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Youngstown-area mob boss sent to prison 01/28/04 John Caniglia Plain Dealer Reporter The last Mafia boss in Ohio came out of hiding Tuesday, long enough to be sentenced to nearly 13 years in prison for killing a rival, gunning down a prosecutor and corrupting a region's political system. Despite his deeds, federal authorities asked for a reduced sentence for Lenine "Lenny" Strollo, longtime crime boss of Youngstown, because of what prosecutors call his "incredible cooperation" in helping authorities on mob cases in Cleveland, Detroit and Pittsburgh. Strollo, 73, pleaded guilty to corruption and tax charges in 1999 and went into...

Firefighters refuse to battle blaze, but watch By JOHN GRANT EMEIGH Tribune Chronicle McKINLEY HEIGHTS - Firefighters from Niles watched a Weathersfield house burn for about 20 minutes Thursday afternoon without attempting to put it out because the fire occurred outside the city limits. Jason Radcliff said most of the items in his home at 2782 Robbins Ave. may have been saved if the Niles firefighters had acted immediately. Instead, the Niles crew waited for the Weathersfield Fire Department to come and put out the blaze. Radcliff said Niles firefighters had three firetrucks at the scene and could have easily...

Two more Support Our Troops Rallies for us in the Pennsylvania and Ohio areas and I am speaking at both!!!

<p>YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — If the abandoned scruples and outrageous antics of U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr. appear to be giving his hometown a monstrous black eye, this hardscrabble, old steel town seems braced to take its licks.</p> <p>The Ohio Democrat, clinging to his congressional career and facing a prison term for bribery, tax evasion and racketeering, hardly could have picked a better place to call home.</p>