Three suspects remain at large and armed with “AR-15 style” rifles and handguns after a group of five suspects allegedly opened fire on Rumford police officers on Friday night, sparking a shelter-in-place order in the…

An illegal alien from Africa was behind the wheel of a 2013 Buick Verano that killed a Massachusetts woman in Lewiston’s Kennedy Park Friday afternoon, and he had a Maine driver’s permit. U.S. Immigration and…

A veteran Sebago hunter who gave chase to a suspected killer Friday in Windham – and nearly took him down – is winning high praise from law enforcement. “I was the one in the U-Haul…

Novartis, a New Jersey pharmaceutical company, has sued the State of Maine over new regulations imposed earlier this year on a federal discount drug program for certain health care providers. Originally introduced as LD 1018…

Every self-proclaimed Russia-expert in America — including the collective mainstream media whose finger in the wind on such questions has proven bent more than once — seemed to be tripping over one another in the…

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The Bangor Police Department issued a lengthy statement on Thursday, referencing the 2002 science fiction movie Minority Report while addressing the arrest of a man caught on camera allegedly punching a woman on the street…

A Republican state senator’s unprompted proposal for western Canadian provinces to join the U.S. is drawing sharp rebukes from liberals far and wide. Joe Martin, (R-Oxford), wrote a letter to Canadian government officials laying out…

It’s scarier even than a great white shark because there’s not even a hint of a warning. You never see a shark fin, you never even see Jaws. It’s flesh-eating bacteria. Just the name brings…

China’s economy showed signs of weakening in July, with Beijing openly acknowledging that U.S. tariffs are taking a toll, multiple outlets reported Friday. Official data from Beijing released Friday showed industrial output, retail sales and…

The Acting U.S. Attorney in Vermont will seek the death penalty for the woman accused of the January murder of Vermont Border Patrol Agent David Maland, 44, following a request from U.S. Attorney General Pam…

The chair of the Anson Board of Selectmen, Arnold P. Luce, 68, resigned from his post after he allegedly assaulted a woman last Wednesday at his business “Luce’s Meat Market” in what the Somerset Sheriff’s…

Dexter’s Town Council considered an ordinance on Thursday evening that would bar private school employees or parents operating homeschool co-ops from holding a school board seat after a June recall vote that removed a board…

Popular food manufacturer Kellogg’s has signed a legally binding agreement to remove all toxic dyes from its products by the end of 2027. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Wednesday that a “months-long investigation and…

The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a warrant at a Skowhegan residence as part of an ongoing drug investigation on Tuesday and arrested the homeowner, who had previously been arrested in June during an earlier…

A couple who has been trying to buy an historic Camden storefront says they’re caught in the middle of a bureaucratic logjam. “My husband and I have been met with obstructions at every level,” said…

Imagine the gossip at Roger Goodell’s oceanside Prout’s Neck palace’s summer cocktail parties. Is the NFL commissioner sitting in a corner by himself, stewing over speculation he’s an overly-paranoid big baby looking to take over…

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The Sanford Police Department is seeking community assistance in identifying a man who allegedly used fraud to steal $7,000 from two banks in the latest in a growing number of recent bank thefts in Maine.…

Lily Janelle, born 40 years ago in a Frenchville gravel pit and abandoned, now has a marked grave, thanks to the Maine State Police. After being left to die by her mother in 1985 in…

A deputy fire chief at the Gilead Volunteer Fire Department was arrested last Friday after he allegedly set his own home ablaze in Gorham, New Hampshire last month, killing his two pet turtles. [RELATED: Lincoln…

One candidate for governor of Maine was recently in the peculiar position of having to ask another about the role Ranked Choice Voting [RCV] will play in next year’s election for the state’s chief executive.…

If your only news sources were the Bangor Daily News, the Maine Trust for Local News, or Maine Public, then you might be totally in the dark on a lot of major news. But this…

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is urging welfare recipients to take security precautions after a wave of thefts drained EBT card accounts in multiple states, including Maine. So far, the theft has…