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by Todd Franko   | 340 entries


Todd Franko is editor of The Vindicator. He likes emails about stories and our newspaper. Email him at tfranko@vindy.com. You can also read his weekly Sunday columns.

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4 Father's Day songs ...

Here are some tunes I like to mark the day. Do you know any? Please message below, or tweet at @tfranko.

  • June 16, 2013 at 12:42 p.m. | Email

Does Mahoning River have chance to be a draw? Ponder this story:

But Friends of Mahoning River have turned the page on that history.

The effects of a heroin OD

If you’re to equip yourself with a needle, you have delusional hopes that the product in the needle will deliver you to a “great place.” Amid that flawed outlook, at least equip yourself with the …

  • May 24, 2013 at 10:18 a.m. | Email

A special spring break trip

The most rewarding Spring Break ever? Quite possibly.

  • April 8, 2013 at 10:32 a.m. | Email

'Astro(not)' Friday at LGrove ... or click here

Struthers native Doug Helmick will have a homecoming of sorts Friday to showcase his new film "Astro(not)."

  • March 23, 2013 at 8:01 p.m. | Email

Of the many great reads on the Steubenville case, here's one ...

The Steubenville rape case will sting for awhile, and it should.

  • March 17, 2013 at 10:58 p.m. | Email

Grateful to be greener - the blog

This is a special St. Patrick's Day for me — less than a year after visiting my ancestral Ireland homeland last summer.

  • March 16, 2013 at 10:59 p.m. | Email

'It's downtown, anything can happen'

But the effort fell clearly short given the new investment in downtown and impact of a project of this size. This project is not just painting new crosswalk lines.

A staffer makes a leap

Hometown kid likes the profession ... goes to college .. interns at hometown paper ... graduates and goes to work at hometown paper.

Vindy is Bowl-bound

We're excited for it, too, and we'll be sending reporter Joe Scalzo down to New Orleans this week.