The two men charged in the slaying of a Bangor man in his Essex Street home on Nov. 1 were indicted Thursday on one count each of intentional or knowing murder and arson by the Penobscot County grand jury. Read More
The 30-year-old man charged with murder in the 2018 brutal beating death of a Bangor musician pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter Thursday at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Read More
The Maine attorney general’s office has told police officers that they must obtain a warrant before blood can be drawn from a suspected impaired driver at the scene of a fatal crash, marking a change in longstanding practice for law enforcement in Maine. Read More
While the commissioners expressed their support for resettling refugees in the county, their resolution is of little practical consequence. Read More
Leigh I. Saufley made her requests before a joint session of the Legislature. Read More
A man accused of slaying a Maine woman in Cherryfield more than 2½ years ago pleaded not guilty to murder Friday in Washington County Superior Court in Machias. Read More
A former Maine woman who says she is a survivor of sex trafficking in the Portland area has sued two large hotel chains in U.S. District Court claiming they have ignored human trafficking activities in their motels. Read More
You are sitting in a cafe minding your own business when the cell phone of the man at the next table rings incessantly. Despite your pleas, he doesn’t answer it because he’s dead as a doornail. Read More
A Nepalese man was sentenced Wednesday to one month in prison for paying a Maine woman to marry him so he could stay in the country and continue working. Read More
Howard V. Williams, 55, in a plea agreement, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Read More
The fate of a South Portland ordinance that seeks to bar a company from reversing the flow of its 236-mile pipeline to bring oil south from Canada will next head to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Read More
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday dismissed a 15-year-old boy's lawsuit alleging that he was illegally incarcerated at the state’s youth prison because the state took four months to find a psychiatric treatment facility for him. Read More
The jury of nine women and one man found that Dr. John J. Hagerty III and the hospital were not negligent in the death of Ashley Dawn Ashby. Read More
Most church choirs take time to catch their breath after the busy Advent and Christmas seasons. That is when Destiny Worship Center’s praise team is just getting warmed up. Read More
Lloyd A. Burnham Jr., 44, admitted that he stole the money and used it to buy drugs while he was living with the victim at his home in Corinna. Read More
True North Theatre’s production of the “The Odd Couple” is a delightful escape for whatever’s ailing Greater Bangor’s theatergoing public. Read More
Christopher Raiche, 28, is charged with production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography in U.S. District Court in Bangor. Read More
Timothy T. Myers, 28, admitted in June to handing written notes that demanded money to tellers at two different banks near the Bangor Mall. Read More
A Bangor man who killed two people nearly two years ago by setting the box truck where they were sleeping on fire was sentenced Tuesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to life in prison at the end of an emotionally charged two-hour hearing. Read More
Renee Henneberry Clark tried to take out a protection from abuse order against her killer, but it was denied because Philip Clark was her brother-in-law and not a household member. Read More
