Crafton News

A Crafton man who was acquitted of killing his girlfriend and later posted online comments praising the actions of alleged police-killer Richard Poplawski appeared in court Monday on a probation violation after authorities reported finding 10 guns in his home.

Share + Nov 23, 2009 8:47 pm US/Eastern 1 of 1 Shackled in handcuffs and leg irons, white supremacist and self-avowed fascist Hardy Lloyd paused briefly in the Allegheny County Courthouse before sheriff deputies took him before a judge on parole violations.

Mayor Luke Ravenstahl spoke with Pitt student journalists about the proposed tax on student tuition.

During his quest to learn how his great-uncle was killed by German artillery fire in France during World War II, Jim Lucot met many veterans who felt forgotten.

Allegheny County 911 confirmed a three alarm house fire Wednesday afternoon. The house is located on Afton Avenue in Crafton.

Flames ripped through a home in Carnegie early Tuesday morning. The blaze began at about 3:30 a.m. at a home along Railroad Avenue.

This three-story Tudor-style house in Crafton, which has five bedroom and two bathrooms, is being listed for $169,000. Built around 1910, this Tudor-style stone house at 509 Clearview Ave.

Contestants Eric Schwab, left, and Julie Cote join host Brad Ryan for an episode of "Pinheads" at Legacy Lanes in Baldwin.

Allegheny County Council remained unchanged yesterday as Democrat Michael Finnerty and Republican Matt Drozd -- the only candidates on the 15-member council who faced opposition -- dispatched their challengers.

An overnight fire inside a Crafton home sent one person to the hospital and killed nine cats, Crafton fire Chief Roy Hermes said.

One person was sent to a hospital after flames broke out inside a Crafton home overnight.

Heavy morning rain and autumnal foliage created a dangerous commute Wednesday. A person was reportedly stuck early Wednesday morning inside their vehicle at Morange Road and Chartiers Avenue.

An area that would help pay for a downtown Nashville convention center by generating millions of additional dollars in sales tax revenue is still awaiting approval by the state, even as Mayor Karl Dean's office readies a funding proposal to present to the Metro Council later this fall.

In a case that may turn on which is more important -- where a troubled family spends its days or its nights -- two groups plan to file suit today to keep four homeless students enrolled in Carlynton School District.

Struggling to find work and a place of their own, some families bear the additional burden of persuading a school district to educate their children, an attorney for a nonprofit advocacy group said Monday.

Strong wind gusts blew part of a giant G-20 welcome banner off the side of the Hilton Pittsburgh hotel early Monday afternoon.

Sam Spatter can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7843. * The value of building permits issued in August by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Building Inspection reached $40.7 million, bringing totals for the year to $503.3 million.

That's Cooley with the blowtorth breath. Finally, a way to settle this whole Music City Center controversy.

William Fox's love of reading continues to live on in many of the library's books at Carlynton Junior-Senior High School.

Bob Karlovits can be reached via e-mail or at 412-320-7852. When a home promises to be the site of a long and happy future, it seems difficult to look at it with a cold and unaffected eye.