One man has pleaded guilty while the cases against two other suspects in a series of burglaries at businesses in central and midcoast Maine, await an appeal to the state’s highest court. Taylor Shultz, 37, of Limerick, pleaded guilty June 22 in Cumberland County Superior Court in Portland to three counts of burglary. His sentencing […]

BIDDEFORD — A local resident has been honored with one of the most prestigious honors in the grocery retail industry. Crystal LaCourse of Biddeford has been named to Progressive Grocer’s 2018 list of Top Women in Grocery, an award which recognizes standout women leaders demonstrating remarkable leadership capabilities and honorable achievements in their companies and communities. As […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris Jackson has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man she says has been stalking her. The order granted Tuesday in a Los Angeles court says 23-year-old Nicholas Stevens must stay away from Jackson at least until July 24. The 20-year-old Jackson says in court documents […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump spoke with three more potential Supreme Court candidates on Tuesday as a key senator privately aired concerns about one of the contenders. As Trump weighs his options, he has heard from Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has expressed reservations about one top potential nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, according to a […]

Jeffrey Linscott began dealing drugs after he blew through his savings – and his wife’s – to support a drug-addicted woman with whom he had a relationship. Now the retired Maine state trooper is headed to prison. Linscott’s lawyers and his wife, Kimberly Linscott, cited the former trooper’s efforts to support the unnamed woman’s addiction […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has interviewed four prospective Supreme Court justices and had plans to meet with a few more as his White House aggressively mobilizes to select a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Eager to build suspense, Trump wouldn’t divulge whom he’s talking to in advance of his big announcement, set […]

  SHAPLEIGH — Sheriff’s deputies say those involved in the returnable bottles theft from Shapleigh Memorial School have been caught and that one of the pair has confessed. An observant resident who saw a social media post about the returnable bottles theft from a bin outside Shapleigh Memorial School saw a vehicle  near the elementary […]

AUGUSTA — A police chase last week along Interstate 295 and the Maine Turnpike has resulted in two people from Baltimore, Maryland, behind bars on drug trafficking charges and a 5-year-old passenger in the custody of Maine Department of Heath & Human Services. The trio was bound for Canada, after being unable to purchase airline tickets at […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage vetoed nearly two dozen bills Monday, including one that was spurred by Maine’s failure to investigate the deaths of more than 130 developmentally disabled Medicaid patients. LePage is continuing his historic use of the veto pen as he attempts to block legislation dealing with everything from Medicaid expansion to needle […]

A New York City man who thought he was going to be freed after his acquittal for a murder in Maine is going to remain behind bars for the foreseeable future. Twenty-four-year-old Timothy Ortiz waived a detention hearing on Monday after being charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. New York man acquitted […]