As the battle heats up between the county commissioners and City Hall, Jimmy Dimora is throwing his weight around the old-fashioned way — with favors, charm, and an occasional kick in the teeth.
After 17 years as a tradesman and teacher in America, political activist Noel Cassidy faces deportation for questionable charges of terrorism. Or for an immigration violation. Or simply because he was unlucky in love.
When gambling kingpin Lenny Strollo spilled his guts in federal court last month, he broke the Mafia’s decades-old grip on Youngstown and drew the final curtain on the fabled northern Ohio mob.