November 3, 2016 Judge denies reduced bond for petting zoo worker A judge has refused to lower the bond of a man accused of abusing children at a traveling petting zoo in Alabama.
November 1, 2016 Boy charged with killing his parents in their home in Maine A 17-year-old Maine boy has been charged with killing his parents in their home.
October 31, 2016 Private memorial for UMaine researcher killed in Antarctica The University of Maine is holding a memorial this week for a professor who plunged into a 100-foot crevasse in Antarctica while conducting climate research for the National Science Foundation.
October 29, 2016 Pot ballot drives put medical, recreational users at odds A handful of recreational marijuana legalization drives has the medical pot industry bracing for something it never expected to deal with: competition.
October 21, 2016 Landlord acquitted of manslaughter in fire that killed 6 A property owner was acquitted Friday of manslaughter in a building fire that killed six people but was convicted of a code violation in converted attic rooms described by prosecutors as "death traps."
October 21, 2016 The Latest: Catholic leader in Kansas criticizes Kaine The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): 2:50 p.m.
October 18, 2016 Autopsy: Woman found buried with chips, perfume and a note The autopsy of a Maine woman found dead behind her in-laws' home shows she was buried along with a bag of potato chips, a bottle of perfume and a note that took "an apologetic tone." The Morning Sentinel reports (http://bit.ly/2eif3kY ) the body of 34-year-old Valerie Tieman was found partially buried in a shallow grave behind her in-laws' Fairfield home on Sept. 20.
October 13, 2016 Maine officials apologize for threatening violation letters Officials in Portland, Maine, say the city mistakenly sent threatening violations notices to 2,000 homes that were intended for landlords who failed to register their properties.
October 10, 2016 Maine mascot misses game after pal's drunken driving arrest The University of Maine says the school mascot missed a men's hockey game because he was a passenger in a car whose driver was arrested en route to the arena on a drunken driving charge.
October 7, 2016 Prosecutor: Building where 6 died was unsafe for its tenants A prosecutor in the trial of a landlord of a Portland, Maine, building where six people died in a fire is using his closing statement to make the case the building was unsafely operated as an illegal rooming house.