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Ursuline Sisters remain vibrant

Editorial: The Ursuline Sisters, the first order of Roman Catholic nuns to land in the New World four centuries


Now is not the time to give public employees pay raises

Editorial: The tally of the votes cast in the Mahoning County sales tax renewal/ increase issue Nov. 4 has not


Thoroughbred horse racing returns to Mahoning Valley

Editorial: A little over a century ago, three prominent Mahoning Valley residents, Sen. David Tod, Atty. David


Jerusalem synagogue killings must not derail quest for peace

Editorial: The bumpy ride toward lasting Arab-Israeli peace swerved dangerously out of control this week when a


City school district should ask state to help in cutting budget

Editorial: Aiming to eliminate $2 million in spending from next year’s operating budget, the superintendent of


Obama’s agreement on global pollution deserving of support

Editorial: President Barack Obama’s agree- ment with China last week to add taut muscle to the long-limping


Legal turbulence batters airline that intends to serve the Valley

Editorial: A month ago, we, along with many Mahoning Valley residents who believe that regular commercial


School bus tragedy at East High reinforces need for safety first

Editorial: By all accounts, 14-year-old Faith Ann McCullough-Wooster lived her young life to its fullest


Reality check on Y’town poverty

Editorial: Recent news from the U.S. Census Bureau that pegs childhood poverty in Youngstown as the second


Tressel charts a course for YSU that recognizes changing times

Editorial: As the trustees and faculty at Youngstown State University prepare to vote on a contract that


Tyler History Center’s assets transcend time and space

Editorial: The now open Tyler Mahoning Valley History Center rises in downtown Youngstown as a


Bottom Dollar exit bad news for Youngstown and Warren

Editorial: To understand what the closing of the Bottom Dollar Food stores in Youngstown and Warren will mean


Ford will long be remembered for love of the law, community

Editorial: Trumbull County and Ohio lost a man of distinction with the death of retired Judge Donald R. Ford


US and its partners in arms must eliminate ISIS leaders

Editorial: The U.S.-led airstrike last week against the leaders of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria near the


Heed President Obama’s call; honor, help nation’s veterans

Editorial: Honor. Duty. Country. Members of America’s armed forces have embodied those overarching