FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to the 1988 abduction, rape and killing of an 8-year-old Fort Wayne girl. John D. Miller, of Grabill, pleaded guilty Friday to murder and child molestation charges in long-unsolved killing of April Tinsley. Miller was arrested in July and had been scheduled to stand trial in […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that chief of staff John Kelly will leave his job by year’s end amid an expected West Wing reshuffling reflecting a focus on the 2020 re-election campaign and the challenge of governing with Democrats reclaiming control of the House. Nick Ayers, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of […]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A moose used the doorbell to awaken a couple in Alaska. The couple thought maybe it was an aftershock or some kids playing a prank when the doorbell rang in their Anchorage home early Wednesday. Kyle Stultz tells KTVA-TV he looked out the door and found nothing. He assumed it was kids playing […]

LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — Police have arrested and charged a man with killing a 13-year-old girl who was kidnapped last month from a North Carolina mobile home park. The FBI said early Saturday that Michael Ray McLellan has been charged in connection with the kidnapping and murder of Hania Noelia Aguilar. The announcement comes the […]

BELFAST — Even among the notoriously left-leaning communities of southern and midcoast Maine, Belfast has proudly held itself aloft as among the greenest, crunchiest and quirkiest of the lot. After all, it’s not every town where residents would embrace the pejorative label “Moonbat Kingdom,” splashing it across bumper stickers, signs and even incorporating it into […]

Fire destroyed an unoccupied Winthrop home early Saturday morning. Firefighters, working in single-digit temperatures, were on the scene on Narrows Pond Road for more than seven hours, four of which they were actively fighting the fire, according to Fire Chief Dan Brooks. The home is owned by Harrison and Constance Bates, according to town assessing […]

A woman suffered an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound Saturday afternoon inside a private club in Lewiston, police said. The incident was reported at 4:40 p.m. at the Carleton Club on Sabattus Street. When police and rescue workers arrived, they found one woman with minor wounds. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. Police are […]

KENNEBUNK — The Animal Welfare Society has announced that the first batch of puppies to graduate from its Pawsitive Changes program are available for adoption at the AWS Adoption Center at 46 Holland Road in Kennebunk. Pawsitive Changes is an educational dog-training program for at-risk high school aged students, run in conjunction with Long Creek Youth […]

BIDDEFORD  – An exhibition of artwork by local artist Phil Stevens will be on display at the University of New England’s Biddeford Campus Center from Dec. 13  to Jan. 14. Titled “New Work,” the exhibition showcases the Maine landscape and includes oil on canvas paintings as well as monotype prints on paper. Stevens, a resident of […]

  Recently Dr. Brent Reiche and the team from Active Chiropractic LLC celebrated the grand opening of their new facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 331 North St. in Saco with city officials, invited customers, and guests from the Chamber of Commerce .  Active Chiropractic helps people live pain free with a variety of […]