LOS ANGELES (AP) — They’ve still got their trombones and their trumpets, their cornets and their clarinets. But the high school marching bands of Southern California are going tuba-less these days, and their music directors think they know why. There’s a banda bandit on the loose, they say. Someone, they believe, is breaking into high […]

BINGHAM (AP) — Maine State Police say a Bingham man was burned on his legs, arms and face after trying to restart a fire in his wood stove with gasoline. The State Fire Marshal’s Office said Brad Zinkovitch was rushed to Redington- Fairview Hospital in Skowhegan. Officials say the fire flashed as he poured gas […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A former Maine teacher has pleaded guilty to felony possession of sexually explicit materials and theft of a school laptop computer that had photos of nude children on it. Christopher Brown of Monmouth was sentenced Wednesday in Kennebec County Superior Court to 30 days in jail on the theft charge. A […]

LIVERMORE FALLS (AP) — A Maine man’s quest to compile the names of all residents from Livermore and Livermore Falls who served in World War II so they can be placed on a monument is making progress. Don Simoneau says he expects to collect 700 to 800 names to they can be engraved on brass […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A study by the University of New England has found that Maine high schools are not doing enough to ban junk food and soft drink advertising on campus. The study found that 85 percent of the 20 schools surveyed violated a 2007 state law prohibiting junk food advertising in schools. Study author […]

MILLINOCKET (AP) — A spokeswoman for Gov. Paul LePage says the state will withhold about $216,000 in aid from Millinocket because town officials broke an agreement to share landfill operating costs. The spokeswoman says East Millinocket and Millinocket will each get about $504,000 in Sudden and Severe Impact funds for the loss of taxable value […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — Some health care advocates and business leaders say Maine should allow dental therapists to perform some work to improve the oral health of state residents. Proponents at a forum in Augusta on Wednesday say such a program would provide more access to dental care quickly and efficiently to more Mainers, especially […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — Two Augusta men have pleaded guilty to their roles in an armed home invasion in Manchester in which a woman was awakened by a man holding a knife to her throat. Michael Jo Ruth II and Benjamin David Pilsbury entered their pleas on Wednesday in connection with the home invasion on […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s highest court is responding to the Legislature, which posed a question about state Treasurer Bruce Poliquin’s personal finances. The Supreme Judicial Court submitted a formal letter to the Maine House on Wednesday. The letter asked interested parties to file briefs to the court in the next two weeks. A week ago, […]