PALMYRA (AP) — Police in Maine say a woman died in a head-on crash involving a pickup truck. The Kennebec Journal reports the crash happened Thursday afternoon on U.S. Route 2 in Palmyra. Police say a car driven by 69-year-old Linda Striga, of Palmyra, crossed into oncoming traffic and struck a truck driven by 48-year-old […]

BANGOR (AP) — Law enforcement officials say they’ve launched a homicide investigation into the deaths of two people found in a burning delivery truck in Maine. Bangor police say the bodies of 43-year-old Michael Bridges and 36-year-old Desiree York were found in the box truck after the fire was doused late Wednesday. Both were residents […]

BANGOR (AP) — A former Maine high school basketball coach has pleaded guilty to drunken driving. Carl Parker resigned his position as coach of the Bangor High School’s varsity boys team after his arrest last month. His lawyer tells the Bangor Daily News that Parker pleaded guilty Wednesday because he wanted to accept responsibility for […]

BRUNSWICK Get ready for some road closures — construction on Union Street is starting next week. Crooker Construction will start work on the utility improvements along the roadway Monday, which will be closed to all traffic between Mill and Lincoln streets for a couple of weeks. Pavement will be pulverized and excavation will begin on […]

BRUNSWICK It has been David Barter’s decade-long dream to own a bar — one that becomes a reality Saturday. That’s when his new Oaks and Maple Cafe will have its grand opening at Brunswick Landing. Opportunity recently knocked for the Phippsburg resident when he learned the owners of New Beet Market were ready to move […]

LISBON A new attraction in Lisbon hopes to give the town something it’s been missing. Walt’s Family Fun Center is a long-held vision of Walter Morse, who owns the 13 Village St. property with his girlfriend, Lori Campbell. Walt’s will have a rotating array of arcade games and skee ball. There is a food counter, […]

BALTIMORE Imani Holt was just 10 when she saw a neighbor get fatally shot by a triggerman riding a bicycle. The African- American girl from a gritty section of Baltimore was so traumatized by the drug-fueled bloodshed she refused to leave her family’s apartment for weeks. In the eight years since, Holt has seen the […]

WASHINGTON Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he won’t immediately appoint a new special counsel to investigate a number of Republican grievances involving the FBI and Justice Department, despite mounting pressure from members of his own party. Sessions, in a letter to three Republican committee leaders, reiterated that he had directed a senior federal prosecutor, […]

ATLANTA Women running for governor in Wisconsin and Maryland breastfeed their infants in their campaign videos. Another in Georgia tells voters that “the folks who have held the office of governor don’t look like me.” The record number of women expected to run for office this year are already breaking barriers, upending traditional campaigning by […]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hours after an emotional interruption at his brother’s funeral, Stevante Clark helped defuse tension in California’s capital city by asking protesters not to block thousands of fans from entering a downtown NBA arena for a third night. Police in riot gear stood waiting outside the Golden 1 Center as fans wove […]