Kennebec County News

There are plans to move the Augusta Spiritualist Church from Perham Street in Augusta to make room for a larger Kennebec County District Court.

Bradley Jay Bessey, 41, of Clinton, was arrested on charged of failure to pay fines and failure to appear by Deputy David Bucknam on State Street in Augusta, according to police reports.

A 55-year-old Palermo man died Wednesday night after the truck he was driving veered off the road and crashed into a utility pole, police said.

In a surprise decision, Democrats from Kennebec and Somerset counties are recommending a lawyer and state representative as an interim district attorney, instead of the deputy who's on the job now.

Speed and alcohol are being blamed for a deadly roll over crash in Albion. Authorities say 55 year-old Earl Van Norman lost control, swerved, and flipped off the roadway before colliding with a utility pole on Drake Hill road around 5:30 yesterday afternoon.

A teenage girl hid inside a closet as the unsuspecting burglar tossed through drawers just on the other side of the door.

Augusta - Folks from Washington County moved in to the State House on Tuesday. Lawmakers travelling through the Hall of Flags got a chance to check out the look, feel and even taste of Downeast Maine.

Gov. Mitt Romney's eldest son, Tagg, pictured at right, campaigned on behalf of his father during Kennebec County Republican Caucuses on Feb.

State treasurer Bruce Poliquin, left, and Sen. Olympia Snowe chat before the Kennebec County Super Caucus at Farrington School in Augusta on Saturday.

Three subjects were summoned at an unspecified location in Augusta for selling liquor or imitation liquor to a minor.

Waterville police said they received a call at 11:13 p.m. Friday that someone was breaking windows at the home at 29 Violette Ave.

Two candidates vying to be the new district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties will soon go under the microscope after Evert Fowle was sworn in Friday as a new district court judge.

A Superior Court judge on Wednesday said she would decide by the end of the month if the man convicted of torching the topless coffee shop on Route 3 in Vassalboro should have a new trial.

Augusta - Lawyers for a Winthrop man convicted of burning down a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro have asked for a new trial.

Prisons and jails do not pay for inmates to have television and cable; it's paid by the inmate benefit fund, not taxpayers' money.

A veteran Republican legislator from Waldoboro and a Democrat who ran in the 2010 election are vying for the state Senate District 20 seat recently vacated by Republican David Trahan.

Garfield Holmes,A chairman of Kennebec County Republican Committee, announces the committee will host a Combined Super Caucus for municipalities within the county on Saturday, Feb.

On State Street, Deputy Michel Dutil arrested Travis Wellington Burns, 37, of Pittston, on warrant charges, according to police reports.

An Augusta man was sentenced to 45 years in prison today, after pleading guilty to murder in a Kennebec County courtroom this afternoon.

That was the finding announced Thursday after an inquiry into how Penobscot County Sheriff Glenn Ross interacted with the Rev.