Androscoggin County News

A local man who was sentenced last year to serve a month in jail in the hit-and-run of another local man is being sued by the injured man's mother.

A local man was taken into custody early Tuesday morning after holding authorities at bay for nearly 14 hours.

A standoff which lasted nearly 14 hours is finally over this morning. Sixty-seven-year-old John Hunnewell of Turner was taken into custody and then taken to a hospital for treatment not related to the lengthy standoff.

A Brownfield man who shot at his neighbor nearly two years ago pleaded guilty to elevated aggravated assault Friday and will serve 60 days in jail.

TURNER, Maine - Law enforcement agents are on the scene of a stand off in the town of Turner.

The Twin Cities will take their arguments to have regional emergency communications centered around their L-A 911 Dispatch Center to the Androscoggin County Budget Committee.

Driver Sally Meeks, 55, of Roxbury, wasn't injured Saturday when her 1999 Jeep Cherokee caught fire.

Steve Anctil appears in 8th District Court in Lewiston on Friday. He is charged with robbery and elevated aggravated assault in the shooting of Kristopher Klimek, 63, of Naples.

Brian Nichols, 46, is led from the courtroom after being sentenced Thursday at Androscoggin County Superior Court to serve 40 years in jail for the murder of his wife, Jane Tetreault.

Androscoggin County commissioners inched closer to ending the dispatching debate Wednesday, calling on the county's Budget Committee to meet within 15 days.

A shot was fired on Granite Street Wednesday afternoon, and when rescue crews arrived they found a 63-year-old man bleeding badly from a gunshot wound.

A Lewiston man is expected to plead guilty next month to manslaughter in connection with the clock-beating death of a New Gloucester woman.

Saturday, May 26th - Meredith will be LIVE from Noon to 3pm L-A Harley Davidson - 839 Main Street in Lewiston It's Leather and Leppard with Meredith! She'll have tickets to see Def Leppard and Poison, August 22nd at the Bangor Waterfront Pavilion ! Plus check out the Androscoggin County Bike Show fundraising event, hosted by the United Bikers of ... (more)

Applicants behaving badly: Local HR pros offer their hiring horror stories and advice on taking the chill out of your next job interview AUBURN - The booking procedure at the Androscoggin County Jail, including a mug shot, strip search and dressing in inmate scrubs - just got longer.

Sandi Croft of College for ME - Androscoggin speaks to Heather Turcotte as she registers her daughter, Hailey, for kindergarten at Sherwood Heights Elementary in Auburn Friday.

A jury deadlocked Friday on whether a Lewiston man was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt on two assault charges stemming from a stabbing at a Lewiston bar last year.

Androscoggin County commissioners ended a decade of debate Wednesday, voting 2-1 to maintain the ability to answer emergency calls and dispatch help in a county-run communications center.

Maine was named the most peaceful state in the country for its 11th consecutive year, based on a recent state-by-state assessment measuring crime, guns and other factors conducted by the nonpartisan Institute of Economics and Peace .

A Rumford man awaiting trial in Paris on drug trafficking charges pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a new felony drug trafficking charge in Oxford County Superior Court.

If the Legislature approves new cuts to Head Start, Betsy Norcross Plourde says she would have to drop 25 children and let go of up to 10 staffers in Androscoggin County.