PITTSBURGH — A judge in Allegheny County has set a hearing for Oct. 19 to determine when and how the county will reassess the value of all its real estate.

The state Supreme Court in April ordered the county to conduct a reassessment. The court said the county's base-year property assessment system violates the uniformity clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Allegheny County officials have said the state's property tax assessment system is broken and should be made uniform across the state.

BETHLEHEM — Police in eastern Pennsylvania say a man charged with drunken driving faces more charges after allegedly trying to steal a tow truck a few hours later to retrieve his impounded vehicle.Lower Saucon Township police allege that 29-year-old Timothy Peare, of Whitehouse Station, N.J., was spotted at 7:40 p.m. Sunday inside a tow truck at Saucon Collision, which was closed.Police say he acknowledged that he was trying to start the truck to remove his impounded vehicle.