The Youngstown Vindicator

11/10/2025

With Ohio Republicans carving up the state to produce a congressional map that favors its party 12-3 — and Democrats agreeing to it — Mahoning County played a key role as a pawn in the game.
https://www.vindy.com/opinion/david-skolnick/2025/11/mahoning-county-austintown-are-pawns-in-ohio-redistricting/

11/10/2025

Full participatory democracy took a direct hit in Tuesday’s general election in the Mahoning Valley when an embarrassingly scant number of eligible voters mustered up the time and the responsibility to cast ballots for critically important local races and tax issues.
https://www.vindy.com/opinion/editorials/2025/11/do-not-weaken-robust-democracy-trash-save-act/

11/10/2025

This past weekend's Orchids & Onions:

ORCHID: To Youngstown City Schools Superintendent Jeremy Batchelor, other administrators and teachers for their collective efforts to elevate the school system’s academic standing. In his recent annual State of the Schools address, Batchelor noted many significant improvements in the district’s ...

11/10/2025

Thank you, The Vindicator, for publishing a thorough obituary on Oct. 31 of Youngstown-born journalist Sidney Alan “Sid” Davis (1927-2025).

I would like to add a point: Sid Davis’ death reminds us of the importance of public media. The public media station at Davis’ alma mater Ohio University (WOUB) recorded an informative three-part interview with Davis more than a decade ago.
https://www.vindy.com/opinion/editorials/2025/11/valleys-sid-davis-reminds-us-of-value-of-public-media/

11/10/2025

Gov. Mike DeWine has legislation on his desk that should not be difficult to reject. State Senate Bill 50 would allow 14- and 15-year-olds to work until 9 p.m. during the school year.
https://www.vindy.com/opinion/editorials/2025/11/ohios-teen-labor-bill-is-ripe-for-veto/

11/10/2025

I think the Supreme Court will rule against President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs. That said, it’s just remarkable that the vote will not be 9-0.

Trump is claiming sweeping powers to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, which was a revised version of the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917. The acronyms “I-EE-pah” and “TWEE-ah” flew around the courtroom like trapped sparrows.
https://www.vindy.com/opinion/editorials/2025/11/case-against-trump-tariffs-is-clear/

11/10/2025

Most people’s housekeepers are hired to perform duties such as mopping floors, dusting furniture, changing bed linens and vacuuming the carpeting, but Erika T. Gold’s family’s domestic worker’s primary duty was far more consequential.

“She let us in because we had no place to go. No one knew we were there, and we could have been killed every day,” said Gold, 93, of Cleveland.
https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2025/11/survivor-of-holocaust-recalls-grisly-horrors/

11/10/2025

Even though SOBE Thermal Energy Solutions LLC is in the hands of a court-appointed receiver and any plans to convert rubber tire chips into synthetic gas at its Youngstown facility are abandoned, city council on Nov. 19 will vote on a third one-year moratorium banning the process.
https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2025/11/city-council-to-extend-sobe-conversion-ban/

11/10/2025

Emergency medical service has been a contentious issue in the township for several years and fire department officials said Halloween shows just how bad the problem has become.

“It’s not a reflection on a particular company. This is an issue across the board — when you don’t have the staff, it’s difficult to provide the service,” Boardman fire Chief Mark Pitzer said. “Last year we paid a lot of overtime to staff the ambulance and that was unsustainable financially.”
https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2025/11/halloween-short-staffing-highlights-ems-woes-in-boardman/

11/10/2025

A Mahoning County grand jury indicted 11 people Thursday, mostly on drug related offenses.

One of those was Marcus Wilkins, 37, Cornell Avenue, on charges of co***ne possession, aggravated drug possession and fentanyl-related compound possession, all with a specification of forfeiture of money in a drug case, and misdemeanor charge of obstructing official business.
https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2025/11/mahoning-indictments-this-week-mostly-from-drug-charges/

11/10/2025

Poland Village Council received a surprise at its Wednesday meeting when a letter was received from Samuel Moffie, saying he is stepping down as councilman effective immediately, leaving an empty seat to be filled for the balance of 2025.
https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2025/11/sam-moffie-resigns-from-poland-village-council/

11/10/2025

The Mahoning Valley has a long history of residents who served in the military.

According to the 2019 U.S. Census Bureau’s Community Survey, nearly 10% of the population in Mahoning County and 9% of the population in Trumbull County are veterans. That is more than the state average, which is between 6% and 7%. Columbiana County has more than 10% of its population as veterans.
https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2025/11/genealogist-tells-how-to-research-military-records/