LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress and director Sondra Locke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in 1968′s “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter” and went on to co-star in six films with Clint Eastwood, has died. Locked died Nov. 3 at her Los Angeles home of cardiac arrest stemming […]

A Westbrook man charged with attempted murder will likely remain in jail while his case plays out in court. Clemente Hernandez, 45, is accused of intentionally hitting a man with his SUV in October. Prosecutors originally charged him with lesser crimes, but he was reindicted this month on the attempted murder charge. He appeared at the Cumberland County […]

SACO — The Hadiaris family and friends are once again inviting community members in Saco, Old Orchard Beach and Biddeford to a free community dinner on Christmas day at Traditions Italian Restaurant, 162 Main St. This is the 20th annual community Christmas dinner to be hosted at the restaurant. The Dinner will be held from […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A wave of bomb threats emailed Thursday to hundreds of schools, businesses and government buildings across the U.S. triggered searches, evacuations and fear — but there were no signs of explosives, and authorities said the scare appeared to be a crude extortion attempt. Law enforcement agencies across the country dismissed the […]

BIDDEFORD — The following individuals were arrested or issued a summons by Biddeford Police from Nov. 1 to Nov. 18, 2018: • Karen A. Robertson, 62, of Kennebunk, was issued a summons for failure to register a motor vehicle. • Jacob E. Rosenbaum, 32, of Biddeford, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The sentencing of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, brought a perilous investigation into the president’s campaign one step closer to the Oval Office. Though Cohen broke down during his sentencing hearing Wednesday, Trump remained uncharacteristically quiet, his Twitter feed still while he ignored shouted questions about his former […]

AUGUSTA — A judge on Wednesday cleared a former mental health worker at Riverview Psychiatric Center of a theft by deception charge involving $11,000 in workers’ compensation payments he received after being shoved by a patient. Ahmad Khansari Nejad, 61, formerly of Lewiston, was found not guilty Wednesday, the second day of his nonjury trial […]

ALFRED — A Saco man accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 14 years old is being held in Cumberland County Jail, and is requesting that his bail be reduced. On Oct. 9, Saco police received a report of the sexual assault of a 14-year-old. During the course of a police investigation, […]

NEW YORK  — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s one-time fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to conceal his boss’ alleged sexual affairs, telling a judge that he agreed time and again to cover up Trump’s “dirty deeds” out of “blind loyalty.” Separately, […]

Clean-energy advocates won a partial victory Wednesday when the Maine Public Utilities Commission agreed to exempt large electric customers from a recent regulatory policy that solar installers found punitive and uneconomic. The advocates are hopeful the decision foreshadows changes to solar energy policy next year, when Gov.-elect Janet Mills assumes office and Democrats control the […]