DENVER (AP) — The fiance of a Colorado woman who has been missing since Thanksgiving Day was arrested Friday on allegations of killing the mother of his child, and police said she likely died at her house in a mountain town. But authorities declined to say whether they had found the body of Kelsey Berreth, […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s demand for border wall funds hurled the federal government closer to a shutdown as House Republicans approved a package Thursday with his $5.7 billion request that is almost certain to be rejected by the Senate. The White House said Trump will not travel to Florida on Friday for the […]

BRUNSWICK — Too many Mainers are paying high drug prices just to stay alive. That’s according to state Sen. Eloise Vitelli, D-Arrowsic, highlighting a new report in prescription drug prices in Maine. “Individuals with chronic conditions don’t have a choice when it comes to taking regularly prescribed medication,” Vitelli said. “We need to do more […]

MILLINOCKET – Officials say a man’s body was found in the rubble of a house that burned to the ground Thursday morning in Millinocket. The body was found on what was left of the first floor of a house on Hemlock Street. State fire officials say the 2½-story house was fully engulfed in flames when […]

A Portland man was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years in prison for assaulting his 8-week-old daughter. Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson announced the sentence for 30-year-old Brandon Coleman in a news release Thursday. Coleman was arrested and charged after an assault on his daughter at his Highland Street apartment on July 1, 2017, prosecutors […]

Howe and Howe Technologies of Waterboro has earned a 2018 Governor’s Award for Business Excellence. Geoffrey Howe, left, and Michael Howe flank Gov. Paul LePage while Acting Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development Denise Garland and Sarah Davis of Consolidated Communications, a sponsor of the awards, look on. COURTESY PHOTO WATERBORO – […]

ALFRED — A Saco man who gave his girlfriend morphine tablets leading to her death will spend eight months in jail on two counts of unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug, Class C. Roger Guest, 59, of Saco, was sentenced to 10 years in jail with all but eight months suspended and four years of […]

An independent audit has concluded that skyrocketing electricity bills last winter cannot be blamed on Central Maine Power’s new billing and metering system, but the company made the situation worse with its poor response to a flood of customer complaints. A report released Thursday by the Liberty Consulting Group identified “significant gaps” in the rollout […]