TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — City officials say a tiger mauled a zookeeper at the Topeka Zoo in northeastern Kansas. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the incident happened around 9:30 a.m. Saturday, when a Sumatran tiger named Sanjiv tackled the worker in an enclosed outdoor space. Topeka Zoo director Brendan Wiley says the zookeeper suffered lacerations and puncture wounds […]

PORTLAND — Diocese of Portland Bishop Robert P. Deeley has issued an Easter message to parishioners. “A blessed Easter to you all! This beautiful feast recalls for us the truth that is the heart of our faith: Jesus Christ is risen from the dead and we, sharing in that resurrection, have been saved and given the […]

LYMAN — A fire department is only as good as its staff and its equipment. Goodwins Mills Fire and Rescue Department found a fiscally responsible way to replace a unit on its fleet with a purchase that will better serve the needs of the department.Goodwins Mills Fire Department serves the two rural communities of Lyman […]

SACO — A local golf course has received approval for its plan of environmental stewardship. Biddeford- Saco Country Club, located at 101 Old Orchard St., Saco, recently received recognition for environmental planning from the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses. The international program is administered by Audubon International and is designed to help landowners […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at current and former aides who cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, insisting the deeply unflattering picture they painted of him and the White House was “total bullshit.” In a series of angry tweets from rainy Palm Beach, Florida, Trump laced into those who, under […]

AUGUSTA — A malicious piece of software that froze the entire city computer network and forced the closure of City Center has been removed. City officials said Friday that the software, discovered around 3:20 a.m. Thursday when police computers began shutting down — followed by the rest of the city’s servers and computer network, prompting them […]

A Windham attorney who was sentenced to federal prison on child pornography charges was disbarred from the practice of law in Maine for three years, the Board of Overseers of the Bar said Friday. Matthew J. Miller’s disbarment took effect retroactively, starting March 1, 2018. Miller was convicted of accessing child pornography, a federal felony, […]

The Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol searched all day Friday for a 35-year-old Wisconsin man who fell into the Kennebec River in Bath the previous night before calling off the search for the night. David Henry Dieterich of Racine, Wisconsin, was in Bath on a work assignment with his company, Marshall Erecting, a subcontractor […]

A trial begins Monday for a former prison guard accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a woman who was incarcerated at a transitional corrections facility in Alfred. Joshua Dall-Leighton, 34, faces five charges of gross sexual assault and one of unlawful sexual contact. All are felonies, and he has pleaded not guilty. Dall-Leighton received widespread media attention in […]