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ERNIE BROWN JR. | Wellness Walk, East High reunion picnic on tap this month

Opinion: The reunion picnic is today at East High School. The wellness walk is Aug. 11 beginning at the Covelli Centre.


Fountain pen a constant companion

Opinion: I have attended thousands of garage sales looking for the old-time fountain pens and it’s almost


DC not as good a place as PGH

Opinion: By Tom Purcell Cagle Cartoons Washington, D.C., routinely ranks high in surveys on America’s


GOP Rep. Nunes lacks character

Opinion: By Blair Bess Cagle Cartoons After railing against the FBI, the intelligence community, and the


War on fentanyl requires united multifront attack

Editorial: Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich did not mince words earlier this week when signing into law legislation


Correction

Editorial: Correction In a Vindicator editorial published Wednesday titled “Sleaze-filled land contracts in


Don’t exploit rural America

Opinion: By Justin Vest OtherWords This summer, people gathered in cities throughout the country to


Youngstown Tool & Die rises as growth industry

Editorial: The American tool and die industry is on course for noteworthy growth at a pace of 3 to 4 percent


Candidates lining up quickly to fill unexpired term of city Judge Kobly

Opinion: Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Elizabeth Kobly’s decision to retire before her term expires didn’t


A surge in shady ‘charity’ accounts

Opinion: By Helen Flannery and Chuck Collins OtherWords In every community, there are nonprofit


California’s ‘dance of the lemons’ may end with upcoming election

Opinion: LOS ANGELES November’s congressional elections will decide which party will control a narcoleptic


Payday lenders reaping what they have sowed

Editorial: Here’s the takeaway from Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s signing of a bill that clamps down on the predatory


Two chickens for a checkup

Opinion: By Andy Spears OtherWords My state, Tennessee, has the highest rate of hospital closures per


Trump’s lawyer Giuliani labels Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen a liar

Opinion: WASHINGTON “He’s been lying all week, he’s been lying for years. ... I don’t see how he has any


Sleaze-filled land contracts must be reformed in Ohio

Editorial: For far too many individu- als in our state and region, pursuing the American dream too often