Police chief accused of domestic assault is released on bail

A police chief accused of choking a woman with whom he’d had an affair has been released on bail.

Maine school district, teen agree to end lawsuit over sexual assault note

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Cape Elizabeth School Department has agreed to remove any record of discipline against a student who posted a note about sexual assault last year.

2 killed in fiery truck crash in Alfred

ALFRED, Maine (AP) Deputies say two young men were killed when a truck crashed into a tree and burst into flames in Alfred, Maine.

Oxford County moved to “yellow” category under Maine’s coronavirus risk advisory system

The administration of Governor Janet Mills has updated it’s COVID-19 risk advisory system for Maine’s schools.

Prosecutor: NY man shot woman alongside road over insults

Prosecutors say a man who’s the first person to go on trial for murder in Maine since the start of the pandemic fatally shot the victim because she’d insulted the mother of his children.

Police, game wardens search for missing Portland man who went camping

Police and Maine Game Wardens are searching for a missing Portland man in the town of Denmark.

GOP makes last-ditch attack on ranked presidential tally

The Maine Republican Party is asking the state supreme court to put on hold its ruling that allowed ranked choice voting in the presidential contest.

Maine Game Wardens locate body of missing 81-year-old

Maine Game Wardens have located the body of a missing 81-year-old man.

Dozens of miles of Maine freight rail lines to be improved

MATTAWAMKEAG, Maine (AP) A railway company has been awarded nearly $17 million in federal money to make improvements that will boost freight rail in central and eastern Maine.

Absentee ballot requests top 233,000 in Maine

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) The number of absentee ballot requests in Maine has topped 233,000, and Democrats continue to outnumber Republicans in requesting them.