Maine State Trooper Benjamin Campbell had a guardian’s heart. On one of the coldest days of the year in Penobscot County, a call came in that someone had dumped several domesticated rabbits at the Medway rest area. The rabbits, hell-bent on resisting arrest, led Campbell around and around the highway pull-off until he had finally […]

PERU — According to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office, a Rumford man was killed in a Monday afternoon crash on Auburn Road. James Luckern, 39, lost control of his sedan on the snow-covered road, crossed the centerline, and struck a pickup truck driven by Earl Micklon, 62, of Norway, head on, according to a statement. […]

Another national ranking confirms what locals already know: Portland is a wicked good place to live. Maine’s largest city ranked No. 23 out of 125 best places to live by U.S. News and World Report. Portland was the only New England city to break the top 25. “For the people of Maine, there is only one Portland,” […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure to show they have solutions, Democrats are honing proposals to address the surge of families entering the U.S. at the southern border, a problem they say President Donald Trump’s restrictive immigration policies are enflaming. House Democrats plan to introduce legislation soon addressing the recent waves of Central American migrants reaching […]

PORTLAND — Terms of the settlement between York County and a woman who filed a civil lawsuit after she was sexually assaulted by a then-corrections officer at the York County Jail in 2016 have been disclosed. The former corrections officer, Jonathan Carpenter, was convicted of the assault in criminal court and remains incarcerated at the […]

BIDDEFORD — A talented journalist with a genuine passion for athletics has joined the Journal Tribune as Sports Editor. Anthony Lombardi joins the newspaper after working as a writing instructor for Indiana University Kokomo. Prior to that, he served as Managing Editor and Sports Editor for The Times of Noblesville newspaper in Noblesville, Indiana, and […]

BOSTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors added money laundering to the list of accusations against actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and 14 other prominent parents Tuesday in the college admissions bribery case, increasing the pressure on them to plead guilty as other parents have agreed to do. Loughlin, who starred in the […]

AUGUSTA — Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday it is taking immediate action to improve child safety following the report of 26 child deaths since 2017. The department said in a statement it would launch a public awareness campaign about unsafe sleep environments for children, especially infants, noting that 48 of 107 […]

SANFORD – There is a new name and a new look coming to a familiar institution. The bank that has been known as Sanford Institution for Savings since 1933, and for the last 10 or 12 years simply as SIS, will be known as Partners Bank of New England – or Partners Bank – starting […]