Kennebec County News

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories that will preview local contested races for the state House and Senate in the primary election.

One fire destroyed a home on Coon Island in Togus Pond, while the other damaged a toilet at Cony middle school.

A woman with several warrants in four Maine counties is now behind bars after dragging a Sheriff's Deputy with her car.

A Maine House candidate from Augusta is facing a criminal charge after allegedly encouraging 13 people to falsely claim they made personal contributions to qualify him for Maine Clean Election Act funding.

In February 1834, a fight broke out about damming the Kennebec River. Petitions poured into the state Legislature, some predicting that the "business of the whole Kennebec County will be brought into bondage for all coming time." At issue was the largest dam project ever conceived in the United States.

County officials who gathered at the State House on Wednesday expecting a debate over a recent decision by two jails to quit taking inmates from other counties will have to wait at least another week.

A woman from Belgrade accused of dragging a Kennebec County Sheriff's deputy while his hand was caught in her car window is being held without bail.

A Belgrade woman is being held in the Kennebec County jail on $10,000 cash bail after she allegedly tried to drive away from a sheriff's deputy and dragged him with her vehicle.

Two men indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury in February are among a group of a half dozen inmates charged with trafficking in illegal contraband at the Two Bridges Regional Jail.

An official police report on a six-vehicle crash in Post Office Square confirms witness reports about the cause of the wreck, but offers no reasons behind it.

But then the fuse reaches the coil. In less than 60 seconds nearly 16,000 explode in a controlled mayhem of sound, smoke and light.

Amid the celebration of their accomplishments, some members of Kennebec Valley Community College's class of 2012 reflected on the sacrifices and obstacles along their path to Saturday's commencement exercises.

The staff at the Kennebec County Humane Society came into work on Thursday morning to care for the animals already at their shelter.

Bangor, Augusta - A woman from Bangor who starved her 5-year-old daughter to death in 1993 has dropped her request to be freed from state supervision.

A city man was arrested Thursday on a charge of criminal use of explosives as authorities searched his Gage Street apartment and later detonated explosive material allegedly found inside.

A city man has been arrested on a charge of criminal use of explosives as authorities search his home on Gage St.

At 8:03 p.m., Andrew Thomas Prior, 23, of Rome, was arrested on a warrant, at the Kennebec County jail on State Street.

The Somerset County Jail's recent decision to no longer board inmates from other counties may end up testing the resolve of state officials to force their will upon counties, and the counties' will to fight back.

Tonight a 61 year old man, who Waterville police tracked down by a path of flower pedals, is behind bars following a series of break-ins of two personal vehicles belonging to the officers.

WINDSOR, Maine -- An unusual accident that left three people dead while they were four wheeling on an off road trail in the town of Windsor over the weekend is bringing to light safety concerns when it comes to outdoor recreation.