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Tribune-Review
April 27, 2018
Port Authority of Allegheny County is nixing a plan to make its light-rail system “cashless,” and with it, a controversial plan to use officers for fare enforcement. Only about 2 to 3 percent of T riders are not paying to ride the T, Port Authority staff found during the last few months, Port Authority CEO KatharineÃâà...
WJAC Johnstown
April 27, 2018
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. -- A man sought by Allegheny County authorities in connection with a fatal crash last May was arrested Friday at a home in Johnstown. Authorities said Taylor Jefferson, 25, was taken into custody by U.S marshals at a home in the 1000 block of Sunday Street. The marshals said they were looking for aÃâà...
Patch.com
April 26, 2018
Restaurant Row: Allegheny County Licenses 11 New Eateries. Did a new place open in your neighborhood? ... PITTSBURGH, PA - If you're looking for a new place to eat out, the Allegheny County Health department issued licenses to 11 new food establishments in March. Licensed were nine restaurants,Ãâà...
Tribune-Review
April 25, 2018
Allegheny County Police will withdraw some of the charges against two men whose dog attacked one of Pittsburgh's new police horses last week. According to a news release and a criminal complaint, mounted police officers from Allegheny County and Pittsburgh's new unit were participating in aÃâà...
WPXI Pittsburgh
April 25, 2018
Rabies is transmitted by animal bites and scratches and is often fatal when left untreated, the health department said. The raccoon is the second rabid animal reported in Allegheny County in 2018, officials said. The other rabid animal was also a raccoon. In May, dog wardens in Allegheny County will beingÃâà...
Tribune-Review
April 25, 2018
The Allegheny County Health Department licensed 11 new eateries last month, including nine restaurants, a distillery, and a cheese shop. The eateries are: • Burn by Rocky Patel , 346 North Shore Drive, Pittsburgh's North Side neighborhood: Cigar bar. • Stout , 690 Chauvet Drive, North Fayette: GastropubÃâà...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 24, 2018
A new lawsuit over the Essure permanent birth control device has been filed in Allegheny County, adding dozens of plaintiffs to the thousands across the country who have already sued Bayer, claiming fraud and negligence in the marketing and monitoring of the product. The lawsuits allege that Essure isÃâà...
WPXI Pittsburgh
April 24, 2018
KENNEDY TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Police in one Allegheny County community have issued a warning after a bobcat was spotted. Kennedy Township police issued a warning on their Facebook page about a bobcat seen in the woods by Windriver Drive.
Tribune-Review
April 20, 2018
Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald wants to raise nearly $114.5 million through issuing bonds to pay for the county's capital budget. The money will help fund two years of the capital budget. Fitzgerald will present the bond proposal to county council members at their meeting Tuesday.
Tribune-Review
April 19, 2018
Allegheny County Health Department Director Dr. Karen Hacker said Thursday that officials are doing more to hold air polluters accountable than ever before, and she pledged to do more. The statement was in response to the latest State of the Air report released Wednesday by the American LungÃâà...
WTAE Pittsburgh
April 11, 2018
Reis Run Road (Route 4022) between Rochester Road in Ross Township and Arndt Road in Franklin Park Borough. The roadway will close to traffic from approximately 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11 to allow crews to continue slide clean-up work. Motorists can utilize Lowries Run Road to MountÃâà...
Tribune-Review
April 11, 2018
Two Allegheny County men damaged railroad signals and equipment during two days in November, according to a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday. William Curry Brown, 24, of Elizabeth and Brandon Edward Peck, 24, of Glassport are charged under a federal law dealing with“terrorist attacks andÃâà...
Pittsburgh Business Times
April 10, 2018
The administration of Allegheny County Chief Executive Rich Fitzgerald has submitted an ordinance to County Council to authorize a county-owned property at ... Allegheny County had previously sold former health department property on nearby Forbes where the Skyvue project and a new hotel are now.
Tribune-Review
April 10, 2018
Port Authority of Allegheny County has received a $3.6 million federal grant for new buses. The grant will pay for about seven 40-foot buses, said Port Authority spokesman Adam Brandolph. The money is from the Federal Transit Administration, the agency that typically provides funding for the authority'sÃâà...
Tribune-Review
April 8, 2018
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir tweeted out an aerial video of the portion of Route 30 in East Pittsburgh that dropped 40 feet down a hill early Saturday, April 7, 2018, as the result of a retaining wall collapse and landslide.
Tribune-Review
March 17, 2018
Allegheny County Election Board members reviewing provisional ballots cast in Tuesday's special congressional election were outnumbered Friday by 10 observers for the race's campaigns, the Republican and Democratic parties and the U.S. House of Representatives. “It's not unusual to see one or twoÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 17, 2018
An Allegheny County councilman wants to get rid of a rule that requires council members to resign if they want to run for another public office. Bob Macey, D-West Mifflin, plans to introduce legislation Tuesday that would place a referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot to let voters decide whether the council's HomeÃâà...
WPXI Pittsburgh
March 17, 2018
The election review process for the closely watched 18th Congressional District race began Friday in Allegheny County. The Return Board started to examine the county's results from Tuesday's election, which appears to have been won by Democrat Conor Lamb by several hundred votes. "This is aÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 17, 2018
The Allegheny County Parks Department is seeking lifeguards for the upcoming pool season. Lifeguards must be at least 16, and must pass an aquatics test and background check, a county news release said.The pool season will run from June 2 through Sept. 3. The lifeguards are needed for the countyÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 16, 2018
The Allegheny County Health Department issued licenses to 13 new eateries last month, including 10 restaurants, a bakery, a juice bar and a tea house, according to a news release. The new eateries are: • Poulet Bleu , 3519 Butler St., Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood: French restaurant fromÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 15, 2018
Allegheny County elections officials refuted reports Wednesday of alleged irregularities in the 18th Congressional District special election held the day before — including the claim that voting machines at several polling places had technical glitches that supposedly switched some voters' choices in favor ofÃâà...
The Times
March 14, 2018
1812 Route 30, Janoski Family L.P. to Jeremy and Rachael Seibel, $1 (state deed transfer stamps indicate a value of $37,312). 4 Trotter Lane, Michael Bohley to Irewole and Yetunde Olukoya, $395,000. 1248 US Route 30, Estate of Dallas Bush to Raceway Center Property LLC, $40,000. Moon Twp.
Tribune-Review
March 14, 2018
Flu-related complications claimed the lives of four more Allegheny County residents, the county Health Department said Tuesday. So far this flu season, 25 Allegheny County residents died of flu-complications, the health department said. This is more than triple the eight deaths from flu complications at thisÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 13, 2018
Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner is pushing for changes to county ethics rules in light of statewide reforms Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday at the Allegheny County Courthouse, and at least one county councilwoman is supporting the effort. The changes Wagner is suggesting include:.
Tribune-Review
March 13, 2018
Three Allegheny County men remained in custody Monday after their weekend arrests following a monthlong drug investigation by Mt. Pleasant Borough police. John Anthony Saban Jr., 25, of Garfield; Devon Joseph Mitchell, 22, of Turtle Creek; and James William Clarke, 25, of East Hills are accused ofÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 7, 2018
Authorities say inmates at the Allegheny County Jail started a small fire Wednesday that injured two corrections officers, who were taken to a hospital to be treated for symptoms of smoke inhalation. In a news release, county officials said the fire broke out about 3:20 p.m. in a cell in Pod 6D. It was “believedÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 6, 2018
Allegheny County has hired a South Carolina law firm to explore whether the county should file a lawsuit against prescription opioid manufacturers, distributors and prescribers to recoup public money spent as a result of the opioid crisis. The city of Pittsburgh also plans to hire the firm for the same purpose,Ãâà...
Tribune-Review
March 5, 2018
Two additional Allegheny County residents died of flu-related complications within the last month — bringing the total this season up to 21 — the county Health Department said Monday. Both decedents were men in their mid-60s. Health department officials were unsure whether the residents hadÃâà...
Tribune-Review
March 3, 2018
Brackenridge officials are applying for a $20,000 Allegheny County emergency grant to tear down a Ninth Avenue apartment house with a foundation that has collapsed twice. Gaping holes — large enough for someone to crawl into the basement — were visible last week on either side of the house at 948Ãâà...
Tribune-Review
December 31, 1999
Parkway North lane closures to start Monday in Allegheny County. Tribune-Review | Thursday, March 8, 2018, 11:51 a.m.. Cars file into and out of the city on the Parkway North 279 on Monday,. Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review. Cars file into and out of the city on the Parkway North 279 on Monday, March 20, 2017.
Tribune-Review
December 31, 1999
“More than 10 feet of snow and nearly four inches of rain have fallen since the courses closed for annual maintenance on March 19,” a county news release said. The rain and snowfall have hampered maintenance of the North Park and South Park golf courses, the release said. Under these conditionsÃâà...
Tribune-Review
December 31, 1999
Several North Hills police departments, working under the team known as DANET, expect to arrest street and mid-level drug dealers accused of selling heroin, cocaine, prescription pills, methamphetamine and marijuana throughout the county, Springdale Township police Chief Mike Naviglia said.
Tribune-Review
December 31, 1999
Allegheny County has paid a $40,000 settlement to a former captain at the Allegheny County Jail who says he was fired for using the Family Medical Leave Act, according to a county document. In 2013, Daniel Troiano suffered a heart attack while working at the jail and was approved to take intermittentÃâà...
Patch.com
December 31, 1999
PITTSBURGH, PA - Allegheny County homeowners pay higher real estate taxes than the national average, a new study has determined. Tax statistics curator ATTOM Data Solution's 2017 property tax analysis shows that nationally, homeowners paid average property taxes of $3,399 per home - an effectiveÃâà...
