Boston Police have identified the woman killed in a rental linked by family to U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-MA. Yoseliani…
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Two people were arrested Thursday after state and federal law enforcement officers simultaneously raided properties in Harrington and Cherryfield following…
An 18-year-old Belfast man has been charged with arson after investigators determined that a basement fire at a City Point…
A Maine woman who went to California to see her transitioning son ended up dead in his home from a…
LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston City Administrator Bryan Kaenrath has unveiled a new initiative aimed at curbing the city’s escalating youth…
A Maine comic book artist is facing a criminal assault charge stemming from the alleged attack on a Maine Wire…
Another day, another shooting has shaken Lewiston, as police continue to grapple with a wave of gun violence that has…
For more than a decade, Jama Mohamed has been one of the most influential figures in Lewiston’s Somali immigrant community.…
EAGLE LAKE, Maine — A structure fire that broke out Wednesday evening at a home on Albert Street has been…
BOWDOIN, Maine— The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating an apparent attempted arson after someone allegedly broke into an…
Another overnight shooting has rattled Lewiston, adding to a growing series of gunfire incidents that continue to plague the city’s…
Maine State Police are assisting the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office with an investigation after a woman was shot during a…
A 22-year-old Falmouth man has been charged with assault after Portland Police say he followed a woman walking along Forest…
Another late-night shooting has rattled a Lewiston neighborhood after gunfire struck an occupied apartment building on Pierce Street, underscoring the…
A New York woman was sentenced to time served on Tuesday after she used stolen identities to withdraw $8,000 before…
Stephen Kerrigan, chair of the Massachusetts Democrat Party, is on probation after being arrested last month on drunk driving charges,…
By allowing the deadline to challenge the Maine Department of Health and Human Services’ finding of a “credible allegation of…
An Eddington man was found guilty in federal court on Tuesday after he threatened to murder former Vice President Kamala…
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office determined on Tuesday that a mysterious fire at a Dennysville church was intentionally set.…
BIDDEFORD, Maine — Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain called for a transparent investigation into the fatal shooting of Johann Sebastián Durán…
A Chinese man living in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to time served on Monday after pleading guilty last year…
The Penobscot Valley Hospital in Lincoln began warning patients and employees on Tuesday that their personal information may have been…
Melissa Dunn has spent years presenting herself as a peace activist, tenant advocate and community organizer in Lewiston. But her…
PORTLAND, Maine — The Portland Police Department reported warrants and violations of conditions of release as the city’s most common…
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating after a Monday fire damaged a Dennysville church. [RELATED: Homeless Man Arrested…
A woman was flown by LifeFlight to a Bangor hospital after her family, including two young children, were hit by…
The Maine State Police arrested a Norridgewock man on Saturday after he allegedly brake-checked a Maine Game Warden in a…
An “anti-ICE rioter” was arrested on Monday morning after he allegedly set off fireworks outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal…
The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office arrested a homeless man on Sunday after he allegedly set fire to a vacant mobile…
PORTLAND, Maine – A new community-driven pedestrian safety campaign is launching this summer in Portland, Lewiston and Auburn as state…
By Jon Fetherston A young man is dead. That is where this story begins, and that is where our focus…
Bangor removed two downtown public restrooms this week after years of misuse by homeless drug users and tens of thousands…
The White House on Wednesday posted four packages of declassified and formerly internal government records, a document dump that runs from…
The Maine State Police are investigating after an elderly couple was found dead on Monday in a West Bath home…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump delivered a roughly 30-minute primetime address from the White House Thursday night, focusing on…
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to work closely…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should temporarily suspend non-emergency vehicle stops while investigators determine…
Republican gubernatorial nominee Bobby Charles said Thursday that Maine’s sanctuary policies have undermined cooperation between state, local, and federal law…
As Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins was among the lawmakers to question Justices Amy Coney…
Justices on the United States Supreme Court are asking Congress for increased security amidst a rise in threats of violence…
The Cumberland Sheriff’s Department arrested a Scarborough man on Wednesday after he allegedly fled a domestic violence incident that took…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested a Bangor man on Wednesday following a month-long investigation into cocaine trafficking operations…
Gov. Janet Mills traveled to Biddeford on Wednesday to meet with city officials, legislators and the family of the man…
Biddeford Mayor Liam LaFountain demanded a permanent end to ICE traffic stops and questioned why ICE agents were not wearing…
President Donald Trump reversed course on the widely reported end to ICE traffic stops on Wednesday morning in a statement…
The Brewer Police Department arrested a Regional School Unit (RSU) 63 School Board member from Eddington on Tuesday evening in…
The Portland Police Department is investigating after a 22-year-old man was found dead on Sunday. [RELATED: Portland Police Investigate Fatal…
The Hancock Sheriff’s Department arrested an Eastbrook man on Saturday after he allegedly intentionally forced a motorcycle into a guardrail…
The Cumberland Sheriff’s Department arrested a Raymond man on Saturday after he allegedly drunkenly fired a handgun in his home…
A Portland City Council candidate has suspended her campaign after a protection-from-abuse order involving a sitting councilor triggered an extraordinary…
A shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents occurred in Biddeford on Monday morning. Reporting from the scene…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a homeless man on Sunday after he allegedly broke into multiple vehicles over the weekend.…
The limp rag doll known as the Portland Press Herald pretended Monday to be nonpartisan. But true to form the…
A shooting involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents occurred in Biddeford on Monday morning. Early reporting from the…
A Limerick man was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly fleeing from a Maine State Police trooper, ramming a police…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a Regional School Unit (RSU) 63 School Board member from Eddington wanted…
A bipartisan housing bill is set to become law without President Donald Trump’s signature. His decision to not sign the…
Maine will be the recipient of more than $338,000 as part of a $45 million multi-state settlement with peer-to-peer payments…
PORTLAND, Maine — A Portland police detective has received international recognition for solving an 11-year-old cold case involving the death…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department arrested five suspects on Wednesday after the department’s Special Response Team executed a drug-related search warrant…
LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston has spent much of the past year grappling with an alarming rise in violent crime, juvenile shootings,…
A registered sex offender and pedophile from Ohio, known as “Captain Horny,” pleaded guilty on Thursday after crossing illegally into…
The State of Utah has concluded its presentation of evidence in the week-long preliminary hearing for Tyler Robinson, the 23-year-old…
The Lewiston Police responded on Wednesday to reports of someone displaying a firearm in the library, only to discover that…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested a Massachusetts man on Wednesday after he was allegedly found trafficking $17,000 worth…
AUGUSTA, Maine – Maine voters were told the state needed a stronger red flag law for moments when warning signs…
The U.S. Department of Justice has issued a sweeping warning to election officials across the country, advising that state and…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a man on Wednesday after he allegedly fired a rifle at a woman multiple times…
After hearing passionate testimony from residents, elected officials and advocates, the Auburn City Council voted Monday night to table a…
The Damariscotta Police Department arrested a woman last week after she allegedly assaulted an officer and tried to take his…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a man on Monday after he allegedly attempted to forcibly drag a woman into an…
A Bangor homeless man allegedly attacked coffee shop employees on Monday, throwing items at them while believing that he had…
The Skowhegan Police Department arrested two suspects on the Fourth of July when they were allegedly found driving with false…
A homeless man from Oregon allegedly entered a woman’s car in Brewer on Monday while rubbing his genitals over his…
The Lewiston Police Department dealt with yet another instance of minor-perpetrated gun crime on Monday when they responded to an…
The Lewiston Police Department arrested a 45-year-old homeless felon on Sunday after discovering that he allegedly shot himself in the…
LEWISTON, Maine — Lewiston residents will have the final say on whether the city’s syringe exchange program should operate under…
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department arrested a Tomhegan Township man last week after he allegedly used an excavator to steal copper…
The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department charged a convicted sex offender last week after he allegedly sexually exploited a child over a…
The Auburn City Council is scheduled to consider final approval Monday night of a new ordinance regulating syringe service programs,…
A 27-year-old Presque Isle man has pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Bangor to multiple federal offenses involving the…
A southern-Maine community Facebook page with a mission of promoting nothing but motherhood and apple pie – and downplaying controversy…
The United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday to restrict the use of geofence warrants that allow law enforcement to…
The Oxford Sheriff’s Department responded on Tuesday after a man allegedly attacked two people in a domestic violence incident and…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department arrested two suspects on Tuesday after they were allegedly found running a methamphetamine production laboratory…
A Maine wedding foodie has been banned from working as a caterer in the state, People.com is reporting. Bethany Gregory…
Nearly three years after the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history, Lewiston is once again confronting a public safety crisis…this…
A group of three minors and a 24-year-old from Madison allegedly broke into the Madison Junior High School last week…
Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) has been receiving threats of death and violence on social media, she revealed on Wednesday, with…
The Somerset Sheriff’s Department arrested a Norridgewock man when he was allegedly found with 324 grams of fentanyl during a…
A driver from New Jersey allegedly hit a cyclist in Scarborough on Tuesday before failing to stop, striking another vehicle,…
More than three hours of testimony from police, prosecutors, educators, juvenile justice officials and community leaders painted a sobering picture…
ICE agents arrested the Indian national and alleged illegal-alien owner of Wallace’s Market, a gas station, convenience store, and restaurant…
A 19-year-old driver with a suspended license allegedly struck and injured an 11-year-old boy in Portland on Monday as he…
The Rumford Police Department arrested a woman on Tuesday after she allegedly attacked her live-in boyfriend with a kitchen knife.…
The Lewiston City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday night as Maine’s second-largest city faces a deepening youth violence…
A South Carolina man pleaded guilty on Monday to bank robbery after he was arrested in New Hampshire last year…
The Fairfield Police Department arrested a Waterville man on Saturday after he allegedly kidnapped a four-year-old. [RELATED: Registered Sex Offender…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a homeless man on Saturday after he allegedly chased down a jogger and pepper-sprayed her.…
The U.S. Treasury Department has permanently barred from the banking industry a former Quontic Bank mortgage officer who originated dozens…