Jeff Timberlake backs off from proposal to ease way for police to take people into temporary custody

Lawmakers appear to agree that more mental health training and personnel would help in responding to crises like the one that preceded a double murder in Turner.

Varney daughters detail a harrowing scene on night of their parents’ murder

Officers held one of them for hours in a room next door while a suspect chanted, vomited and asked police 'disturbing questions'

Leavitt Area High School threat deemed not credible

Classes at the Turner school will resume Thursday.

Hours before being fatally stabbed, Troy Varney warned police ‘when he kills somebody tonight, it’s on you’

New details emerge in the Turner double homicide, spurring consideration of a measure in Augusta that might help prevent harm in the future.

Texas fugitive arrested after Turner traffic stop and foot chase through a muddy bog, police say

Joshua Keith Darby, 40, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was driving a commercial vehicle on Route 4 when he was pulled over for a safety inspection, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.

Central Maine business briefs: Couture named growth manager at Dirigo Labs

People & Places: Andrew Alexander joins Richmond clinic as family nurse practitioner.

Lake Stewards of Maine executive director steps down, transitions to new role

Adam Zemans selected by the LSM Board of Directors and staff as its new executive director.

Leader of Maine Senate Republicans Jeff Timberlake seeks a third term in the state Senate

GOP leader from Turner is running in new 17th District.

Tables available to rent for Nov. 6 holiday craft fair

Hard cider bounces back in Maine, 150 years later

Mainers once guzzled gallons of hard cider year-round. Some hope they will again, as a growing number of producers add new twists to the once commonplace drink.