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Vindy web page puts Traficant history at your fingertips
The Vindicator staff has worked hard the last few weeks to compile what we think is the most comprehensive web site on Jim Traficant.
The real Boardman-Mooney competition
While folks are readying themselves for the big Boardman-Mooney high school football match this Friday night, The Vindicator has what it believes are equally interesting matches between the schools. We’ll be hosting a tailgate party with our Blitzmobile Friday at the game. We’ll be in the north parking lot outside …
Welcome to ”The Biggest Week of the Year (for now)”
It seems once or twice a year, there’s a week that pops onto the calendar that has many major events. This week is that such week. Each event may not necessarily pop up onto everyone’s radar, but they all pop onto ours. Thus I christen it ”The Biggest Week …
Make time Sunday to read this story on a Marine and a hero.
I've just finished editing a story for Sunday, and I could not wait to share it with you so you put aside time on Sunday for it. My eyes are still welling a bit.Dick Powell is a 1965 grad of Chaney High and a U.S. Marine. Being a Marine cost …
Draw a line between Traficant support and Traficant news
Youngstowner Tyler Clark writes in his blog next to mine that the “Sunday Vindicator deployed a deplorable amount of front-page ink in the recognition of ... Jim Traficant.”Clark then proceeds to blather on about us and Traficant at a length that chews up more words than our original story did …
VIDEO: Mr. Franko goes to Washington ...
Our summer travels took my family to Washington, D.C. two weeks back.I wrote a bit about it, and you can read about it in my column space on this web site.Click here, and you can see my YouTube video of the trip. Remember, in September, The Vindicator's "Snapz" feature will …
"That's the press, baby, and there's nothing you can do about it"
There’s a romance about newspapers within our population. Newspapers are a fixture of Americana themselves. Plus they do a decent job to be in position to capture other slices of Americana.Hollywood loves newspapers as a backdrop, and this week, a newspaper trade magazine, Editor & Publisher, asked readers to vote …
Jarts column sticks with some readers
OK, I'm back from vacation and plowing through some things at home and at work.While I was out, a Sunday column featured my passion for Jarts and family reunions.That column brought out some unique responses. Check them out:Dear Todd,Your article reminds me of the time one of my daughters threw …