ORCHID: To the iconic Second Baptist Church of Warren, its pastor Todd Johnson and its many parishioners for completing and dedicating a major renovation of the church’s chapel. The project on the historic 108-year-old church included restoration of stately stained-glass windows, painting of ...

Over the past decade, a growing network of organizations in the world, the nation, the state and the region have transformed the month of November into a hair-raising experience for a noble cause. Specifically, groups like Man Up Mahoning Valley use the 11th month of the year to urge men of ...

Ohio has played a significant role in our country’s history on many levels — from the Underground Railroad to conquering the skies (and space). It’s no surprise the Buckeye State played a significant role in the women’s suffrage movement, too. Beginning as early as the 1850s, ...

“Other people have no First Amendment right to your phone and free speech doesn’t protect telephone harassment.” Attorney General Dave Yost posted those words on social media after opening an inquiry into a series of hateful texts that reached Ohioans. They were part of a nationwide ...

Remember the Book It! program that kept many of us interested in reading through our formative years? It is still alive and well — turning 40 this year, as a matter of fact, and has spun off into supporting a National Young Readers’ Week each November. It is billed as “the perfect ...

“This is in every community, far and wide.” Amy Riegel, executive director of the Coalition on Housing and Homelessness in Ohio, was speaking Nov. 4 about homelessness, poverty and the shortage of affordable housing in the Buckeye State. The number of good-paying jobs has not kept up ...