ORCHID: To Youngstown City Council for approving demolition of the long-vacant and sorely blighted South High School Fieldhouse. Council last week authorized spending $301,000 to tear down the structure and its outdoor bleachers. That action paves the way for a $9 million project by Valley ...

Technology can be a wonderful thing. It also can be horrifying, particularly when the law does not keep up with innovations. Ohio lawmakers seem to be working to address one of those shortfalls, as the state House of Representatives just passed state Senate Bill 100, which makes it a crime to ...

President Joe Biden has been fond of saying, “I give you my word as a Biden,” when he wanted to assure those listening that he was speaking the unvarnished truth. Given Biden’s track record across more than 50 years in political and public life, one might wonder when that phrase ever ...

President Joe Biden seems intent on bankrolling Ukraine’s fight against Russia even more than he has done for the last two years as his time in office dwindles to about six weeks. The fear is that once President-elect Donald Trump moves back into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the cash and ...

Appalachian Ohio has been affected brutally by drought this year. Not just any drought, however, but “exceptional drought” for Guernsey, Noble and parts of some surrounding counties. Much of that region is represented by state Rep. Don Jones, R-Freeport, and he’s co-sponsored an effort to ...

As the holiday season gets into full swing, the Ohio State Highway Patrol is stepping up its focus on keeping us safe. Throughout the holiday season, the patrol says it plans to be highly visible and is “committed to removing dangerous and impaired drivers, keeping Ohioans and our visitors ...