Todd Franko

Please note, our last day of publication was Saturday, August 31, 2019.

Making less government would show guts

Opinion: Local governments should merge when possible

Opinion: You might or might not see Pete Gabriel today at the 39th Mahoning Valley St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Opinion: The Trump presidency is viewed through the eyes of typical Americans

Opinion: Not all stories get the chance to get told as they need to or revisited as they could. This is

Opinion: President Trump has stormed around Black History Month promising to fix inner cities for “the

Opinion: We’ve had more than a few readers call us in recent weeks about the same peculiar issue: “The

Opinion: Next month will mark three years since Jim Tressel’s name was propelled by community leaders as the

Opinion: The weirdness that is the Youngstown Board of Education worked its way into media members and The

Opinion: Saturday was a great feeling with Youngstown State University championship football. Not the loss,

Opinion: I decided to start an award in 2015 to honor the feat that is Ralph Meacham, Mahoning County

Opinion: If life was how we all wished, John Bistrica and Florent Plana would never have met. But this past

Opinion: Thought. It was among the poignant suggestions from one of the most memorable speeches of my time

Opinion: Amid the din of National Public Radio political news emerging from my phone app this week, this

Opinion: If you ever encountered Jessie Washington, there was a good chance that not far behind was her older

Opinion: Last Wednesday night, with one of the greatest decisions in a long time about to occur, a great