To the editor: President Trump is correct in that one of the oldest and easiest taxes to collect is tariffs. We owe our independence from England on tariffs levied against us to pay off the French and Indian War. The resulting higher taxes we paid on English goods resulted in the Boston Tea ...

To the editor: The 22nd annual Veterans Appreciation Picnic was held Saturday, July 12th, in the Calcutta Square in Calcutta, Ohio with 650 veterans and guests in attendance. Two WWII Veterans, Roy Shetler, 99, of New Waterford, Ohio and Dohrman Rosenlieb, 98, of East Liverpool, Ohio were ...

To the editor: It is highly ridiculous that Salem City Council, strongly led by Law Director Brooke Zellers and Mayor Cindi Dickey is going with yet another scheme attempt to gain township property —and this time against Judge Megan Bickerton’s accurate ruling and the accurate finding by ...

To the editor: It’s that time of year and I just received my outrageous property tax bill (again!) of which 57% goes to the United Local School District. Never mind that 25 years ago, the Ohio Supreme Court held that the state’s public school financing system using property taxes ...

To the editor: I respectfully ask that you share this message with your readers. As a tenured professor at Youngstown State University, I emphasize that this letter represents my views alone, and it should not be considered a statement on behalf of my institution. If enacted, Ohio Senate ...

To the editor: To the person who stole the Gold Star Mother brass marker from the New Springfield Lutheran Cemetery, do you not understand what you took? A Gold Star Mother is a mother who lost a son or daughter in one of the wars while they were defending and protecting our country. You ...