Police: Woman whose car was towed set police car ablaze
COATESVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a woman whose car was towed after a weekend traffic stop near Philadelphia is accused of having set fire to one of the city’s police cars and trying to ignite other vehicles. Chester County prosecutors say an officer spotted a police vehicle on fire in the Coatesville police parking lot shortly after 8:30 p.m. Sunday. He put it out and then noticed a trail of fluid to other vehicles. Police said video surveillance captured the incident and the suspect had been stopped earlier that day and her car towed. She faces arson and attempted arson counts.

Hunting-related shooting fatalities increase in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission says the number of hunting-related shooting fatalities in Pennsylvania went up in the past year. There were 26 hunting-related shooting injuries in Pennsylvania in 2019, four of which were fatal. The number of fatalities is up from the previous year when only one of the 27 hunting-related shootings were fatal. According to the commission, a little over half of the injuries in 2019 were inflicted by others. The primary cause was a person being in the line of fire and the second most common cause was the unintended discharge of a firearm.

Dallas salon owner jailed for defying virus shutdown order
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas hair salon owner is in jail after she continued to operate her business despite shutdown orders that were in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. A judge in Dallas found Shelley Luther in contempt of court and sentenced her Tuesday to seven days behind bars. Luther says she had to reopen her Dallas salon because she wouldn’t have been able feed her kids otherwise. But Judge Eric Moye says Luther expressed no “contrition, remorse or regret” for her actions. Luther was jailed on Tuesday afternoon, around the same time Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced salons and barbershops can reopen Friday.

(Allegheny County,Pa.) If you are planning on driving through Allegheny County and run into any work zones you better make sure you are following the posted speed limit. PennDOT’s vehicle-mounted work zone speed cameras will be throughout zones in Allegheny County

The program uses cameras to detect and record drivers exceeding posted work zone speed limits by 11 miles per hour. The first time a driver is caught speeding, they will receive a warning letter. After that, there will be fines: a first offense is $75 and every offense after that will be $150.

 Brodhead Road Drilling this Week in Beaver County

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing drilling operations on Brodhead Road (Route 3007) in Hopewell and Center townships and the City of Aliquippa, Beaver County, will begin Wednesday, May 6 weather permitting.

Drilling operations will occur in various locations on Brodhead Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, May 6-8 between Marrow Way in Hopewell Township and Lincoln Drive in Center Township. Single-lane alternating traffic controlled by flaggers will occur while crews from Armstrong Drilling, Inc conduct drilling operations.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 950 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.