• ORCHID: To Bill Siderewicz, president of Clean Energy Future, operator of the the Lordstown Energy Center, who donated $50,000 to help fund a field trip to the Republic of Ghana for 12 local high school seniors who participate in the Warren-based youth organization Inspiring Minds. The ...
What was North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s game Wednesday, in publicizing the fact his military had test-fired a new type of rocket? That is difficult to discern — but it is clear his intent was not to reassure anyone he is eager to dismantle his arsenal. One interesting aspect of the ...
Ohio lawmakers have a tough job on their hands, as Gov. Mike DeWine’s budget proposals exceed mandatory spending growth limits and must be cut. Budget advisers also are expecting revenue collection to be lower than DeWine anticipated. There are a lot of good, necessary spending projects in ...
President Donald Trump revealed two pieces of big news Friday — one of them of enormous importance to millions of Americans who do not yet enjoy technology taken for granted by many of their neighbors. Some of those second-class tech citizens live right here in our state. Trump talked about ...
Committed Christians believe in an all-powerful God whose majesty and beauty cannot be comprehended, much less matched. Yet on rare occasions, humans are moved to incredible feats of creation as testaments of the depth of their faith. More than 850 years ago, on an island in the Seine River ...
Niles 2nd Ward In contested Democratic primary races for Niles 2nd and 4th Ward council seats, both sitting office holders have earned our endorsement for repeat terms. In the 2nd Ward, incumbent Sheri Smith exhibited that she was both educated and knowledgeable on issues the city is facing. ...
“Health care is a human right, not a privilege,” lectured Sen. Bernie Sanders — even as he unveiled a plan that would deny Americans the right to seek the best health care they can afford. Sanders, the Vermont independent running for the Democrat nomination for president, previewed his ...
Allegations of waste and questionable practices in the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District falls directly at the feet of both Trumbull County and Geauga County commissioners who hold seats on the board of directors. Allegations at the two-county agency that had been created to ...
Allegations of waste and questionable practices in the Geauga-Trumbull Solid Waste Management District falls directly at the feet of both Trumbull County and Geauga County commissioners who hold seats on the board of directors. Allegations at the two-county agency that had been created to ...
• ORCHID: To Girl Scout Troop 80324 for working to coordinate and erect a memorial cross marking the Pine Avenue, Warren, location where six local teens died March 10, 2013, in a horrific crash. The marker was unveiled recently, exhibiting names of the six young people who perished. Orchid ...
Venezuelans are suffering terribly from the socialist government of dictator Nicolas Maduro. There is no doubt whatsoever about that. Many Americans feel sympathy for them. But there has to be a limit on how far our government will go to help the Venezuelans. Thus far — at least, to the ...
Attorney General William Barr dropped something of a bombshell during testimony in Congress this week. But what he said should have come as no surprise. Though Barr was supposed to be testifying to a Senate committee considering the budget, questions turned to special counsel Robert ...
Hubbard Township trustees made the right decision this week when they voted 3-0 to call off a plan that would have allowed a private company that profits from speed camera fines to cover a large increase in the pay of local officers operating the cameras. Use of the speed cameras was ...
The youthful exuberance of Niles Mayor Steve Mientkiewicz, 35, may be a large part of the reason he seems able to keep his finger on the pulse of city operations while moving Niles into the digital age. Challenger Jimmy DePasquale, 64, argues, though, that he is the more seasoned and, ...
Alone among states in the region, Ohio requires car and truck owners to purchase and display license plates on both the rear and front of their vehicles — but not for long. A bill signed into law last week by Gov. Mike DeWine increases vehicle fuel taxes in Ohio. State taxes will go up to ...
Gun control is not the one-sided argument its proponents claim. In addition to the Second Amendment, there are practical considerations. For example, as a federal judge in California recognized recently, there is the very real potential for new limits on firearms to be harmful. California ...
Language crafted locally for an amendment to Ohio’s transportation bill that passed last week in Columbus could open the door for tax levies passed for a specific use now to be used by transit agencies as seed money to lure other state or federal grant funding. That’s a slippery slope ...
Thursday’s presidential bid announcement by U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has generated quite a buzz locally. Certainly, it’s not every day that we get the opportunity to rub elbows with a candidate hoping to be calling the White House home in little over a year and a half. That’s exactly what ...
• ORCHID: To Haylee Harford, Leavittsburg native and senior at Furman University in South Carolina, who will play today at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia — home of The Masters. The two-time Ohio girls state champion advanced to today’s final round in the inaugural Augusta National ...
It is incumbent on all elected officials, local and statewide, to be educated and fully understand the ins and outs of Ohio sunshine laws. Instead, though, we are seeing more examples that this is increasingly further from reality. Take, for example, a special Newton Falls Council meeting ...