Allegheny County News

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. Allegheny County is advising motorists in Scott and Collier that construction will close lanes on one road and shut down a connecting road until October.

Margaret Harding can be reached via e-mail. The debt-ridden Pittsburgh Hilton is facing sheriff's sale.

Dr. Robert J. Boyda Jr. The South Hills oral surgeon charged with molesting 17 patients was acquitted on all counts this afternoon, ending an emotionally charged trial that, with multiple breaks, spanned more than two months.

A Pittsburgh-area man could spend up to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to his ninth and 10th drunken driving offenses.

A judge is scheduled to issue his verdict in the case of a Mt. Lebanon oral surgeon accused of sexually assaulting or fondling 17 female patients while they were anesthetized.

WEXFORD, Pa. - Police say a Pittsburgh-area day care worker left some children she was watching to sell $60 worth of marijuana to an undercover detective.

The Tribune-Review can be reached online or at 412-321-6460. The Allegheny County Bomb Squad was summoned to Washington Township on Saturday.

When economic leaders from the world's most powerful nations come to Pittsburgh for the Group of 20 summit in September, David Speer would like to offer them psychic readings, yoga and "love healing." "They're coming for economic discussions ... But these are the things that they need more.

Defense lawyers and a U.S. senator have criticized comments made by Pittsburgh's U.S. attorney last month as her office dismissed fraud and theft charges against a noted pathologist.

A convicted sexual assault violator on Allegheny County's 'Most Wanted' list was arrested by police Thursday night in West Homestead.

Pittsburgh Police arrested a Crafton Police officer this morning on charges he struck and killed a 24-year-old man with his vehicle, then fled from the scene, two years ago in the South Side.

The Allegheny County District Attorney Vehicle Inspection Task Force made 69 traffic stops for truck and motor vehicle violations between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday in two North Hills locations.

The Allegheny County Council passed a bill 8-6 on Wednesday night to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community against discrimination in housing and the workplace.

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A 41-year-old man accused of bludgeoning two teenagers to death with a dumbbell in suburban Pittsburgh has been ordered to stand trial.

Allegheny County Council this evening is expected to debate -- and possibly approve -- a bill that would prohibit all sorts of discrimination in county operations, including discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation.

A sixth former ACORN workers has been ordered to stand trial on charges of illegally filling out voter registration cards in the months before the 2008 general election.

A Pennsylvania man who claims mood swings from an acne drug caused him to fatally stab a 16-year-old cheerleader has been convicted of murder.

The Pittsburgh police chief says he may need four-times the number of officers he currently has if the city is to provide adequate security during the G-20 summit this fall.

Allegheny County Tuesday agreed to sell the six-story One Smithfield Street Building, Downtown, to Burns & Scalo Real Estate for $13 million.