Flawed licenses being replaced

HARRISBURG — PennDOT says an error in the hidden security image on Pennsylvania driver’s licenses and identification cards may be causing headaches for some people.

The state Department of Transportation said Thursday that a mistake by its vendors affected an unknown number of cards issued since November.

Officials say new cards were issued starting Thursday and that people whose cards were affected will get new ones in the mail at no cost to them.

The hidden image is a strip of keystones with the letters “PA.” It is clearly visible when held under black light and is used to verify the authenticity of licenses and ID cards. The flawed cards transposed the letters in the image to “AP” instead of “PA.”

Suspect in woman’s slaying surrenders

UNIONTOWN — State police say a man suspected of fatally shooting a casino worker has turned himself in. Terry Walker surrendered early Friday.

The 45-year-old Uniontown man is charged in the death last Saturday of 35-year-old Mya Ann Grady.

PennDOT snow plow drivers found her shot in the head along the berm of Route 40 on Summit Mountain. The highway leads from Uniontown to Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, where Grady worked at the Lady Luck Casino.

Ex-hospice official charged with fraud

MONROEVILLE — The former head of a Pittsburgh-area hospice has been indicted on charges she used patients who weren’t terminally ill to collect millions of dollars in false Medicare and Medicaid billings.

Former Horizons Hospice chief operating officer Mary Ann Stewart was charged Thursday with health care fraud and lying to a federal grand jury.

The Bossier City, Louisiana, woman is scheduled to appear in court March 19.

By The Associated Press