothing on the ballot. But the May 6, 2025, primary ...

As Women’s History Month nears its end, New Jersey lawmakers have introduced legislation to recognize the African American women who served in the Women’s Army Corps’ 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion during World War II. The bill pending in the New Jersey Senate will designate ...

How did I, my parents, grandparents and ancestors going back to the founding of the nation manage to get a decent education before the federal Department of Education (DOE) was created by Jimmy Carter and a Democratic Congress? Quite well, thank you. I went to a public school where the ...

Bernie Sanders can draw a crowd. No doubt about it. And as Democrats continue to feel their way out of the Trumpian swamps, you can’t blame them for wanting to vent in large groups. Sanders has amassed them in Nebraska, Iowa and Arizona and has said things ripe for the political ...

“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Jew. Then ...