ORCHID: To the 17 Inspiring Minds Youngstown students in grades 3 to 11 whose artistic and literary talents have been duly honored with a public exhibition of their artworks and poems in the Michael Kusalaba Public Library in Youngstown. Their talents have been well honed through the ...

Judging by the seemingly never-ending string of alarming police calls to Belmont Pines Hospital in Liberty, that behavioral health facility for youth has begun to resemble ground zero for chaos and mayhem in the Mahoning Valley. In recent weeks, township police have been called at least ...

Each time one thinks President Trump has reached the lowest level possible in insulting his enemies, he finds new depths to plunge. Following a 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court, which included three conservative justices he appointed, the president called the justices “fools,” a ...

Another exercise in nonpartisan cooperation ended sadly, as Donald Trump undoubtedly planned. Every year, the nation’s governors meet with the president to discuss common concerns. Trump had initially banned two Democratic members of the National Governors Association from attending — ...

“Freedom has more often been lost in small steps by progressive incrementalism, than it has been by catastrophic upheavals such as violence or war.” — James Madison (1751-1836) Last week, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which covers Louisiana, Mississippi and ...

Why would any president destroy the U.S. Southern border? The Left typically "pounces" on anyone daring to suggest that the Joe Biden administration had green-lighted illegal immigration to gain new constituents for agendas that otherwise were without public support. The Left smears critics ...