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 ...

DEAR EDITOR: Many of us began our Poland Library experiences and adventures by marching single file as students from Poland Union School to the Poland Library, then located upstairs at the firehouse. So many wax equally nostalgic for today’s library. Our current beloved library must be ...

DEAR EDITOR: Jan. 6, 2026, was the fifth anniversary of Trump’s inspired treasonous plot to overthrow America’s government. Trump’s big, ugly lie, one of many, was voter fraud — the Republican Bush-Trump Supreme Court ruled three times there was no proof of voter fraud. Since ...

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 ...

I almost laughed out loud at the cartoon depicting the Clintons as being “above the law.” Such irony, considering the POTUS ignores laws, civil rights, the Constitution, felony convictions and court orders and has a masked, unidentified, personal police force to cull and terrorize ...

DEAR EDITOR: After getting a laugh out of Rick Muccio’s great “snow blower” cartoon Monday, I have to take a few minutes to make a long-overdue observation: The readers of The Vindicator and Tribune Chronicle are beyond lucky to have a local cartoonist. Even one who is part-time, but ...