New data collection system shows overall reported crimes were largely unchanged in Maine

Maine’s crime rate last year was comparable to the previous year when the state first began using a new crime data collection system, according to figures released by the Maine Department of Public Safety on Wednesday.

Maine offers free university tuition to Lewiston shooting victims, families

Maine’s public university system is offering free tuition to family members of those who died and to those who were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in state history, officials said Wednesday.

Suspicious death under investigation in Westbrook

The Maine Dept. of Public Safety announced Wednesday morning that a death in Westbrook is considered suspicious.

Latest projection points to modest revenue boost for Maine government

The state’s nonpartisan revenue forecasting panel anticipates the state will take in an additional $265 million during current two-year budget cycle, officials said Tuesday.

Police charge suspect in South Portland home invasion

An Old Orchard Beach man has been charged in connection with an armed robbery and home invasion in South Portland last week.

Police investigate murder-suicide in Waldo County

Police are investigating a murder-suicide in the town of Searsmont.

Shelter for asylum seekers to open in Portland’s Riverton neighborhood

A new shelter for asylum seekers will open Wednesday in Portland.

Saco man charged with murder in shooting death of Lewiston man

A Saco man was arrested Monday night and charged with murder in connection with a deadly shooting in Biddeford.

Pedestrian struck and killed by vehicle in Wilton

Police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a pickup truck in Wilton on Sunday.

Suspect in shooting of 3 men of Palestinian descent near the University of Vermont pleads not guilty

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Three college students of Palestinian descent out for a walk in Vermont were seriously injured over…