DEAR EDITOR: As a Trumbull County commissioner, I was the lone advocate for fiscal responsibility, budgetary discipline and strategic financial oversight. I consistently warned against unchecked spending, the rubber-stamping of funding requests and the failure to require financial forecasting ...

DEAR EDITOR: In my years as a nurse working in a drug detox unit, I’ve witnessed both the crushing grip of addiction and the grueling journey of recovery. I’ve held patients’ hands through the agony of withdrawal, watched families struggle to support loved ones through treatment and ...

DEAR EDITOR: As a conservative parent, grandparent and veteran who has sworn to protect our nation, I believe it’s time for our state to take a bold step in safeguarding our children’s digital lives. I urge the Ohio legislature to pass legislation requiring parental approval at app stores ...

DEAR EDITOR: An Open Letter to J. D. Vance: So vance, you criticize the Europeans for condoning their “enemy within” and stifling free speech while supporting pardoning of the justifiably criminal sentences of 1,600 mostly violent, American seditionists by the same malignant narcissist ...

DEAR EDITOR: Seeing ALL that is happening in the world today, and hitting a wall, I just thought I would put my twp cents in, and question, “How far is too far?” We are now officially a third-world country! Along with Bibles, tennis shoes, playing cards, coins not to mention Trumpland ...

DEAR EDITOR: Congress recently passed a budget resolution calling for a $2 trillion reduction in federal spending, with sights set on Medicaid and SNAP, or food stamps. Cutting these programs would be disastrous for the Valley. Around 3 million Ohioans, roughly 25% of the population, use ...