LOUIE TODAY: Todd; The Book Babe; kitch lit

Vindy editor Todd Franko will join Louie, Vindy.com's news radio partner, for their usual rollicking good banter.

Then, The Book Babe, the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County's Janet Loew, returns with Ron Faniro, architect of the new Newport Branch Library at Market Street and Midlothian Boulevard. The branch is set to open this fall and inject new life into the city's South Side area.

Plus, "kitchen literacy" — how we lost knowledge of where food comes from and why we need to get it back.