Police allege that Jonathan Cayford was passing other cars at 80 mph along a back road when he crashed his car, killing a passenger.
December 2016
Pope defends communion suggestion
Most bishops back opening communion to civilly remarried Catholics, he says.
After further testing, schools in Benton, Clinton taken off bottled water
The schools replaced all fixtures after tests revealed lead and copper levels higher than the federal action level for schools.
The polar vortex is coming: Here’s how cold it could get
What will likely be the coldest air since last February will barge into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast late next week.
South Portland city councilor hospitalized following heart attack
City Councilor Brad Fox had experienced intermittent chest pains for the last two weeks and is awaiting surgery at Maine Medical Center.
One person hurt in crash on Mallett Drive in Freeport
The accident shortly after 2 p.m. snarls traffic in the downtown area.
Wiscasset police investigate attack by two pit bulls
A small dog was badly injured, and a woman who tried to intervene was bitten by one of the pit bulls, the police chief says.
Rudy Giuliani no longer in running for secretary of state, Trump says
The president-elect returns to the campaign trail, encouraging Louisiana Republicans to vote in Saturday’s runoff election.
Two men indicted in Memorial Day shooting in Portland
Fred O. Dodge and Sam Iserbyt are both charged with criminal threatening after the two fought over a mutual friend.
New House speaker, LePage agree to resolve impasse on forensic psychiatric center
Rep. Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, says a meeting with the governor was productive and led to a plan for moving forward in the coming weeks.