I hope you all enjoyed the four-day weekend. I certainly did. My backyard is nearly weed -free and the patio is set for cooler weather. ADOT is also looking to do some repairs to I-10. The Arizona Department of Transportation has released its plan to add interchanges and widen the heavily trafficked route. The department will be asking the public its opinion on the project at a public hearing in Casa Grande.

In other news, a Maricopa woman told officers that she feared for her life after a man driving the vehicle she was sitting in fled from police at 80 mph in a 35 mph zone. Read about how the chase ended here.

Also, in unrelated events, another Maricopa man is facing charges after he allegedly tried to strangle a woman and held a gun to her head.