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Brenda J. Linert

Player provides inspiration during pandemic

It’s depressing to acknowledge that it’s been nearly a year since I last attended a professional sporting event. My son and I took in a division rivalry Monday Night Football game at Heinz Field — Steelers vs. the Bengals — Sept. 30, 2019. Steelers won, 27-3. Not bad, I guess, for my last game in a year. Since the end of football season, there has been no opportunity to attend any Cleveland Indians games this summer, despite the fact that my husband and I thought we were all set at Christmas when I gave him his usual gift (that really is a gift to myself, too) — two seats ...

Drilling success in area only matter of time

I used to cover the business beat here, writing countless stories about growing high hopes for new local riches expected to come from the vast natural gas resources located in the Utica Shale. The shale play, of course, is a massive reserve encased in layers of rock miles beneath the Mahoning Valley earth’s surface. Many of us remember the huge commitment BP, Consol, Halcon Energy and other big-name oil and gas companies made here in the form of mineral rights lease contracts with cash “signing bonuses” for many property owners in Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties. ...

Challenges presented, met during past year

Things were a little more hectic than usual in the Tribune Chronicle office building one year ago this week. That’s when those who worked here were spending inordinate amounts of time and energy trying to devise our plan of just how we would handle taking over production and publication of The Vindicator, more than doubling our Tribune Chronicle circulation, coverage area and distribution center. If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably heard the story that after the deal was closed and finalized, it allowed us just about two weeks to implement a plan. Most Tribune ...

Assorted football and election ramblings

Today I offer some assorted ramblings from my world. Are you ready for some football? If things continue along the same path, high school football — and many other sports and extracurricular activities — will be starting soon. High school football is set to begin this week, with some teams even kicking off on Thursday. Undoubtedly, the season will be atypical, but that won’t keep away our sports coverage team. Inside today’s newspaper you’ll find this year’s “High School Football” preview, which includes dozens of pages of in-depth coverage of teams. It includes ...

Road to 19th Amendment passed through Valley

Presidential candidate Joe Biden made history last week by selecting a woman of color, Kamala Harris of California, to share the Democratic ticket with him. Now, just days later, Americans will mark another election milestone — this one with significant local ties. Tuesday is the centennial anniversary of ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women in America their full voting rights. Like the long fight to win black Americans the right to vote — led in large part by recently departed civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia — ...

Wear a mask and hope for sense of normalcy

My kids are grown — well, pretty much grown. My oldest just earned his bachelor’s degree, and my youngest is preparing to start his senior year in high school. Despite the ongoing threat of COVID-19, he’s made his choice and is adamant that he will return to in-person school this fall, hoping to go as long as school officials and the governor say that he may. As you know, Gov. Mike DeWine last week issued a health order requiring masks for all children, K-12, returning to in-person classes this fall. DeWine believes the mask mandate “gives us the best shot to keep Ohio’s ...