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A championship season for spring sports in Valley

Editorial: Start with a healthy helping of fierce athletic prowess. Season with 10 years of skillful


Washington, Williams must bury the hatchet

Editorial: Youngstown SteelHounds owner Herb Washington and Youngstown Mayor Jay Williams have each had their

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Pain at the pump hurts families and the economy

Editorial: Some benchmarks are more troubling than others. The news this week that the national average for


McCain, Obama contest will highlight differences

Editorial: Americans have consistently said that their top three concerns in this year’s presidential election


Northside tells its story

Editorial: Northside tells its story Just a year ago, there was a very real concern that Northside Medical


Chevrolet Centre’s future must not be left to chance

Editorial: There’s a very real possibility that the $45 million, taxpayer financed hockey arena/entertainment


Global food crisis not easy or cheap to solve

Editorial: World leaders meeting for three days in Rome to consider solutions to increasing hunger worldwide


Washington finally hears the story of unfair trade

Editorial: Washington finally hears the story of unfair trade There are finally people in Washington, D.C.,


Project Pinpoint will keep criminals on a short leash

Editorial: This weekend, a special crime-fighting unit in Youngstown will take to the streets with a weapon


Back to the future: Lordstown produces cars America buys

Editorial: Back to the future: Lordstown produces cars America buys When General Motors started producing


EPA must protect our air

Editorial: Bristol (Tenn.) Herald Courier: On a clear day, the views in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park


Humanitarian crises require U.S. leadership

Editorial: From Myanmar, to China, to South Africa, innocent people are suffering because of natural or man


Corruption is here, there and almost anywhere

Editorial: Corruption is here, there and almost anywhere Mahoning County politics certainly has more than its


Boardman trustees get cover to take strong budget action

Editorial: If there’s one word elected officials have trouble saying, especially when it comes public


A short month in Liberty

Editorial: A short month in Liberty Just short of a month ago, we ran an editorial suggesting that Liberty