Maine

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 ...

Several people were hurt after a shooting in Portland, Maine, Tuesday night, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. The shooting occurred just before 9 p.m. near Morrill’s Corner, Portland police said, where they found three people shot. Police asked neighbors to shelter in place for the time being and for drivers to avoid that area. F...

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...

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...

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 ...

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. Authori...

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...

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 dele...