Allegheny County News

Allegheny County officials can negotiate a proposed $4.9 million sale of a Health Department building after getting expedited approval from County Council on Tuesday.

Nonprofits will not have to pay new fees after Allegheny County Council backed off its essential services fee proposal Tuesday.

County Executive Dan Onorato on Monday said the appeal will give the state Legislature time to come up with a larger solution for assessments throughout Pennsylvania, not just in Allegheny County.

The Allegheny County medical examiner plans an autopsy on the body of a woman found in a wooded section of Pittsburgh's high-crime East Hills neighborhood.

Share + Nov 19, 2009 9:09 am US/Eastern A Port Authority of Allegheny County employee has been fired and charged with theft for allegedly taking money from the room where the transit fares are counted.

Former TV news anchor Don Cannon has been arrested in California for failure to report for sentencing in two separate cases of driving under the influence.

Tim Puko can be reached via e-mail or at 412-391-8650. By Tim Puko TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, November 19, 2009 Pat Morgan moved back to Braddock about 18 months ago, and the town's hospital has been a lifesaver for her family.

A Homewood-based community group should pay back more than $300,000 to Allegheny County for undocumented hours billed and operating expenditures, an audit released today from the county Controller's Office found.

Allegheny county executive and gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato announced a government reform package today that would cap political contributions, eliminate so-called walking-around money and withhold state lawmakers' pay if they don't pass a budget on time.

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Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato said today he will hold a public hearing Wednesday in Braddock regarding UPMC's decision to close its hospital there.

Allegheny County leaders plan to continue a years-long fight against a court-ordered reassessment, County Executive Dan Onorato announced Monday.

Because of a tight supply, the Allegheny County Health Department will offer H1N1 influenza vaccine only to certain priority groups at four free clinics Saturday.

Share + Nov 16, 2009 5:47 pm US/Eastern PITTSBURGH Two more local patients have died from H1N1.

State Attorney General Tom Corbett announced today that officials have broken up what they described as a $2.2 million cocaine ring based in the Monroeville area and operating around Allegheny County.

"Green Buying Power" is the theme for the Allegheny County Health Department's 11th annual poster contest.

Court officials in Pittsburgh have marked Veterans Day by establishing an Allegheny County Common Pleas Court to help veterans facing nonviolent offenses.

At least three Allegheny County Council members are reconsidering their votes to charge fees on nonprofits as the proposal comes back to them for a final vote Tuesday.

An Allegheny County judge has ordered the county to do reassessments of all homes and properties once every four years.