Maine

A serious tractor-trailer crash temporarily blocked both the north and southbound lanes of the Maine Turnpike in the southern part of the state on Tuesday morning. Maine State Police said the crash occurred in the area of mile marker 22 in Wells around 2:20 a.m. The driver of the tractor-trailer was reportedly traveling south in the rain when he lost…

A 21-year-old is in critical condition Sunday after what police called a drowning incident at a pond in Poland, Maine. The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office says deputies responded around 2:10 p.m. Saturday to Range Pond State Park for a reported drowning. A preliminary investigation shows a 21-year-old man was swimming with his friends when he became fatigued and decided...

A person was shot to death Friday night in Poland, Maine. Maine State Police say their major crimes unit is assisting the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office with the investigation into the fatal shooting that occurred at 252 White Oak Hill Road around 7:50 p.m. The victim was taken to the chief medical examiner’s office, and an autopsy will be...

Police have released new details about a mother and her two young daughters who were found dead in a small Maine town last weekend. Mechanic Falls Police Chief Jeffrey Goss said in a press release Thursday that his department responded to an address on Highland Avenue on July 27 at 3:30 p.m. to check the residence for a U-Haul truck…

Two juveniles who escaped from Maine’s youth detention center and fled in a stolen a car are in now police custody in Maine and Massachusetts, officials said Tuesday. One of the escapees was captured early Tuesday after crashing a stolen car in Georgetown, Massachusetts, and the other was located hours later by officers responding to a hit-and-run involving a...

Two people were killed in a house fire in Otisfield, Maine, on Sunday. State public safety officials said multiple departments responded to the fire on Main Road (Route 121) around 11:23 p.m. Sunday. Investigators later found the remains of two people inside. They are believed to be the residents of the home, Jean Jalbert, 77, and Donna Jalbert, 65. The…

Police in South Portland, Maine, say they are continuing to search for two boys who escaped from a youth prison over the weekend and fled in a stolen car. South Portland police said in a press release Saturday that the two youths escaped from Long Creek Youth Development Center around 7:30 p.m. Friday. Long Creek is the state’s only...

A 2.8 magnitude earthquake was reported near Gardiner, Maine, over the weekend, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. The earthquake was reported at about 2:50 p.m. six kilometers (3.7 miles) west of Gardiner, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Earthquakes, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, can cause damage when their magnitude exceeds four or five. Almost 500 people reported…

Mechanic Falls Police say they requested assistance from Maine State Police after making the discovery at around 4 p.m.

Scarborough Police say they responded to a report of a hit-and-run on Gorham Road at around 4:27 p.m.

Pauline Gallagher, one of his sisters, told a crowd at the shipyard that the destroyer bearing her brother’s name helps put to rest her mother’s fear that memories of her son would be forgotten.

A man has been arrested for murder after a person was found dead outside a home in Gardiner, Maine, on Friday. Gardiner police were called to 16 Bartlett Street around 3:41 p.m. for a welfare check that was called in by a family member. Responding officers found the body of a deceased male outside of the home, according to a…

Authorities have identified the two people killed in a single-engine plane crash near Bar Harbor, Maine, on Thursday. Maine State Police said the pilot was 71-year-old Michael Leibowitz, of Charleston, South Carolina, and the passenger was 57-year-old Christina Chung, of Livingston, New Jersey. Their plane crashed on approach to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport about 12:25 p.m. Thursday, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson...

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a small plane crash in Bar Harbor, Maine, in which two people died. The plane crashed on approach to Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport about 12:25 p.m. Thursday, an FAA spokesperson said. The FAA spokesperson said the aircraft had taken off from Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey. Authorities did not immediately identify the two…

Families of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history said Wednesday that they want a broader federal investigation into the circumstance surrounding the killings. The request came in a statement issued by the relatives’ lawyers a day after Army officials released a pair of reports about the October shootings. One of the reports said three Army...

Doug Emhoff, the husband of vice president and de facto Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, is expected in southern Maine on Wednesday to meet with local Democratic leaders and supporters. His visit comes just three days after Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Harris, who has since won the support of enough delegates to win her…

Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband Doug Emhoff responded to questions Tuesday during a visit to a reproductive health clinic in Virginia.

Police say a man and a woman are dead following a murder-suicide and a house fire in Great Pond, Maine, on Monday morning. Maine State Police said the Aurora Fire Department responded to a report of a residential fire around 5 a.m. Monday on Old Dam Way in Great Pond. When the fire department arrived, they found two bodies and…

Two people were killed in a crash in Bangor, Maine, on Monday. Bangor police said the crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. Monday on Finson Road when a vehicle left the road at a high rate of speed and struck a tree. Both people inside the vehicle were killed. The vehicle had been involved in a pursuit with the Penobscot...

Three Army Reserve officers were disciplined for dereliction of duty in the aftermath of a rampage in which a reservist killed 18 people in Maine, according to an Army report that cited communication failures within the chain of command, and between military and civilian hospitals, among other shortcomings revealed during an investigation. The Army review, released Tuesday, unearthed “a series…