After weeks of testimony in a Cleveland federal courtroom, followed by days of deliberations, a U.S. District Court jury last week agreed with plaintiffs, including Trumbull County, that some local pharmacies played a role in fanning the opioid epidemic. The jury determined that CVS, ...

Mahoning County voters earlier this month approved a measure that, come January, will increase the county’s sales tax rate by 0.25 percent to 7.5 percent, putting Mahoning County’s sales tax among the five highest sales tax rates in Ohio’s 88 counties. The additional quarter percent ...

Traditional activities celebrated with family and friends always have made the holiday season special. That includes the time-honored shopping sprees, visits with family and all the other errands that seem to make our lives much busier this time of year. Today, shoppers seem to always be ...

While countries such as China and Taiwan worked for years to grow their technological prowess, Americans, sadly, have worked to send our manufacturing to other shores. Now, due in large part to the effects of a global pandemic, we are paying the price for those decisions. This holiday ...

• ORCHID: To Howland High School junior Xavier Hileman for being selected from throngs of young people nationwide to join the Macy’s Great American Marching Band. Xavier marched proudly in the iconic parade playing the bass drum to a nationally televised audience. Greg Rezabek, Xavier’s ...

It’s hard to believe that today already brings the traditional start of the holiday shopping season. Unlike last year, when we struggled with restrictions brought on by COVID-19, area residents eagerly have been anticipating the opportunity to, once again, experience holiday “door ...