William Lee Austin, 24, of Augusta is accused of grabbing the steering wheel and forcing the crash of a car driven by a mother with two toddlers in the back seat.

TOGUS — Patient records inadvertently thrown into the trash at the state veteran’s hospital last month were recovered and shredded before any patient’s privacy was violated, a hospital official said Tuesday. Ryan Lilly, associate medical center director at VA Maine Healthcare Systems-Togus, said the hospital went to great lengths to protect patients’ information. “The documents […]

READFIELD — A pair of local men kicked off Kents Hill School grounds for skateboarding responded by causing several thousand dollars in damage to three of the school’s buses, police said.

Mark Kimball, 60, of Wayne, was arrested at his home and charged with gross sexual assault.

A 13-year-old girl is facing charges in connection with a fire that started inside a Cony middle school bathroom.