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Top 10 comedic news stories of 2017

Opinion: By Will Durst Cagle Cartoons Put down the nog. Let in the dog. Delay your spouse’s jog. Buy a


Correction

Editorial: Youngstown Atty. Stephen Garea, who is implicated in the state investigation of development projects


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Police Chief Nichols leaves a proud, productive legacy

Editorial: Over the past 40 years, Boardman Township has matured into a leading hub of commerce and


Tax overhaul disrespects, disregards middle class

Opinion: Tax overhaul disrespects, disregards middle class In this season when bells should peal to


Whirlpool has DC spinning

Opinion: WASHINGTON A household appliance will be the next steppingstone on America’s path to restored


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Definitive ruling needed on Y’town’s schools CEO

Editorial: When the State Employment Relations Board ruled earlier this year that the chief executive officer


Bozanich must get the boot ASAP

Opinion: If Youngstown’s mayor-elect, Jamael Tito Brown, wants to know what the headline will look like if he


The ripples of Simeon

Opinion: Simeon Booker was a pebble. When he dropped himself into 1950s America, he created ripples that


A cruel gift for Haitians

Opinion: By Jessicah Pierre OtherWords Two months after experiencing the devastating 7.0- magnitude


Sane, compassionate God pulled Alabama back from amoral abyss

Opinion: By Dick Polman Cagle Cartoons I agree with Roy Moore. There really is a God. But I’m talking


Despite success, Valley must stay vigilant to fight hunger

Editorial: Again this year, Mahoning Valley residents reaped success in one of the region’s largest food and


How to handle assault

Opinion: By Jill Richardson OtherWords Our national debate about sexual harassment and assault seems to


America trying to tackle national identity crisis while bombs explode

Opinion: By Georgie Anne Geyer Andrews McMeel Syndication WASHINGTON The phrase “self-radicalization”


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YBI’s expansion opens door to future of success, acclaim

Editorial: Some of the hoopla of this week’s official opening of Tech Block Building No. 5 of the expanding


Cheers to lower beer tax

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons Like or hate the Republican tax-reform plan, here’s one thing we