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I removed my Tribune paper box. No more morning deliveries. No Sunday paper. I wished they stopped the Tuesday paper instead. Nothing happens on Tuesdays. The paper is now delivered by mail in the afternoon. I delivered the Tribune back in the ’60s and ’70s. Back then, a paperboy was also expected to collect the money from the customers. My neighbor says he is cancelling. The news will be old by then. Is this the end of an era in Warren? — Warren Councilman Brian Kropp on Linkedin lists his position as a Newton Falls Councilman of 4 years and 10 months. However Mr. Kropp was ...

Add muscle to Ohio laws on sexual assault

Editorials

Most Ohioans likely will find little solace in knowing the official scope of rape and sexual violence in the Buckeye State has declined ever so slightly in recent years. According to a recent report from the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, the statewide sexual assault crime rate dropped 4.3% between 2016 and 2023 in Ohio. That slight ray of hope, however, is completely overshadowed by other data that clearly illustrates sexual violence remains a painful, powerful and destructive cancer on our state. Consider: ● The Incident-Based Reporting System within the Ohio Office ...

Orchids & onions

Editorials

ORCHID: To the Ohio Department of Development’s Brownfield Remediation Program for awarding the Trumbull County Land Reutilization Corp. (Land Bank) a $635,000 grant to renovate the former downtown Warren YMCA. The project to transform the 1928 YMCA building into a mixed-use development facility rises as a key component in the city’s mammoth $150 million downtown redevelopment plan. When completed, the renovated space will feature 43 residential units, seven townhomes, commercial space and a fitness center. That project, which already has received about $5.5 million in historic tax ...

More changes coming soon for Trumbull Republicans

David Skolnick

There’s going to be yet another change at the top of the Trumbull County Republican Party. Despite the tremendous success Republican candidates have recently experienced in Trumbull County — winning every contested race on the 2022 and 2024 ballots — the party is plagued by political infighting. Part of the problem is there are a lot of newer Republicans — several are either former Democrats or weren’t politically involved — who want to do things a certain way with established Republicans not agreeing. Part of the problem is personalities, as some people simply dislike ...

All must play role in helping to curb drunken driving

Editorials

Most drivers are responsible and do their best to operate their vehicles safely — not just for their own sake, but for others on the roads as well. Still, it came as a surprise to learn the results of a statewide Ohio State Highway Patrol OVI enforcement effort earlier this month. From May 14-16, an upsetting 158 impaired drivers were pulled off the roads. Sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols (no, you weren’t imagining things if you thought “Wow, there are a lot of cops out today,” during that period) resulted in 18,500 vehicles being checked — and four felony ...

Nobody wins with gerrymandering

Editorials

The redistricting arms race now roiling American politics was not merely predictable, but inevitable. It began the moment President Donald Trump picked up the phone last year to demand that Missouri, Texas and other red states gerrymander their congressional districts mid-decade to give Republicans an advantage in the upcoming midterms. Some Democratic-held states have responded in kind. The result is that in much of America this November, voters won’t be allowed to choose their politicians; the politicians are instead choosing their voters. It’s an untenable situation that will ...