Maine

One person is dead after a tractor-trailer carrying tree logs crashed in West Forks, Maine, on Friday. Somerset County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer shortly after 3 p.m. Friday on Route 201 in West Forks, News Center Maine reports. According to a preliminary investigation, a fully loaded 2018 Western Star tractor-trailer was…

Richard Keith Thorpe, 42, was arrested in connection with the homicide of 39-year-old Virginia Cookson in Bangor, Maine, police in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, say

A person was found dead after firefighters put out flames at a burning home in Mexico, Maine, on Thursday morning, state police said. Another person was rescued from the home on Tucker Street with a ladder, police said Friday. She wasn’t hurt. Police didn’t say how the person is believed to have died, or give her name, with the...

Four people were injured when a work van rolled over on its roof on Interstate 295 in Freeport, Maine, on Friday morning. Maine State Police said just before 7 a.m., a white GMC work van with five people inside was driving north on I-295 when the driver, identified as 29-year-old Edison Uscha-Roto, of South Portland, went off the highway to…

9/28/24 UPDATE: Authorities say the victim’s ex-boyfriend has been arrested in her death Police are investigating a homicide after a woman was found dead in a home in Bangor, Maine, on Wednesday. Bangor police said they were notified around 9 a.m. Wednesday of a possible death on Larkin Street, according to News Center Maine. They responded and found a woman…

Police in Fairfield, Maine, are searching for a missing mother and her toddler son who haven’t been seen since Monday. Fairfield police said in a social media post on Thursday that they are seeking the public’s help in locating 38-year-old Star Cunningham and her 3-year-old son Grayson Costain. They were last seen on foot in Fairfield Center on Monday...

A 43-year-old man was killed when he was struck by the bucket of a front-end loader while walking across the yard at a Maine sand and gravel company on Monday, according to state police. Troopers from the Maine State Police said they responded to Dayton Sand and Gravel around 12:03 p.m. Monday for a report of a worker who had…

Two law enforcement officers who were allies when they faced tough questions about their interactions with an Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, last year are squaring off to become sheriff.

Authorities are investigating a fatal fire in Auburn, Maine. The Fire Marshal’s Office said their investigators were called to a residential fire on Washington Street in Auburn around 2:30 a.m. Monday. During their investigation, they said human remains were located. The remains have been transported to the state medical examiner’s office in Augusta for positive identification, but investigators said...

A 50-year-old man is facing charges after authorities say he intentionally crashed his car into an ATV driven by a teen on Saturday in southern Maine. The York County Sheriff’s Department said their deputies responded to the intersection of Buff Brook Road and Lake Sherburne Road in Waterboro around 5 p.m. Saturday for a disturbance. Their investigation determined that...

The extent of injury the woman suffered was not disclosed.

Maine State Police say they arrested 20-year-old Tyler Quirion of Waterville.

Maine State Police say 54-year-old Lisa Barney of Oakland was charged with manslaughter in connection to the death of 4-month-old infant on September 8, 2023.

A 53-year-old man died in a single-car crash in Albion, Maine on Friday night. Maine State Police say they responded to a report of a motor vehicle crash on East Benton Road at around 7:41 p.m. Authorities say 53-year-old James T. McGarey was driving a Dodge pick-up before leaving the roadway and striking a rock. Police say that life-saving measures…

Color change and timing depend on the weather in the fall, but cooler nighttime temperatures and shorter days should enhance the colors, Ross said.

A 58-year-old hiker had to be rescued by a helicopter after injuring himself on the Beehive Trail at Maine’s Acadia National Park on Wednesday. Acadia National Park said in a press release that park rangers responded to a report of a man experiencing a serious medical event on the Beehive Trail around 8 a.m. Wednesday. Park rangers coordinated with...

A 17-year-old was killed when the moped he was riding on was struck by a pickup truck in Augusta, Maine, on Tuesday afternoon. Augusta police said they responded to a motor vehicle crash at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in front of the Rusty Lantern convenience store and gas station at 670 Civic Center Drive. Preliminary investigation determined that a Chevrolet Silverado…

A Massachusetts man was badly injured after making a hard landing during a skydiving accident in Maine on Monday. Manny Silva, 57, of Dartmouth, was injured when he fell hard following complications skydiving in Lebanon, Maine, just before noon Monday. He was taken to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, the York County Sheriff’s Department said. He was…

A bill that’s being introduced Monday after a mass shooting in Maine would require the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove the weapons of a service member who is deemed to be a serious threat to themselves or others, said U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the bill’s sponsor. The Armed Forces Crisis Intervention Notification Act is aimed...

Maine State Police said they are investigating after a body was found in a river in Falmouth over the weekend. Falmouth police were called to the Presumpscot River adjacent to Walton Park at 11:49 a.m. Saturday for a report of a suspicious object. When they arrived, they said they determined the object to be the deceased body of an adult…