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Poland Village takes a risk with the hiring of solicitor

Editorial: Poland Village may be a quaint little burg that’s spared the pressures of big-city life, but it


Youngstown logs progress in reducing its homicides, but it’s far from enough

Editorial: Year-end data from the Youngstown Police Department indicate that the city became a slightly safer


Positive impact since quake proves value of regulation

Editorial: Many of us have no trouble recollecting precisely where we were and what we were doing when the


Putin is playing Trump just as he did Bush in ’01

Editorial: President-elect Donald J. Trump is holding out an olive branch to Russian strongman Vladimir Putin,


Valley will face challenges on economic front in 2017

Editorial: We ring in 2017 in much the same way that we rang out 2016 – with a growing sense of uncertainty


Social-worker expansion complements well Mohip’s academic recovery plan

Editorial: True to his pledge to keep students first and foremost in mind in the healing process for the


City and state get serious in taking on cockfighting

Editorial: When it comes to savage and inhumane crimes against animals, few rank as abominable as the


Gov. Kasich had to reject oil/gas industry tax break

Editorial: Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich has made it crystal clear that the state’s next biennial budget will be


It’s past time for lasting reform in payday lending

Editorial: A new study by the Pew Charitable Trust brands Ohio with the sordid claim to shame of leader of the


Death penalty demanded for black-church terrorist

Editorial: On Friday, the Islamic terrorist who killed 12 innocent people and injured more than 50 in the


As Kwanzaa turns 50, its ideals gain fresh meaning

Editorial: The African-American holiday week of Kwanzaa, which begins today, has come a long, long way since


The First Christmas

Editorial: AND IT CAME TO PASS IN THOSE days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the


A prayer on Hanukkah

Editorial: Editor’s Note: Hanukkah, which means “dedication,” is the festival that commemorates the


‘Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus,’ Sun says

Editorial: EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial, among the most famous ever written, appeared in The New


Will inclusion and tolerance be victims of Berlin attack?

Editorial: A deranged assailant did his best to poison the spirit of Christmas earlier this week as he plowed a